Darren Allan

Want all Windows 11 features as soon as they're available? Be aware that there's a side effect to an option that some people like to exercise in Microsoft's OS.

These Super refreshes are still coming, by all accounts, but they could make quite the dent in your bank balance.

Kimi K3 model is a threat to the likes of OpenAI for two key reasons: its open nature, and apparently sterling coding skills.

Confused about what the point of the Codex Micro is? Here's everything you need to know, including how it's been received by the target audience of coders.

'Microsoft continues to deploy harmful design to undermine people's browser choice': Mozilla report concludes that Windows still isn't a level playing field.

The RAM crisis is forcing graphics card-makers to turn back the clock.

TCL's Gen 5.5 inkjet production line is now manufacturing the first consumer OLEDs, we're told.

Pausing updates for longer is a vital ability in certain situations, and I'm glad to see Microsoft finally acknowledging this.

Fresh RAM misery, including a seriously gloomy forecast from the boss of a big chip maker, intensifies fears that this crisis is here to stay.

The search box is being improved across the board, and Microsoft is pleasing the computing crowd once again.

Seeing a red light on your Steam Machine? Don't panic — it's most likely due to a bug that triggers a temperature warning to come on 'much earlier' than it should.

Copilot app's new 'PC insights' feature has been greeted with some skepticism.

"You said you wanted a 'console-like experience' in a PC": some gamers are already throwing shade and comparing the incident to the Xbox 360's infamous red ring.

This is what Windows could have become if Microsoft leaned heavily into AI — an OS starring Copilot.

If your drive space has been mysteriously disappearing of late, the problem could be Capability Access Manager.

Want Notepad to be like it was in the Windows XP era — except even leaner? TinyRetroPad is here.

'But it's Windows. You run the risk that any or every monthly update will break something': Microsoft fires shots at MacBook Neo, but the internet fires back.

The Steam Machine's looks and size are key elements of its appeal — and we shouldn't forget about thermals and noise either.

Analyst suggests more consumer RAM is going to data centers next year — maybe a lot more, and that's a real worry.

'You had two jobs! Ask Valve, and make the thing': The Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine is no more.

Be careful around apparently enticing Steam Machine copies from Asia, even if the real thing is selling out at its eye-watering MSRP.

The RAM crisis could get a lot worse over the next few years if Lenovo and Microsoft are right — and I can easily believe they are.