Content and news by Rob Williams

Most “smart home” devices won’t appeal to everyone, but I’d think that one solution most people would be able to get behind is smart light bulbs. That doesn’t mean that it’s an idea that’s going to catch on quick, though. Many are not likely going to see the point of being able…..

It’s been a solid five months since AMD last released a non-Fury Radeon GPU, and for a number of reasons, its new R9 380X comes at just the right time. A big reason for that is that we’re in the midst of an extremely busy game release season, and at ~$229, this…..

When Intel released its Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition processor last fall, it felt like a long overdue release. That’s thanks in part to the fact that the i7-4960X to come before it didn’t feel like much of an upgrade over the i7-3960X, and it had been a solid four years since the…..

Think it’s impossible for a $30 gaming mouse to be impressive? Mad Catz’s brand-new R.A.T.1 proves the opposite, and in fact, it offers some features not even seen on higher-end mice, including the company’s other R.A.T. mice. Like the rest of the R.A.T. lineup, the R.A.T.1 is modular. It consists of three main parts:…..

We wrote just earlier about ASUS’ Zen AiO Pro all-in-one PC, one that sports some great aesthetics and a lot of performance. While it offers a choice of higher-end CPUs, as well as lots of memory, it doesn’t target the serious gamer. MSI’s Gaming 27T, as its name might imply, does. MSI…..

As a PC hardware enthusiast, I’m content with building my own PCs. I mean, I’m capable – so why not? I’d be able to build it just as I like it, without restrictions. It’s awesome. Well, thoughts like those last about as long as it takes me to catch a glimpse at…..

This past summer, ASUS released one of the most beautiful all-in-one PCs I’ve ever seen. It was almost apt that it was called the Zen AiO. When many think of AIOs, though, one of the first things that can come to mind is lacking performance. After all, there’s only going to be so…..

Booting up a Windows PC and seeing a glaring boot error is a maddening experience. Matters are made worse if you give up and decide to reinstall the entire OS. Before that point is reached, let this article be your guide, as repairing the Windows boot may be easier than you think.

Basemark, makers of popular mobile benchmarking software, has just announced that it will be releasing a new benchmark in the spring that will put Khronos’ new Vulkan graphics API to a good test. This is great to hear for a number of different reasons; the big one being that as a new…..

NVIDIA is sure on a rampage with flinging announcements out this month, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. Yesterday, the company announced that its GameWorks VR technology has made it into Unreal Engine 4, and while that might sound simple, there’s more to this than immediately meets the eye (see…..

We’re here! Steam Machines, Steam Controller, Steam Link, and of course, SteamOS, are all officially official. We’ve come a long way since the release of the first SteamOS beta a couple of years ago. Today, there are many PC vendors that have produced specialized machines for SteamOS use, and Valve itself has…..

Over the span of just a few years, machine- and deep-learning went from being mere murmurs to major focal-points at some of the world’s biggest companies. A couple of those focusing hard on the software side of things include Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, while on the hardware side, NVIDIA has been instrumental…..

Keeping to its promise of delivering a Game Ready GeForce driver in time for all of the big releases this holiday season, NVIDIA has just dropped a WHQL for Fallout 4. The latest driver is versioned 358.91, and as it’s a WHQL (not a beta), it can be considered safe to upgrade to. If…..

Apple has just announced that it will begin selling its “epic” iPad Pro on its website beginning Wednesday, and in store later this week. The same applies to both the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard accessories. Announced in September, the iPad Pro sets out to be a professional’s dream device. It could…..

It’s no secret that at one point in time, Nintendo and Sony were collaborating on a console. Ultimately, Sony’s demands didn’t suit the big N, so both companies parted ways. Nintendo then worked with Philips to produce a CD-ROM based console, but that also fell through. What we ended up getting was…..

NVIDIA sure is on a GameWorks rampage! Just earlier, we talked about how GameWorks would be used in Bethesda’s mega-hyped Fallout 4, and now, we can reveal some details about GW action that’s going to be hitting Triad Wars, RollerCoaster Tycoon World, and War Thunder. Of these games, I can’t wait for Triad…..

When NVIDIA rolled-out a new update to GeForce Experience a couple of weeks ago, great fuss was made over the fact that in order to get future Game Ready driver updates, an email address would be required. Ultimately, no account needs to be signed-up for; opting in with an email just lets…..

NVIDIA’s NVS “business graphics” lineup isn’t the most exciting in its overall portfolio, as the cards in the series are simply meant to be very stable and power a couple of displays. Given that, by default you may think that the new NVS 810 itself wouldn’t be that exciting, or interesting. You’d…..

If you’ve ever fed money to the time sink that is Candy Crush, prepare to kick yourself: had you hauled just $5.9 billion more out of your wallet, you could have purchased the entire franchise and its parent company. Oh well – sometimes hindsight is 20/20. The notable purchase of King was…..

At a much-anticipated event held early last month, Microsoft had quite a bit up its sleeve to show us. That included a surprise in the form of the Surface Book, a sleek convertible notebook that’s designed to offer a great computing experience in a seriously slim form-factor. It looks great, has a…..