Bad news for older PCs: DDR4 memory is nearing an end
If you have an older PC and are considering a memory upgrade, you might want to do it sooner than later. Prices for DDR4 memory are expected to jump sharply as the major memory vendors…
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I want this 80s-inspired, retro-futurist PC battlestation SO BAD DUDE
I check out the /r/Battlestations subreddit on a regular basis. That’s right, weirdos, I’m looking at your meticulous, lovingly lighted home offices and PC gaming desks, analyzing your choices for hardware and style, because I’m…
The iPhone 17 Air’s battery looks to be exactly as bad as we feared
Tim Cook giveth, and Tim Cook taketh away. We’ve long known that while this fall’s iPhone 17 Air is set to be an astonishingly slender and lightweight device, it will come with a painfully small-capacity…
Apple ends a bad week on a positive note by announcing record Q2 results
Following news that Apple will be forced to allow external purchase links inside apps and could face criminal charges over its battle with Epic Games, the company announced some good news on Thursday. In the…
Government officials are kind of bad at the internet
Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The saga started when the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he…
Why skimping on your PC gaming rig’s motherboard is a bad move
If you ask any PC repairer what PC components end up on their trash heaps most frequently, they will say the motherboard is right up there as one of the most common. In fact, some…
Zotac’s new RTX 5070 card is beautiful. Too bad, you can’t have it
I’ve gone on the record before as being in favor of graphics cards themed after—if not necessarily covered in—anime waifus, to say nothing of motherboards themed after delightful cartoon cats. We deserve variety in our…
Windows 11’s Start menu is getting redesigned again — and it’s not bad
Over the past few years, we’ve seen countless changes to the Windows 11 Start menu, including a brand-new “categories” view as well as the “companions” feature. But for some reason, there’s always some detail left…
Is Siri really that bad? Yes, yes it is
I’d like it to be known that I hated Siri before it was cool. I’ve written numerous articles on the subject. I’m an anti-Siri hipster. But when a bandwagon comes along, you better believe I’ll…
Apple Intelligence isn’t just bad, it’s making Apple worse
Okay. Let’s talk about AI. Yes, again. The Macalope knows, believe him. Much like many things these days, there is a somewhat wide gulf of beliefs about the state of artificial intelligence. The Macalope would…