opinion

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Hardware

every price rise I've covered this month is the same story. I think we're all underreacting

a graphics card, a games console, a $45 hobby board, a hard drive and a retro handheld all got more expensive this year for one identical reason. I've written them as six stories. they're one — and here's what I'd actually do about it.

Ravi Malhotra · 10h ago · 9 min

Gaming

Xbox is quietly becoming a publisher that happens to sell a console. I don't think that's the mistake everyone says it is

3,200 jobs cut, four studios let go, Halo shipping on PlayStation, and a 2027 super-console still being funded. everyone's reading that as collapse. I've been staring at it for a week and I think it's a deliberate — and defensible — bet.

Diego Santos · 13h ago · 9 min

AI

should you build a local-AI rig in 2026? my honest answer is 'probably not' — with one big exception

this is the question I get more than any other, and my answer disappoints people. the hardware is genuinely capable now. the maths usually still doesn't work — unless one specific thing is true for you.

Lena Fischer · 14h ago · 9 min