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2 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
Nvidia's 50-series graphics cards were among the most anticipated tech products of 2025. The company was riding high on the success of the 40-series, which had dominated benchmarks since its release in late 2022. But the story of the GeForce 5000 family of graphics cards got a lot more complicated after launch, and it quickly became clear that this generation's Blackwell architecture was a mixed bag, with RTX 50-series GPUs having a lot of pros and cons.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Max Miller
3 hours agoAt London Tech Week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said even non-programmers can write code thanks to AI. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that you don't have to be an expert programmer to prompt AI to write a program for you, making AI the "great equalizer" when it comes to bringing ideas to life with …
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2 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
For several years, Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass has been considered one of the best deals in gaming. But is there another, lesser-known service that provides even better value? That's precisely what Humble Choice claims to offer. The service, which is offered by Humble Bundle, promises a collection of games every month, and unlike Game Pass, you get to keep them forever, even if you stop paying. As the price of Game Pass climbs, that's an onerous burden for some.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Max Miller
1 day agoMagnetic Joy-Cons and better graphics make the Nintendo Switch 2 feel like an evolution, but its familiar design and a lack of early exclusive games mean you're OK to wait. After about two days of using the Nintendo Switch 2, my best description is that this is Nintendo's original Switch console, …
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2 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
Gaming style desk chairs have become increasingly popular over the years, but they can be expensive. Many brands with racing style chairs on offer, such as Herman Miller or Secretlab, have gaming chairs that cost more than your rent, with eye watering price tags that far exceed the budget of your average shopper. Perhaps that's why so many people have rolled the dice on a $150 option from Costco.
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2 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
Apple prides itself on the attention to detail in its designs. Beauty is subjective, but it's hard to find someone who thinks Apple devices aren't eye candy. One of the most incredible-looking gadgets the company makes is the iPad in all its various forms. From the astonishing thinness of the M4 iPad Pro to the joyful primary colors of the iPad 10th Generation, they're objects of both form and function.
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3 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
Spotify has been making a bit bet on podcasts over the past several years, and it just upped the ante. Unlike its biggest competitors, such as Apple Music, the Swedish music streaming giant has differentiated its platform by including a robust podcast library for no extra cost. By late 2023, the company had invested $1 billion into the podcast space, striking sweetheart deals with everyone from Joe Rogan to Barack Obama.
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3 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
If you've ever left your phone to charge for a while, then noticed the charging brick warming up, it's natural to be alarmed. In the world of tech, heat can often spell trouble. It can indicate a critical failure that could lead to a broken device in some cases, or even a fire in the most extreme instances. At the same time, all electronics generate a bit of heat, which is why so much engineering power is spent figuring out new ways to cool a PC, stop smartphones from overheating, and so on.
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3 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
Spend some time browsing for televisions, computer monitors, or even mobile devices, and you're likely to get hit with a barrage of all-caps acronyms. IPS, LCD, and more, it's enough to glaze over the eyes of even the most dedicated shopper, especially when the differences often seem abstract. But one term continuously crops up in the context of premium displays: OLED.
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3 weeks ago | 
slashgear.com | Max Miller
USB technology may be one of the most underrated inventions of the computer age. Thanks to its near universal adoption, you never have to worry too much about whether the gadgets you purchase will work with your computer or phone. In a world without a connection standard as universal as, well, the universal serial bus, we'd be lost in a labyrinthian nightmare of competing proprietary doodads.
