Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

UNBELIEVABLE: Motherboard - The Untold Story

Your motherboard's M.2 SSD heatsink might be slowing down your SSD — Only 6 of 20 tested boards made full contact

We tested 20 motherboards for proper M.2 contact and were surprised at the results – not all make good contact.

Tom’s Hardware

Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026 — performance drops of 14% on average, and up to 25% in some games

Given the unprecedented surge in memory prices, we’re looking back on Intel’s LGA 1700 stack of CPUs to see how DDR4 and DDR5 match up with our modern gaming suite in 2026.

Tom’s Hardware

Smartphones are helping filmmakers tell the stories the movie industry overlooks

When my feature documentary Motherboard was released, I was in my late 50s. I had filmed it over 20 years, on five generations of smartphones, documenting the pain, joy and comedy of raising my son Jim alone.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

I was today years old when I learned that Clippy has a canonical gender

Yes, he's a he somehow.

PC Gamer

The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices

Mobo, mo' problems.

PC Gamer

Porsche 911 Turbo S alloy wheel PC powers up with an ignition key — Nvidia Garage goes all-out for bespoke rig with modder JCustom

Nvidia partnered up with modder JCustom to build a gaming PC inside an HRE FF21 wheel, adorned in OEM Python Green color-matched to the recipient's Porsche 911 Turbo S. This bespoke rig has custom liquid-cooling, a floating motherboard design, and a personalized RTX 5080 — all controlled by an actual…

Tom’s Hardware

‘Mum, I can’t think straight any more’: the mother who filmed her son’s entire childhood

Full of jeopardy, trauma and humour, Motherboard is a film made by a lone parent using 20 years of footage of her son – starting as a foetus. They talk about the fights, festivals and cancer diagnosis that went into it

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

My documentary Motherboard follows my first 21 years of motherhood – these films about single mums inspired me

On a warm and sunny May bank holiday in 2003, I had one of those rare days that truly changes your life forever. I sat in my bathroom, hands shaking as two pink lines emerged on the pregnancy test I was holding.

The Conversation

Motherboard to Nightbitch: maternity in spotlight at London film festival

Festival, which begins on Wednesday, is screening bounty of films focused on motherhood and its challenges

The Guardian - UK

Motherboard review – enthralling smartphone self-portrait of family life

Victoria Mapplebeck’s documentary stitches 20 years’ worth of footage into a home video love letter to her son, whose whole life so far is observed

The Guardian - UK

Our top-recommended Intel motherboard — the MSI Z690 CARBON WIFI — drops to its lowest price ever, but not for long!

The MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI motherboard won our best overall Intel LGA 1700 motherboard and has all the features you could need.

Windows Central

Energy Sector To Surge: IShares U.S. Oil & Gas ETF Picked In CNBC’s Final Trades

Qualcomm's Quarterly Earnings Fall, while McDonald's Reports Strong Growth

Zenger

Biostar Z790 Valkyrie Motherboard Review: Better, but not Best

Biostar’s Z790 Valkyrie provides a solid but pricey base for your Intel processor. It comes with robust power delivery and loads of storage options, but performance was slightly below average in our tests. and the level of refinement, though increased, still isn’t where the big four are.

Tom’s Hardware

Who owns Vice, and why are they filing for bankruptcy?

Media companies face industry-wide struggle for ad revenues

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Scammer made thousands of dollars selling Frank Ocean AI-generated tracks

Two songs, ‘The Line,’ and ‘Steer It’, were reportedly AI-generated and sold as ‘leaked’ Frank Ocean tracks

The Guardian - UK

Vice Media close to deal for sale out of bankruptcy

Rescue deal for publisher would wipe out existing shareholders, including James Murdoch

PC Gamer

Worst boss ever? Tech CEO applauds employee for selling family dog for the good of the company

Clearlink CEO decides he no longer cares about being reasonable or sensible, challenges employees to "outwork" him in an unhinged rant.

Tom’s Guide

This smart garage door opener is vulnerable to attack — disconnect yours now

A security researcher found a serious flaw in Nexx garage door openers and smart plugs that lets anyone open them from anywhere.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tom’s Hardware

MSI MEG Z790 Ace Motherboard Review: Fully Loaded, Overpriced

The MSI MEG Z790 Ace is a premium mid-range motherboard loaded with features. You get five M.2 sockets (one PCIe 5.0 x4), flagship-class audio, overbuilt VRMs and a unique black and gold style. But the $699.99 price is tough to take as other, less expensive and similarly equipped options are…

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.