10 Types of AI Users: Which One Are You?
Almost everyone seems to “use AI” now. The problem is that the phrase has become so broad that it barely means…
Students Who Use AI Every Day May Be Falling Behind
For the past few years, the sales pitch around AI in education has been remarkably simple: give students better tools…
YMTC Explained: Can China Really Overtake Samsung in NAND?
Imagine entering one of the most brutal semiconductor markets in the world nearly three decades after the established leaders. Then imagine…
Are Stupid People Easier to Anger?
In a previous article about why some people are so much easier to anger than others, I briefly floated a slightly…
Si-C Batteries Explained: Why Smartphone Batteries Are Suddenly Getting Huge
For years, smartphone battery capacity seemed to have reached an unofficial ceasefire. Flagship phone? Around 5,000mAh. Mid-range phone? Around 5,000mAh. Next year’s flagship…
What Are the Elder Scrolls? The Mysterious Scrolls Behind the Game’s Name
If you have played Skyrim, Oblivion, or Morrowind, there is a decent chance you’ve spent hundreds of hours in a series called The Elder…
Why CPU Bottlenecks Matter More Than Ever in PC Gaming
For years, PC gaming performance had one obvious villain: the graphics card. Game runs badly? Lower the resolution. Turn down…
How to Automatically Enable Cheat Engine Scripts After Attaching to a Game
Opening a Cheat Engine table can become surprisingly repetitive. You open the table. You attach Cheat Engine to the game. Then…
Why Are Some People So Much Easier to Anger Than Others?
Someone cuts you off in traffic. You think: Idiot. Then you keep driving. Someone else experiences the exact same event and immediately begins auditioning…
Is There Such a Thing as Good Capitalism?
There is a strange way to describe the modern economy. Most of us spend our lives doing two things. First, we sell…
Loongson Explained: Can China Build a CPU Without Intel, AMD, or Arm?
Imagine spending years designing your own CPU architecture because you no longer want to depend on Intel, AMD, Arm, or…
2XKO Failed to Make Fighting Games Mainstream. Can Anyone?
For years, fighting games seemed to have a fairly obvious problem. They were too difficult. Combos were difficult. Motion inputs were…
Fallout’s Corporations Explained: Unfortunately, Capitalism Survived
Fallout’s America had a government. Technically. But by 2077, enormous corporations were building military robots, developing biological weapons, running nuclear shelters,…
Carlo Cipolla and the Strange Economics of Human Stupidity
There is something comforting about selfish people. Not pleasant, obviously. You probably do not want one managing your retirement fund, borrowing…
How to Add Universal Slow Motion and Fast-Forward Hotkeys in Cheat Engine
Slow motion is one of those cheats that sounds silly until you actually try it. In a shooter, it can…
Mobile Gaming Is Shrinking in 2026. So Why Is the App Economy Still Growing?
For a long time, the economics of smartphone apps were fairly easy to understand. There were apps. And then there were games,…
Why Stupidity Can Be More Dangerous Than Evil, According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Calling someone stupid usually means one of two things. Maybe they failed an exam. Maybe they tried to assemble IKEA…
Major Fallout Factions Explained: Who Should Rule the Wasteland?
Destroying civilisation is surprisingly easy in Fallout. Rebuilding it is where everyone starts arguing. More than two centuries after the Great…
Why Media Companies Are Struggling in the Internet Age
There has never been a better time to be a person who wants information. Within seconds, you can learn what…
Is the Desktop PC on the Brink of Extinction?
I recently talked to several friends who work for major desktop PC component companies. Different companies. Different jobs. Different parts of…