MSI’s $1,800 gaming handheld feels like a warning for PC gaming’s future

In this week's episode of The Full Nerd, your PCWorld correspondents discuss the results of testing MSI's new Claw 8 EX AI+ ...
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Blending the worlds of hardware, games and creators in gaming PCs | Jo Tan interview

The PC has always been everything to everybody. HP is very focused on selling AI PCs, as evidenced by its lineup in January at the CES 2025 tech trade show in Las Vegas. And yet the PC is also the ...

5 PlayStation 5 limits you won't find on a gaming PC

Tired of hidden fees and locked-down settings on your PlayStation 5 console? Discover the five massive advantages a custom ...
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The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2025

Arguing over the best hardware of the year is usually fun. That’s as true as ever in 2025, when Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith, and Alaina Yee (hi, it’s me) rolled up our sleeves and ...

Valorant’s anti-cheat just made some expensive cheat hardware useless

Riot has clarified how Vanguard’s latest update targets DMA-based cheat hardware by tightening hardware-level memory protections. The crackdown may stop advanced cheaters, but it is also raising ...