Whether you're building a new computer from the ground up or replacing components in your Xbox, you'll need to ground yourself to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) from damaging your computer's ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Jes Burns, was originally published by OPB. A honey ...

On the one hand, no component on your PC stays relevant forever. Standards evolve, products get obsolete, and some components just give up earlier than others. On the other hand, some components tend ...

The main processor (CPU, “Central Processing Unit”), the main memory (RAM, “Random-Access Memory”), and the dedicated graphics card with its graphics processor (GPU, “Graphics Processing Unit”) are ...

A guy I know wants to have the component video output (along with analog stereo and optical digital audio) of his Xbox (HD-DVD player, mostly) go to his whole house distribution system while at the ...

I haven't been able to find a component to DisplayPort adapter. Best I have been able to find was a component to HDMI or to a VGA adapter at Monoprice. Their HDMI version had many reports of "crushed ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Today, a computer can end up being one of the most capable gaming systems available. High-end gaming PCs are able to easily outpace dedicated ...

A honey bear is probably one of the weirder things you’d see in a science lab, especially in a lab making computer parts. “It’s just processed, store-bought honey,” said Ph.D. student Zoe Templin.

The mid-range gaming PC scene has evolved drastically in 2025, thanks to AMD’s Zen 5 CPUs and NVIDIA’s new RTX 50-series GPUs. With smarter architecture, faster memory standards, and better cooling ...

None of us like higher prices, but that’s exactly what we could be in for next year. I’m going to be analyzing the impact of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on the price of PC hardware in the future, ...

When building a gaming PC, it’s hard to pay attention to tiny things that make the overall experience better, such as spending too much money on PC components, thinking too much about thermal paste, ...