Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

Jess is a former TechRadar Computing writer, where she covered all aspects of Mac and PC hardware, including PC gaming and peripherals. She has been interviewed as an industry expert for the BBC, and while her educational background was in prosthetics and model-making, her true love is in tech and she has built numerous desktop computers over the last 10 years for gaming and content creation. Jess is now a journalist at The Verge.

Articles by: Jess Weatherbed

Doja Cat dancing against a wall of code

Doja Cat's latest interactive music video will teach you how to code

By Jess Weatherbed published

Girls Who Code has paired up with Doja Cat to create the world's first codable music video to introduce more girls to computer science.

A close up shot of a graphics card and water block in a gaming PC

Graphics cards are getting more expensive again

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

China is currently experiencing GPU shortages, causing prices to rise due to demand.

A woman being blown away by an Asus RTX 3060 graphics card

We're finally getting some cheap graphics cards next year

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

The rumored RTX 3050 is among a handful of cheap GPUs expected to hit the market in the first half of 2022.

Windows fail

New Windows 10 update is causing a whole world of pain

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Windows 10 KB5001330 update is resulting in installation and performance issues, as well as bugs and the Blue Screen of Death.

Windows 10 update stress

Windows 10 update issues discovered minutes after release

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

The Windows 10 21H1 update is being rolled out to devices, but two problems have already been discovered.

A Tajezzo PZ5 backpack at a themepark

Tajezzo PZ5 Smart Backpack review

By Jess Weatherbed published

The Tajezzo PZ5 is packed full of features that proved themselves useful, especially if you get around on two wheels.

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 garphics card on the lawn of the White House

Nvidia has requested President Biden's help to get more RTX 3060s and RTX 3080s to the US

By Jess Weatherbed published

Nvidia has requested that GPUs be made exempt from the Trump-era 25% tariff policy to reduce costs.

The MSI Creator Z16 on a sideboard

MSI Creator Z16 review

By Jess Weatherbed published

A great hybrid laptop if you need one machine to play games and create content, but there are some issues to deal with.

The grinch stealing an RTX 3090 graphics card from a Christmas tree

The US government is trying to save Christmas from PS5 and RTX 3080 scalpers

By Jess Weatherbed published

Congress has announced the Stopping Grinch Bots Act, aimed to prevent PS5 consoles and graphics cards from being scalped online.

Man wearing VR headset in a digital world

PC gaming is booming right now, but where does it go from here?

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

From Twitch streamers, actors, and politicians, it feels like the world has jumped onto the PC gaming hype train, and it seems its popularity will only keep growing.

The Intel Arc logo against a blue and purple backdrop

The entry-level Intel Arc Alchemist GPU could actually be affordable

By Jess Weatherbed published

Intel's Arc Alchemist budget graphics card looks like it will come with 6GB of memory and an affordable price tag.

The Mixware Hyper-S on a wooden table

Mixware Hyper-S 3D Printer review

By Jess Weatherbed published

The Mixware Hyper-S FDM printer is an impressive piece of kit, but with a potential pricetag that could make your eyes water.

TSMC semiconductor chip close up

The White House has rejected Intel's plans to increase chip production

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

The ongoing chip shortage has the entire world of tech in a chokehold, so why won't the US government help end it?

Qualcomm's 7 new IoT chipsets

Qualcomm wants to become the 'preferred platform for PCs' over Intel and Apple M1

By Jess Weatherbed published

Qualcomm has plans to shake up the current PC hardware industry.

A Gigabyte Aero OLED laptop against a colorful background

Keep your MacBook Pro, I only have eyes for Nvidia Studio laptops

By Jess Weatherbed published

While Apple's latest flagship has gained some serious attention, I remain fixated on the Windows-based alternatives.

Nvidia 3090 being revealed by CEO

Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU could be almost three times faster than the RTX 3090

By Jess Weatherbed published

Nvidia’s flagship ‘Lovelace’ graphics card could be packing some serious power.

A monitor on fire displaying game artwork for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

Rockstar has removed GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PC

By Jess Weatherbed published

On top of a 12-hour outage for the Rockstar Launcher, the remastered GTA trilogy has been pulled from sale with no warning.

Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming

Microsoft's latest update will introduce mods to Xbox Game Pass on PC

By Jess Weatherbed published

The Microsoft Store's Xbox App is finally allowing you to install games into any folder and mod games.

The HP Omen 15 from the front, displaying a vivd, colorful desktop background

HP Omen 15 (2021) review

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

The HP Omen 15 (2021) is one of the best 'all-rounder' gaming laptops you can buy right now at a reasonable price

A new MacBook Pro surrounded by fake Bitcoins

Tim Cook says Apple is 'definitely looking at' cryptocurrency and NFTs

By Jess Weatherbed published

Apple CEO Tim Cook stated in an interview that the company was looking into Cryptocurrency, but didn't offer up specific details.

A side angle view of the Huawei MateBook 14s

Huawei MateBook 14s review

By Jess Weatherbed published

Recommended

The Huawei MateBook 14s (2021) proves that the brand is serious about making itself known in the competitive laptop market.

Nvidia logo on a dark background

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti GPU spotted in a leaked gaming laptop benchmark

By Jess Weatherbed published

The latest flagship laptop graphics card from team Green might be on the horizon thanks to a Geekbench leak.

Streamer sat at her desk, playing a game and talking on mic to her chat

Still only using one monitor? Here's why you should buy a second on Black Friday

By Jess Weatherbed published

Black Friday 2021 Using a single monitor with your setup can be extremely limited, regardless if you're a business professional, streamer or artist.

Someone pressing a button that reads 'shortcut' on a white keyboard

These Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts will improve your efficiency

By Jess Weatherbed, Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson published

Microsoft Windows 11 offers some new keyboard shortcuts. making this the perfect time to train your fingers and brain.

A young man looking very surprised at his laptop

A new Windows 11 bug has somehow charged a laptop battery to over 104%

By Jess Weatherbed published

A reddit user's laptop has surpassed the 100% charge limit after downloading Windows 11

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