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

A Zotac VR GO 4.0 VR gaming backpack against a dark background with colorful stars

Zotac has crammed another VR gaming PC into a backpack

By Jess Weatherbed published

Zotac has unveiled the VR GO 4.0, its 4th generation of wireless VR backpacks equipped with an Nvidia RTX GPU

Two Apacer PCIe Gen 5 SSDs flighting through space leaving a rainbow trail behind them

World's first consumer PCIe Gen 5 SSDs can hit 13,000MB/s and still keep their cool

By Jess Weatherbed published

Apacer revealed two PCIe Gen 5 SSDs at Computex 2022 that can achieve the fastest read and write speeds in the world.

A press image of games and a 500Hz gaming monitor from the Nvidia Computex 2022 keynote

Nvidia at Computex 2022: everything you need to know

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Computex 2022 From CPUs to the world's fastest gaming monitor, here's everything you need to know about the Nvidia Computex 2022 keynote.

The Asus ROG Swift 500 HZ gaming monitor on a red background

Is there actually any point in a 500Hz gaming monitor?

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Computex 2022 Opinion: The Asus ROG Swift 500Hz gaming monitor was unveiled at Nvidia's Computex 2022 keynote, but how fast is too fast?

A man jumping for joy against a yellow background with falling graphics cards

Great news gamers – Cryptominers don't care about GPUs anymore

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Asus claims that demand for consumer GPUs for use in cryptomining is vanishing, leaving room for the market to recover.

A mysterious man holding a keyboard like a weapon

Your mechanical keyboard isn't just annoying, it's also a security risk

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Website Keytap3 can tell exactly what you're writing just by listening to you type.

Everything you get with the Poco Buds Pro Genshin Impact edition, featuring Klee waving

Forget Airpods - I only have eyes for these Genshin Impact earbuds

By Jess Weatherbed published

Opinion: I'm unashamedly too dorky for Apple products or luxury tech – and that's okay.

Photo of Steam Deck handheld console playing God of War

The new Steam Deck update makes the console cooler and louder

By Jess Weatherbed published

Valve is beta testing updates to reduce fan noise, improve fan controls and even boost the device's max volume.

A full shot of the Anycubic Kobra Max on a large table

Anycubic Kobra Max review

By Jess Weatherbed published

Recommended

The Anycubic Kobra Max is the ultimate asset for prop makers, offering a massive print capacity and reliability.

A lifestyle image of a young person using an Acer ConceptD 5 Pro laptop

Acer's updated ConceptD range is fantastic news for content creators

By Jess Weatherbed published

Acer's ConceptD range is designed with content creators in mind, equipped with the latest Nvidia and Intel hardware.

A frustrated man looking at his phone with a wireless router in the foreground

How to find your Wi-Fi password on Windows and Mac

By Jess Weatherbed published

Lost your Wi-Fi password? Fear not, there are ways to find it again using a laptop or computer

An unhappy looking man at a party holding the Discord app logo

Discord's Party Mode is a party pooper for processors

By Jess Weatherbed published

Discord's recent Party Mode is hogging processing power, causing up to 30% spikes in usage.

Intel Arc Alchemist GPU

The Intel Arc Alchemist range might disappoint PC gamers

By Jess Weatherbed published

Intel has provided the lineup of its Arc GPUs in a beta graphics driver, but only gamers on a tight budget will be happy.

A crying duckling on a chromebook being used in an office environment

Why does Google insist on Chromebooks being the ugly duckling?

By Jess Weatherbed published

Opinion Google had the chance to release an updated Pixelbook Go or Pixelbook 2 at I/O, and it missed a treat by not doing so.

A laptop showing a photograph of some delicious hummus next to the Slack logo.

I changed my Slack notifications into hummus, but now I'm hungry for more

By Jess Weatherbed published

Did you know you can change your Slack notification to a woman saying 'Hummus'? You do now, and its easy to set up.

Angry business man screaming on laptop

Even Microsoft thinks you should uninstall the latest Windows 11 update

By Jess Weatherbed published

A Windows 11 update has been causing havoc by crashing apps, with users left unable to open important programs.

Gland Computers Mining Rig

Will Nvidia need to protect the RTX 40 series GPUs from cryptomining madness?

By Jess Weatherbed published

With the next generation of Nvidia GPUs just around the corner, we could see some familiar issues start to appear.

Detail of the computer equipment used by the Ethereum miner

Nvidia's anti-cryptomining GPUs have finally been 100% unlocked

By Jess Weatherbed last updated

Nvidia's LHR cards have officially been unlocked to 100% mining efficiency, but its too little too late.

The grey wooden inspired top of the Friska Stockholm standing desk

Friska Stockholm standing desk review

By Jess Weatherbed published

Recommended

The Friska Stockholm standing desk offers customizable glamour on a budget, with plenty of optional extras and solid build quality.

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5 things you didn't know Google can do

By Jess Weatherbed published

Google has some secrets hidden away in its search engine and Chrome web browser – here are our top five.

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Microsoft's One Outlook has leaked, but people already think it sucks

By Jess Weatherbed published

A new web-based version of the Microsoft Outlook email client has leaked, but reactions online are mixed.

A woman looking relieved at her laptop in a modern office environment

Microsoft has rolled back this controversial Windows 11 update

By Jess Weatherbed published

A Windows 11 feature that disabled the drag and drop functionality for taskbar icons won't appear in the full OS build.

And Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 inside an open PC case

Nvidia is flexing on AMD with its 'superior' GPU drivers

By Jess Weatherbed published

Nvidia takes a jab at AMD's 'sub-par beta drivers' for its GPUs in its latest video detailing how drivers are developed.

An illustration of Elon Musk drawn by thongyhod looking perplexed at falling Twitter logos

Twitter's new features may cure your fears about Elon Musk's takeover

By Jess Weatherbed published

Elon Musk can't take credit for any of these new incoming features, but all Twitter users will benefit from them.

A smartly dressed man sat in a polluted city wearing a facemask while using a tablet computer

Google's Earth Day gift is the grim realization of how polluted your city is

By Jess Weatherbed published

Google can now bring up air quality information for some cities in the US directly within the search engine.

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