Joe Osborne

Joe Osborne

Joe Osborne is the Senior Technology Editor at Insider Inc. His role is to leads the technology coverage team for the Business Insider Shopping team, facilitating expert reviews, comprehensive buying guides, snap deals news and more. Previously, Joe was TechRadar's US computing editor, leading reviews of everything from gaming PCs to internal components and accessories. In his spare time, Joe is a renowned Dungeons and Dragons dungeon master – and arguably the nicest man in tech.

Articles by: Joe Osborne

Apple news

Apple, Amazon vehemently deny report of Chinese spy hardware in their servers

By Joe Osborne published

Bloomberg's Businessweek reports that Chinese spyware had invaded Amazon and Apple servers, which they both deny.

alienware m15

Alienware m15 is a thin and light gaming laptop of 'Epic' proportions

By Joe Osborne published

Alienware has crafted its thinnest and lightest gaming laptop yet: the Alienware m15.

Microsoft Surface October 2018 event live blog: the latest news on Surface

By Joe Osborne published

Live Blog We're live blogging Microsoft's October 2018 Surface event just for you – we'll have the latest as it happens.

Harry Potter

This leaked Harry Potter adventure game footage looks stunning

By Joe Osborne published

Leaked footage of an epic Harry Potter RPG has us surprisingly hyped.

Surface Laptop 2

All-black Surface Laptop pops up ahead of Microsoft's October 2 event

By Joe Osborne published

Microsoft may be working on all-black versions of its Surface products for 2018.

Google Project Stream

Google's Project Stream lets gamers play straight through the Chrome browser

By Joe Osborne published

Google has launched a streaming service for games called Project Stream, starting with the latest Assassin's Creed.

Oculus Quest

Oculus Quest confirmed to have Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside

By Joe Osborne published

Facebook and Oculus have confirmed that Oculus Quest runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor.

Star Wars VR

New Star Wars VR interactive story debuts exclusively on Oculus Quest in 2019

By Joe Osborne published

Facebook, Oculus and Lucasfilm have revealed a new interactive Star Wars experience exclusive to Oculus Quest.

Oculus Quest

Facebook reveals Oculus Quest standalone VR headset

By Joe Osborne, Nick Pino published

Oculus Quest, the next evolution in Oculus' VR platform, launches next year.

windows 10 fast boot

This PC boots to Windows 10 nearly five times as fast as an iPhone

By Joe Osborne published

Tom's Hardware has built a PC that can boot to Windows 10 in just 4.93 seconds.

Nintendo Switch Virtual Console

Nintendo Switch Virtual Console hinted at in eShop Javascript code

By Joe Osborne published

A keen-eyed fan has found Nintendo Switch Virtual Console references in the eShop webpage's JavaScript.

macOS 10.14 Mojave

The best and worst bits of macOS 10.14 Mojave

By Joe Osborne published

Opinion In which we dwell on the highs and lows of Apple's new macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online's NES game library was hacked – in less than 24 hours

By Joe Osborne published

The NES game collection on Nintendo Switch is easily hackable, so easy it was done in less than 24 hours.

Chromebook 'Nocturne'

Google Nocturne 2-in-1 Chromebook seen in new leak

By Joe Osborne published

Google's Chromebook 2-in-1 device known as Nocturne has showed its face once again.

AMD Ryzen H Series processors

New AMD Ryzen H Series processors look primed for gaming laptops

By Joe Osborne published

AMD has issued two new processors designed for high-end laptops, particularly gaming.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti benchmarks

Benchmarks confirm Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 are for top-end gaming PCs only

By Joe Osborne published

Nvidia's latest graphics cards are high-end gaming machines only, our own tests confirm.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs AMD Radeon Vega 64

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64: which top graphics card is best for you?

By Joe Osborne published

Updated How does Nvidia’s best graphics card ever, the GeForce RTX 2080, stack up against AMD's Radeon RX Vega 64?

Qualcomm Snapdragon 1000

Qualcomm Snapdragon 1000 for laptops could pack 8.5 billion transistors

By Joe Osborne published

The upcoming Snapdragon 1000 processor is expected to outpace Apple's latest and greatest this year.

Surface Laptop

Surface Laptop inventory dries up ahead of Microsoft's October 2 event

By Joe Osborne published

Is Microsoft's lacking Surface Laptop availability affirmative of a sequel? No, but...

macbook air 2018

New MacBook Air 2018, iPad Pro are no-shows in Apple’s sitemap leak

By Joe Osborne published

Apple's rumored new MacBook Air and iPad Pro weren't exposed in today's major leak – what does that mean?

macbook air

Our MacBook Air 2018 wishlist: everything we want from Apple's laptop revival

By Joe Osborne published

Here's are the three things we most hope to see from a possible MacBook Air revival.

Chromebook 'Nocturne'

Is this the Chromebook 'Nocturne' leaked on video?

By Joe Osborne published

Video has reportedly leaked of a 2-in-1 Chromebook thought to be a Pixelbook sequel.

microsoft

Microsoft teases October 2 press event – new Surface hardware incoming?

By Joe Osborne published

Microsoft is hosting an October 2 press event to show off something new – what will it be?

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G APU plays Battlefield 5 at 30 fps

By Joe Osborne published

AMD’s Ryzen 5 2400G APU can run Battlefield 5 at playable frame rates all on its own.

greaseproof Xbox One controller

This greaseproof Xbox One controller is 2018's biggest innovation in gaming

By Joe Osborne published

Microsoft has made a greaseproof Xbox One controller to celebrate the release of PUBG.

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