Jess Kinghorn

Jess Kinghorn

Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

A smart phone lies screen up on an integrated laptop keyboard. The phone screen displays the OpenAI logo in white. Moody purple lighting colours the scene.

Shifting corporate priorities, Superalignment, and safeguarding humanity: Why OpenAI's safety researchers keep leaving

By Jess Kinghorn published

Life below deck.

Hardware
Four of Acer's Nitro Arc B-Series graphics cards float in a lilac-gradient void. We see the exposed fan blades and the snazzy, embossed 'Nitro' logo catching the light.

Intel partners with Acer once again for the new generation of Arc GPUs but it's not just gamers they have their eye on

By Jess Kinghorn published

news Not exactly a curve-ball.

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Glow in the dark SNACTIV PRO Finger Chopsticks, the VCOM RGB Gaming Headphones Stand, and a jar of Colorcoral Universal Dust Cleaner Gel float in a teal void bordered in white. The top right corner of the image is wrapped in a banner which reads 'Black Friday Deals'.

Merry Christmas, you filthy animal: These Cyber Monday deals will help you stick to your 'clean desk' new years resolution

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Don't let your desk become the scene of a Home Alone movie in a microcosm.

Deal
A Razer Kraken Kitty V2 USB Wired Gaming Headset and a Logitech G PRO X TKL Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Keyboard float in a white-bordered teal void. A banner which reads 'Black Friday deals' take up most of the top right corner of the image.

Come on Barbie, let's go party—here are my top pretty in pink PC gaming Black Friday deals

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Life in plastic, it's fantastic.

Deal
The SoulCat Meow PBT Keycap Set placed into a keyboard floats in a teal void bordered in white. The top right corner of the image has a banner which read 'Black Friday Deals'.

These kitty keycaps are making me rethink my entire gaming setup, so here are my favourite Black Friday deals on gaming peripherals—the cute, the clacky and the cat-themed

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal These deals are calling out, "Buy me right meow."

Deal
The Razer Kiyo Pro Webcam looms in a teal void bordered in white. Its stand mount is partially unfolded downwards. The top right corner of the entire image has a 'Black Friday Deals' banner.

I've found my star Black Friday deal and it's the Razer Kiyo Pro USB webcam for $100

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Put yourself in the frame of this high-performance, wide angle webcam.

Deal
The ASRock PHANTOM GAMING 27-inch gaming monitor in a teal void bordered in white. on the top right corner, there's a banner that reads 'Black Friday deals'.

This Black Friday, every headline act needs a backup dancer but this deal on the ASRock Phantom Gaming 27-inch gaming monitor is worth a seat in the front row

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal A 1080p monitor for 100 bucks? Bargain!

Deal
The Corsair TC100 gaming chair, HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless Gaming Headset, and Lenovo Legion Pro 7 laptop float in a teal void bordered in white. On the top left corner is a flash banner that reads 'Black Friday Deals'.

My top ten Black Friday week deals so far: All-singing, all-dancing gaming laptops for less, a gaming chair throne for $180, and our favourite wireless gaming headset

By Jess Kinghorn published

I've unearthed some serious PC Gaming savings this side of Black Friday.

Hardware
Seattle, USA - Jul 24, 2022: The South Lake Union Google Headquarter entrance at sunset.

Google to sell Chrome AND be banned from re-entering the browser market for five years, recommends US Department of Justice

By Jess Kinghorn published

News And that's only the beginning.

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A modern 'LAN party' in progress at Kenton Varda and Jade Wang's Austin, Texas home.

Couple spends almost $1,000,000 building a family home 'optimized for LAN parties,' and the result is definitely living that dream

By Jess Kinghorn last updated

News We'll stick to The Sims 4's build mode.

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Shocked young arabic gamer wearing headphones screaming playing video game on personal computer, play in eSport cyber games tournament in neon light.

Gamers using Windows 11 24H2 systems are getting jumpscared by this one weird audio bug

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Panic! At your desk.

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A hand has reached down into a waste bin and pulled out an AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU. It is embossed with the PC Gamer logo.

Trash man rescues surprisingly decent gaming rig from landfill—and it even powers on

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Not talking absolute rubbish.

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A hooded figure is depicted running with a large sack, from which slips of paper featuring asterisks (symbolizing passwords or confidential information) are falling out. The background is solid red, creating a striking contrast and emphasizing the theme of cyber theft or data breach.

'SilkSpecter' hacking operation uses sophisticated ring of 4,700 spoofed storefronts to dupe shoppers looking for Black Friday deals—here's how to avoid getting scammed

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Avoid getting 100% off your bank balance.

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An illustration featuring a noodly arm reaching down and plucking a speech bubble containing the word 'password' from a computer screen.

Please change your password before hackers use this list of the 200 most commonly used passwords to crack open your life like a coconut

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Don't make it easy for them.

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A LG UltraGear 27GR93U 4K gaming monitor looms out of a white-bordered teal void.

With Black Friday right around the corner, my deal of the week is a bargain price on a 4K monitor that has to be seen to be believed

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Picture this: You and the LG UltraGear 27GR93U.

Deal
A man wearing glasses plays a Zefiro, attached to the bottom USB-C port of a smart phone. The phone offers touch screen buttons to play different notes.

The Zefiro is a USB-C-powered, thumb drive sized instrument that'll let you fulfil your Ocarina of Time musical fantasy—but I have some practical questions

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Getting on the blower.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard hair in action

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's impressive tresses feature '50,000 individual strands per character for over 100 hairstyles'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Because Rook's worth it.

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A Mac Pro looms over a Mac Mini that's be mounted in a 3D-printed case designed to look like a tiny Mac Pro.

3D-printed M4 Mac mini enclosure addresses one of Apple's most egregious design choices—but maker argues that the power button 'problem' is overstated

By Jess Kinghorn last updated

News Throwback style solves a modern problem.

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Amazon logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on October 17th, 2024.

Amazon wants chips with everything, crafting its own AI-focused line of silicon in a bid to dethrone Nvidia

By Jess Kinghorn published

News I prefer a crisp, battered cod myself.

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LG Display demonstrates the pliability of their stretchable display prototype. In three images side by side, the prototype is stretched, contracted, and twisted.

LG's bizarre but impressive stretchable prototype display has the 'highest rate of elongation in the industry,' a measurement I had no idea existed

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Scrunch it, pull it, twist it—but unfortunately no bop it

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A promotional screenshot from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. In a multiplayer mode, a skeletal player character with purple glowing eyes is flanked by two other armed operatives.

'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent players

By Jess Kinghorn published

news Catching strays.

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Depressed Teenage Girl Lying On Bed At Home Looking At Mobile Phone

Australia proposes social media ban for everyone under the age of 16, citing concerns about young people's mental wellbeing

By Jess Kinghorn published

News But is it really all social media's fault?

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A chat log between the writer and an AI chatbot pretending to be a future version of herself.

I chatted to an MIT-built AI version of my future, 60-year-old self and we did NOT get along

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Leaving my future self on read.

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Bees working on honeycomb.

Meta's nuclear-powered AI ambitions appear to have been thwarted by a swarm of bees

By Jess Kinghorn published

News 'Not the bees!' says Meta, probably.

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An illustration of a silhouetted thief in motion running while carrying a stolen fingerprint. This could represent individuality, identity, privacy concerns, or a concept of personal data being in motion or at risk. The combination of the human form with the unique identifier of a fingerprint offers a visual metaphor for themes such as identity theft, digital security, or the trace we leave behind in a digital age. The overall aesthetic is bold and dynamic, fitting for topics of cybersecurity, personal identity, or discussions about the intersection of humanity and technology.

Hackers hijack over 16,000 TP-Link network devices, creating a big ol' botnet that's absolutely slamming Microsoft Azure accounts

By Jess Kinghorn published

News When was the last time you turned it off and on again?

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