Is It Still Cheaper To Build Your Own PC In 2026?

For many years, it's usually been cheaper to build your own PC using hand-selected components than purchase a pre-built machine, but is that still true in 2026?

How I used CloneZilla to fully back up my PC in case disaster strikes (and it's free)

How I used CloneZilla to fully back up my PC in case disaster strikes (and it's free) ...
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Building An Analogue Computer To Simulate Neurons

The rapidly-improving speed and versatility of digital computers has mostly driven analogue computers out of use in modern ...

Microsoft confirms "Project Helix," a next-gen Xbox that runs both Xbox and PC games

Asha Sharma, who recently replaced Phil Spencer as the head of Microsoft's Xbox division, provided a short update on the ...
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LEGO Space Computer Made Full Size, 47 Years On

There’s just something delightful about scaled items. Big things shrunk down, like LEGO’s teeny tiny terminal brick? Delightful. Taking that terminal brick and scaling it back to a ...

How to make your own semiconductor-class cleanroom in a shed and build your own chips, well kinda

Knocking up a cleanroom isn't as hard as you might think, the rest of the job, ...

Can you still mine Bitcoin on a PC in 2026? Here is the reality

Can you still mine Bitcoin on a PC in 2026? Explore the reality of ASIC dominance, rising mining difficulty and why home mining rarely pays.

What if your real computer was a super-sized Lego computer brick?

Worthy of both classic Lego and classic Mac. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, ...

A petri dish of human neurons has learned to play Doom: 'The cells play a lot like a beginner who's never seen a computer, and in fairness, they haven't'

Understandably, you're likely scratching your head, wondering how it's even possible for a petri dish to play Doom. Good question. The answer is the CL1, "the world’s first code ...