Scammers are taking advantage of playtest hype for Elden Ring Nightreign, and Steam users are warned to be cautious.

Here are some of the absolute best PC gaming headsets available, based on more than a full decade of testing as 2025 draws in. We've got wired and wireless options, cheap headsets that won't break ...

Counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips are currently circulating in China, according to tech forums in the country.

Here’s how it works. The best PC game controllers are a great alternative to using the best gaming mouse and best gaming keyboards. This is especially true if you grew up playing on consoles and ...

I've tested more steering wheels with Xbox and PC compatibility than I can count, and these rank as the best of all. At-home racing simulation can seem like an expensive and farfetched hobby to ...

Scam emails of this sort not only look official, but can often look like they’ve been sent from official government email addresses, making them harder to spot. Scammers sometimes even sign off ...

I was privileged to byline the cover story of the last print issue of PC Magazine, the Windows 7 review, and I’ve witnessed every Microsoft win and misstep up to the latest Windows 11.

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

If you pay someone in the form of a gift card and then later find out that it’s a scam, it is nearly impossible for a bank or credit card company to help you get that money back. At least with a debit ...

Best 14-inch Dell's XPS 14 (9440) is all-new for 2024, with a minimalist design, 3.2K OLED display, optional discrete NVIDIA Laptop GPU, and Intel Core Ultra H-series CPUs with NPU for boosted AI ...

Dell's best Alienware gaming PC lineup is about to get a refresh, as the company just unveiled two models for 2025. Not only are we getting a successor to the Aurora R16 that comes armed with an ...

Tyler is an associate writer under CNET's home energy and utilities category. Tyler came to CNET straight out of college where he graduated from Seton Hall with a bachelor's degree in journalism.