ROG Ally benchies, and a whole lotta corporate bull.

This week has seen Intel planning massive layoffs following $2.8 billion losses in its most recent financial statement, alongside claims from IBM that thousands of the company's staff could probably be replaced by AI.

So here we are, bearing witness to the ever increasing superfluity of man. Still, at least we can spend our incoming Edo period laughing in leisure at humans doing dumb things like trying to smuggle GPUs and $600,000 worth of *checks notes* live lobsters into China. And since the Witcher 3's latest update includes Intel XeSS support, our idle, AI-fuelled future will be decorated by the smoothest Geralt yet.

Well, the Asus ROG Ally really is full of surprises. After a horrible April Fool's actually non-fake product reveal the next generation of handheld gaming PCs has launched in the ROG Ally. And it's really, really good. So good in fact that it might just be the best budget gaming PC you can buy, and may even make cheap gaming laptops an irrelevance, too.

The ROG Ally is the best handheld gaming PC on the market, and probably the best budget gaming PC full stop. Asus has rendered Windows implausibly usable on a handheld device, and created a well-priced, impressive stacked machine that looks, sounds, and feels great to use. I might even forgive Asus for that offensive April Fool's double bluff reveal. Maybe.

The Embody is one of the comfiest chairs you'll ever sit in. It's also likely one of the most expensive chairs you'll ever sit in. It's an investment for sure, but your back, neck, and spine will thank you. These chairs are built to last and have a 12-year warranty if something goes wrong.

Another powerful Legion Tower gaming desktop is on sale; this time around, it's got an RTX 4080 and 32GB of DDR5 RAM doing the heavy lifting. Aside from the mediocre storage, you can't go wrong with this desktop especially if you want to do some serious 4K gaming.

Nvidia's monstrous RTX 4090 has dipped below Nvidia's recommended pricing in several European markets. That includes pricing on Nvidia's official online store.

So long, hard drives, and thanks for all the storage. The very last mechanical hard drive will be sold in 2028, bringing an end to the magnetic storage era.

The European Parliament just voted to adopt an EU Commission proposal to make the application of artificial intelligence safer. The new proposal, amended by Members of European Parliament (MEPs), aims to "ensure that AI systems are overseen by people, are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and environmentally friendly."