Intel Core i9 13900K and Core i5 13600K review: an effective redoubt against AMD’s Ryzen 7000 advances

With AMD’s Ryzen 7000 chips firmly on store shelves, it’s now time for Intel to shoot their shot. Team Blue’s 13th-gen chips arrive today, and on paper they represent a huge upgrade over 12th-gen despite compatibility with existing Z690 (and new Z790) boards. You get higher clock speeds (up to 5.8GHz!), more efficiency cores, more…

Today’s Battlefield 2042 update reworks another map

Battlefield 2042’s latest update arrives today, and tweaks yet another map. Update 2.2 reworks Orbital in a similar manner to how September’s patch reworked the (appropriately named) Renewal. Here, Battlefield developer DICE says it has “improved gameplay flow” and added more cover and assets, as well as various terrain improvements. Another big addition to this…

Your ads, your choice

Online advertising doesn’t need to be confusing or out of your control. Whether you’re watching tutorials on YouTube or looking up recipes on Search, you should have a say in the ads you see online. That’s why today, My Ad Center will start rolling out to users around the world to help you control the…