Managing Editor, Tech News Xplore. Areas of expertise: PC hardware, CPUs and GPUs, gaming handhelds, display technology and space science.
Alex Mercer is the managing editor of Tech News Xplore. A hardware journalist for over a decade, he has benchmarked more CPUs, GPUs and handhelds than he can count, and leads the publication's testing methodology and editorial standards.
A major Microsoft 365 outage is stretching into a second day, with users continuing to experience disruption across Outlook, Exchange Online and several connected Microsoft services....
Read our full coverage of Microsoft 365 Outage Enters Day Two as Outlook, Teams and Copilot Gradually Recover
The AI model race has another clear leader, at least according to one of the industry’s most closely watched independent evaluation platforms. Artificial Analysis currently places...
Read our full coverage of Claude Opus 5 Leads the AI Model Leaderboard, but GPT-5.6 and Open-Weight Rivals Are Closing In
NVIDIA’s upcoming DLSS 5 technology may not be as tightly tied to RTX 50-series graphics cards as initially expected. A modder has managed to patch the...
Read our full coverage of DLSS 5 Mod Brings NVIDIA’s New AI Tech to RTX 4090, but There’s a Catch
Grand Theft Auto 6 is shaping up to be a massive release, but Rockstar is making one thing clear: the game’s single-player experience won’t be built...
Read our full coverage of GTA 6 Will Have No Microtransactions or Generative AI in Single-Player
Grand Theft Auto 6 is shaping up to be one of the most technically ambitious games of this console generation. But players hoping for a 60...
Read our full coverage of GTA 6 Will Target 30 FPS at Launch, But a 60 FPS Mode Is Still Uncertain
Grand Theft Auto 6 is getting bigger by the day, and now we have a surprising indication of just how much time players could spend in...
Read our full coverage of GTA 6 Could Be Rockstar’s Longest Game Yet With an 80-Hour Playthrough
Grand Theft Auto 6 is shaping up to be one of the most technically demanding console games ever made. And while PlayStation 5 Pro owners might...
Read our full coverage of GTA 6 May Not Reach 60 FPS on PS5 Pro, and the CPU Could Be the Problem
Stick drift has become one of those gaming problems that players don’t even need explained. You move your character. You aren’t touching the controller. The camera...
Read our full coverage of PS6 Controller Could Finally Tackle Stick Drift With Magnetic Sensors
The PlayStation 6 hasn’t been officially revealed yet, but Sony has already taken a major step that could shape the console’s future. Beginning in January 2028,...
Read our full coverage of Sony’s PlayStation 6 Generation Could Be Digital-First as Physical Disc Production Ends in 2028
Sony has been preparing players for the next generation of PlayStation hardware, but there is one thing the company still isn’t willing to lock down: when...
Read our full coverage of PlayStation 6 Release Date and Price: Sony Says Next-Gen Plans Are Still Up in the Air