Alaina Yee
@morphingball
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Senior editor at @PCWorld. I write about tech; I tweet about cats & food. Formerly IGN, Maxmium PC, Official Xbox Magazine.
Bay Area, CA
Joined August 2010
Some people gamble. I do cable management before first boot.
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I wanted to understand the fuller picture of how the tariffs will affect the prices of tech gear. So I asked industry insiders. tl;dr - It's complicated.
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Are all devices affected? How fast will costs jump? Is it a flat 54 percent increase? Will only U.S. residents take the hit? We answer these questions and more.
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Tech & techy friends: . What are must-visit spots for weird/cool/unique PC hardware in Tokyo & Seoul? Visiting later this year and I wanna have a plan for attack :).
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Micro Center is opening in the SF Bay Area in spring. I'm so ready
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My wallet is braced for impact this spring.
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RT @GamersNexus: My good friend Gordon Mah Ung, legendary reporter and consumer advocate, passed away this past week. Please join us in rem….
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.@BradChacos is also taking remembrances at bchacos@pcworld.com - so even if you can't financially contribute, you can let Gordon's family know how he touched your life.
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Just got this info as well--. If you're so inclined: Gordon's wife and kids still have medical expenses related to his pancreatic cancer treatment to deal with. A GoFundMe campaign is set up, if you'd like to help:
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Family and Friends, We are starting a campaign to help Dara and the … Chris Bok needs your support for Join Us in Supporting Dara, Glenn, and Marianne
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I know many of you will feel this loss as well. It hurts profoundly.
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With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung. He was our executive editor in charge of hardware coverage, host of The Full Nerd, an exemplary tech journalist, and a great...
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RT @BradChacos: .@morphingball's super-helpful, super-fun annual tradition returns: Build a 1080p gaming PC for $550 with these Black Frida….
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Building a gaming PC is still pretty cheap on Cyber Monday. Here's how to roll a 1080p machine for $585—including Windows.
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As always, I'm grateful this Black Friday for @Slickdeals letting us old-timers keep the classic site view. I'd be so much slower on the new interface!.
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Since everyone else is spinning up on Bluesky, I dusted off my profile too. Catch some of y'all there?.
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Definitely a reason for the pitchforks to come out.
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The DMV has committed what many San Franciscans consider a cardinal sin — using "San Fran" to refer to The City, and a San Francisco politician is putting his foot down.
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On a less emo note, this headline still cracks me up each time I see it, and it's been a whole work day already. @MichaelCrider continues to crush it for our site.
Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
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Getting closer to the 1 year anniversary of losing my lil psycho dude. Been looking more at photos as of late. Here's his version of sunning himself.
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Depressingly necessary these days.
Hackers are stealing more info than ever. These 4 actions protect you by @morphingball.
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One for my passing Shakespeare fans out there. But even if you're only an improv fan, this is SO GOOD. (I saw their troupe do a show recently and I'm definitely attending more in the future. Finding this on was a happy bonus.).
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RT @markhachman: My understanding is that we held our Ryzen 9000 desktopreview because the data looked wonky -- there wasn't much uplift. N….
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Confusion and controversy have colored the launch of AMD’s next generation of processors—here’s everything you need to know about Ryzen 9000 CPUs.
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RT @pcworld: 6 must-know details about AMD’s divisive new Ryzen 9000 CPUs by @morphingball.
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Confusion and controversy have colored the launch of AMD’s next generation of processors—here’s everything you need to know about Ryzen 9000 CPUs.
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