Jak Connor

Tech and Science Editor
Jak joined the TweakTown team in 2017 and has since reviewed 100s of new tech products and kept us informed daily on the latest science, space, and artificial intelligence news. Jak's love for science, space, and technology, and, more specifically, PC gaming, began at 10 years old. It was the day his dad showed him how to play Age of Empires on an old Compaq PC. Ever since that day, Jak fell in love with games and the progression of the technology industry in all its forms.
Jak, currently based in Adelaide, Australia, has written 10,856 items of content on TweakTown since his first content was published online in 2017.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming monitors, science, space, and AI news
- February 2025
- GTA 6 publisher commits full support Nintendo Switch 2
- Marvel responds to claims Fantastic Four marketing was created with AI
- If hostile aliens exist they could detect Earth from 12,000 light-years away
- Microsoft could soon bring three staple Xbox titles over to PS5
- NASA confirms discovery of Mars sample unlike any it has found before
- NASA telescope photographs planet-transforming grains in deep space
- Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con mouse functionality revealed in new images
- Nintendo confirms date for an official 'closer look' at the Switch 2
- Google backpedals on promise to not create AI for use in weapons and surveillance
- Microsoft confirms two iconic Xbox exclusive titles are coming to the PS5
- Elden Ring Nightreign release date and details to be revealed on this date
- Programmers once again push the limit on where DOOM can be played
- EA reveals release window for new Battlefield game
- China retaliates against Trump with investigation into top US tech player
- Unsettling levels of microplastics discovered in human brains
- MSI MPG 272URX QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Review - God-level Gaming
- Dockcase combines USB-C ports with an M.2 SSD enclosure to birth a 7-in-1 smart hub
- Nintendo reveals plan to tackle Nintendo Switch 2 scalpers and resellers
- Microsoft caught scrubbing official guide for installing Windows 11 on ineligible PCs
- Alogic unveils stylish and powerful battery bank for monstrous portable charging
- Call of Duty studio co-founder confirms he crashed a drone into aircraft fighting LA wildfires
- Here's what to expect from Microsoft's Xbox Showcase next month
- Elon Musk confirms he's using six 'young Spartans' to clear out the US government
- Grand Theft Auto 6 teased by iconic GTA 5 actor in a bold new prediction
- This unique ultrawide monitor might replace your dual-screen setup for good
- DeepSeek AI begins to steal customers away from ChatGPT
- Singapore responds to accusations of smuggling illegal NVIDIA GPUs to China
- Samsung triple-fold smartphone name leaks along with rumoured release date
- Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra camera rings exposed as fake in durability test
- DeepSeek AI found to be stunningly vulnerable to jailbreaking
- DeepSeek misled the AI market, training costs range in the billions not millions
- Elon Musk takes control of government computer system, officials now locked out
- Elden Ring: Nightreign has roguelike elements, but isn't 'chasing a trend'
- Assassin's Creed Shadows hit with massive spoilers in 200+ image leak
- Grand Theft Auto 6 release date leak source responds in new update
- TikTok's traffic makes a return after the app went dark for 16 hours
- Foldable iPhone inches closer to reality as Apple zeroes in on display supplier
- Phil Spencer confirms Starfield isn't staying exclusive, along with every other Xbox game
- FBI seizes domains for infamous hacking forums that created 17 million US victims
- January 2025
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is already being hit with negative Steam reviews
- Starfield, Fable and Gears of War rumored release on PS5 and Switch 2
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 movie confirmed and it hasn't even released yet
- Mark Zuckerberg's frustration with his meetings leaking revealed in leaked audio
- US officially launches probe into DeepSeek over illegal use of NVIDIA chips
- NASA discovers asteroid that's now the most significant threat to Earth
- Robots set to take on humans in first-ever long distance running race
- Microsoft makes ChatGPT's most-advanced $200 a month AI free
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 official PC requirements revealed
- BioWare masks developer layoffs with Mass Effect 5 announcement
- Former Rockstar dev says GTA 6 won't hit 60FPS on PS5 and Xbox
- Grand Theft Auto 6 release date leaked by store, source was PlayStation
- Move over OpenAI and DeepSeek, a new Chinese AI model claims supremacy over both
- NASA confirms asteroid samples contain ingredients for life as we know it
- OpenAI says DeepSeek stole its data to train its breakthrough AI
- X CEO teases new milestone for Elon Musk's 'Everything App,' releases 2025
- TSMC responds to Trump's threats that may cause electronic prices to skyrocket
- Microsoft Gaming CEO confirms Xbox games will be on the Nintendo Switch 2
- Scientists admit to mistakenly identifying Elon Musk's car for an asteroid
- President Trump names the company currently in talks to save TikTok
- Google Maps confirms its renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but for only some users
- Official Doomsday Clock moved to 89 seconds to midnight, closest it's ever been
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds to DeepSeek AI hype amid widespread stock value crash
- NVIDIA breaks silence after biggest single-day loss of any company in history
- Ubisoft announces new job cuts in effort to 'prioritize projects and reduce costs'
- Sony's next God of War might explore Egyptian mythology
- Activision/Blizzard President doubles down on DEI in leaked company-wide message
- Wife buys husband a $139 gaming muzzle to stop him screaming
- OpenAI CEO confirms latest AI model is now free for the public
- Release date announced for GTA 6 'parody' launching on Steam
- PlayStation 5 is outpacing PS4 sales, Xbox fails to beat Xbox One sales pace
- Ubisoft officially unveils Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC after widespread criticism
- AI with 500 million years of evolutionary data creates unseen genetic sequence
- Perplexity AI assistant goes head-to-head with Google's Gemini
- Every game unveiled at Xbox Developer Direct and their trailers
- Ubisoft unveils Animus Hub, a COD-style launcher for every Assassin's Creed game
- Scientists subject AI to 'pain' after being inspired by electrocuting hermit crabs
- iPhone's with TikTok installed are being sold on eBay for $50,000
- World's 'first AI software engineer' fails 85% of its assigned tasks
- Insomniac Games are ready for film and television shows on its games
- AI could surpass 'almost all humans at almost everything' in just 3 years
- Google unveils Gemini AI is now capable of chaining actions together
- Google keeps recommending ads that will steal your bank data
- China breaks record with nuclear test that burned 6 times hotter than the Sun
- Apple sued over harmful 'forever chemicals' found in Apple Watch bands
- Samsung officially teases its first tri-fold Galaxy smartphone
- Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshots leak ahead of release
- ADATA showcases a selection of innovative gaming products at CES 2025
- YouTuber makes tool to debloat Windows in just 2 clicks
- 33% of triple-A developers are working on a live-service game
- Samsung Galaxy product leaks ahead official event, and it might not come to the US
- Gamers now have less reasons to use the Steam Overlay in 2025
- NVIDIA says how it will get gamers to play their games at 1000FPS
- Bluesky and X's bids to become TikTok scream more 'Threads' than anything
- Death, taxes, and another Netflix price increase hits wallets
- Elon Musk caught red-handed cheating in Path of Exile 2 during livestream
- NASA releases jaw-dropping 2.5 billion pixel image that took 10 years to capture
- OpenAI has now made ChatGPT more human than it ever has been before
- More teens say they're using ChatGPT for schoolwork, a new study finds
- OpenAI's new 'Operator' touted as the next breakthrough in artificial intelligence
- Half-Life 2 RTX video and screenshots leak showing 6 minutes of gameplay
- MrBeast might become TikTok's new CEO after putting in his 'final offer'
- World's biggest lithium-ion battery facility catches fire sparking fear
- TikTok officially given new timed lifeline by President Trump
- Official Samsung video leaks for unannounced Galaxy S25 and new AI features
- EA's Origin App is shutting down and an arguably worse alternative has taken its place
- European Union fines itself for breaking their own privacy laws
- Palworld developer may retake top spots on Steam and Xbox with new updates
- Instagram moves to capitalize on TikTok ban with release of new app
- Sony is suffering from shell shock after $400 million failure, cancels two new games
- Microsoft to bring six staple Xbox games to the Nintendo Switch 2, says insider
- European regulators put X in its sights with demands to turn over its algorithm
- RuneScape players rally against Jagex over egregious membership changes
- Grand Theft Auto 6 to release at new price that will make all games more expensive
- Elon Musk confirms he cheated to become a top player in Path of Exile 2 and Diablo IV
- TikTok is officially back after Trump drops the hammer on the ban in new response
- Can I use a VPN to access TikTok? Here's the answer
- TikTok officially banned across the US, Trump named as savior in new message
- Nintendo Switch 2 performance leaked revealing CPU and GPU clock speeds
- NVIDIA stuffs $500 million worth of Blackwell GPUs into 10,000 square-meter facility
- Apple makes rare admission that an 'Apple Intelligece' feature has failed
- Nintendo teases new Mario Kart with 24 player support in Switch 2 trailer
- SpaceX catches world's most powerful rocket again, but suffers a loss
- TikTok's fate is now in the hands of Trump, says White House official
- Princeton experts warn against AI snake oil being widely sold by companies
- TSMC sets 'volume production' target date for 1.6nm chip
- Sony cancels two live-service games, including multiplayer God of War
- Nintendo admits emulation is technically legal after shutting down popular emulators
- Elon Musk leaks DMs of streamer Asmongold after gamers expose him
- Meta accused of training AI with illegal content, documents reveal engineer 'torrenting'
- All signs point to an Oblivion remake as the Xbox's Developer Direct 'Mystery Title'
- Samsung confirms new subscription service to own Galaxy smartphones
- Nintendo's latest product is arriving in March, and it's not the Nintendo Switch 2
- NVIDIA responds to new US government restrictions on artificial intelligence
- Makers of viral CES 2025 human-like robot speak on ties to the adult industry
- Researchers discover if 0.001% of AI training data misinformation the AI becomes corrupted
- Nintendo Switch 2 mysterious 'C' button tied to a paid subscription
- Microsoft confirms when Office apps on Windows 10 will lose support
- Acer unveils rare 32-inch 5K Predator gaming monitor at CES 2025
- This 3-in-1 fast wireless charging station powered my CES 2025 in style
- TCL's new phone offers 'paper-like experience' and 7 days of battery for $199
- Espresso Displays showcases the 15-inch portable monitor I've been waiting for
- Here's the world's first 5K2K monitor that bends from flat to curved in seconds
- LG levels up gaming with the world's first 5K2K gaming monitor
- LG let me go hands-on with its $60,000 transparent TV at CES 2025
- Intel showcases a monstrous naked-eye 3D gaming handheld at CES 2025
- MSI Project Zero X dropped the pants of anyone that walked past it at CES 2025
- ASRock showcases a 360Hz and 480Hz OLED gaming monitors at CES 2025
- Dominoes Pizza roasts Ubisoft over recent Assassin's Creed Shadows announcement
- Nintendo Switch 2 improperly unveiled at CES 2025 revealing design
- Dune: Awakening only runs at 60FPS on an RTX 5090 with DLSS turned off
- ASRock showcases a glorious 520Hz IPS gaming monitor at CES 2025
- Corsair unveils next-level customization with the FRAME 4000D at CES 2025
- Corsair unveils the sparkling 5000T LX RGB and 5000T cases at CES 2025
- ASUS unveils 'world's first' 27-inch 4K gaming monitor that detects when users walk away
- Sony reveals price for its first car 'Afeela' that comes with a built-in PS5
- Alienware releases new 27-inch 4K QD-OLED, 240Hz gaming monitor at CES 2025
- Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Shadows is officially delayed again
- Sony announces three big PlayStation games are being made into movies and TV shows
- CES 2025 turns sci-fi into reality with the unveiling of a flying car and moped
- Garmin unveils Instinct 3 smartwatch series at CES 2025
- MSI showcases a world's first QD-OLED gaming monitor at CES 2025
- MSI unveils a slick 4K Mini-LED dual-mode gaming monitor at CES 2025
- MSI unveils blisteringly quick 600Hz gaming monitor at CES 2025
- Microsoft is crashing PCs with its latest ad about it killing support for Windows 10
- Hyperkin reveals a suspiciously Playstation-like controller at CES 2025, compatible with Xbox
- Samsung officially announces when it will unveil its next-generation Galaxy smartphone
- Samsung can diagnose face and skin conditions with its new Mirror display
- NVIDIA confirms Valorant will run at 800+ FPS on an RTX 5090 with record-breaking latency
- Witcher 4 confirmed to launch with full suite of NVIDIA's latest RTX technologies
- NVIDIA reveals the RTX 5070 will have the same performance as the $1599 RTX 4090
- NVIDIA unveils how AI characters are now teammates and enemies in games
- All major CES 2025 keynotes from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and others can be watched here
- Apple settles Siri lawsuit for $95 million, eligible iPhone users will get paid out
- Microsoft subtly reminds everyone the world's most popular OS will lose support in 2025
- World's first 750Hz refresh rate gaming monitor unveiled at CES 2025
- Intel now stands in the shadow of the world's best CPU for gamers and creators
- Samsung unveils a world's first gaming monitor at CES 2025
- Samsung is bringing its Wall-E-like robot to any home in 2025
- Scientits discover how many bits per second the human brain can process
- FromSoftware confirms Elden Ring: Nightreign won't have a beloved community feature
- Robotic vacuum cleaners now have an arm to help pick up your dirty laundry