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Friday February 7, 2025. 04:00 PM
If your laptop or PC has been infected by ransomware, i.e. a blackmail virus, you’ll receive a message asking you to pay a ransom. You’ll feel like your in the the hot seat, but that’s the whole point. The criminal will crank up the pressure by threatening to destroy...
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Top-notch HMB performance Affordable Sexy name Cons Slower random performance than DRAM designs Our Verdict The WD Black SN7100 was the fastest PCIe 4.0/host memory buffer design we’ve tested. It’s our number one for the average...
It only took about nine years, but I’ve finally made Windows Task View part of my everyday workflow. Task View arrived with Windows 10 in 2015, providing an alternative to cramming all of your open windows into the space afforded by your screen. By clicking the Task View...
Recently, I’ve started to consider my own impact on the environment. As someone who occasionally reviews laptops, there are times when I’ve accumulated a collection of them in my home office. Whenever I gaze upon this backlog, I’m reminded of my own contribution to the ...
Acer’s Helios laptops are gaming designs in the classic sense: big, chunky, and chock-full of high-power parts. The newest models of the Predator Helios Neo AI line don’t break with that tradition, upgrading to the latest Intel processors and newest Nvidia graphics...
TL;DR: Unlock a library of quality documentaries with a lifetime subscription to MagellanTV for only $139.97 (reg. $999) when you use code SAVE30. Have you noticed how hard it is to find a good documentary on Netflix? Sure, they have a few decent ones every year, but if...
Thursday February 6, 2025. 09:01 PM
The MSI Creator 16 is a laptop. Allegedly. But looking at the spec sheet, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a souped-up gaming rig. It’s packing an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU, a 4K screen, and a whopping 64GB of RAM. Normally, you’d...
Ready to turn your house into a smart home? Replacing your dumb bulbs with smart ones is perhaps the easiest way to start. Many smart bulbs can be screwed into existing light sockets, and they can be controlled remotely, put on schedules, change colors, and more. If...
Any business that relies on selling electronics to Americans is having a bit of a crisis at the moment. Less than two weeks into the new Trump administration, there’s a new 10 percent tariff on goods from China — which is most consumer goods, period — and it’s set to ...
It’s been well more than a year since Amazon gave us a glimpse of a revamped Alexa, complete with an AI overhaul under the hood. Now there are signs that the AI-powered Alexa is almost ready for prime time. Journalists (including me) awoke this morning to invitations...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has removed the last barrier to using ChatGPT as a search engine, the requirement to log in. Now, it’s open to all. OpenAI launched the feature last fall, but required a login. Now, the feature can be used without the need for registration. ChatGPT...
Google has now given its Gemini app access to a new AI model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental. According to the announcement blog post, the company says this model is currently “ranked as the world’s best model” and is available at no cost. The model is...
It’s been a few years since Microsoft started making changes to Chromium, the open-source engine that powers most web browsers today, including Chrome and Edge. One of the more recent changes grants more privacy to end users in Incognito and InPrivate modes. Turns out,...
Bill Gates was once the embodiment of the computer industry. Though the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft retired over a decade ago to pursue full-time philanthropy, people still listen when he talks — and in a recent interview, he talked about Intel. Intel is having...
Going from a multi-screen setup at home or the office to your laptop’s single screen while on the go can be… jarring, to say the least. It can really put a damper on your productivity. Which is why I swear by portable monitors. If you don’t have one yet, you can snatch ...
Windows has come a long way from its wild west days, with multiple protections that guard against dangerous software. But attackers constantly try to evade those defenses—and recently succeeded with a 7-Zip exploit that sneaks past Windows’ normal wariness of downloaded...
Tech giant Microsoft has announced that you can now try out the Super Resolution feature in the Teams app, but only if you have a Copilot+ PC with a Snapdragon X chip. (If you don’t have a Copilot+ PC, you don’t have the hardware needed to run AI features like this.) ...
Hello, fellow workstation addicts. I see y’all over on the /r/battlestations subreddit, lovingly tweaking your monitor angles and searching for the perfect succulent to add a splash of green. Come check out the newest addition to Corsair’s growing desk offerings: a...
One thing you need to have in your purse or backpack at all times is a power bank. You never know when you’re going to need extra juice for your phone before it dies and leaves you stranded. Right now, this Iniu power bank is only $10.79 on Amazon, which is 51 percent off...
There are critical vulnerabilities in HP’s Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6 and PostScript) that could allow attackers to inject and execute malicious code, according to a security advisory from HP. Updates have been released and should be installed immediately. The...
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