Welp, Nvidia’s RTX 5090 can crack an 8-digit password in 3 hours
I have bad news for everyone with weak passwords. A hacker can guess your laziest random passwords in the same amount of time it takes to watch a movie. It turns out when you put…
May 2025
May 2025
A hacker is demanding money to keep your kids’ data safe. It won’t work
Crime does pay. It’s the motivator behind ransomware and extortion scams and why the PowerSchool breach (in which data for millions of students was lost to a hacker) is now dragging out further. Late last…
Trump backs down: China tariffs set at 30% for now
The last few months of PC news has been dominated by one thing: US president Trump’s attempt to implement foreign economic policy using almost nothing but import taxes. The wild and escalating tariffs with China…
Ccleaner: How to prevent the annoying autostart of the free version
Many Windows users rely on CCleaner to tidy up their systems and remove junk files. While it’s a popular utility, and the premium version of CCleaner is great, it has become increasingly aggressive with how…
ASUS Patches DriverHub RCE Flaws Exploitable via HTTP and Crafted .ini Files
May 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security ASUS has released updates to address two security flaws impacting ASUS DriverHub that, if successfully exploited, could enable an attacker to leverage the software in order to achieve…
Folding and curved iPhones both predicted in 2027 ‘product blitz’
The iPhone hasn’t seen a truly radical change in design since the switch from Home button to a notch in 2017, and some models have been almost indistinguishable visually from their predecessors. (Line up the…
Grab Samsung’s ultra-tiny 128GB flash drive for only $15 right now
Big things come in small packages, or so they say. That maybe isn’t always the case, but it sure is with the Samsung FIT Plus! This super-fast, super-tiny USB flash drive is smaller than your…
Score HP’s OLED gaming laptop with RTX 4060 for $470 off today
With so many laptop models available today, it can be tough to figure out which laptop is the right one to get if you’re looking for high-end greatness. But if you ask me, it doesn’t…
I punished this Bluetooth speaker for a year. It just won’t die
As a tech expert, I’m used to disappointment when it comes to gadget failures. Actually, we’re all used to it. Too used to it. Just last night, I put an endlessly restarting Apple HomePod mini…
This Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB RAM is down to its lowest ever price
What do laptops and desktop PCs have in common? They take up more space on your desk than necessary! That’s why I prefer to use a mini PC these days, one that has all the…