Best Chromebook deals for Prime Day 2024
Amazon’s Prime Day Chromebook deals are ramping up in anticipation of the big event beginning on July 16. We’re busy poring through early Prime Day sales, looking for the best Chromebook deals on both budget…
Mark Hachman
Mark Hachman
Orico Thunderbolt 4 12-in-1 dock review: Stability sells it
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Best-in-class stability Excellent streaming Upstream Thunderbolt and display connection SD/microSD slots Upstream Thunderbolt port fast-charges phones Cons Power button doesn’t remember if it’s on Poor storage performance Our Verdict…
Chromebook vs. laptop: Buying advice and recommendations
While it’s easy to focus on what you’re going to do with either a Chromebook or a Windows PC—web browsing! games!—it’s easy to lose sight of the little things. One of the best features of a…
FTC warns three PC tech companies of potential warranty violations
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that it has sent letters to several technology companies warning them that their warranty or repair policies might violate federal law. Specifically in the PC space, the FTC…
Get Windows 11 for just $48 during July 4th weekend
If you’ve ever been in the mood to upgrade to Windows 11, now is the time. PCWorld’s software store is taking an additional 20 percent off Windows 11 licenses and 10 percent off of our…
Windows Copilot+ laptops: 7 vital things to know before buying
Copilot+ laptops are the talk of the PC industry right now: AI-powered, energy-efficient, with long battery life and good performance on top of that. So why wouldn’t you buy one? As it turns out, there…
Xbox Live games are down due to sign-in problems
Sign-in functions for Microsoft’s Xbox Live service failed Tuesday into the afternoon, preventing users from signing in to and playing Xbox games on the console and PC. Microsoft’s Xbox Live service page acknowledged an error…
Amazon’s Gaming Zone is bare, dull, and totally misses the mark
Amazon apparently didn’t get the memo that the metaverse is dead. I mean, how else do you explain its new 3D “Gaming Zone” showroom that looks like what the 1980s thought the future would be?…
Thunderbolt 5 cables are here! But only one is worth buying right now
A Thunderbolt 5 cable has finally appeared, even before Thunderbolt 5 docks have begun shipping. Cable Matters is now advertising several “Intel Certified” Thunderbolt 5 cables capable of 120Gbps—but only one is worth buying, eventually.…
Apps on Microsoft’s Copilot+ Surface just work…except games
Have you been burned before by Windows on Arm? Are you worried whether the apps you need will actually run on Copilot+ PCs? I was, too. But after playing around with one myself, I’m fairly…