Whoa! This ITX motherboard plays DOS games on native hardware
It’s never been easier to get classic games running on your PC, but “easier” is a relative term when it comes to one specific category of classic games. Some titles made in the DOS era…
Michael Crider
Michael Crider
Lenovo and Samsung have new Chromebooks you need to check out
Google invited me to New York to look at the newest Gemini AI tools going into Chromebooks. But I don’t want to talk about that, because it’s boring. Instead I want to talk about the…
That one awesome Brother printer is just $90 today
Printers suck. And since I used to work in a print shop, that’s not just an attention-grabbing opening line, it’s a professional opinion. Inexpensive inkjet printers are almost universally reviled for being pricey to refill…
AMD’s newest tweaks boost Ryzen 9000 performance further
Though highly anticipated, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series of desktop processors arrived with a bit of a thud earlier this year. Since then, the company has been in damage control, blaming the initial poor performance delta…
The FTC goes hunting for misleading ‘AI’ product claims and scams
The term “AI” is inescapable right now, spreading its way across every facet of every market, whether it actually makes sense or not. And as it turns out, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is…
Please stop using your monitor’s crappy built-in speakers
I’ve been covering PC monitors for years, and there’s one thing that I’ve found to be a constant. No matter how advanced or interesting new monitors get, some of them will come with speakers built-in.…
Get an RTX-powered Lenovo gaming laptop for just $641 right now
Gaming laptops are getting pretty amazing, with some even hitting in the same performance category as equivalently expensive desktops. But they’re not getting any cheaper, at least not without a good deal. That’s where I…
Hackers remotely unlocked Kia cars with just a license plate scan
Being able to use an app on my phone to start my car and warm it up ten minutes before I leave on a cold morning is some real “living in the future” stuff. I…
This Dell deal marks the cheapest Copilot+ laptop we’ve seen yet
When Chris Hoffman reviewed the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus earlier this year, he liked the Snapdragon-based laptop a lot… but he also thought it was too pricey at $1,100. “Wait for a sale on this…
Meta’s new Quest 3S is the VR headset I wanted last year
The Meta Quest 2 remains the most popular VR headset in the world, at least if we assume that Steam’s hardware survey is an accurate indicator of the VR headset market. And it isn’t even…