Windows 11 is getting blurrier (in a nice way)
If you’re reading these words on a Windows 11 PC, do me a solid. Minimize all your windows and right-click your desktop. You’ll notice that the context menu has a nice frosted glass effect, revealing…
Lawrence Stubbs
Lawrence Stubbs
Amazon’s budget-friendly Fire TV Stick HD is on sale for just $20
If you’re happy with your TV’s size and display but wish it had more features, you don’t need to upgrade the whole thing. Consider starting with a much cheaper investment like a streaming dongle. The…
Sony is exploring one-time ‘cross-buy’ games on PC and PS5, leak shows
If you buy The Outer Worlds 2 or any number of major Microsoft-published games, you can play them on both Xbox and PC with the same purchase. Now that Sony is all in on supporting…
Microsoft is working on a fix for Windows 11’s cluttered right-click menu
The Context Menu in Windows 11 (also known as the right-click menu) is meant to be a convenient shortcut for common actions, making it much easier to do various things via just a few simple…
This free Chrome extension kills invasive email ‘tracking pixels’ dead
Email platforms in web browsers are very popular and easy to use. However, Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo each have their pitfalls. Many marketing messages, spam, or phishing attempts use tracking pixels, which are designed to…
SanDisk’s ultra-tiny USB flash drive is built to live in your laptop forever
SanDisk is taking “the world’s smallest” USB flash drive, giving it a USB-C connector, and… that’s it. In fact, it’s small enough that this “removable” drive shouldn’t have to be removed, the company said. A…
Over 1 billion passwords and emails leaked: How to see if you’re affected
Security expert Troy Hunt, who operates Have I Been Pwned, recently received 2 billion unique email addresses that were found across multiple malicious lists and internet sources, including 1.3 billion unique passwords. Like the 183…
LEGO finally shows us its glorious Star Trek Enterprise D set
Second officer’s log, stardate 4555.38. An archeological dig studying next-generation human exoplanet colonization has revealed a curious find: a 21st-century modular children’s toy with a striking resemblance to my current vessel. This model of a…
Windows 11’s taskbar audio settings suck. Here’s how to fix it
I’ve used Windows 11 regularly for a couple of years now. I still dislike it. But now we’re all stuck with it, given Windows 10’s “death” earlier this month. What I hate in particular: The…
Amazon’s Fire TV piracy crackdown hurts everyone, not just pirates
The dirty secret with Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks is that they’re great for piracy, but maybe not for much longer. Amazon confirmed this week that it will block Fire TV apps that provide access to…