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It seems like every month or so we hear about a new security flaw affecting tons of consumer-grade CPUs. Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising, though, since the complexities of modern processors and the PCs around…
Microsoft keeps pumping more and more ads into Windows 11. In addition to self-advertising in the Start menu, app recommendations, and pop-ups for Game Pass games, there are now also pop-ups for cloud storage that…
“By the way,” Alexa sometimes says after responding to a command, followed by a random tidbit or suggestion you never asked for. Sound familiar? To be fair, Alexa is just trying to be helpful with…
Although the Raspberry Pi 5 has a PCIe interface, it doesn’t have a slot for a PCIe SSD. There’s now a whole range of plug-in boards (HATs = Hardware Attached on Top) for retrofitting SSDs.…
When shopping for laptops, you’ll notice that some have Energy Star in their product listings. In person, you may even see Energy Star stickers on the laptops themselves. But what exactly is it? How important…
When it comes to PCs, most users expect a reliable and lag-free experience. The boot up process takes only seconds, programs open almost without delay, and videos run smoothly. But every now and then, there’s…
Whether you’re recording an important lecture or your own thoughts, Microsoft’s integrated Audio Recorder tool is extremely easy to use. You can save the file in different formats and you can place markers within the…
Microsoft is currently testing a revised Microsoft Store for Windows 11, which is available to Windows Insiders on the Canary and Dev channels. The new version of the Microsoft Store has a new download area,…
As a lifelong PC fanboy and a former professional Android blogger, it hurts me to say this: Apple’s iPad really is the best tablet on the market, and it’s been true for a while. That’s…
In Intel’s statement released on Friday, it says that its own recent tests of the microcode patches being rolled out to customers — for the voltage issue impacting 13th- and 14th-gen Core processors — basically…