On the road with a dead laptop? Your car can charge it!
If you’re like me, you’re going to take your laptop everywhere you go — yep, even on vacation. But doing that comes with the problem of finding somewhere to charge it when there are no…
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VR gaming isn’t dead yet! Valve’s Deckard headset is our last hope
How Valve could save VR gaming with the rumored Deckard headset Valve’s Project Deckard has been the stuff of online rumors for a long time, but those rumors have ramped up recently. Earlier this year,…
WordPad is dead in Windows 11, but Notepad is absorbing its skills
For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another Windows application, WordPad. Microsoft…
The Full Nerd: Dead Ryzen CPUs, SteamOS rising, & scented thermal paste
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardcore hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. In it, we dive into the hottest topics from our YouTube show, plus interesting PC hardware news from…
This neat trick instantly reveals if a battery is charged or dead
Hey PCWorlders! Today I want to show you a neat trick. As you no doubt understand, getting dead batteries in any device can be a real drag. To stop that happening I frequently swap my…
These 7 antivirus myths are dead wrong
Antivirus software is an essential piece of protection on any Windows PC. On an internet where malware is only becoming more and more profitable for organized crime, you don’t want to be without a good…
Epic is giving away Dead Island 2 this week. Grab it and save $50!
Epic Games Store continues to offer free games every week, and this time you have the opportunity to grab free copies of popular co-op horror shooter Dead Island 2 and horror puzzle adventure Happy Game…
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio series is probably dead
It seems that the end may be here for the Surface Laptop Studio, Microsoft’s targeted Surface series for creative work. According to The Verge, Microsoft has reportedly ended production of the Surface Laptop Studio 2…
Skype is dead. Here’s how to migrate to Teams (or pick another app)
As announced a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially discontinued the Skype messaging service as of today, May 5th. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video call app alive. If you’re…
You’ll take my personal files from my cold, dead hard drive. Here’s how to save yours
About 10 years ago, a prominent tech executive confidently informed me that computer files would become obsolete. The exec was Bret Taylor, who at the time was building a Microsoft Word alternative called Quip. (He previously…