Make your laptop faster for free: 5 performance-tuning apps
It’s not uncommon for a laptop to lose some of its pep over time. The good news is that there is often something you can do about it — whether that means updating drivers, goosing…
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Discord’s new PC app is faster, cleaner, with a fresh coat of paint
Despite the controversies over the last few years, Discord is still being used by millions every day to chat, make video calls, and play games together. But the desktop version of the app has been…
Windows 11’s File Explorer will unpack ZIP files much faster soon
Last week, Microsoft sent out a new preview version of Windows 11 to members of the Windows Insider Program. This one only rolled out to those on the Canary Channel, which is the most experimental…
Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster
Corporate and diplomatic trends in AI writing According to the researchers, all sectors they analyzed (consumer complaints, corporate communications, job postings) showed similar adoption patterns: sharp increases beginning three to four months after ChatGPT’s November…
How faster DDR5 memory can unlock new performance in your desktop PC
For years, it’s been more important to have enough memory, than fast enough memory, but that’s all starting to change. While you still need to make sure you have plenty of RAM for the games you want to play…
This free European AI chatbot is 13 times faster than ChatGPT
With all the news about ChatGPT, Copilot, and DeepSeek, you might think that the US and China are the two main players at the head of the AI pack, with everyone else lagging behind. But…
Google Drive now synchronizes files faster and uses less data to do it
Google recently announced a new update to its Google Drive cloud storage service that will make it much faster to synchronize your local copy of files on your computer with those stored in the cloud.…
New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality
The AI-generated worlds reportedly include realistic physics, camera movements, and object behaviors, all from text commands. The system then creates physically accurate ray-traced videos and data that robots can use for training. Examples of “4D…
Sending files from iPhone to Windows just got a lot faster and easier
Sharing files between an iPhone and a Mac is super easy, barely an inconvenience. Android and Chrome have a similarly cushy relationship over on the Google side of things. But Windows doesn’t really have a…
WD SN850X 8TB SSD review: Faster speeds, vaster capacity
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Fastest host memory buffer NVMe SSD we’ve tested More affordable than DRAM designs Available with up to 8TB of capacity Cons 8TB capacity is pricier per GB than the…