A 14-year veteran of technology and video games journalism, Alaina Yee covers a variety of topics for PCWorld. Since joining the team in 2016, she’s written about CPUs, Windows, PC building, Chrome, Raspberry Pi, and…
The old saying that goes, “If you don’t know history, you’re bound to repeat it,” can be just as easily applied to PC builder history as to anything else. So, in the spirit of not…
Buying a new iPhone is always exciting, especially when it’s your first. If you’re coming from another smartphone, there are some cool tricks you should learn to get the most out of your iPhone, but…
I have a confession to make: I don’t always do as I say. I’ve been a tech journalist for 20 years. Over those years, I’ve written countless how-to guides and advice columns, and I’ve made…
Many PC enthusiasts focus on the hardware components like the GPU and processor, but they often overlook the importance of a good PC case. Many times, enthusiasts pick the cheapest option to save money. However,…
Now we know that June 9 is the day Apple will kick off WWDC 2025. I’ve been covering WWDC since before Steve Jobs came back to Apple, and this year is shaping up to potentially…
Humans aren’t infallible, as much as we’d like to be. That includes security experts, as Troy Hunt revealed yesterday. Turns out, the legend behind HaveIBeenPwned (a site that lets you see which data breaches you’ve…
SSDs are finely tuned, blazing-fast storage devices that can take more advantage of the high bandwidth of PCIe 5.0 than even the fastest graphics cards. But like all instruments of performance, you can’t treat them…
USB flash drives are pretty self-explanatory, aren’t they? All you have to do is plug it into your PC and it’s ready to go, whether you’re using it to transfer files, play media, or launch…
Plenty of things pose threats to our laptops—spilled drinks, malware, falls from great heights—but the dangers aren’t all external. You might be gradually killing your laptop with some behavioral no-nos. When someone tells you that…