12 easy tweaks that maximize your Windows 11 PC’s speed
Clean up other junk Foundry If you’ve updated to Windows 11 from Windows 10 and have had that system for a few years, it’s likely to have accumulated some junk. Take the opportunity to do…
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Have DIY PCs peaked? Why Intel’s Panther Lake reveal gave me existential dread
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the latest topics on our YouTube show or burning news from across the web? You’re in the right…
Apple pokes fun at Windows PCs in ‘The Underdogs: BSOD’
Apple has released “The Underdogs: BSOD (Blue Screen of Death),” a video short that skillfully pokes fun at a Microsoft problem from last year, when a serious Windows computer crash occurred due to a faulty CrowdStrike…
Your Wi-Fi router’s secret trick: Easy file sharing between PCs
An easy way to share files between PCs in your home is to set up a share drive using your router’s USB port. You can set up a share drive with just a few easy…
Your Wi-Fi router’s hidden trick: Easy file sharing between PCs
An easy way to share files between PCs in your home is to set up a share drive using your router’s USB port. You can set up a share drive with just a few easy…
5 must-do SSD tweaks that supercharge your PC’s performance
Feature Tweaks that make a difference! Australian Editor, PCWorld Sep 29, 2025 3:30 am PDT Image: Pexels: Andrey Matveev When it comes to performance tweaks, we tend to think of slight changes we can make…
Google confirms plans to merge Android and ChromeOS, PCs and phones
Up until now, Google’s Android operating system has been limited to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and smartwatches/wearables (as Wear OS). There’s also Android Auto, which is used in car infotainment systems. Android hasn’t yet been…
Next-gen Snapdragon X2 Elite brings more cores and juggernaut AI to PCs
On Wednesday, Qualcomm announced three new Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme processors for PCs, pushing into what it calls ‘ultra-premium PCs’ with a 5GHz CPU and an NPU delivering an industry-leading 80 TOPS.…
What is Click To Do? Meet Microsoft’s next AI headliner for Windows PCs
Click To Do lets you feed text to AI models Click To Do uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to scan your current screen and make text selectable. Basically, it’s taking a screenshot and letting…
Meet BleachBit, the killer free app that cleans your Windows PC’s junk
Your PC’s operating system and running applications store countless temporary files on its mass storage device. One of the best-known examples of this is web browsers. In addition to the temporary data from the cache,…