Buying a laptop shouldn’t feel like solving a jigsaw puzzle, but sometimes it does. With loads of different models, price ranges, and flashy features, it’s hard to know what actually matters. Will…
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Latest Windows update kills dial-up modems… intentionally
Did you know there are still people in the US who are connected to the internet via classic dial-up modems? They’re mostly older folks in remote areas without easy or affordable access…
WinRAR under attack by state-level hackers, according to Google
WinRAR, a tool for unpacking compressed files, is one of those pillars of everyday PC use that’s kind of faded into the background. I used to install it on every computer setup,…
Zotac sounds the alarm on ‘the survival of graphics card manufacturers’
The graphics card industry—like the broader PC space, mobile, and pretty much anything that relies upon memory chips—is having a bad time. It looks like cards with high amounts of video RAM…
This $40 Anker charger ruined every other power bank for me
Here’s one thing I really, really, really believe: everyone should own a good power bank. Why? Because you never know when your phone’s battery will fail on you, and it sucks when…
Did the Nintendo Switch 2 Really Have a Bad Holiday? We Asked Analysts
Since December, we’ve been seeing (and writing!) headlines discussing the seeming slowdown of Nintendo Switch 2 sales going into the holiday season. And that narrative feels right, doesn’t it? We’ve seen prices…
‘Women in Particular Were Pretty Strict When Reviewing His Design’ — Resident Evil Requiem Director Says ‘Hot Uncle’ Leon S. Kennedy Has ‘Many Fans’ at Capcom
The director of Resident Evil Requiem has said that the game’s female staff members worked hard to ensure hero Leon S. Kennedy “would make anyone’s heart throb.” Fans have praised Leon’s appearance…
RuneScape Developer Jagex Insists ‘No Generative AI Will Ever Be Present in Any Asset That a Player Can Touch, Hear or Feel’
RuneScape maker Jagex has insisted it will never use generative AI to make content players actually see in-game, in one of the hardest stances on AI yet seen from a video game…
Arc Raiders and The Finals hit by ‘Extensive, Coordinated’ DDoS Attacks, Dev Says
Embark Studios’ Arc Raiders and The Finals are suffering from what the studio has described as “extensive, coordinated” Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The attacks were said to be “ongoing” today while the…
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is… okay
This final week of January is a crowded one for CPU releases. Monday saw Intel’s latest mobile chip officially debut—and on Thursday, AMD will launch its newest desktop processor, the Ryzen 7…