Switching to a solid-state drive is the best upgrade you can make for your PC. These wondrous devices obliterate long boot times, speed up how fast your programs and games load, and…
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Ring admits its Android app uses third-party trackers following EFF report
Ring’s Android app uses multiple third-party trackers to deliver customer data to companies other than Amazon. Powered by WPeMatico
The best graphics cards for PC gaming: AMD and Nvidia duke it out for 1080p supremacy
“What graphics card within my budget gives me the best bang for my buck?” That simple question cuts to the core of what people hunting for a new graphics card look for:…
How Warcraft III accidentally became a great Lord of the Rings game
Warcraft III: Reforged releases today. We may never get a Warcraft IV, but at least III and its expansion The Frozen Throne are finally getting some love: A refined user interface, more detailed units and buildings, native 4K…
Aqara Smart Home Starter Kit review: This muddy smart home kit has a glimmer of promise
This bare-bones, but budget-friendly kit covers just the basics and is very weak in terms of home security. Powered by WPeMatico
The best laptops: Premium laptops, budget laptops, 2-in-1s, and more
2020 looks like it’s going to be a great year for laptops. We have AMD and Intel battling it out on the CPU front, new mobile discrete GPUs enabling thinner, lighter, and…
New ‘CacheOut’ attack targets Intel processors, with a fix arriving soon
Researchers have discovered and published information on what they’re calling CacheOut, a vulnerability in most Intel CPUs that allows an attacker to target more specific data, even stored within Intel’s secured SGX…
Report: Avast and AVG collect and sell your personal info via their free antivirus programs
Avast and its subsidiary AVG, caught selling customer data to corporate clients last year, are at it again—this time using its free antivirus programs if you opt in to data collection, a…
Black wallpaper bug from Windows 7’s ‘final’ update will get fixed
Windows 7 may have gone end-of-life earlier this month, but Microsoft’s preparing a postmortem patch to fix a bug introduced in what was supposed to be the final update. After installing the…
Google decides to ‘iterate’ on its deceptive favicon search plan
Google backtracked Friday from its controversial plan to mix “favicons” in with search results, which critics had called a deceptive mix of search results and paid advertising. Last week, Google began putting…
