Your home network’s security is only as good as the configuration of your router or gateway. Leave it open or vulnerable, and you might end up with freeloaders that hog your bandwidth,…
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Crucial P5 Plus review: A fast PCIe 4 SSD with tough competition
The P5 Plus is the follow-on to Crucial’s affordable and surprisingly fast P5 NVMe SSD. It’s a worthy encore, at least in terms of performance. Not only is this new version slightly faster,…
12 popular Google Doodle games you can still play
A few times each year, the Google Doodle team cranks out some high-quality games to celebrate anniversaries and special events, or to raise awareness of ongoing issues. Usually these games are meant…
How many CPU cores do you have? How to check
At some point, everyone learns that a CPU has a variable number of cores inside, and that number influences its performance. The next natural impulse is to find out how many cores…
The best graphics cards for PC gaming: A third contender appears
Most people who are in the market for a new graphics card have one primary question in mind: Which card will give me the most bang for my buck? Obviously, the answer…
Watch: Will Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs topple AMD’s Ryzen 5000?
Intel says its upcoming 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs will be the company’s “most significant” change in more than a decade. Alder Lake will likely be Intel’s first attempt to wrest the ”best…
Samsung is finally offering its top-of-the-line 4K TV tech in smaller sizes
Addressing TechHive’s long-standing complaint about behemoth top-tier TVs, Samsung announced at CEDIA that its Neo QLED Q90A series will now be available in apartment-friendly sizes. Powered by WPeMatico
Buying a mechanical keyboard? Consider these 6 points of caution
When I bought my first mechanical keyboard in 2015, I had no idea what I was doing. Coveting the clackety sound and glorious key travel of mechanical switches, I sprung for a…
6-core vs. 8-core CPUs: What’s better for gaming?
Just five years ago, debating the merits of a 6-core CPU versus an 8-core model wasn’t possible. We were all stuck with 4-core chips at a consumer level—to break past that barrier,…
This USB-C Lightning cable should terrify you
Now even your USB-C and Lightning cables can spy on you. Hak5 has begun selling USB-C and USB-A cables that yes, work as cables—but they can also be used hack your laptop,…