External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also…
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A modder turned a Victorian radiator into a steampunk gaming PC
When I play PC games in my small office, I can feel the heat of the room rise. My gaming desktop is, in a very literal sense, a space heater. Billet Labs…
$300 off — This RAM-packed Dell laptop is only $800 today
The current AI-driven RAM and SSD shortage is making it hard to shop for value PCs and laptops—ones that offer plenty of power at reasonable prices. What if you don’t want to…
Meta’s Manus AI just added a nifty OpenClaw trick
From one perspective, the viral OpenClaw AI tool and Meta’s Manus AI service couldn’t be more different. One is open-source, the other is a closed commercial product. One runs on your local…
Classic Outlook bug causes mouse pointers to randomly disappear
If you’re still using the classic Outlook app and you’ve been experiencing sudden mouse pointer disappearances over the past two months, making it difficult to get any meaningful work done, just know…
Netflix is my new no-lie laptop battery test
If you were to take a laptop on a plane or away for a ski weekend, how long would it last streaming Netflix before it ran out of battery? It’s a good…
Today’s best laptop deals: Save big on work, school, home use, and gaming
If you’re looking for an affordable Windows machine under $500, a blazing fast gaming beast for those intense matches, or a portable 2-in-1 for school or work, you’ve got plenty of great…
Windows 11 26H2 is coming: Meet all the new features
Windows 11 26H2 follows the model of an enablement package and is technically based on version 25H2. An enablement package is a small feature update that does not trigger a complete reinstallation…
New phishing hacks aren’t sloppy—they’re personalized
Scams keep coming at us—and they’re getting harder to spot. How? Scammers have begun making them more tailored to their marks. That is… us. Personalized scams, as security experts call them, use…
Don’t be the next email controversy! Back everything up with this lifetime tool
TL;DR: Back up Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, and IMAP accounts with encrypted, compressed archives and cloud mirroring. Mail Backup X Individual Edition is $49.99 for a lifetime license (MSRP $179). Every few months, there’s a new…