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Clicking on a Google ad can be like gambling, except that there are no winners in the game. Land on a legitimate website, and you’ve fed the algorithm info about what ads to keep serving you. End up on a malicious webpage, and—well, you may have expo

Mere days after Microsoft released the Moment 4 Update for Windows 11 users, adding numerous new features and improvements to Windows 11 version 22H2, the company also unleashed the huge annual Windows 11 2023 Update (also known as Windows 11 version

Qualcomm and its Snapdragon chips are officially back inside the PC. Today, Qualcomm formally launched the Snapdragon X Elite, the flagship platform of its Snapdragon X family that leverages its Oryon CPU core, and promises to double the performance

AMD’s powerhouse Threadripper chips are back for desktop PCs! Despite declaring the end of consumer Threadripper chips last generation, AMD has announced three new Ryzen Threadripper 7000-series chips, with up to 64 cores and 128 threads—and the opti

We may not know how Microsoft will redesign Windows 12, but we do know how Microsoft is thinking about it: The company is putting AI first, to the point where Windows Copilot could be the new Start button. During the announcement of the rather shocki

YouTube has declared war on ad blockers, and the internet is in an uproar. On one side, Reddit’s edgelords declare that if you can’t watch YouTube without adverts, they will never use YouTube again. On the other side, the corporate apologists are scr

One of the ways advertisers build a profile of you is based on your location—that is, your IP address. Whenever you visit a website or a service, it’s part of the information that gets passed along when you connect. But now Google wants to change how

Modern hearing aids are impressive little gadgets, seamlessly pairing with phones and tablets via Bluetooth Low Energy to give their users unfettered access to digital audio. Windows laptops and desktops have lagged behind in this area, but Microsoft

A new generation of refreshed Raptor Lake processors has arrived. After months of rumors and leaks—and an official announcement just the day before launch—Intel’s latest batch of desktop CPUs take their place as the 14th generation in the Core lineup

Microsoft’s most recent update to Windows 11, formally known as the Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2), is the most consequential update in some time. Of course, you probably think you know why: Windows Copilot, Microsoft’s first step in creating a Window

AVG is best known for its excellent free antivirus software—so why pay a premium for the AVG Internet Security suite? In a word: convenience. With security software, the more you pay, the more comprehensive your protection becomes. That can be valuab

Mechanical keyboards are my favorite bit of PC accessory tech, but I wouldn’t blame anyone for balking at some of their prices. A “gaming” board from a major brand starts at about $100, and more premium examples can stretch toward $300 or beyond. The

Hide.me from Malaysia-based eVenture, is a VPN that might not have the name recognition of today’s most popular services, but it packs just as many features. It has slowly expanded its networks in recent years to encompass more locations and add more

The Eero 6 is a whole-home mesh Wi-Fi system from the Amazon-owned home networking company. The original Eero made waves when it arrived, as it offered customers struggling with wireless not-spots in their home a simple and effective solution—multipl

Staying safe online doesn’t mean having to learn coding or anything exotic. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security recently published a brochure entitled “Using the internet safely” that contains 10 helpful security tips you should keep in

If you ask Windows 11 users what bothers them most about Microsoft’s current operating system, the answers are usually similar. Only the order differs slightly. The inflexible taskbar: In Windows 11, the Start menu and icons in the taskbar are moved

Google Chrome is not only the world’s most popular browser, it is also one of the most powerful. With each new version comes a number of new features that are easy to miss. We’ve put together 12 smart tips to make it faster and better. Having many ta

The first sign that something’s wrong is almost always the same. Friends and business contacts complain that they’re receiving mail with advertisements from you. Dozens of notifications from mailer daemons accumulate in your inbox, claiming that your

Seeing how much information Google stores is both interesting and scary. YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Search, and Maps are just a few examples of all the Google services we use in our digital lives, day in and day out. As users, it’s easy to lose

Gamers often want to keep an eye on their computer’s resources. But it’s also practical when working with performance-hungry programs, such as graphics applications or video editing, to see immediately whether the working memory is sufficient and how