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We tend to think using our PCs is the most harmless thing on the planet — that when we’re alone, it’s just ourselves and our thoughts for company. But the terrifying truth is that our PC’s webcam can be an open-door for hackers to spy on us.

It’s not easy

Storage solutions have become quite affordable these days, and here’s undeniable proof: right now, you can score this 1TB SanDisk Ultra Fit USB flash drive for just $80. That’s an excellent price for this much extra storage in an ultra-compact, ultra-portable size.

That’s the

On its own, the term “network-attached storage” sounds rather boring. You could easily imagine a useful-but-dull beige box that’s intended to live its days out in a corporate network’s server room.

But that isn’t the case! In fact, NAS drives are surprisingly exciting and brimming with possibilities. They’re the farthest thing from a boring corporate storag

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Cybersecurity can be complicated. (I sat in on a pentesting session during the RSAC’s cybersecurity conference this week, and I don’t envy them their jobs.) But not all of it is—especially when it comes to big wins for us everyday users.

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When you’re making a computer known for being super-cheap, every penny counts—and that also applies when you’re counting how many returns you have to deal with. Raspberry Pi says that thanks to some fancy new soldering techniques and a little help from Sony, they’ve managed to cut expensive returns by a whopping 50 percent.

To get technical, the new Raspber

E-ink tablets are becoming well known; color e-ink tablets are quietly becoming more popular, as well. But an actual color e-ink display? That’s here, now, too. A key tablet maker is bringing color electronic ink to the desktop PC with the Boox Mira Pro (Color Version).

Boox already ships a monochrome 25.3-inch Mira Pro monochrome e-ink monitor, featuring a

Google said Thursday that it has begun migrating its “AI Mode” out of its experimental Labs effort and into the real world.

Google said that a “small percentage of people” in the “coming weeks” will see what Google calls AI Mode, or entirely AI-generated responses to queries that us