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Ten years later, and Microsoft is still trying to charge you a subscription to play Solitaire without ads. And pretty much everything else, too.

It’s no joke. I wrote about the Microsoft Solitaire Collection Premium Edition a decade ago, wh

It’s funny how a simple $20 accessory can make your day-to-day life so much easier, especially if you’re on a laptop with limited ports. That seems to be common nowadays, with thinner and thinner laptops unable to support the wide range of ports we find ourselves needing.

Well,

Doom: The Dark Ages is a masterclass in how to keep a high-end game smooth while delivering amazing graphics. But if you want to push it with the latest PC graphics, including ray tracing and frame generation, you can. Will Smith has, over on the PCWorld YouTube channel. Today he’s checking out the last update, which comes with a full benchmark mode to test

Recently, Microsoft sent out new preview versions of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 to members of the Windows Insider Program.

A small but nice addition in the update is a new setting to change the position of the volume indicator, meaning the box that appears on the screen when you adjust the volume.

Currently, it appears along the bottom edg

Vibe coding is programming by gut feel. You have an idea for a tool, a website, or a repetitive task you want to automate… but instead of enrolling in a coding boot camp or slogging through YouTube tutorials, you fire up an AI chatbot and have it write the code for you.

This AI-driven approach to creative coding has exploded in popularity over the past year

TL;DR: A real-deal ref

PC gaming gear based on licensed properties isn’t anything new. In fact, most of it isn’t that notable — I’m more interested in original art adorning PC parts, say, some anime-inspired graphics cards or cat-themed motherboards. But I have to tip my plastic cowboy hat to MSI, which went absolutely nuts on this PC themed after Pixar’s Toy Story.

The

Baseus is making some absolutely versatile chargers these days. One of its newest models is on sale right now. The Baseus Enercore 3-in-1 wall charger has only just been launched and it’s already down to $50 ahead of Prime Day, which is quite a discount from its $70 MSRP.

So what makes this wall plug awesom

16GB of RAM is the minimum I’d recommend for anyone running Windows 11 at this point. But if you’re a browser tab addict or you’re running a lot of high-end software, even that might not be enough. This HP Omnibook X comes with some impressive upgrades, including a Ryzen AI 7 350 processor and 24GB of RAM,