Nearly 50 years ago—April 4, 1975—Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Back then, everything centered around the development and sales of BASIC code interpreters. Only later were MS-DOS, Windows, and Office added to the mix.
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Spring is here, and the weather is warming up, giving us hope that we’ll be lounging by the pool in no time. Well, the best way to prepare for the upcoming summer is to get an automated pool cleaner to take over the least pleasant job. The new Aiper Scuba X1 Pro Max promise
Nanoleaf is launching a new product called the PC Screen Mirror Lightstrip, reports The Verge, which features 75 color-changing LEDs and can be attached to the back of a computer monitor to create an immersive ambient lighting experience that also mirrors the screen’s content.
Hold onto your hats, Plex users: A huge Plex Pass price hike is incoming, along with big changes for Plex Media Server users who want to stream their content remotely.
After holding the line in terms of price for 10 years, a lifetime Plex Pass—a subscription that offers such features as DVR functionality, media downloads, hardware video transcoding, commer
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In the PCWorld office chat, I call the Acer Nitro V gaming laptop “Old Faithful” because it reliably goes on sale every few weeks. Today, we’re seeing its typical big discount from an unusual source: MicroCenter. You can usually only get this store’s best sales in person, but right now it has a Nitro V with a Ryzen processor and RTX graphics card
Where do I launch my games these days? Try, EA, Steam, Blizzard, Epic, Xbox app, Ubisoft Connect… I’m getting dizzy just listing them off. In fact, my desktop is so cluttered with icons it looks like it has a bad case of computer measles.
But worse than that is the fact that I only have a vague idea of where some of my games are. Not the classics of course.
The easiest way to add more connectivity to your laptop is with a simple accessory called a hub. And right now, Anker’s 5-in-1 USB-C model is only $18.84 on Amazon, a marked 46% drop from its MSRP.
This hub has a sleek design that’ll look gorgeous with any laptop on a
These days, getting a new device doesn’t mean it comes with a power adapter—which is pretty annoying since those older power bricks are slower to charge with outdated ports. If you want to modernize, you can get this Apple-branded double USB-C wall plug for $39 on Amazon. That’s 34%
Nvidia, AMD, and Intel have all latched onto AI-powered techniques as a way to enhance their graphics capabilities. Now Arm has entered the arena, shipping a new Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (Arm ASR) technology that’s based on something AMD previously developed.
Arm ASR was initially developed for mobile GPUs, not for PCs. But Arm showed off Arm ASR in a