AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile may seem like your only cell phone plan options, but they’re not. And sticking with the familiar could be costing you hundreds per year.
Alternative providers use the same networks as the big companies, offering almost identical service but with lower prices, still no contracts, and often more perks. With a mobile virtual n
Just in time for the final stretch of back-to-school madness, Best Buy is holding a 3-day anniversary sale. From Friday through Sunday, you can pick up last-minute additions to your haul for all-time low prices (or very near them).
Not every “deal” right now is a bargain, though—there’s plenty of junk discounts in the mix. To h
If you want to say goodbye to Cortana one last time within Windows 11, don’t update the app.
Microsoft began deprecating the Cortana app within the Windows Insider program just a short time ago — that’s programmer-speak for “gettin
The PC CPU market set no new records for the second quarter of 2023, a researcher reports — and that’s all for the best.
Mercury Research reported that in the first quarter of 2023, CPU shipments within the PC market sunk to their lowest point in a decade. But in the second quarter, CPU sales soared by 20 percent quarter-over-quarter to
Smartphone plans are expensive—but they don’t have to be. While they’re not nearly as astronomical as when they first launched, signing up for a plan with one of the major carriers still costs around $60 per month (before taxes!) for a single line.
Sure, you can sign up for a family plan to cut costs, but those generally default to an unli
As expected, microcode applied to fix the Intel “Downfall” bug a Google researcher discovered this week can have a severe impact on performance, according to early tests, with the performance hit reaching nearly 40 percent in select workloads.
That will pose a tough choice to consumers: if they accept Downfall BIOS patches from their system and
The launch of Microsoft 365 kick-started the Windows cloud PC era with a focus on business in 2021, but it has become increasingly clear that Microsoft is planning a cloud-based Windows for private users as well. Now, Windows 11 Insider preview testers who subscribe
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