For a decade or so, a major threat to your laptop wasn’t a virus, malware, or hacking — it was Janet Jackson’s hit song, “Rhythm Nation.”
What you might think of as an apocryphal urban legend was apparently true, including to some internal sleuthing by Microsoft employee and blogger Raymond Chen, who has unearthed some new details on one of tech’s more fasc
Far be it from me to engage in a little schadenfreude… Actually, no. I really enjoy telling you about this one, as someone who needed a new graphics card at the tail end of the pandemic. Reports indicate that mining for Bitcoins (i.e., trying to turn electricity and math into money) is no longer profitable. Cry me a freakin’ river.
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During the first quarter of 2025, the total number of DDoS attacks increased by 198 percent compared to the last quarter of 2024 and by 358 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to a new repor
One of the best ways to sync your smart lights with the images on your TV is with Philips Hue’s light-syncing but loftily priced HDMI box. Looking spend less? Look no further than Philips Hue’s sibling brand, which just unveiled its own cheaper alternative.
Signify-owned WiZ Connected has just announced the WiZ HDMI Sync Box with TV Backlight, which—simila
Today, Mozilla has released version 138 of its popular Firefox web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The biggest draw of this update is the profile manager feature that makes it easier to separate work, play, and everything else. With separate user profiles, you’ll be able to have separate b
Roku is best known for its streaming boxes and sticks, but it also offers free TV entertainment on its Roku Channel, including live linear TV and some original movies, and you don’t need to have Roku’s hardware—or a Roku TV—to watch it. We’ll show you all the ways you can enjoy the bounty.
You can access the Roku Channel via a web browser or via Roku’s mobi
Intel said Tuesday that the company’s Arizona fab has run the first lots of the company’s Intel 18A wafers, the manufacturing technology powering its Panther Lake chips, while announcing a high-performance derivative process. Intel also offered a sneak peek at its 14A process, the next-generation manufacturing technology, which will include “turbo cells” for faster c
Buying toilet paper got ugly during the early part of COVID—between panic buying and hoarding, shelves were often empty. Due to tariffs, we may soon see similar scarcity for a bigger range of products, and that could include tech gear like PCs. Recently, the biggest port in the U.S. said that by next week, arriving shipments will have declined by 35 percent… and that
If you’re ready to upgrade your PC experience while gaming or working, we have just the deal for you. The LG UltraGear 32GS95UE is a 32-inch 4K OLED monitor with great specs, and right now it’s on sale for $997 at Amazon and
When it comes to versatile tech, microSD cards are certainly near the top of the list. You can use these with just about anything, from smartphones to cameras to drones to handheld gaming consoles. It’s good news then that the 512GB Samsung PRO Plus card is now just $30 on Amazon