Keeping your Windows PC running good isn’t hard if you do a little regular upkeep. Stuff can slow down or mess up over time, but Windows has some built-in tools to help fix things.
You can run advanced, Microsoft-supplied tools like SFC, DISM, and CHKDSK every now and then to keep things smooth. If you want to run all those tools in one spot, there’s a cool
It wasn’t so long ago that I could predict exactly when my laptop would slowly give up the ghost on hot days. Often, the only thing that helped was pointing my desk fan at it—loud as a leaf blower and only partially effective. Fortunately, that’s all history now, because I finally treated myself to this
On February 10th, 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Solar Orbiter space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Over five years later, Solar Orbiter has now delivered photos of the Sun’s south pole for the first time e
Tired of the limited ports you have on your laptop? Want to expand its connectivity with a handful of more options and get a free fast-charging USB-C cable at the same time? Then you have to jump on this limited-time deal! Grab this Baseus 9-in-1 laptop docking station alon
ChatGPT still hasn’t fulfilled the most grandiose promises of its early days, and that’s something I’m mostly grateful for—largely because it has yet to replace me and my entire profession. But over the last few years, it has evolved more and more into the virtual personal assistant it always had the potential to be. Scheduled tasks are part of that.
Chromebooks have been around since 2011, but they’ve undergone a serious transformation since the early days. They’re no longer the low-resolution, low-powered machines from the days of old. Now, in addition to the ones that fit the needs of casual users, a handful of them are capable of running games, a far-fetched idea at one point in time.
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Are you ready for your PC to communicate by light?
Don’t hold your breath, unfortunately. But the possibility became more real as the PCI Express Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) said today that it’s working on a way for future PCI Express communication to take place over optical interconnections.
It was a busy day for the PCI-SIG: the standards c
Over the past few years, high-end PCs have come to be associated with PCI Express 5.0, the infrastructure that connects graphics cards and SSDs. That’s close to changing, as the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) hits a key milestone this year to bring the higher-bandwidth PCI Express 6 to PCs.
Most of the news today from the PCI SIG is theoretical: the S
You need to cool your PC’s processor no matter what, but you can do so in different ways—with a heatsink and one or more fans for old-school air cooling, or with an AIO liquid-cooled setup as seems to be the trend for any high-end PC setup. But which is better?
PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray cornered Nick from G