For all its positives, Windows sometimes acts in unexpected ways—like a sudden lack of audio. If your computer abruptly stops playing sound, try these easy steps to fix the issue:
No sound in one app
First, reboot your computer.Confirm the program’s volume isn’t turned down or muted. In browsers like Chrome and Firefox, each tab can be muted individually—right-click a tab to see its status. (The option will say “Unmute tab” if currently silenced.)If yo
It’s a good day to improve your gaming peripherals on the cheap. Amazon dropped the price of select HyperX gear including keyboards, headsets, and microphones. This deal lasts until midnight Monday night Pacific time. Here are our two top picks from sale:
First up, we’ve got the HyperX Cloud Flight wireless headset for $90. That’s a savings of $50.
In our review of the Cloud Flight, we gave it four out of five stars back when it was in the $150 price range. “It lo
At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsAffordable priceRugged buildGreat keyboardGood selection of portsConsSubpar webcamAnnoying bloatware comes pre-installedTouchpad is a little hard to useOur VerdictWith its affordable price, decent performance, and robust build, the Acer Aspire 5 is a great budget option for most people.
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Cloud storage is a big business, and it’s being made by sold of the same corporations that make components of the laptops being sold on store shelves all over the world. So it makes sense that “free” cloud storage is being given away with the purchase of new PCs. But exercise a smidgen of caution before you load up a hundred gigs or so of cloud space with essential documents or precious memories. Unlike the soupçon of free storage given away with new accounts at places
Wish your phone had the power of a full-scale desktop computer? With Shells — the personal cloud computer — it can.
Shells interfaces with any connected device including phones, tablets, TVs, and game consoles and turns it into a desktop computer. That means you can connect to it from anywhere that has a web connection and stay productive anytime you need. It starts up quickly, you can use it to do everything that a PC can do, and it stores all your files on
Interested in learning how to code? Then Python may be the perfect platform to start out with. It’s beginner-friendly, it’s still very relevant, and the training is affordable too — Especially with online courses like The Complete 2022 Python Programmer Bundle, discounted to $39.
The Complete 2022 Python Programmer Bundle is a web-based training package that introduces students to Python coding. It includes nine courses, each focusing on a different asp
Read stories about people who’ve struck it rich with Bitcoin? The reality is that cryptocurrencies are volatile — And while some traders have created wealth, the vast majority do not. That’s why, before jumping in, experts recommend getting educated to help mitigate some of the risks.
The Beginner’s Guide Cryptocurrency Trading, NFTs, and Metaverse Bundle offers the exact education that those experts are referring to. It features seven courses tha
Nokia, famous for phones that can shrug off a fall from several stories and maybe even a bullet or two, is making laptops. Well, sort of: in the same way that HMD Global is now the company merely licensing the Nokia line for modern Android phones, another company, OFF Global, is doing the same for the PureBook series of budget notebooks. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, TechAdvisor’s Dominic Preston hopped over to the PCWorld YouTube channel to check out these new affordable design
Today you can give an abandoned robot vacuum a second shot at a home. Woot, via parent Amazon, is selling a refurbished iRobot Roomba E6 for $160. That’s down from the usual $200 to $220. This deal ends just before midnight Pacific time on Friday evening.
This product is refurbished or renewed in Amazon’s parlance, meaning it was sold brand new but was returned due to some defect. It was then repaired and repackaged to be resold as a refurbished product. Pre-owned products come
Amazon makes child-friendly versions of its popular Kindle e-readers, and today only, you can get them for a little bit less. The regular Kindle Kids is $60 down from $110, and the Kindle Paperwhite Kids is $110 instead of $160. Both Kindle devices are at their all-time low prices. The deals end just before midnight Pacific time on Friday evening.
So what’s the difference between a regular Kindle and Kindle Kids? First, the Kindles come with a one year subscription to Amazon Kids Plus