
Seeing an exclamation point online or within Windows is usually cause for alarm. It’s a call to action, to do something. In future versions of Windows 11, Microsoft is going to use it to flag new features in the Start menu that it wants you to use.
And they’re definitely happening.
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced Windows 11 Bu

For a huge chunk of the PC gaming community, Counter-Strike defined team-based first-person shooters. Now there’s a sequel: Counter-Strike 2, which will debut this summer from Valve Software. You can test it out, too.
The game’s developers describe it as “the next era of Counter-Strike,” and it’s not

There’s a Holy Grail of laptop users, a Shangri-La of portability and power. A pure, platonic Theory of Everything, combining the go-anywhere nature of an ultraportable laptop with the raw, screaming power you can only get with a desktop that will give you a hernia if you try to move it. We can’t get there yet — at the moment, the best we can do is


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The built-in screenshot tool in Windows has been given a major upgrade in the last few years. Initially the Snipping Tool was part of the PowerToys collection, before getting a major boost and becoming the default screenshot interface


The Intel Arc GPUs have been an interesting new release in the GPU market for one big reason: It’s a third player in a market that sorely needs competition for prices to stay sane. Nvidia and AMD currently have a strong grasp on the market, with Nvidia maintaining a dominating lead.
Here comes Intel, a behemoth company in its own right. Th

Like most big tech companies, Amazon collects large amounts of data on its users, in part of the purpose of targeting ads and training its Alexa voice models.
Look in the right places, though, and much of this data collection can be minimized or prevented, and you can even opt out of Amazon’s targeted ads entirely. If you’re an Amazon customer i

World travelers know all kinds of tips for getting around safely and on a budget, from using credit card points to employing a VPN. But the best asset you can have when you’re traveling abroad is knowing how to speak the language.
