
Cloud gaming is truly impressive tech under ideal conditions. Both Microsoft and Nvidia are working on their respective offerings, ostensibly competing with each other via Xbox Game Pass and GeForce Now.
Yet despite being competitors, both companies are also deeply committed to PC gaming as a platform. In that context, it makes sense that Microsoft would us

No matter how fast your local network or internet connection gets, eventually you’ll have to use ye olde sneakernet to move your files around. That’s why we all have half a dozen USB flash drives hiding in various nooks and crannies.
This Prime Day deal lets you can get rid of them all and replace them with


There are two things I absolutely need for my PC’s monitors: a decently fast refresh rate for gaming, and an IPS panel for color accuracy when I’m working in Photoshop.
The Dell G2724D has both, which is why it’s a PCWorld Editors’ Choice. Already a good de

Microsoft is tweaking how your PCs will receive Windows updates yet again, making them quicker and smaller to download. But, if you’ve been holding out for the Windows 11 24H2 update that’s landed on Copilot+ PCs, you’ll have to wait a little longer.
How Microsoft is improving Windows updates is a bit technical, but builds off what Microso



The fact that there’s three chip types in AI laptops nowadays: Snapdragon X Series processors, Ryzen AI chips, and Intel x86 chips, even in laptops made by the same OEMs, has left many scratching their heads.
Naturally questions like: Which one is the best? Have become a mantra for consumers overwhelmed by the different options out there.
At

This story was inspired by some unsolicited tech advice from the TSA.
Coming home from a recent vacation, my wife left her phone at airport security. After a frantic race back from the gate, we were able to get the phone back without issue, along with a tip from the agent who was holding onto it: Put an emergency contact on the lock screen, so whoever f

Living in a super-hot climate most of the year has led me to choose a gaming headset with mesh earpads over the stuffy leatherette kind, if only just to stop my ears feeling like jacket potatoes.
But seriously, whoever decided to put mesh in cheap headsets instead of leatherette (with a few exceptions) did me a big favor. It’s so much cooler, but it a