
We have some excellent news: our top-pick portable SSD is currently on sale! The Samsung T7 Shield is heavily discounted at Amazon right now, with the 1TB version’s price down to $


Modern external computer data storage technologies (DAS, or Direct Attached Storage) run the gamut from USB hard drives, to optical discs (yes, still), to USB thumb drives, to the latest, greatest NVMe SSDs in high-speed Thunderbolt or USB 4 enclosures.
PCWorld has been reviewing external storage since the 1980s and the era of floppy drives, though these d

Microsoft continues to roll out new test versions of Windows 11 with useful features. Recently, the “jump lists” feature from Windows 10 were reintroduced and now the company has launched the slightly smaller

Gaming laptops are some of the most exquisite in their class, combining fast processors with speedy storage and ultra-powerful graphics chips for serious visual performance.
Even so, no gamer has ever said they don’t need even more performance, that they’re perfectly content with their frame rate and visuals. Nope. More is almost always

Pre-built gaming PCs aren’t just the domain of noobie gamers. No, many an experienced gamer has been enticed by the glittering imagery and exciting performance promises of a shiny new manufacturer-made rig. But beneath the flashy neon pics and the impressive list of hardware specs

In 2017, Russia-based Kaspersky Antivirus Software was deemed an unacceptable risk to US national security, thus fully barred from use by federal agencies in 2018. Then, in 2022, Kaspersky earned a spot on the US Federal Communications Commission’s bla


Windows updates don’t just exist to annoy you and make you reboot your computer twice as often as you normally would. They often include some actually important stuff.
This week’s update has a critical patch for a known Wi-Fi vulnerability, which Microsoft rates as an 8.8 out of 10 in terms of danger—so, go ahead and spin up Windows Update