

Us mighty Photoshop masters might look down on the humble Microsoft Paint, but at least you can use it without signing a second mortgage over to Adobe. Between that, its collection of easy, straightforward tools, and the fact that it’s been packed in free with every copy of Windows for almost 40 years, it’s easy to see why Paint remains popular, even when

Trust is everything. I’m not an IT expert, but I have spent decades fielding questions and tending to devices belonging to friends and family. They know I’m going to look out for their best interests.
But sometimes when I’m called to action, I discover my nearest and dearest have been making decisions that can harm them. For example—

Imagine the scene: It’s a quiet Friday Night. You comfortably sit down to play—finally, it’s game time after a long week. How about firing up Cyberpunk 2077 and seeing what “Path Tracing” Overdrive mode is

Internal cable management is the most frustrating part of building a desktop PC. Wait, that’s not right — the most frustrating part is making sure all your parts are compatible. Okay, that’s not right either — the even more frustrating part is how expensive all those parts are. But cable management is definitely top five, especially if you lik


When the release of a new blockbuster title is imminent, most gamers will want to play the game as soon as possible—and now two men from Japan became criminals in the process. This is what happened when they couldn’t wait for the release date of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The case became

“Hey, can you send me that pic?” If that question sounds familiar, a new Windows 11 feature that Microsoft is testing may prove to be handy.
Microsoft tied Android phones a bit closer to Windows 11 today, introducing a new feature that will allow you to access your phone’s photos via File Explorer while untethered. You may be aware that yo

The War on Cables is raging, aiming to make the main chamber of your desktop PC as clean as a vegetarian’s barbecue grill. Corsair’s newest idea is on display at Computex: A system of fans, AIO coolers, and ot

The $35 Raspberry Pi has long enabled fun projects that required just a little computing power—but during the height of the pandemic, it became difficult to get hold of one. Supply chain issues hit the production of these affordable boards hard, causing shortages that have lasted since 2021. But that’s about to change according to the latest Raspberry Pi