How to stop Steam Chat and Friends list from automatically opening
The new Steam Chat is here and it’s pretty great, even if it won’t woo entrenched PC gamers from Discord. But there’s one aspect that isn’t so hot: Every time you open […]
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Make your VPN faster: 10 tips and tricks
A virtual private network (VPN) is an ideal solution for protecting your privacy and hiding your location from the view of others on the web. However, using a VPN can sometimes lead […]
Lightroom New Features April 2023 update v12.3
It’s April and usually around this time every year, Adobe drops updates into their CC apps. The biggest updates are usual April and around October at Adobe Max (I usually speak at […]
Turn your PC into a voice recorder with this simple free software
You probably know that our smart phones have a built-in audio recording app, but your computer can also act as a voice recorder. A popular free program is Microsoft Sound Recorder. It’s […]
Don’t be fooled by Fujitsu’s newest superlight Intel laptop
Following CES 2025, the newest and arguably coolest thin-and-light laptop on the block is the Asus Zenbook A14. That one doesn’t appear to be in anyone’s hands yet, but it already has […]
How to build a Raspberry Pi retrogaming emulation console
This RetroPie really happened: Watch (above) as our own Adam Patrick Murray and Alaina Yee build a RetroPie system after they weren’t able to buy an SNES Classic. Go ahead, laugh at […]
How to tell if your Android phone has spyware
A reader whom I won’t name worries that his cousin watches what he does on his Android phone. The cousin actually told him so. It’s possible that your cousin is just messing […]
Protect and secure your Windows computer: A practical guide
The more we live our lives digitally, the more important it is to keep our computers and other devices safe from data loss, fraud, and spying. Although most people today use phones […]
How to use an external graphics card with a laptop
My desire to power up a laptop with an external graphics card began in 2015, when I set out on a quest to get back into PC gaming—a beloved pastime I’d neglected […]
Nvidia says its new RTX 50 cards won’t melt power plugs this time
If you recall a couple of years and several centuries ago when the RTX 4090 launched, a bunch of them melted. Okay, that’s hyperbolic, but a small but notable number of 40-series […]
