Why are laptop webcams always so bad?
It never fails. You get a shiny, brand-new laptop with ALL the bells and whistles, and yet the same thing lets you down every time. The built-in webcam. Even laptops that promise […]
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Windows 11’s latest update is kind of insane, in a bad way
Microsoft has split the future of Windows between two user groups: those with AI-powered Copilot+ PCs and those without. Microsoft now says that the latest version of Windows 11—that’s Windows 11 version […]
Why are tech companies so willfully bad at privacy?
You could once count on privacy as given. Even when PCs first became widespread in homes, they could serve as tools for this purpose. You could anonymously answer your most embarrassing questions […]
OLED laptops: The good, the bad, the ugly
Once upon a time, OLED displays were prohibitively expensive. Nowadays, you can pick up a laptop with an OLED display for under $1,000. But are they really worth it? The answer might […]
Logitech: ‘Forever mouse’ was just a (bad) idea
Take a deep breath, everyone. Logitech’s “forever mouse” won’t be coming to market after all. Logitech’s idea of a mouse that you’d buy once and pay for forever is just a “peek” […]
Windows ‘PKfail’ Secure Boot disaster just went from bad to worse
A couple of months ago, we reported on the PKfail vulnerability in Secure Boot — a security issue that stems from hardware manufacturers shipping devices with known compromised software. After digging deeper, […]
Bad news for Amazon Prime Video viewers! More ads are on the way
Amazon apparently wants to milk Prime Video even further by showing more ads than ever before. According to Ars Technica, Amazon will test how much advertising it can get away with before […]
Android Pie Digital Wellbeing: How to set it up, and break bad habits
While Android 9 Pie may have officially launched, it’s missing one of its biggest features: Digital Wellbeing. It’s a set of tools designed to help you manage your screen time, and Google […]
How to Tell If Your RAM Is Going Bad ( Before It’s Too Late )
Your PC’s RAM is the short-term memory that it uses to run programs, open files, and juggle all your multitasking. Like any hardware component, RAM can eventually fail. How do you know […]