Fix Windows 11’s Start menu with Stardock’s simple new app
If you’re not happy with the look and feel of Windows 11’s overhauled Start menu, a fix is coming. Not from Microsoft, though, but from Stardock’s new Start11 app. This isn’t the […]
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There’s a simple fix for Windows 11’s slow SSD performance
One of the biggest technical issues keeping a lot of people off of Windows 11 is that it seems to seriously impact the speed of some types of solid state drives. Some […]
Simple Steam Deck mod makes room for bigger M.2 SSDs
As a relatively tiny, portable gaming PC, the Steam Deck has some fairly rigid limitations in terms of hardware. As crazy “because I can” dreamers, modders are shattering those limitations as quickly […]
CyberPower just made liquid-cooled laptops dead simple
Sayonara pint-sized portables. Powerful laptops are large and in charge at CES 2023, fueled by beastly new desktop-like Intel Core HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40-series chips—but taming those monstrous components usually […]
PowerSchool’s simple security error was avoidable. You can do better
Last year, a hacker infiltrated PowerSchool, a software company that offers cloud-based services to K-12 schools, then came back several months later to steal. The breach resulted in stolen personal data for […]
3 radical new products that make building PCs dead simple
“Oh, it’s easy to build a PC,” says your friend who’s built a dozen before. “It’s like LEGO for grownups!” While it’s true that building your own desktop is probably easier than […]
MSI solves the 12VHPWR overheating issue with a simple fix
PCIe 5.0 graphics cards are awesomely powerful, but they’re running into some teething troubles, specifically with the fancy new power cables required to deliver that power. The new 12+4 rail design, also […]
Windows 11: This simple trick bypasses strict PC requirements
Windows 11 refuses to install on computers that do not have a “compatible 64-bit CPU” or a TPM 2.0 chip. In reality, this means that even computers bought a few years ago […]
Researchers discover a simple way to make batteries last much longer
Scientists at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center have discovered a way to significantly increase the durability and lifespan of rechargeable batteries. In their research paper, which was published in the French journal Joule, […]
Intel’s Core Ultra desktop CPUs keep AI simple to make gamers happy
Intel’s new Arrow Lake architecture, aka the Core Ultra 200S series, brings AI capabilities onto Intel desktops. But the chip doesn’t use the Copilot+ capabilities of Intel’s mobile Lunar Lake chip — […]
