Windows 10 bug breaks USB printing
If you’ve been unable to print to a USB printer with Windows 10, it’s not just you: Microsoft is currently wrestling with a bug under that exact scenario. Microsoft first acknowledged the […]
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AMD’s first Ryzen 7000 motherboards wield insane USB ports
For Americans, more is more. And though the motherboards for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors are being produced in Taiwan, the top-tier options—the new X670e models aimed at enthusiasts—are embracing our supersize-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink […]
“Free” Microsoft Office scam uses USB drive sent through the mail
If you happen to receive what looks like a full retail copy of Microsoft Office in the mail and you don’t remember ordering it, it’s probably a bad idea to actually try […]
USB logos finally make sense, thanks to a redesign
For years, USB technologies have been an alphabet soup of terminology—when, really, all consumers care about is how fast the USB connection is. But now, finally, a new USB logo scheme solves […]
ASRock’s Z790 LiveMixer motherboard bristles with 23 USB ports
There’s no such thing as too many ports on a desktop computer. ASRock seems to be embracing that philosophy, because its latest motherboard has more than any we’ve ever seen. The z790 […]
How to turn a USB flash drive into a secure login key for your PC
Just having a password set on your PC in Windows 11 isn’t a sure way to stop hackers from physically gaining access to your PC — yes, it can be bypassed. But […]
How to turn a USB flash drive into a secure key for your PC
Just having a password set on your PC in Windows 11 isn’t a sure way to stop hackers from physically gaining access to your PC — yes, it can be bypassed. But […]
Microsoft sends free USB drives to Windows 11’s biggest fans
Update: A representative from Microsoft reached out for some further explanation. The drives are only for those Windows Insider testers who were already on the Canary build, and wish to step back […]
Journalists targeted by USB drives that explode in PCs
If you get a strange, blank USB drive sent to you in the mail, don’t put it into your PC. That’s just basic data security, but for a few journalists in Ecuador, […]
Can you play PS5 games directly from an external USB drive?
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is now thrilling more than 40 million gamers worldwide, because the game console’s powerful hardware, based on AMD’s fast Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures, is almost on a […]
