Valve says the Steam Deck 2 is years away
Valve’s Steam Deck turned the market on its head last year, creating an arms race for portable gaming PCs you can throw in a bag. But if you were hoping for yearly […]
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Windows Defender finally squashes Firefox bug that ate CPUs for 5 years
Firefox has a reputation of being something of a resource hog, even among modern browsers. But it might not be entirely earned, because it looks like a CPU bug affecting Firefox users […]
Back it up: Most dead hard drives fail within 3 years
Follow any tech site with regularity and you’ll hear the same refrain over and over—back up your files. The longer you wait, the more you flirt with disaster, and you don’t have […]
After 21 years, Windows XP’s activation algorithm is fully cracked
Microsoft may have sent Windows XP off into the great unknown in 2014, but the operating system never fully went dark. Never mind that yet two more versions of Windows have been […]
Apple’s Vision Pro rips off the HoloLens, 7 years later
Pinnable windows floating in midair. Three-dimensional dinosaurs. Video calls. 3D castles emerging from the ground. No, i’m not talking about the capabilities of Apple’s new Vision Pro VR/AR headset. These are all […]
WD NAS drives flash warnings after 3 years even if they’re fine
“Engineered obsolescence” is an accusation that gets thrown at tech hardware a lot. And it’s often misapplied: Lithium-ion batteries really do wear down, especially when constantly recharged, and old software can’t keep […]
What’s new in Valve’s biggest Steam update in years
Steam is the world’s most popular platform for PC games and a bedrock of the industry. But if you compare the Steam of today with, say, the Steam of ten years ago, […]
This is the best time in years to buy a Thunderbolt dock
Quite simply, now is the time to buy a Thunderbolt docking station. The argument is simple: Thunderbolt docks are finally on sale, and they haven’t been for several years. And we’re not […]
Quake II gets an enhanced port 26 years after release
If you’re old enough to remember when the term “DOOM clone” was something you’d see in a magazine (printed on paper, made out of dead trees!), then you probably have fond memories […]
Google extends Chromebook support to 10 years, retroactively too
New Chromebooks will now ship with ten years’ worth of security patches and updates, Google said Thursday, helping ease a persistent problem: the limited lifespan of Chromebook hardware. Google will also support […]
