The time has come! Microsoft is now sending out emails to Windows 10 users reminding them that end of support for the still-very-popular operating system is imminent. Users have begun receiving the first of these emails in their inboxes, reports W
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 millions of kids as well as some staff members—but the loss of social security numbers, birthdates, and other valuable details didn’t have to happen.
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Samsung’s T7 Shield is one of the most recognizable portable SSDs and one of our favorites. Well, it just so happens that the 2TB is on sale for $150 on Amazon, a solid 47% discount (was $285).
It should come as no surprise that the T7 Shield is one of our favori
Nearly 50 years ago—April 4, 1975—Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Back then, everything centered around the development and sales of BASIC code interpreters. Only later were MS-DOS, Windows, and Office added to the mix.
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Spring is here, and the weather is warming up, giving us hope that we’ll be lounging by the pool in no time. Well, the best way to prepare for the upcoming summer is to get an automated pool cleaner to take over the least pleasant job. The new Aiper Scuba X1 Pro Max promise
Nanoleaf is launching a new product called the PC Screen Mirror Lightstrip, reports The Verge, which features 75 color-changing LEDs and can be attached to the back of a computer monitor to create an immersive ambient lighting experience that also mirrors the screen’s content.
Hold onto your hats, Plex users: A huge Plex Pass price hike is incoming, along with big changes for Plex Media Server users who want to stream their content remotely.
After holding the line in terms of price for 10 years, a lifetime Plex Pass—a subscription that offers such features as DVR functionality, media downloads, hardware video transcoding, commer
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In the PCWorld office chat, I call the Acer Nitro V gaming laptop “Old Faithful” because it reliably goes on sale every few weeks. Today, we’re seeing its typical big discount from an unusual source: MicroCenter. You can usually only get this store’s best sales in person, but right now it has a Nitro V with a Ryzen processor and RTX graphics card
Where do I launch my games these days? Try, EA, Steam, Blizzard, Epic, Xbox app, Ubisoft Connect… I’m getting dizzy just listing them off. In fact, my desktop is so cluttered with icons it looks like it has a bad case of computer measles.
But worse than that is the fact that I only have a vague idea of where some of my games are. Not the classics of course.