In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Mark Hachman, and Adam Patrick Murray talk the long-awaited Intel 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU, its features as well as XMP 3.0, and break down the MacBook Pro reviews. The Full Nerd crew kicks off this week’s podcast discussing the 12th-gen Alder Lake chip that […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548574/the-full-nerd-ep-195-12th-gen-alder-lake-arrives-xmp-3-and-m1-max.html
A Steam sale is upon us, folks, and that means just one thing: sifting through literally thousands of deeply discounted games to figure out which ones in particular deserve your hard-earned cash. If you’re short on time, take a gander at our recommendations below. Since it’s Halloween, they’re heavy on horror, but just about anyone […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548369/25-cant-miss-deals-from-the-steam-halloween-sale.html
Microsoft’s PowerToys suite of utilities has added two new features: Find My Mouse, and a new Video Conference Mute capability. The updated suite is available from the Microsoft Store app within Windows 10 and 11. PowerToys debuted in 2020, and contrary to what the name suggests, includes a suite of useful though niche utilities that […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548487/microsoft-powertoys-adds-mic-camera-mute-find-my-mouse.html
The Ego Power+ Nexus Portable Power Station is easily the most versatile and complete power station I’ve ever reviewed. It uses the same Ego batteries that the company uses in its product lineup of popular outdoor tools and equipment, such as a leaf blowers and lawn mowers. The station itself is hefty, weighing 30 pounds […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/544108/ego-power-nexus-portable-power-station-review-put-your-spare-batteries-to-work.html
When the power goes out you need personal protection. No, no, I don’t mean protection against the zombie apocalypse. I mean for your sensitive electronics, as they may get a bigger surge than they’re built for during an outage—and that can mean fried parts. But for today only, Newegg is offering a killer deal that […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548336/today-only-this-pure-sine-wave-ups-is-just-130.html
More than a year after this generation of graphics cards launched, the stage is finally set for a proper 1080p showdown, with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 in one corner and the freshly released AMD Radeon RX 6600 in the other. Will the RX 6600 follow in the footsteps of its bigger sibling, the Radeon […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547329/geforce-rtx-3060-vs-radeon-rx-6600-which-gpu-should-you-buy.html
CRT monitors have surged back to relevance on a wave of nostalgia, driven by the exploding popularity of retro gaming. Unfortunately, most of the reviews, specification sheets, and comparison data that once existed has vanished from the Internet, making it difficult to know what you should look for while scanning eBay and Craigslist ads. This […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547715/what-to-look-for-in-a-crt-monitor-the-ultimate-guide-for-retro-gamers.html
Earlier today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company and its associated brands would be reformed under a new parent company called (drum roll please) Meta. Along with a sprawling vision for the future of social media and the web, which includes a huge amount of both virtual reality and augmented reality, a surprising […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548199/facebooks-meta-will-kill-the-oculus-brand.html
The Raspberry Pi company is best known for its main eponymous product line, now in its fourth incarnation (and also getting a little pricier, at least temporarily). But there are all sorts of variations on the inexpensive single-board computers, including ones that go even smaller and less powerful, for the tiniest of custom projects and […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548065/the-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-is-ready-to-power-your-tiniest-electronics-projects.html
Usually when fall rolls around, we give our readers a play-by-play of what’s worth waiting to purchase during Black Friday. Even with steady sales on tech gear throughout November, you could often catch even bigger discounts on Thanksgiving or Black Friday proper. But 2021 is shaping up to be very different. Supply chain issues haven’t […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547620/black-friday-might-suck-this-year-due-to-component-shortages-heres-what-to-expect.html