The anticipation. The intrigue. The sheer insanity. To celebrate the holidays, the PCWorld editors—along with guest appearances from TechHive and Tech Advisor staffers—have chosen the 12 gifts they’d most like to give their friends and family. It’s all wrapped up in our Hack the Holiday landing page, where day after day we reveal video “unwrappings” […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556747/12-days-of-awesome-tech-gifts-hack-the-holidays.html
It’s not as if we needed to be told that the chip shortage is causing increased prices for electronics and computer hardware, but thanks to Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan for spelling it out. In a tweet forecasting the direction of his company’s self-branded line of stylish gaming laptops, the executive stated flat-out that increased component […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556770/get-ready-to-pay-even-more-for-gaming-laptops.html
Microsoft has been working diligently to make Edge a more viable alternative to the likes of Firefox and Chrome, going so far as to completely rewrite it based on Chromium code. The company is also looking to differentiate its official browser by loading it with helpful tools for online shoppers — a strategy that could […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556734/edge-browsers-new-buy-now-pay-later-tool-has-users-fuming.html
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are done, but we’re still seeing some surprising deals. Best Buy has one such deal. The big box retailer is selling a 14-inch Lenovo Chromebook 3 with a touchscreen for $169. That’s $150 off of the sticker price and a great value for a touch-based laptop. It’s rocking 4GB RAM […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556692/this-14-inch-lenovo-chromebook-with-a-1080p-touchscreen-is-just-169.html
If you’re looking to pick up a swanky Apple Watch, now is the perfect time to do it. Best Buy is currently selling the 40mm Apple Watch Series 6 with the navy blue sport band for $299. The Apple Watch is easily the best smartwatch you can get. While the Series 7 has supplanted the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556702/get-a-piece-of-luxury-tech-for-100-less-the-40mm-apple-watch-series-6-is-299.html
Photoshop is an absolute staple of modern graphic design, an industry standard for over 30 years. It’s also insanely expensive: no longer available as a stand-alone program, you’ll pay Adobe a minimum of $120 every year to use it as a part of a Creative Cloud subscription. That’s a lot of dough to drop, especially […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551303/5-free-alternatives-to-photoshop-for-windows.html
If you run out of space on your gaming laptop or you simply want an easy way to make your game library portable, an external SSD provides an easy way to expand storage without the hassles. But choosing an external SSD involves a dizzying headache of options, and making a poor choice can leave you […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/553786/best-external-ssd-for-gaming.html
Got started on your holiday shopping yet? If not, you better get cracking. Here are five items that any audiophile or music lover would want to receive. And since each one is discounted between 20 and 40 percent for Cyber Monday, they won’t put nearly as big of a dent in your wallet. Altec Lansing […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/553829/find-gifts-that-music-lovers-will-adore-and-save-up-to-40-on-cyber-monday.html
Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processor for smartphones at the Qualcomm Tech Summit in Hawaii late on Tuesday, adding substantially more performance and AI-powered features to 2022 smartphones. However, one of those may be controversial. While you may be used to your phone always listening for commands, are you ready for its […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556345/qualcomms-next-snapdragon-promises-always-on-smartphone-cameras.html
The ability to stream Xbox games to your phone or computer, regardless of whether or not you own a Microsoft console, is undoubtedly one of the coolest parts of Xbox Game Pass. Today the company is improving that streaming experience on PCs… at least, if you’re okay using the official Microsoft browser. The new “Clarity […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/549024/xbox-game-streaming-now-looks-even-better-on-edge.html