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
Anyone who’s tried to buy a graphics card in the last year has felt the pinch of the chip shortage in a very specific way, enhanced by extra factors like cryptocurrency miners gobbling up limited stock. A group of US Senators are taking aim at another frustrating part of the equation: scalpers who use software […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/555798/us-lawmakers-hope-to-outlaw-online-bots-snatching-up-hard-to-find-hardware.html
One of the most important actions you can take for backing up your PC is to have three copies: the one on your PC, an onsite backup, and an offsite backup. Today, we’ve got a deal that can help you with the offsite backup. Backblaze’s unlimited personal backup is 50 percent off with the checkout […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556516/secure-your-data-for-less-with-50-percent-off-backblaze-unlimited-personal-backup.html
Today, you can charge up your Apple devices for a little bit less. That’s because Amazon’s selling Apple’s MagSafe Charger for just $30. That’s $9 off of the original list price. That may not seem like a lot, but this charger doesn’t dip down to $30 very often, so now is a good time to […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/556525/apples-magsafe-wireless-charger-is-just-30-right-now.html
Android apps are now available on Windows 11 as well as on Chrome OS. Microsoft and Google use them to expand and enhance the experience of their respective touchscreen devices. The hope is that Android apps, which are designed primarily (and often entirely) for touch input, can patch up the holes of each operating system’s […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/552417/android-on-pc-windows-11-vs-chromebooks.html