Google’s making a play to turn Chromebooks into gaming platforms, stating this week that new Chromebooks will ship with the Google Stadia cloud gaming service pre-installed.“Did you know Chromebooks now come with @GoogleStadia already installed?” the official “Made by Google” account tweeted this week. “Start playing games without waiting for downloads or updates. Click the Stadia icon in your app menu to get started.”To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/art
When Nvidia announced the $329 GeForce RTX 3060, the first mainstream graphics card in the company’s new RTX 30-series family, it was saddled with an obscure “late February” launch date. Today, Nvidia dropped PCWorld a note stating that the card will hit the streets on February 25 at 9 a.m. Pacific time, just a hair under two weeks from now.The $400 (well, theoretically) GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is an almost perfect 1440p graphics card but the cheaper RTX 3060 is a very different beast. It uses a
Here’s a classic PC-building horror story: You need to access to your CPU and go to remove its cooler. But unbeknownst to you while you’re extracting that cooler, your processor remains stuck to it and violently rips free from the motherboard socket. At best you’re staring at a few lightly bent pins on either your CPU or motherboard, and at worst you’ve got broken pins and a shattered heart.You can usually avoid this issue by following a few easy steps before unmounting CPU cooler, but accide
Q: When should I choose a console over a graphics card upgrade? I’m having a horrible time getting my hands on a new graphics card.A: This very question can set off firestorms of debate among PC gamers. But sometimes, it does make sense to choose a console as an alternative—or at least, a short-term response to current component shortages.Choosing a console works best for people who have a GPU so old or underpowered it can’t play new blockbuster games, live in an area with spotty or slow inte
With Nvidia’s powerful GeForce 30-series now available in laptops, it’s time to revisit the eternal desktop-versus-laptop-PC question—focused on gaming, because most looking at GeForce 30-series computers would probably put gaming at the top of their task list.The question is even more complicated these days. Dramatic leaps in CPU and GPU performance have led to unprecedented demand and volatile pricing. Nevertheless, if we walk through the primary criteria, there is a clear winner for most o
But this new video doorbell suffers from the same motion-detection flaws of Lorex's older 1080p model. https://www.techhive.com/article/3607470/lorex-2k-qhd-wired-video-doorbell-review.html#tk.rss_all
If you’ve still got money burning a hole in your pocket after the Steam Winter Sale, good news! Valve's assault on your wallet returns with the Steam Lunar New Year sale, which kicked off Thursday and runs through 10 a.m. Pacific on Monday, February 15.The deals aren’t quite as steep this time around, but there are still bargains galore. Steam’s landing page places personal picks curated from Valve’s recommendation engine right up top. After that, the spotlight shines on games organized by ge
Editor's Note: Recently, an unfortunate lawyer joined a hearing with a cat filter enabled. The poor "cat lawyer" quickly became a viral sensation, which we've embedded at the end of this story. Here's how to create filters (like a cat filter!) using the Snap Camera...and also how to turn off the Zoom filter, too.Creating a funny Zoom background is so March, 2020. Instead, it’s time for the new hotness: Dress up as a virtual pirate, a potato, or a slice of pizza! It’s all available with Snap C
A recent FCC filing from Sonos hints at a compact portable speaker, although there’s been chatter about wireless headphones, as well. https://www.techhive.com/article/3607231/new-sonos-product-arriving-in-march-could-be-a-smaller-move.html#tk.rss_all
The rumors are true: Nvidia is supplementing the sky-high demand for GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards by releasing stock of older GPUs to board partners, who can then use those to craft new hardware. It’s a smart solution for the frustrating graphics card market we’re currently mired in.“There have been a lot of rumors recently about Nvidia releasing more GPUs to AIBs from older generations—the [GeForce] RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti were specifically mentioned,” I asked an Nvidia spokesperson