If there was a commander you could add to your naval video game ship, what better person would it be than the actual Leroy Jenkins?World of Warships said it will add US Navy veteran Leroy Jenkins as a playable character in its free to play game.While gamers may only know the legendary meme and battle cry of “Leeeeeroy Jenkins!” from World of Warcraft, the Leroy Jenkins being added to World of Warships is a sailor who served on Navy destroyer USS Kidd during the Korean War 78 years ago. Jenkin
It’s Earth Day, and all the world’s companies want to make sure you know they care about the planet too. So please, buy their stuff? Sure, that’s a little cynical, but Earth Day promotions are often just ploys to sell more products, which seems counterintuitive to the first two of environmentalism’s Three Rs. This year, however, I have to admit I found Logitech’s approach to sustainability marketing intriguing. Logitech announced new “carbon impact transparency” labeling for all its packaging
Microsoft said Thursday that the company plans to migrate its News and Interests feed to all Windows 10 users, adding a small weather icon to the Windows 10 taskbar that can expand into news and interests.In January, Microsoft unveiled “news and interests” as an addition to Windows 10 Insider Build 21286. That build was part of the Dev Channel, where new code is tested before it’s deployed (or not) in a future build of Windows. In this case, it will be deployed—you’ll start to see “news and i
A new addition to Phantek’s Eclipse lineup of mid-tower cases aims to tempt fans of small PC builds. Announced Thursday, the Eclipse P200A shrinks the company’s airflow-focused cases down to a mini-tower that accommodates ITX and DTX motherboards exclusively, with an equally tiny starting price of just $50. An upgraded model with RGB lighting and tempered glass comes in at a modest $70.Some mini-ITX builders might sit up at that low cost, as the cheapest small cases hover around $100. Not eve
Call of Duty: Warzone just hit 100 million players, and to celebrate, Activision’s fast-paced battle royale game is giving you the gift of faster performance—if you own a swanky GeForce RTX graphics card, that is. Nvidia’s fantastic Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology just landed in both Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Nvidia announced, promising a speed boost of up to 70 percent in one of the best free PC games around.To read this article in full, please click here https
Specialized webcams that support Windows Hello are still, surprisingly, rare. Microsoft’s secure-login system using fingerprint, biometric, and facial recongnition technology is, after all, a unique feature of Windows 10. It makes sense users would want to pair a desktop PC or older laptop with a Windows Hello-compatible camera in order to get its convenient security benefits.You might think that Microsoft’s just-announced Modern Webcam would be an option, but, alas, it offers no Windows Hel
Windows 10 has a fantastic set of built-in security tools. In recent years, Windows Defender, the built-in antivirus for Windows 10, has performed as well as (and sometimes even better than) the major third-party suites.Many of Windows 10’s security features are turned on by default, such as Windows Defender’s real-time malware scanning and scheduled quick scans. Still, there are items that are either not enabled by default or have a lot more to offer than you may realize at first glance.Here
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Apple debuted its latest iPad Pro (2021) on Tuesday, powered by the M1 chip that has propelled Macs to new heights of performance. But how does it shape up against Microsoft’s Surface tablets, among the best Windows tablets you can buy? Based just on the specs—pretty well, as it turns out.For years, Android tablets and the iPad have had to wrestle with the challenge: But is it a real computer? We’d still say that Windows offers flexibility and legacy support that the Mac doesn’t, but you can
In the ongoing feature war of videoconferencing software, Google Meet is shifting focus to, well, you by overhauling its interface as well as offering AI-powered autozoom and low-light features in the coming weeks and months.Google Meet, which became part of Google Workspace in October, sits alongside Google Classroom as one of the more popular solutions for education alongside Zoom and Microsoft Teams. In June 2020, Meet added custom backgrounds, a “raise hand” feature, and a larger gallery