USI pens have finally reached the promised land. By the way, USI stands for the Universal Stylus Initiative. The 2.0 specification will now add support for NFC wireless charging. That removes one of the most obnoxious obstacles from a USI wireless pen.
USI pens, which are natively supported on virtually all new Chromebooks as well as some PCs, are boring by design. A USI 1.0 pen is compatible with every other, so that you can swap back and forth as you see fit. But the standard has always h
Microsoft has chosen to “avoid the spread of disinformation” by de-ranking Russian state-sponsored sites Russia Today and Sputnik from the company’s Bing search results. In a post authored by president and chairman Brad Smith, the company said that it was taking action on both fronts in response to the conflict in Ukraine
Consumers will see the most high-profile reaction in the Microsoft Bing search engine, which has less than 6 percent market share in the United States,
Discord servers are usually great—you can find many wonderful communities dedicated to all of your current interests. (Case in point: PCWorld has one for our show, The Full Nerd, where awesome tech enthusiasts hang out to chat about the latest and greatest gear).
Unfortunately, all servers can suffer from the arrival of bot accounts or the occasional person who just doesn’t understand proper boundaries. They send unwanted direct messages (aka DMs) to other server members indiscr
Due to international sanctions against Russia, the ruble has tumbled in value—so far, in fact, it’s now worth less than a Robux. That’s really bad news for the ruble, because the Robux is a video game currency that’s mostly meaningful only to children.
Roblox, also known as “that game your kids play that looks like Minecraft but isn’t,” has been around for over a decade. But with an explosion of at-home players during the pandemic, it’s gone f
Creative professionals have had access to Adobe’s suite of applications in the digital photography, video and illustration sectors for more than three decades. Over that time, digital creative tools have expanded and now everyone can creatively express themselves through social media, blogs, video sharing and more.
However, not everyone has the time, resources and design skills to make their content stand out. In many cases, they need a simple tool to do a simple task, or a starting p
If you’re looking to save big on a capable productivity laptop, today is your day. Amazon is selling the Lenovo Flex 5 laptop for just $599.99. That’s a savings of $250. Not only is the Flex 5 a 2-in-1 laptop, but the 14-inch 1080p IPS display is also touch-enabled. In other words, you’re getting a lot of bang for your buck.
Inside, you’ll find a Ryzen 5 5500U processor and AMD Radeon graphics. The CPU has six processor cores. This laptop also packs 16GB of RAM and
Many people assume that the ability to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and fillable forms is built into Windows, Android and other operating systems. But that’s not the case, unless you count Windows WordPad – a very basic word processor. And that won’t help you with spreadsheets or presentations. What you need is some office software. Microsoft Office might be the best-known suite, but there are alternative choices which can cost you significantly less: even fr
Lenovo unveiled its newest lineup of ThinkPads, IdeaPads, Chromebooks, and much more during MWC on Monday. From fanless designs to the latest 12th-gen Intel Core processors, the reveal of lighter and more powerful laptops is positively titillating. While Lenovo announced an absolute avalanche of brand spanking new products, we selected some of the most exciting or head-turning notebooks to highlight. Read on to learn more.
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All of us, at some point in time, have accidentally deleted a file. But just because you’ve deleted it and cleared your recycle bin, doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. At least, not when you have RescueData — A tool that renders any file retrievable, even when it seems gone for good.
RescueData is a retrieval app that can bring virtually any kind of file from any kind of media back from the dead. And it does this really easily too. You just select the drive yo
The launch of the Steam Deck is almost upon us. If you’re still on the fence, or wondering what all the fuss is about, we’ve corralled just about everything you could possibly want to know about the hottest PC game machine of 2022.
What is the Steam Deck?
The Steam Deck is Valve’s foray into the world of portable gaming, a machine broadly modeled after Nintendo’s excellent Switch console design, but running on conventional PC hardware. That means it runs a full de