Qualcomm processors for PCs enhanced by the company’s Nuvia design team will sample in 2022 for devices shipping in 2023, Qualcomm executives said Tuesday. The company also boldly pledged to offer Adreno graphics that could compete with desktop PCs. At the company’s 2021 investor day in New York, Dr. James Thompson, chief technology officer at […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/552285/qualcomm-prophesies-2023-as-the-rebirth-of-its-snapdragon-chips.html
The infamous Blue Screen of Death is a rite of passage among PC users, the tell-tale sign that something Bad is happening. But the BSOD in Windows 11 is all-black instead of using the historically standard blue background. Apparently someone at Microsoft was feeling nostalgic: A forthcoming update will change it back to the classic […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/552279/the-infamous-windows-bsod-is-going-back-to-blue.html
If you’re a video editor or graphic designer, you’ll want to check out this Black Friday deal. Adobe is currently offering 40 percent off Creative Cloud for the first year. That brings the monthly cost down to $30 instead of the usual $53. However, the offer is only available to first-time subscribers. The deal expires […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/552230/black-friday-software-sale-adobe-creative-cloud-is-just-30-per-month.html
It’s hard to gin up excitement over something so common as a power bank, but ElecJet’s graphene-based charger just might you have thinking it’s time to upgrade. The ElecJet Apollo Ultra’s graphene-composite design greatly increases the rate at which the power bank is charged as well as its service life. The Apollo Ultra is essentially […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551531/this-usb-c-power-bank-charges-insanely-fast.html
What better way to celebrate the season than to find out you’re not descended from Russian royalty, after all? Amazon has a sale right now on 23andMe ancestry kits, including the always popular Health + Ancestry service for $99, which is down from the usual $200. If you want something a little extra, the 23andMe […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/552221/get-to-know-your-genetic-self-for-99-today.html
Searching for a new graphics card used to be much more straightforward. You could simply select the resolution you wanted to play at and see how the competition stacked up. But that’s not quite the case any longer. Native resolution remains the golden standard for performance and image quality, but image upscaling and upsampling is […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551934/meet-icat-nvidias-new-weapon-in-the-visual-quality-war-with-amd-and-intel.html
Despite the chaos of the pandemic, 2020 worked out to be an excellent year for new PC hardware. But that momentum sadly did not carry into 2021, as chip shortages and supply chain issues made it hard to obtain the latest and greatest, much less at list prices. As a result, selecting nominees for the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551717/the-full-nerd-episode-197-the-best-pc-hardware-of-2021.html
Most teens have their own phones these days. But do you really know what yours are doing while they’re on their devices? If you’re like most parents, probably not, which is why so many have installed the mSpy Mobile Phone Tracker. And right now is a great time to get it since a lifetime subscription is discounted for […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551281/pre-black-friday-doorbuster-get-a-lifetime-subscription-to-mspy-for-99-99.html
Want a career with upside? Then you might consider working in automation. After all, robots are already commonly found in a lot of industries today, and their usage is only expected to grow over time. This web-based training package features five highly rated courses from software engineer and entrepreneur Edouard Renard that introduce students to […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548515/save-an-extra-15-off-this-robotics-training-bundle-during-our-pre-black-friday-sale.html
Microsoft has begun taking an even more aggressive stance in its efforts to prevent users from choosing their own browser on Windows 11, blocking a small developer’s tool that served as a workaround to enable browser choice. Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider preview build 22494, released last week, blocks EdgeDeflector, according to Daniel Aleksandersen, the app’s […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551827/microsoft-blocks-another-way-to-avoid-edge-within-windows-11.html