Microsoft has a metaverse, too, and it’s built on… Microsoft Teams?! By designing its metaverse for online business and social experiences, Facebook (sorry, Meta) took aim at Microsoft’s own experiences for collaboration and hybrid work. Now, in the first half of 2022, Microsoft is promising that it will also offer a metaverse for online meetings […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/549168/microsoft-has-a-metaverse-too-and-its-built-on-teams.html
Microsoft Editor, the quietly helpful assistive technology that suggests edits in Word, Microsoft Edge, and elsewhere, has improved yet again. It now uses an AI-driven technology called Context IQ to actually predict what you’ll write next. If you’ve used Google and Gmail, this may not be particularly impressive, as Google has suggested words and phrases […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/549224/microsoft-editor-now-knows-who-to-talk-to-and-what-to-share.html
In times past, choosing the best PC storage option just meant picking the highest-capacity hard drive you could afford. If only life were still so simple! The rise of solid-state drives and hybrid drives (which mix standard hard drives with solid-state memory) have significantly altered the storage landscape, creating a cornucopia of options for the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/456481/ssds-vs-hard-drives-vs-hybrids-which-storage-tech-is-right-for-you.html
Keyboard shortcuts save time. Instead of moving around your mouse and then clicking through menus or dragging windows, you can just cut straight to the chase. And not only do our favorite keyboard commands carry over to Windows 11, but Microsoft has added several new ones to its latest OS, too. One was an instant […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547654/8-new-windows-11-keyboard-shortcuts-you-should-know.html
Certified Amazon Web Services professionals can make a lot of money. For example, AWS Solutions Architects earn salaries north of $150k per year. Want a slice of that pie? Then get trained — and quickly, too — with The Premier All AWS Certification Training Bundle, available right now for just $19. This web-based skills training package is ideal for […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/545670/get-ready-to-earn-7-different-aws-certifications-with-this-19-bundl
It’s Monday, and your coworkers are digging into a long, grueling database project. If you’re nice, you’ll bring them coffee and bagels. But if you’re feeling less charitable, there’s always an animated Clippy sticker to help get their week started off on the wrong foot. Microsoft recently confirmed that, yes, you can pull a number […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548995/clippys-back-to-troll-your-friends-on-teams.html
Retailers are beginning to reveal their street prices and availability for Intel’s new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” processors, and while they’re not outlandish, they’re not especially pretty either. Intel’s next-gen CPUs are slated to officially hit the streets on November 4, though several sites already have them available for preorder. Intel unveiled the speeds, feeds and […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548917/intel-alder-lake-best-prices-where-to-buy-pr
Like Windows 10, Windows 11 comes with two primary options for its menus, settings, and other primary interface elements: dark or light. While it’s easy to change from one to the other, it isn’t immediately apparent how to access that option. Here’s how you do it. Here’s how to get Windows for cheap (or even […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548170/how-to-turn-on-windows-11-dark-mode.html
The latest version of Apple’s AirPods Pro hit store shelves less than a week ago, and already retailers are dropping up to $60 off the MSRP. Amazon and Best Buy are selling the new AirPods Pro for $190. It’s likely this will be the best price we’ll see for Black Friday sales this year, and […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548842/the-black-friday-madness-has-begun-apples-newest-airpods-pro-are-190-right-now.html
Amazon has already rolled out a new Fire HD 10 tablet, and if these prices are any indication, the company may just be clearing stock before a new Fire HD 8 shows up. Either that or Amazon’s Black Friday pricing for the Fire HD 8 is already here. The online retailer is currently selling the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548847/amazons-fire-hd-8-is-a-ridiculous-45-right-now.html