For the first time in decades, I wasn’t excited to review a Surface device. Now that I’m finished, I’m still not.
The Surface Laptop 8th Edition (or Surface Laptop 8) for Business has two things going for it: an upgrade to Intel’s excellent Core Ultra 300 series processors (Panther Lake) and a moderately useful privacy screen, which can dim and obfuscate the display at the touch of a…
Freshly installed and straight into browsing — that’s how most users start their browser. Consequently, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox remain set to their default settings, which prioritize convenience and data collection over privacy or efficiency.
Browsers regularly prompt…
Mullvad VPN review: The ultimate privacy-first VPN
June 12, 2026
Sweden-based Mullvad has long been the privacy purist’s VPN. It collects remarkably little information about its users and continues to prioritize anonymity over the convenience features favored by most competitors.
When I say that Mullvad takes your privacy seriously, I…
With one quick search you’ll find that Google knows a lot about you. Type your name into Google Search and you may be surprised to see your old addresses, phone numbers, forgotten social media profiles, sketchy people-search listings, or other personal information you never realized was out there. Sometimes it’s just annoying, but other times it can be dangerous.
The good news is that it’s…
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday for June, Microsoft released security updates to address 206 vulnerabilities. This is a new record, breaking the previous record of 175 in October 2025. In addition to Windows and Office, both Exchange Server and Microsoft’s cloud services are…
Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro looked and felt fantastic when the company showed it off in April. Unfortunately, a pair of manufacturing issues has delayed first shipments by about a month, pushing delivery out closer to the end of summer.
Problems with the Laptop 13 Pro’s…
Privacy is the linchpin of Apple’s AI relaunch
June 10, 2026
One of the most promising new AI features Apple announced during Monday’s WWDC keynote is also among the scariest: the ability for Apple’s Passwords app to replace your weak and compromised passwords on its own, with the help of AI agents working on your behalf.
Wait a second: AI agents running around with your passwords? That’s crazy! Giving a password to an AI chatbot is, generally…
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PCWorld compares Nvidia’s RTX Spark and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processors for AI-powered mini PCs, highlighting their distinct strengths for different use cases.
Qualcomm’s chip excels in single-core performance…
As good as passkeys and two-factor authentication are, they can’t fully prevent someone from breaking into (and possibly stealing) an account. But a new feature in Chrome should make that possibility much harder—provided website operators start making use of it.
Called…
The laptop middle class is vanishing
June 9, 2026
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PCWorld reports that the laptop middle class is disappearing as manufacturers focus on either budget models with limited 8GB RAM or premium options starting around $1,300.
Mid-range laptops are becoming scarce while performance models now cost around $2,000, with Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chip targeting the high-end market exclusively.
Smartphones…
