NBA 2K27 shows off DLSS 5’s impressive new realism — and hints at a future where animation, not graphics, becomes gaming’s weakest link.
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I couldn’t stop staring at the shadows on Tyrese Haliburton’s hand.
That sounds weird, but hear me out. Nvidia showed me and other journalists an early preview of 2K’s NBA 2K27 ahead of the game’s September 4…
Windows 95 introduced the Start menu and taskbar but also the Blue Screen of Death. A look back at its legendary launch 31 years ago.
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PCWorld recalls how Windows 95, launched on August…
I hate this, but buying a GPU now might actually make sense
August 24, 2026
A GPU vendor warns price hikes are coming later this year, and I can’t help wondering if that means now is the right time to pull the trigger.
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Well okay, now might only be the second-best time to buy a GPU—the best…
USB connector types: The tier list
August 17, 2026
Adam and Alex let loose some magma-hot takes on the little metal bits that connect and power all our gadgets.
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I have a visceral hatred of MicroUSB. Back when I was writing about Android phones, there was a needlessly long transition from Micro to the far, far superior USB-C, that made me resent it every time I saw it. And yet even now, I need to keep one MicroUSB…
Zen 6 looks like a huge leap forward by AMD, from faster speeds to lower power draw to massive improvements to core counts and cache. And those same advancements should come to AMD’s next-gen Ryzen CPUs.
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If history is any indication…
China’s RAM boom is here. Your cheap PC is not
July 30, 2026
The hottest company on the planet right now is a memory supplier called CXMT, a name barely anyone outside of China had even heard a year ago. It’s making headlines in financial markets on a massive stock debut, predicated on the idea that it’s going to fill the hole in…
Back-to-school shopping for college students means more than just bundling them off with a backpack and a reminder to not mix white clothes with colors. Today, it’s all about tech.
My son heads off to college in roughly six weeks. But as a techie dad, I’ve already started prepping what I want to send with him. It’s nerve-wracking, but also sort of fun! I may not be able to force him to write…
Perfect Backup review: Perfection? Close to it
July 29, 2026
Though Windows provides its own file backup facilities in Windows File History, the OS has continually made them less obvious and less intuitive to use. Why, is anyone’s guess. There are plenty of alternatives, but they can be hard to find and/or just as difficult to use.
You thought a Sophie’s Choice between ruinously expensive or embarrassingly underpowered laptops was as bad as the RAM crunch would get? Nope. It looks like we’re about to go backwards for graphics cards, too. A brand new AMD Radeon card has just been announced and……
These 5 mini PCs make laptops look wildly overpriced
July 28, 2026
Laptops are great if you need portability, but they’re also expensive. You’re paying for a lot of hardware that may not matter if your computer never leaves your desk. Since laptops cram all of their components into a single device, they’re much more expensive to manufacture and ship, especially in today’s economy.
That’s where mini PCs shine. These tiny desktops pack surprisingly…
