Traditionally, a laptop’s battery life tends to be governed not by the microprocessor inside it, but by the display that you’re staring at for hours on end. That’s why a new “Oxide 1Hz” display technology from LG Display is so interesting.
As a component maker, LG will ship the panel to various customers: laptop makers, manufacturers of external displays, and so on. It’s the refresh…
FCC moves to block new foreign-made routers
March 24, 2026
In an unwelcome surprise, the FCC has placed all foreign-made routers on the so-called Covered List, effectively banning new products from sale within the United States.
The decision follows the FCC’s National Security Determination, which concluded that routers used by…
For years, Windows critics have described the operating system as unnecessarily big and bloated. Microsoft might not be able to slim down Windows 11 overnight, but it’s still putting it on a diet.
The goal is to make Windows more responsive, and those grand plans include…
A repositioned Windows Taskbar, a better Start menu: Windows 11 changes that users have begged for for years will finally arrive, Microsoft promises.
A memo published Friday afternoon by Microsoft’s Windows + Devices chief Pavan Davuluri finally promises day-to-day improvements that Windows users have asked for since… wow, has it really been five years? What will probably end up being known as…
Over the past few months, Microsoft senior executives have quietly made a promise to me directly, as well as to other journalists: They’re going to improve Windows. Today, they’re making that same commitment to the public, with an emphasis on “performance, reliability…
Game devs say Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal blindsided them
March 20, 2026
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PCWorld reports that Nvidia’s DLSS 5 announcement caught major game developers from Ubisoft and Capcom off-guard, who were unaware their games would be featured in demonstrations.
The generative AI technology faces…
With Vivaldi 7.9, the Scandinavian browser company makes a good point: Do you really need to see all of a browser’s visual cruft, all the time?
Vivaldi is launching UI auto-hide, a new feature that’s available within the free web browser in an upgrade that’s available today. It basically takes all the stuff you don’t always need to look at it, like the address bar, bookmarks, and side…
Intel is joining Microsoft in releasing precompiled shaders for its own graphics cards, which will save you time in loading and then playing PC games.
Intel said earlier this week that it will store precompiled shaders in the cloud, and then download them when needed to your…
Though Internxt Drive rightfully touts its 256-bit encryption and dedication to privacy, there’s no feature in particular that sets it apart from the crowd.
As with services such as Dropbox, Sync.com, OneDrive, iDrive, etc. there’s sync and storage. There’s also…
As someone who works with images for almost every part of my job, I really don’t like Google’s WebP format. It’s fine for what it does, but loading it up in an image editor can often be a headache. So, I use a browser extension to download WebP files as JPEG and PNG—or, at least, I’ve been doing so for a few years. Turns out it was the latest Chrome extension to be sold off and turned…
