The only thing I miss about my old Brooklyn apartment is my office. Big enough for two desks, my office fit for four — count ‘em, four — 27-inch monitors, enough for two dual-screen setups. It was glorious.
After our recent move to Manhattan, though, the office is gone, and those roomy 4K monitors are (sniff) history.
But even in my new downsized reality, I held fast to my dual-display…
New laptops are using old CPUs. That’s a problem
July 17, 2026
One of the core tenets of productivity is to do more with less. But the opposite holds true, too — which a sneaky, pernicious trend permeating the laptop market might reveal.
Microprocessor vendors have begun reusing old silicon, but in a way that obscures that decision…
This Windows Search revamp could win me over
July 16, 2026
The future of Windows Search looks a lot closer to what users have been asking for since day one: search. That’s it.
No ads, no visual clutter, no promotional links to the Microsoft Store, or Amazon. Just search. That’s all.
Microsoft might have put this vision of the…
Stop packing your laptop charger. Bring this instead
July 16, 2026
Do you still bring your laptop charger with you on business trips? I just realized that I do, and it’s a habit I need to break.
I have the option of carrying a mouse, though I can use my laptop’s touchpad for navigation. Likewise, a USB-C hub gives me extra ports. But thirty years of covering tech has me treating my laptop charger as an absolute necessity — how else will I get power?
That…
Yesterday was Patch Tuesday, which broke records. But Microsoft didn’t just fix a bunch of security vulnerabilities. They also rolled out update KB5101650 for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, which makes many new features available for all Windows 11 users—features that you…
Buying a Chromebook in 2026 can feel like a bit of a gamble. Many models are available, but pricing seems to vary wildly, and a lot of retail sites list new and ancient models side-by-side. The Acer Chromebook Plus 514 enters this confusing market as a sensible choice with…
New NVMe SSD releases have become increasingly rare — another casualty of the AI data center gold rush. Because of that, I was stoked to see a new SSD release from Samsung — the 990. The good news? It’s more power efficient and faster overall than the SSD Samsung says it’s replacing, the 990 EVO.
The not-so-great news? It’s not as fast as the still-available 990 EVO Plus and…
Just a few months ago, I could barely get an AI agent to open the Chess app on my Mac, much less actually play a game of it. But after testing the all-new ChatGPT super-app, I can report that the days of clunky AI “computer use” functionality are pretty much…
Cybersecurity advice is sometimes extremely straightforward. Your password leaked? Change it. Your PC needs updates? Apply them. You want to install pirated software? Don’t.
But more often, cybersecurity advice is a simplification of complex details—and results in…
Why DisplayPort beats HDMI for gaming PCs
July 14, 2026
Many gaming PCs aren’t delivering their full potential because the monitor and graphics card are connected via HDMI. While this usually works without any problems, it does not always make full use of the system’s capabilities, particularly when using high refresh rates, variable refresh rates, and modern graphics cards.
DisplayPort is designed for PC use, offering a more stable and less…
