Back in March, Microsoft promised to make fundamental changes to Windows 11 to make the operating system faster and better. It was reported that, in order to regain users’ trust, the company even intended to scale back its focus on AI features.
Windows Central now claims to have learned more about Microsoft’s plans from anonymous sources. There’s apparently a secret effort called “Windows…
I never really thought I’d welcome AI as a part of my ongoing business day. But Microsoft’s ongoing productivity updates to Outlook actually have me tempted.
By now, drafting an email using AI is old hat, and something that I generally wouldn’t do. But Microsoft has…
External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also extremely handy for transporting data between locations and devices in…
I don’t want a thinner laptop. I want a better one
April 28, 2026
I used to think thinner laptops were the better option. I don’t anymore.
Thinner just seemed like the natural direction for laptops, especially given how they first started out (big and boxy!). I get the appeal, too. A featherlight laptop is seriously impressive, especially the first time you unbox it. But on the flip side, you can’t really ignore the tradeoffs piling up in the corner over…
Sync.com review: Superb online device sync and backup
April 28, 2026
Where online storage services such as Dropbox, iCloud, and others only allow you to sync data across devices, Sync.com adds discrete unsynced storage to the mix via its Vault folder. This makes it particularly well-suited for backup. I like the approach, and I think the…
It was fun while it lasted, but it’s starting to look like the end for flat-rate AI plans as we know them, with GitHub being the first to turn out the lights.
Just a week after announcing it was halting signups for its flat-rate Copilot Pro and Pro+ plans, Github has…
In the past, Microsoft has repeatedly pointed out that key security certificates in Windows 11 are due to expire as early as June 2026. These are required for Secure Boot, the security feature that prevents malicious software from loading during system startup.
Until now, affected users had to manually search for these certificates and check whether they had already been updated. However, with the…
Framework has had a big week, announcing a brand new “Pro” variant of its excellent Laptop 13 design. Rebuilt from the ground up and featuring top-of-the-line Intel and AMD options, the 13 Pro still has the company’s fully repairable, upgradeable ethos at its core.
Investigation: RAM prices are falling. Don’t fall for it
April 27, 2026
Rising prices are the biggest tech story of 2026. Well, the biggest consumer tech story, anyway — the biggest story in a broader sense is “AI” in general. And that’s the answer to why prices are going up.
AI data centers are gobbling up memory manufacturing capacity.
AMD’s V-Cache-infused X3D series of processors has been an absolute smash hit in the PC gaming space, pushing AMD to the forefront of the performance discussion after years of Intel dominance. But after three generations of success, fans were probably wondering when AMD would pull out all the stops for a new design. Well the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, the absolute pinnacle of consumer…
