Move over, PCI Express 5.0! Micron has shipped the first PCI Express 6.0 SSD, ramping up read and write speeds to unprecedented levels. The bad news? It’s not for PCs.
This week, Micron shipped the Micron 9650 SSD, the world’s first PCIe 6.0 SSD, designed for AI training and inference workloads. Unfortunately, those tasks take place in AI data centers, not home PCs.
Micron will ship the drive…
Proton Launches Free 2FA App with Native Desktop Support
August 1, 2025
Proton Releases Privacy-Focused 2FA App With Desktop Support
Swiss-based privacy tech company Proton has officially launched Proton Authenticator, a new open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app available across all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux…
Earlier this week, Dropbox announced that it will be shutting down its password manager app, Dropbox Passwords, just five years after it first launched. The service shutdown will occur in several phases. Starting August 28th, Dropbox Passwords will become read-only in both…
I’m not sure my puny human eyes could tell the difference between, say, 360Hz and 500Hz. But the sweatiest, most competitive of PC gamers say they can, and I’m not about to call them liars (especially if they’re teamed up with me in Fortnite). Said gamers might want to check out a pair of new monitor designs from AOC, which hit an incredible 610Hz speed.
The Agon Pro AG246FK6 might not…
Google has fixed several vulnerabilities in Chrome versions 138.0.7204.183/184 for Windows and macOS and 138.0.7204.183 for Linux. According to Google, none of the vulnerabilities have been exploited for attacks yet. The manufacturers of other Chromium-based browsers will…
Mini PCs are exploding in popularity as an affordable alternative to laptops. Even Corsair is entering the market… though it probably won’t appeal to quite the same people. The new AI Workstation 300 is—you guessed it—designed for AI developers, powered by a Ryzen AI…
Most of the OLED deals I’ve found lately are for 27-inch 1440p monitors, which are great for standard setups and gaming. But if you want to go bigger, especially if you want to show off 4K movies or flex some graphical muscle, then a full 32-inch 4K panel is what you’re after. Today, Dell is selling an Alienware model for as low as $764.99, over $400 off.
The Alienware AW3225QF is a PCWorld…
$400 is the lowest I’ve ever seen for a new OLED gaming monitor… but that was before, well, everything going on right now. These days, the best you’ll find in the US is just under $500, which is right where this 27-inch AOC monitor is sitting. Amazon is selling it for…
Adobe has finally delivered on one of the most requested features in Photoshop: image upscaling, as well as improved abilities to insert and remove objects from photographs and other images.
Adobe said Tuesday that the new additions are arriving on the desktop edition of…
Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel.
You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of data into a digestible “number”—would automatically refresh when the data within changes. Charts already do that, for example. But, until now, a pivot table can still require a manual click to…
