Dolby Atmos in your living room isn’t as easy as it sounds. Whether you’re dealing with a component A/V system or a soundbar, your speakers must be carefully positioned and calibrated to create that immersive Atmos experience—and if your furniture is in the way, you’ll just need to move it.
But with its new FlexConnect technology, Dolby is looking to make its Atmos audio technology more…
A free VPN allegedly takes screenshots of Chrome users
August 26, 2025
“If the product is free, you are the product.”
You can apply that thinking to pretty much anything supported by advertising or data collection, including tools like Chrome and Gmail. (And you’re not paying to read these words, are you? Food for thought.) But one VPN…
At a Glance
Expert’s Rating
Pros
Simple interface
Browser extension is genuinely useful
Cons
Weak offline protection against malware
Several underwhelming features, including the password manager
Potentially showstopping bugs
Our Verdict
Even when you can…
I review a lot of laptops and I’ve noticed many of them come with a “free trial” of McAfee antivirus preinstalled. I’ve clicked through so many warnings about how my PC will be “at risk” unless I pay up for extended protection, and those McAfee alerts are in a stark red color that’s surely designed to scare me. It’s too much!
It’s not just a problem on budget laptops, either. I…
It’s official: The U.S. owns 9.9 percent of Intel
August 25, 2025
On Friday afternoon, Intel confirmed what everyone already knew: that the U.S. government is taking the unprecedented step of investing $8.9 billion into the company.
On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the United States was pushing Intel to accept its…
Remember back when Windows 11 first came out and Microsoft gave everyone a free pass to upgrade? On the surface, it was a generous move; in actuality, it was a ploy to lure us away from Windows 10.
Obviously, if Microsoft was giving something away, it was going to come with…
Newegg has RTX 5090 cards in stock at base price right now
August 22, 2025
It’s been seven months since Nvidia launched its flagship RTX 5090 card to a hungry audience of PC gamers… and people building AI data centers… and a bunch of scalpers trying to bilk them all. In that time, I’ve yet to see one actually available to purchase at the alleged base price of two thousand dollarydoos. Until now! As of just before 11 AM Eastern US time, Newegg has one for the base…
Best 4K monitors: HDR, gaming, budget, and best overall
August 22, 2025
4K resolution is now within reach of everyday PC users, promising a massive improvement to image quality, with four times the pixels of a 1080p display. A 4K monitor is useful not only in games and movies but also when editing documents or browsing web pages. The extra…
The most exciting thing about the ROG Xbox Ally handheld, at least for me, isn’t that it’s an Xbox. Nope, it’s the fact that it isn’t an Xbox, it’s a Windows 11 PC, albeit a teeny-tiny one. And with Microsoft onboard, it’s packing a refreshed, streamlined build…
At a glance
Expert’s Rating
Pros
Battery power and a magnetic mount provide lots of placement flexibility
2K resolution, double that of previous myQ cameras
Powerful onboard LED spotlight
Cons
Lacks infrared night vision
Nighttime motion activates the spotlight, and you can’t disable that behavior
Can’t record video without a subscription
Our Verdict
Chamberlain gives this…
