This morning, a friend of mine waited in the cold outside of Brooklyn’s Micro Center retailer, specifically to buy this pre-built desktop. It’s a good deal, and they’d been wavering on a long-overdue PC upgrade for a while. But what’s interesting is that it’s packing a brand-new AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D CPU. This is a chip that, as far as I can tell, is only available in this one desktop at…
Best wireless keyboards 2025: Top Bluetooth and USB models
November 11, 2025
In 2025, there’s no reason you can’t have a wireless keyboard. From the most complex mechanical boards to the sleekest designer models to the flashiest gamer planks, and everything in between, there are options aplenty for wireless excellence. That even includes…
SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell review: Monitor included
November 11, 2025
Part of the trouble with video doorbells is that you don’t always have your phone at the ready to see who’s ringing. If you’re standing in the kitchen when the bell rings, but you’ve left your phone in the bedroom, do you rush to your phone to get a peek at who’s…
Incogni review: The set-it-and-forget-it online privacy solution
November 10, 2025
Most people are unaware of just how much of their data is out on the web available for anyone to buy and sell. Most of this is done by data-aggregator and data-broker websites which hoover up as much info as possible about as many people as possible. They then match this data to each individual to create personal profiles that are then packaged and sold online.
There are so many of these…
Infostealers are making this old security practice new again
November 10, 2025
I’m a semi-old, to riff on today’s online parlance. Things have changed a lot since I was young, especially with computers. A lot of advice just isn’t as applicable in quite the same way as it was 20 years ago.
And yet what’s old is new again. Because compromised…
Microsoft is removing one of the best features of Phone Link
November 10, 2025
One of Microsoft’s unexpected success stories on the PC is Phone Link, the way in which you can monitor and use your Android phone while working on your PC. So it’s a shame that Microsoft is fracturing the app when it probably doesn’t need to.
Microsoft is removing the…
Windows 11’s taskbar audio settings suck. Here’s how to fix it
November 7, 2025
I’ve used Windows 11 regularly for a couple of years now. I still dislike it. But now we’re all stuck with it, given Windows 10’s “death” earlier this month.
What I hate in particular: The sound settings on the Windows taskbar.
In Windows 10, when you clicked, you could immediately see a name for your output device. I could tell at a glance what the active speakers were. Most people…
Adata SC735 review: A solid SSD disguised as a USB drive
November 6, 2025
Adata’s tiny, blue-striped SC735 is an attractive, if a tad squatter-than-usual take on the hyper-portable SSD, aka a thumb drive. It’s 10Gbps USB and available with up to 2TB at unusually affordable price points.
Our only real caveat is that the drive, while not slow…
When laptops stop feeling like machines
November 6, 2025
Have you noticed how modern laptops seem more approachable than ever? Gone are the sharp, angular edges and industrial plastic of the past. Today’s machines feel sleek, tactile, and… almost inviting! As a very tactile person myself, this shift in design really changes my…
Microsoft has quietly begun to challenge Ninite with an interesting addition to the Microsoft Store: multi-app installations that are as simple as a few clicks. Interestingly, the new option doesn’t seem to be available via the Microsoft Store application within Windows. Instead, Windows Central found it tucked away on the Microsoft Store website,
Ninite has been around practically forever…
