Google made headlines a short time ago for a plan to expand its Gemini prompt box as it combines AI and search. Microsoft is taking a different tack: it’s also dynamically expanding its prompt box, but with an eye towards improving its productivity apps instead. Right now, Microsoft’s efforts are traversing the outer reaches of its productivity solar system, being tested internally with a few…
The first surprise came before I even opened a browser tab: The seven-year-old Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 booted faster than the brand-new laptops I tested it against.
That wasn’t supposed to happen. Whenever laptop or chip makers don’t have much to say about how a PC…
Microsoft is following through on a previous announcement with a new optional update for Windows 11 that makes the operating system genuinely faster, especially in certain situations. It’s called update KB5089573 and it includes the “Low Latency Profile”…
The Steam Deck, harbinger of a portable PC gaming revolution, has been out of stock for three months. Now it’s back… at almost double the price of the original model. It’ll cost you $789 USD to get the 512GB OLED version, $949 for the 1TB upgrade. The original LCD model, which debuted at $400, is resigned to the dustbin of history.
Welcome to PC gaming in 2026, where the K-shaped economy has…
LG has a long history of launching big new OLED monitors at sky-high pricing, and while they’re often difficult to afford, they’re usually great monitors. The LG Ultragear Evo GX9 continues this lineage with a 39-inch 5K2K panel that delivers fantastic SDR and HDR image…
You’re sitting on Flight 02 from San Francisco to Taipei, settling in for a long 14-hour journey. Suddenly, a familiar face appears nearby — a competitor!
This is what Microsoft’s new “privacy screen” on its new Surface Laptop 8 was designed for: With the press of…
Portable apps are applications and tools that can be started directly upon clicking them, with no prior installation needed.
The advantage of this is that the programs are immediately ready for use and can be started from any storage drive — including a USB flash drive. These useful tools are then available for analyzing and maintaining any computer you slap the flash drive into, making them…
Online safety doesn’t have to be complicated. With some simple steps, you can easily protect your PC from malware and safeguard your personal data with very little extra effort.
The best part? None of these tips cost money. In fact, most important security tools you need…
Setachi’s DotDisk is an 80Gbps SSD enclosure that will accommodate a single NVMe SSD. It’s uniquely portable, as it employs active cooling in the form of a small fan rather than the bulky passive cooling fins most 80Gbps enclosures feature.
Yet, despite its svelte…
Many Windows PCs feel sluggish in everyday use, despite their hardware specifications suggesting otherwise. The reason? The processor is handling tasks that the graphics card, SSD, or network chip could process more efficiently. Windows 11 offers several options to change this.
You can shift the computational load by smoothing out performance peaks, reducing fan noise, and making the system more…
