Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday for June, Microsoft released security updates to address 206 vulnerabilities. This is a new record, breaking the previous record of 175 in October 2025. In addition to Windows and Office, both Exchange Server and Microsoft’s cloud services are also affected. One of the vulnerabilities is already being exploited in the wild. Microsoft classifies a total of 38…
Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro looked and felt fantastic when the company showed it off in April. Unfortunately, a pair of manufacturing issues has delayed first shipments by about a month, pushing delivery out closer to the end of summer.
Problems with the Laptop 13 Pro’s…
Privacy is the linchpin of Apple’s AI relaunch
June 10, 2026
One of the most promising new AI features Apple announced during Monday’s WWDC keynote is also among the scariest: the ability for Apple’s Passwords app to replace your weak and compromised passwords on its own, with the help of AI agents working on your behalf.
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PCWorld compares Nvidia’s RTX Spark and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processors for AI-powered mini PCs, highlighting their distinct strengths for different use cases.
Qualcomm’s chip excels in single-core performance and general productivity tasks, while Nvidia’s platform dominates AI content creation and gaming with its RTX…
As good as passkeys and two-factor authentication are, they can’t fully prevent someone from breaking into (and possibly stealing) an account. But a new feature in Chrome should make that possibility much harder—provided website operators start making use of it.
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The laptop middle class is vanishing
June 9, 2026
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PCWorld reports that the laptop middle class is disappearing as manufacturers focus on either budget models with limited 8GB RAM or premium options starting around $1,300.
Mid-range laptops are becoming scarce while…
In Windows, a great deal remains hidden beneath the surface. As soon as it starts up, the operating system launches several applications, initializes drivers, and checks for new software updates. Many of the programs that Windows loads automatically are then executed as processes in the RAM and run invisibly in the background.
The Task Manager, accessible by right-clicking the taskbar and…
It looks like the new floor for laptop prices will be around 700 dollars. And that isn’t going to get you a whole lot of laptop, especially if you want memory for RAM-hungry browser tabs. So if you can’t spare the cash, Acer would like a word: Why not just plug a big…
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PCWorld reports on Computex 2026’s most unusual PC innovations, including Corsair’s cyberpunk katana sword PC, Tryx’s hologram-effect AIO cooler, and MSI’s triple-mode OLED monitor.
These eye-catching products showcase…
In the new Chrome versions 149.0.7827.53/54 for Windows and macOS, and 149.0.7827.53 for Linux, the developers have fixed more than 400 vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild yet.
The browser’s own “What’s New” page lists new features in the PDF viewer as the only innovation. Google is clearly…
