HP came to CES 2026 with a major announcement about its approach to PC gaming hardware. Going forward, the company’s PC gaming hardware—including monitors and even laptops—will be sold under the HyperX brand name, not HP. The HyperX Omen OLED 27q is the first such monitor PC World has tested, and it’s a simple, budget-friendly OLED display.
Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of…
When you think about the graphics card in your gaming laptop or desktop, the first thought is probably about performance, maybe power draw or efficiency. It probably isn’t whether or not it’s a security risk. But a newly developed attack uses the super-fast memory in a…
Almost any browser is at a fundamental disadvantage in terms of users and influence (that is, unless you’re Google or Microsoft). But that hasn’t stopped Mozilla, which is reshaping its Firefox browser in a “Project Nova” overhaul, while threading the needle between…
If you own a home Wi-Fi router (and who doesn’t?) you might be in a pinch: you own an aging, insecure gateway, but the government isn’t going to allow you to easily upgrade it.
The FCC’s March decision to block Wi-Fi consumer routers made or designed on foreign soil immediately crippled the market: virtually all routers are made or designed overseas, either by foreign companies or contract…
PC gamers face an ongoing problem: more powerful games demand more powerful resources, all in the service of games that deliver more realistic experiences and graphics. But can gamers avoid paying out outrageous sums of money to keep up?
Texture compression might be an…
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PCWorld reports on Micro Center’s testing of single versus dual-channel RAM configurations using AMD Ryzen 9 8950X3D and Radeon RX 7970 XT hardware.
Gaming performance varies dramatically between configurations, with some…
An important new feature has been in the works for Windows 11 for some time now: the ability to freely reposition the taskbar. On April 1st, a Microsoft developer then published a video for the first time showing the freely movable taskbar—only to delete it again shortly afterwards.
This was not an April Fool’s joke, but likely an oversight. Windows Latest spotted the developer’s post and…
‘AI’ is coming for your online gaming servers next
April 3, 2026
You can’t find RAM, you can’t find storage, you can’t find a GPU. But at least you can play the PC games you already own, right? Well, maybe not. Consumer PC parts aren’t the only things being gobbled up by the “AI” industry. A Starcraft-inspired strategy game is…
Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year
April 3, 2026
Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent of users are on some flavor of Linux, compared to 92.3 percent on Windows and just 2.4 percent on macOS. One year ago, Linux was at just 2.3…
Every operating system requires a minimum level of maintenance to ensure error-free and smooth operation. Knowing what is running on the PC or starting up automatically should be part of your regular checks. Unnecessary background processes slow down the system startup and hamper Windows’ overall performance.
Many programs, and Windows 11 itself, leave traces of user activity on the PC. These…
