There wasn’t much in the way of GPU announcements at (or around) CES earlier this year, with the integrated graphics in Panther Lake laptops the only real shocker. But MSI resurrected its top-shelf Lightning brand for the RTX 5090, announcing a bombastic card with water cooling. The price was assumed to be high, since MSI didn’t set one—and now we have at least one source for the approximate…
5 crucial Windows 11 settings I always change ASAP
February 10, 2026
While Windows 11 provides a good enough out of the box experience—atrocious new taskbar aside—it handles so much better after tweaking just a handful of settings to make it feel more like the Windows of yesteryear.
No, I’m not talking about making Windows 11 look like…
Don’t let RAM clearance wreck your PC build
February 9, 2026
Anyone planning to install a large-volume CPU cooler with a fan alongside RAM modules with heat spreaders or RGB lighting will quickly encounter a problem: lack of space. The technical term for this is “RAM clearance,” and it can make the difference between a smooth PC…
I remember the first time I bought a Razer mouse. Inside the box was a letter printed on fancy vellum paper. It opened with, “Welcome to the cult of Razer.” It appears that this isn’t just a cheeky marketing slogan, Razer means it genuinely. Because only brainwashed cult members would pay $1337 for a mouse.
Razer announced its 20th Anniversary Boomslang mouse a couple of months ago. The…
ExpressVPN levels up with new privacy and security features
February 6, 2026
ExpressVPN just launched a whole bunch of new products, officially expanding the popular VPN service into a full-blown security and privacy suite. The company behind one of our favorite VPNs is entering a new phase in its evolution—from a single-product VPN to an…
FanDuel Sports Network’s collapse is great for baseball fans
February 6, 2026
With Spring Training just a couple weeks away, baseball fans have something new to get excited about: They won’t have to deal with FanDuel Sports Network anymore.
Sinclair’s Main Street Sports Group, which operates 16 regional sports networks under the FanDuel brand, is…
Well, this is it: After a series of delays, Apple is finally nixing support for its old Home architecture, meaning those still relying on the previous version of Apple’s Home framework have some decisions to make—quickly.
The moment of truth arrives February 10, 2026, less than a week away.
If you don’t update, you face “interruptions with your accessories and automations,” Apple warns…
Intel is helping develop a new type of DRAM aimed at AI
February 5, 2026
Intel began as a memory supplier. The PC industry faces its most dire memory crunch in years, if not decades. So it makes sense for Intel to move back into PC memory, right?
Sort of. Intel said this week that it is indeed working on a new memory technology, called Z-Angle…
Finally! Firefox just gave you an AI kill switch
February 4, 2026
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PCWorld reports that Mozilla Firefox is introducing comprehensive AI Controls in its browser, allowing users to completely disable or selectively manage AI features.
This development matters as other major browsers like Chrome…
How to use Windows to wipe your location data from a photo
February 4, 2026
Your photos may do more than hint at where you were—they can outright tell other people your exact location. A snoop just has to know where to look.
Smartphones and modern cameras can add your location to the EXIF data embedded in the photo. This info is not immediately visible, but it can be viewed by looking at the photo’s properties. Your photos may have this data attached on purpose or by…
