At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Intuitive tabbed interface Comprehensive PDF editing features Affordable Cons Windows only No mobile app Our Verdict Swifdoo PDF is a full-featured, low-priced Acrobat alternative that should serve most users well. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Retailer Price…
Last year, Google announced changes to its Chrome browser that signaled the end for popular extension uBlock Origin. The ad-blocker’s design put it at odds with Google’s new Manifest v3 requirements, with death as the likely outcome. The Grim Reaper is here now, with Manifest V3’s full implementation all but complete. If uBlock Origin and…
Microsoft is no stranger to axing Windows apps and features. In the last year alone, we’ve seen the death of iconic WordPad, abandonment of Paint 3D, and deprecation of Windows Mixed Reality. It’s something you just have to get used to with Windows. And today, we can add another gravestone to the list. Microsoft Defender…
If you were hoping to get your hands on a new, incredibly powerful, incredibly expensive Nvidia graphics card… maybe it’s time to make like Luke Skywalker and find a new hope. According to one store in the United Kingdom, it’s going to take “3-16 weeks” to get new RTX 5090 cards in stock. The RTX…
Gaming laptops are mostly awesome these days — performance wise, that is. As an example, you can pick up a laptop like the Acer Nitro V 16 for less than $1,000 and know that it’s going to shred in most triple-A games. But as to battery life when you’re gaming unplugged — nope, laptops are…
Macworld At the start of the year, eagle-eyed reporters spotted references in iOS code to a new Apple app (or possibly a feature within another app). Referred to as “Apple Invites,” it appeared to be a way to manage and invite people to parties and other events while offering integration with iCloud and Calendar. Based…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 two weeks ago, it sent shock waves…
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst. The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web browsing…
Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Pleasant typing feel Many clever shortcuts Backlit keyboard More space on the screen Cons Very unwieldy on the iPhone 16 Pro Max Lengthy setup Considerable battery Consumption Our Verdict The Clicks for iPhone is one of the most interesting accessory products for the iPhone in recent years. The…
There are things in this world that you simply wouldn’t expect, like an aircraft carrier with Windows XP, a nuclear weapon control system on floppy discs, or a Commodore 64 as a cash register system in a bakery. While most people replace modern devices after a few years, these technology dinosaurs fight their way through…