For a decade or so, a major threat to your laptop wasn’t a virus, malware, or hacking — it was Janet Jackson’s hit song, “Rhythm Nation.” What you might think of as an apocryphal urban legend was apparently true, including to some internal sleuthing by Microsoft employee and blogger Raymond Chen, who has unearthed some…
Roku is best known for its streaming boxes and sticks, but it also offers free TV entertainment on its Roku Channel, including live linear TV and some original movies, and you don’t need to have Roku’s hardware—or a Roku TV—to watch it. We’ll show you all the ways you can enjoy the bounty. You can…
Intel said Tuesday that the company’s Arizona fab has run the first lots of the company’s Intel 18A wafers, the manufacturing technology powering its Panther Lake chips, while announcing a high-performance derivative process. Intel also offered a sneak peek at its 14A process, the next-generation manufacturing technology, which will include “turbo cells” for faster clock…
Far be it from me to engage in a little schadenfreude… Actually, no. I really enjoy telling you about this one, as someone who needed a new graphics card at the tail end of the pandemic. Reports indicate that mining for Bitcoins (i.e., trying to turn electricity and math into money) is no longer profitable….
During the first quarter of 2025, the total number of DDoS attacks increased by 198 percent compared to the last quarter of 2024 and by 358 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to a new report by Cloudflare. A total of 20.5 million DDoS attacks were stopped during the period, of which…
One of the best ways to sync your smart lights with the images on your TV is with Philips Hue’s light-syncing but loftily priced HDMI box. Looking spend less? Look no further than Philips Hue’s sibling brand, which just unveiled its own cheaper alternative. Signify-owned WiZ Connected has just announced the WiZ HDMI Sync Box…
Today, Mozilla has released version 138 of its popular Firefox web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The biggest draw of this update is the profile manager feature that makes it easier to separate work, play, and everything else. With separate user profiles, you’ll be able to have separate bookmarks, tabs, browsing history, and more….
Macworld If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to get a new MacBook Pro, now’s the time to do it. Why? Well, because B&H Photo is clearing out the space black M3 Pro models for $900 off, which means you can get one for as little as $1,499. The catch is that this deal…
Macworld If you plan to buy a major technology device in the next couple of months, you might have difficulty finding it in stock. According to Reuters on Monday, the Trump administration’s tariff policy will lead to shortages of consumer electronics in the U.S. Pegatron Chairman T.H. Tung told Reuters that product shipments have been…
Sometimes all you need from a laptop is the bare minimum—and in that case, there’s no need to shell out a fortune. Consider this HP laptop that’s only $350 at Best Buy, a solid $230 off its MSRP right now. This isn’t some rocket ship of a laptop in any shape or form, but it…