It's really important to keep things in context when you're looking at hardware benchmarks. Desktop CPUs often operate with essentially unlimited power and thermal budgets, so it's simply not fair to compare them against laptop chips that must constantly keep power draw in check to deal with thermal constraints and to avoid draining batteries

Those of you using WinRAR, Windows 10, or both should be on high alert. Two new vulnerabilities have been documented in the wild and are being actively exploited. As of this week, The National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (CISA) has documented CVE-2025-6218 and CVE-2025-6222, two currently-active attack vectors.

The holidays may be upon us, but that isn’t slowing down threat actors. Zimperium’s zlabs research team has discovered a new piece of malware targeting Android users, dubbed DroidLock, that aims to completely hijack a device and enable the theft of login credentials or destruction of a victim’s data. As seen with other recent malware it

The ongoing memory shortage and resulting price hikes continue to impact various markets, and according to TrendForce, smartphone, notebook, and console manufacturers, are about to react. The impact won't simply trigger price increases in existing products, either—rather, new devices are expected to compromise on other specifications as well

We're old enough to remember when big screen TVs came with big time prices. They were also a lot more bulky than they are now. Fortunately, this is one area in tech where pricing now favors the consumer (unlike DRAM, don't even get us started), and if you're not ultra-picky, you can score a 65-inch model for less than $300, or even less than

HP Threat Research just issued a new security report detailing a growing trend by attackers towards hijacking session cookies as an alternative means to tried-and-true credential theft. The reason hackers are finding a bigger appetite for sessions cookies is because today's hybrid work environment has led to changes that make stealing cookies

In an emergency, Android users can now share real-time visual details with 911 dispatchers, bridging a critical information gap that can hinder quick, effective emergency responses. Today Google rolls out Emergency Live Video across Android devices in three countries (running Android 8+), turning a smartphone on-site into a crucial pair of

ASUS is rolling out a new gaming monitor that will make your buddy's 4K panel feel like old tech, especially if theirs is not a dual-mode display. The monitor in question is the ROG Strix 5K XG27JCG, and as the model designation implies, it sports a native 5K resolution (5120x2880). At that tier, even the fastest GPUs like the GeForce RTX

Crossovers are all the rage in gaming right now, as developers and publishers look for ways to keep players coming back. Even a purist franchise like Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting in on the fun, as it looks to bring the world of Stranger Things to players while still delivering the realism and authenticity fans expect. Microsoft

The overall quality of the Windows experience is at a historic low point, due to increasing concerns over AI and feature bloat, and a long list of crippling bugs. With that in mind, many PC gamers are looking longingly at Linux, and the alternative OS is picking up steam in terms of marketshare. Perhaps feeling the scalding heat of gamers'

Google debuted the Pixel Watch 4 a little over 2 months ago, which brought with it a host of improvements including a new domed display alongside fresh health and fitness capabilities. The latest update will enable users to leverage various gestures and AI features, to complete common tasks. One of the new gestures, which will be familiar

It's no secret that Microsoft's drive to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic" AI-focused OS has been controversial, but being de facto market leader does not mean users won't push back, and a handy GitHub script from Zoicware is doing exactly that. For users who want to fully or partially disable AI features in Windows 11, Zoicware's Remove Windows

The writing is on the wall in bright neon colors for gamers on the PC platform—pricing is going up and, if you're planning to buy a new system, do it now before we enter into 2026. That's not just coming from us, but directly from manufacturers like Maingear and others. Driving the point home, Micron recently announced it was ending its Crucial

Eric Migicovsky, the visionary who captivated the early wearable market with the beloved Pebble smartwatch (as well as its recent relaunch), is diversifying the product range with a minimalist, AI-powered device called the Index 01 ring. It's not a smart ring (because technically it isn't) and has only one function: to capture fleeting thoughts. So

Watch out Samsung, because if a new report by the analysts at IDC Research proves accurate, Apple's upcoming iPhone Fold will almost instantly capture a huge portion of the folding smartphone market. The forecast for what is being dubbed a "real game-changer for the category" is that the iPhone Fold will capture a "22% unit share and staggering

A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant stellar explosion ever recorded, revealing a massive star’s demise when the cosmos was just a child. Astronomers confirmed the event occurred approximately 13 billion years ago (versus the Big Bang at 13.8 billion years

Razer is bringing back what is widely considered to be the world's first gaming mouse, the Razer Boomslang, with a similar overall design language but retooled for the modern era (similar to how it retooled the Diamondback a decade ago). The limited release will see just 1,337 serialized units produced, making the Boomslang 20th Anniversary

A key argument in the battle between NVIDIA's GeForce GPUs and AMD's Radeon graphics products is that NVIDIA offers superior software support. That's not necessarily true, though. AMD's made great strides in driver and software quality in the last few years, including fully rewriting its OpenGL driver and radically improving the responsiveness

If you have used any of the AI browsers available today, you would likely have been impressed with their ability to automate tasks and act as an intelligent assistant. While these browsers continue to gain popularity, Gartner, a leading global research company, has warned that they pose security risks and advised companies to block them. One

Google and Apple compete globally in an effort to win over users and increase the market share of their mobile platforms. However, in a move that is surprising to many and confirmed by Google in a statement to Engadget, the two giants are now cooperating to make it easier than ever for users to switch between iOS and Android. This isn’t

If you read that headline and thought, ‘Oh yeah, so what?’ then you're probably not too familiar with gaming handhelds. These devices have cooling apparatus of impressive efficiency given the extremely limited space they have to work in, but the laws of physics have this annoying way of being extremely immutable. That is to say that very few

By now you've likely heard the gloom and doom scenario facing the PC market, and if you're looking for some much-needed holiday cheer to lift your spirits, there are indications that we'll see a strong finish to the year in terms of PC shipments. Despite consecutive quarters of decline, the PC market is expected to have grown when looking

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated than previously assumed. These new observations, published in Nature Astronomy last week, utilized a technique called interferometry at California's

A brazen and high-speed robbery hit a collectible store in Southern California, whereby a trio of masked thieves made off with over $100,000 worth of rare Pokémon trading cards and sports memorabilia in a heist that lasted just three minutes. The target was LA Sports Cards in Burbank, which was raided by a band of synchronized card bandits.