Researcher IDC has unexpectedly concluded that the current administration’s see-sawing tariff plan is going to actually help the PC market grow in 2025. IDC said Wednesday that it now expects that the PC market will grow 4.1 percent over 2024, reaching 274 million units shipped this year. However, the PC market is also expected to […]

Microsoft finally found its answer to the MacBook Air last year with the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop (formerly known as 7th Edition). That Snapdragon X-powered laptop matched the MacBook in build quality, battery life, and at least some aspects of performance — something Windows laptop makers have been trying to do for ages. The 13.8-inch Surface

Traditionally, PC graphics cards have included two types of ports: DisplayPort and HDMI. Now, they may be adding a third: Thunderbolt. Sparkle showed what it called “Project Thundermage” this year at Computex, a prototype OPC graphics card that put HDMI, DisplayPort, and a pair of Thunderbolt ports onto the same graphics card. The tell, however,

Microsoft has begun adding Copilot to the “new tab” page of Microsoft Edge, as expected — possibly making you yearn for the current crazy-quilt layout instead. Generally, browser makers allow you to either open a predetermined home page when you open a new tab, or else populate it with a variety of different content. On

While older computers and storage drives might still use the common SATA or the older PCIe 3.0 interfaces to sling your bits of data around, more recent computing equipment typically supports the far faster PCIe 4.0 protocol. If you’re really lucky (or spent a lot of money), you might even have faster PCIe 5.0. But

In the latest update to Windows 11 24H2—patch KB5058411 which rolled out earlier in May—Microsoft made a quiet change to how Task Manager calculates CPU usage in the “Processes” tab, reports Windows Latest. Previously, the Processes tab used a proprietary method called “Processor Utility” to calculate CPU usage, which often led to the numbers not

If you hate juggling numerous charging blocks and power adapters, then it’s finally time to consolidate with an all-in-one charging station. Something like the Anker Nano 6-in-1 Charging Station, which can replace your power strip and USB adapters—and right now, it’s on sale for just $40 on Amazon with the on-page coupon. Be sure to

I don’t know how things are for you, but in my house, I have little gremlins that pop in when I’m not looking to steal my charging cables. There’s no other way to explain how they keep disappearing! So, if gremlins visit your house too, or if you just need some high-speed charging cables to

PDF files are ubiquitous in this cross-platform world, making it possible to view and share documents across a range of devices. While simply viewing or commenting on a PDF can be accomplished with free software, there are times when you might need to engage with a PDF document more extensively, such as making edits, reorganizing

An iconic Maglite flashlight sat next to my front door for more than 20 years, but it’s been relegated to basement duty ever since the incredible Infinity X1 came into my life. When I first heard about the Infinity X1 flashlight ($40 on Amazon), I foolishly thought it was from Comcast (maker of the Xfinity