Intel maps out Optane's future and says Penta Level Cell NAND is in the works

Intel next-gen Barlow Pass persistent memory to pair with Cooper Lake and Ice Lake CPUs, while Arbordale+ will bring 144 layer Penta-Layer Cell SSDs | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Mozilla Tests VPN-Like Firefox Private Network for Firefox Browsers

Mozilla is letting beta testers try out Firefox Private Network, a VPN-like proxy service to mask your IP while browsing. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Apple needs to stop comparing iPad to PC

Don't feed the troll: Apple just said its budget iPad is twice as fast as the PC. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

AMD acknowledges 3rd-gen Ryzen boost bug

AMD says that it will provide a BIOS fix to address reports that its 3rd-gen Ryzen chips can't hit advertised turbo boost speeds. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

How Microsoft made it harder to create Windows 10 local accounts

If you’re thinking about resetting your Windows PC with a local account, consider upgrading to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update first. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Intel takes the chiplet concept to the next level with co-EMIB, ODI connections

Intel's EMIB allowed chiplets to expand in two dimensions. The Foveros technology allows for chip logic to be stacked. Intel's new co-EMIB and ODI combine the two. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Are Huawei laptops safe? Intel, Microsoft promise support

The U.S. ban on Huawei calls into question whether the company's Matebook and Matebook Pro laptops are safe to buy. We update you on Intel and Microsoft support, and all the remaining uncertainty. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft's new Windows Terminal app is now live in preview

Microsoft has made its revamped Windows Terminal app available in preview for you to download, though many features will be added along the way to a more formal release this winter. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

USB: The standard turns 20, proud inventor Ajay Bhatt tells all (2016)

PCWorld asks Intel Fellow Ajay Bhatt why he was inspired to create USB, why Apple didn't play along at first, and why, oh why it didn't have a reversible connector. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Subscription Service Is Coming to the PC

It's dubbed "Xbox Game Pass for PC," a name almost as bad as Games for Windows Live, but with support from Bethesda, Paradox, Sega, and Deep Silver, it could be a great value for PC gamers. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Will Windows users ever have backup as easy as Apple's Time Machine?

Windows is plagued by backup software that's difficult to understand and use. Where is the elegant three-step solution that's been offered by Apple for over a decade now? | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

Qualcomm's benchmarks show Snapdragon 8cx running as fast as Intel's Core i5

Qualcomm announces "Project Limitless," a design win with Lenovo that uses its Snapdragon 8cx chip. Qualcomm also releases benchmarks to prove that the 8cx outperforms an older Intel Core i5. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 4 years ago

How Windows and Chrome quietly made 2019 the year of Linux on the desktop

With Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, a full Linux kernel running in Windows, and Google's pledge that all future Chromebooks will be able to run Linux apps, 2019 is the year of Linux on the desktop. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Intel roadmap confirms 10nm 'Tiger Lake' chip with Xe graphics

As part of its investor day conference, Intel disclosed the existence of the 10nm Tiger Lake chip, as well as more performance details on Ice Lake and Lakefield. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Facebook passwords for hundreds of millions of users were exposed to Facebook employees

Facebook confirms that user passwords from Facebook, Facebook Lite, and Instagram were being stored in a readable format on Facebook servers. Hundreds of millions of accounts will be notified accordingly. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Best password managers 2019: Reviews of top products

The best password is one you probably can't easily remember—that's why a password manager is so crucial to your online security. We review LastPass, Dashlane, Keeper, 1Password, and others to find the best one for managing passwords. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Nvidia disses the Radeon VII, vowing the RTX 2080 will crush AMD's GPU

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said GeForce RTX 2080 'crushes' Radeon VII and that 'FreeSync just doesn't work.' | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Intel Reveals 10nm Ice Lake Core, and Stacked “big-little” Lakefield CPUs

Intel's surprisingly newsy press conference at CES ushered in its new Core chip, Ice Lake, plus a few surprises: a stakced "Lakefield" chip and "Project Athena," its | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Intel reveals 10nm Sunny Cove CPU cores that go deeper, wider, and faster

Intel's first major CPU core update in years kicks the chip giant back into high gear. Meet Sunny Cove. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

After another massive Google+ data breach, delete your profile right now

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@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx for PCs aims to overcome the performance gap

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx is working hard to convince PC customers that the chip can offer great performance as well as outstanding battery life. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October Update after reports of mass file deletion

Microsoft has slammed the brakes on the Windows 10 October 2018 Update's rollout after it deleted entire folders full of files for some users. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

10 years ago the world met the First Android phone. It didnt have headphone jack

The world's first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, arrived September 23, 2008. It was a whole lot different than the Android handsets of today. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Bring back the headphone jack: Why USB-C audio still doesn't work

Just try plugging a handful of USB-C headphones and dongles into a stack of smartphones and you'll see that compatibility is still a mess. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs. a 5-year-old gaming PC, or why you should never preorder

Can a Ryzen 7 1700 system replace a 5-year-old PC? For PC gamers, the answer isn't straightforward—and the results might surprise you. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Whiskey Lake notebook chip launches, emphasizing connectivity this time around

Intel's latest Core chips, Whiskey Lake for laptops and Amber Lake for two-in-ones and tablets, will highlight Intel's Gigabit Wi-Fi as part of custom branding for its 8th-gen parts. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

AMD's first-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs get deep price cuts

AMD's clearing the decks for the 2nd-gen Threadripper processors by selling their predecessors at a steep discount. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Solving Spectre and Meltdown may ultimately require a new type of processor

Panelists at the Hot Chips conference debate short- and long-term solutions to Spectre and Meltdown, the two side-channel attacks that leveraged the speculative execution techniques of many modern microprocessors. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

Searching for Bing: How Microsoft's search engine has lost its way

Though Microsoft Bing continues to gain share in search, here are several reasons for choosing Google instead as your preferred search engine. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

LibreOffice 6 review: The open-source favorite gets an update

This Office alternative gets even better with productivity improvements. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

The Asus Project Precog is a pioneering dual-display laptop, due in 2019

Project Precog is a concept PC formed of two shimmering sheets of glass. Asus showed it at Computex in Taipei, and it just might become reality in 2019.  | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 5 years ago

The first holographic smartphone will be released later this year

Verizon and AT&T have both announced that they will be selling the $1,200 Red Hydrogen One phone when it launches later this summer. But something tells me sales aren't the reason. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 6 years ago

Ntel's Loihi roadmap calls for its brain chips to be as smart as a mouse by 2019

Intel has released a target for how smart it wants its Loihi brain chip systems to be by 2019, measured by the number of synapses it will simulate compared to an animal with a like number of real synapses. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 6 years ago

Samsung 970 NVMe SSDs launch at much lower prices than announced

The Samsung 970 Pro and 970 EVO launched on May 7 with suggested prices far lower than originally announced to put the heat on rival NVMe drives. | Continue reading


@pcworld.com | 6 years ago