On Thursday, Intel debuted “Clover Falls,â€� an AI companion chip that the company will ship as a platform-level enhancement for commercial PCs, and presumably later for consumer PCs as well.Intel described Clover Falls, aka the Intel Visual Sensi…
One of the benefits of Google’s Chrome browser is that when you create a new account on a website, it can generate a unique password, then store and autofill it when you visit the site again. Microsoft Edge will now do the same, though the process…
Google has quietly acquired Neverware, a developer that can take an old Mac or PC and essentially retrofit it into a Chromebook via its CloudReady technology. The technology will be folded into the ChromeOS team, Neverware said.Neverware quietly ann…
The Dell Latitude 9510 2-in-1 is a business laptop that just won’t quit. Seriously: With nearly a full 24 hours of battery life, it just keeps going and going.Intel and Dell engineers architected the Latitude 9510 as a â€�Project Athenaâ€� laptop, o…
Editor’s note: This article originally published on August 23, 2018, shortly after the app’s creation, but we’re sharing it again in honor of Windows 95’s 25th anniversary. You can also run a Windows 95 emulation in your browser with a different p…
How do you take recess during a day of distance learning? By breaking down recess into its component parts, and figuring out how to do each.A day’s worth of Zoom calls and online worksheets can take its toll on anyone, including adults, let alone…
On Thursday, Zoom revealed its upcoming changes for distance learning this fall, creating focus groups and allowing students to roam between breakout rooms without the need for their teacher to facilitate things.Both Google and Microsoft have alread…
Is a cheap Chromebook good enough for distance learning? That’s a question many families are facing as school begins and they frantically buy supplies—including, in some cases, new laptops.If parents have weighed Windows laptops vs Chromebooks, …
It’s 8 a.m. on a clear, sunny day in Oakland, California. No, it’s a rainy afternoon in Hong Kong. Or is it evening in Paris? Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn’t care.At a time when gorgeous “open worldâ€� games are the norm, Flight Simulat…
It’s 8 a.m. on a clear, sunny day in Oakland, California. No, it’s a rainy afternoon in Hong Kong. Or is it evening in Paris? Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn’t care.At a time when gorgeous “open worldâ€� games are the norm, Flight Simulat…
It’s 8 a.m. on a clear, sunny day in Oakland, California. No, it’s a rainy afternoon in Hong Kong. Or is it evening in Paris? Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn’t care.At a time when gorgeous “open worldâ€� games are the norm, Flight Simulat…
Although left-handers make up about ten percent of the population, left-handed gaming mice are rare. Razer, however, has committed to lefties, and introduced a left-handed version of its wired Razer Naga mouse in time for Left-Handers Day.The Razer…
It’s August 13, the day that Epic gives away a free copy of A Total War Saga: Troy. But you’ll need to act fast, because this free game is available for only 24 hours. After that, you’ll have to pay for it.Here’s the link to A Total War Sag…
Intel’s Alder Lake chip will build upon its predecessor, the first hybrid core known as Lakefield, by prioritizing performance over battery life for thin-and-light laptops, small-form-factor PCs, and other compact designs. Announced Thursday as pa…
Intel has revealed more details of what’s under the hood of its upcoming Tiger Lake chip—including its new Willow Cove CPU architecture and integrated Xe GPU, as well as the promise of a dramatic frequency increase over Intel’s current-generat…
In March and early April, schools flipped from in-school instruction to distance learning seemingly overnight. Now, this fall, teachers using Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and Meet, and Zoom are returning to teach online once again.How each teac…
Kids going back to school will probably be happy to learn that Minecraft: Education Edition isn’t just for PCs any more. Now they’ll be able to run it on their Google-powered Chromebooks, too.Originally released in 2016, Minecraft: Education Edi…
Could President Trump stop you from playing Fortnite or League of Legends? That spectre arose when Trump unexpectedly added Tencent Holdings to the list of Chinese companies being targeted by recent executive orders. Tencent, however, believes it’s …
Microsoft Rewards is basically free money, and not enough of you know how to use it. We’re going to show you how to use Microsoft Rewards to help buy all the things you want—an Xbox Series X! Starbucks! Amazon gift cards!—beginning with the aw…
Microsoft continues to forge closer ties between Windows and Samsung products. The company announced Wednesday that users who pair Windows’ Your Phone app with a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will be able to pin one or more Android apps to their Windows …