Popup ads are, for better or worse, a fact of life on the Internet. They are not, however, something you'd expect to see in the App Store app for iOS. But The popup,
Whether you realize it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is already everywhere—from To help keep the future safe for humanity, Elon Musk and a group of high-tech heavyweights have teamed up to launch a new research non-profit called OpenAI. OpenAI’s
Budget PC builders are in for a treat: It’s been officially confirmed that you can now heavily overclock Intel’s cheap Skylake chips with a BIOS update. Tech site TechSpot
The online activist group Anonymous said it took down the Trump Tower website on Friday after it warned presidential candidate Donald Trump about his statements on banning Muslims from entering the U.S. The site was unavailable during early afternoon, New York time, and according to
Microsoft has grudgingly agreed to let current OneDrive users keep their 15GB of free cloud storage and 15GB of free Camera Roll “bonus” storage, rather than dropping you to 5GB as previously stated, but only if you’re aware of the offer and don’t mind a bit of spam. To take advantage of the offer, You’ve already navigated the first hurdle: since users have to manually opt in to the offer, OneDrive users who are unaware of the deal won’t be able to take advantage of it. And there’s a small catch: by selecting the offer, you agree “to receive promotional emails from OneDrive,” although Microsoft immediately says that you can unsubscribe as well—how to do that, however, isn’t exactly clear.
Here's a look at the latest Android apps and games worth checking out.
After undertaking what was presumably a You might ask why Microsoft didn’t release Windows 7/8.1 drivers day-and-date with launch, considering it took them almost two years to even get this adapter to market. In response, I would point you to
Valve is taking some drastic measures to prevent Steam account hijacking and item theft. Starting now, users will need to enable two-factor authentication if they want item trades to go through immediately. Otherwise, they’ll have to wait up to three days for transactions to clear. (If both parties to the trade have been friends for at least a year, they’ll only have to wait one day.) The idea is that users would have time to see and stop a trade in the event of a hack. And with two-factor authentication, unauthorized access is less likely in the first place, which is why those users are getting an exemption.
Microsoft has a Groove-y gift for music fans rocking Each album is offered separately, which means if you want all 10 you’ll have to redeem the free offers one-by-one. Any albums you redeem in the Windows Store are immediately downloaded to your PC via the
On paper, it’s hard not to get excited about a handheld gaming PC. That may explain why the
There’s nothing T-Mobile loves more than trolling the competition with offers aimed directly at customers of specific rivals. The latest target is Verizon. T-Mobile is giving away a free, one year Hulu subscription to any Big Red customers who switch their number to T-Mobile between Friday and next Thursday, December 17. After signing up, switchers receive a text message with a Hulu gift code worth $100 that must be used before January 31, 2016. The latest Verizon deal is part of T-Mobile’s 12 days of Christmas-styled marketing bonanza, called Un-carrier Unwrapped. Every week T-Mobile “unwraps” a new gift in the form of a deal. Sometimes the offer is for T-Mobile customers, sometimes for customers of other carriers.
Back in the spring we talked about Encrypted proxies are a fast and lightweight alternative to virtual private networks (VPNs). They don’t offer the full breadth of protection that VPNs do since a proxy only protects your browser. But if all you want to do is view the U.S. Netflix catalog overseas or protect your browsing on a public Wi-Fi network, then an encrypted proxy should work just fine.
Do you want to download Windows 10 now or now? That’s the question I found myself faced with when I opened an irregularly used Windows 8.1 laptop last night. Once a small box begging for a reservation in the corner of the screen, the “Get Windows 10” pop-up prompt has morphed to consume the majority of the display, and worse, it only presents users with two clear actionable buttons:
PC gaming doesn't One thing I like about SteelSeries (and Logitech too) is that they have a habit of shoring up their peripherals lineup with some lower-cost alternatives. Damn good alternatives, for that matter—just missing some of the bells and whistles. Alternatives like the $40 Rival 100. Despite sharing a name with the Rival 300, the two aren't
Meet the Castor: A stripped-down, comfortable right-handed mouse with few buttons and even fewer frills. Or, as I like to call it, Mionix's DeathAdder. It's not a one-to-one copy of the DeathAdder, as we often see from low-budget knock-offs. The Castor is decidedly its own mouse, with a unique ergonomic shape. You certainly wouldn't The Castor is a simple six-button mouse—Left, Right, and Middle mouse, two thumb buttons, and then a DPI switcher to the rear of the scroll wheel. For the record, the Castor supports up to 10,000 DPI. I know you were wondering, since Mionix neglected to tack that stat onto the name this time.
The $40 SteelSeries Rival 100 still too rich for your blood? How about spending...$15? Earlier this year I had a few “Enhance” mice sent over to me by AccessoryPower.com. I'd never heard of them before, but we don't really do a ton of budget gaming mouse reviews around here so I thought I'd check them out. And you know what? You can get a pretty decent gaming mouse for cheap. Like, real cheap. Let's start with the Enhance GX-M2. This is ostensibly a right-handed mouse, though the shape is (like the Rival 100) about as ambidextrous as could be without sticking two thumb buttons on the right side. It's surprisingly comfortable, with the soft-touch coating I typically associate with much more costly devices (like Mionix) and an oversized form factor. I don't have enormous hands, but the GX-M2's size fits me a lot better than, say, the diminutive Logitech G303. The rear is raised a bit high, forcing a slightly uncomfortable kink in my wrist even when palm-gripping, but it's otherwise pleasant to use.
Your phone costs $650 and you take it everywhere. Only an insane daredevil wouldn’t put a case on it!
Security guards in Japan have a new tool to deter intruders: a drone that will chase down and follow people without human intervention. Made by Secom, Japan's biggest security company, the drone goes on sale Friday to organizations that need to protect large parcels of land. It will launch whenever suspicious cars or people are detected on the property by other security equipment.
You may think you know all you need to know about Gmail to manage your account, but it’s always safe to assume the powerful service has more up its sleeve. In fact, many of its coolest features may slip by you if you don’t know where to look. Here are five tips for getting more out of what Gmail has to offer. As good as Gmail’s spam filter is, it can’t catch everything, and bulk email messages will inevitably find their way into your inbox. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to weed them out. Just type “unsubscribe” into Gmail’s search box and it will respond with a cascade of daily deals, newsletters, and other offers to which you’ve long since forgotten subscribing. To stop receiving a message, open it an either click the unsubscribe button Gmail places next to the sender’s address on promotional emails or look for an unsubscribe link at the bottom.
Don't be befuddled by the alphabet soup of acronyms, spec charts, and feature lists you'll encounter when shopping for a new TV. This guide series explains it all in plain language.
