Category: Hardware

Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly. Brinkema expects to issue her ruling next year, but understands that “time is of the essence,” as Reuters reported. While the…

Over the past couple of weeks, friends and colleagues have made me aware of multiple ingeniously implemented, browser-based ways to play classic MS-DOS and Windows games with other people on basically any hardware. The late 1990s and early 2000s were the peak of multiplayer gaming for me. It was the era of real-time strategy games…

Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said. The hacking spree is either primarily or exclusively targeting seven models of Asus routers, all of which are no longer supported by the manufacturer, meaning…

While AI bubble talk fills the air these days, with fears of overinvestment that could pop at any time, something of a contradiction is brewing on the ground: Companies like Google and OpenAI can barely build infrastructure fast enough to fill their AI needs. During an all-hands meeting earlier this month, Google’s AI infrastructure head…

Black Friday deals on laptop docking stations and Thunderbolt docks have begun, and I’m on the hunt for the best docking station sales for the 2025 holiday season. Welcome to Black Week, the period leading up to Black Friday. I’ve tracked the best laptop docking-station sales for the past several years. For 2025, I’d expect…

Hytale, a more action-packed take on Minecraft, will be available for $20 when it relaunches in early access, Hypixel Studios announced on X. The developer shared that it planned to relaunch Hytale earlier this week after successfully reacquiring the rights to the game from Riot Games. Alongside its $20 “Standard” edition, Hypixel also plans to…

AI systems have recently had a lot of success in one key aspect of biology: the relationship between a protein’s structure and its function. These efforts have included the ability to predict the structure of most proteins and to design proteins structured so that they perform useful functions. But all of these efforts are focused…

Black Friday is just about here, falling on Nov. 28, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait until then to start shopping. There are actual deals to be had, not just fakes that were marked up in price last week. Your favorite retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy, have kicked off their earlyBlack Friday sales,…

Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game library on a PC with a controller, to laptops, desktops, and tablets. FSE launched with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, and it has so far only been available on PC handhelds. The expansion to…

Black Friday deals on Chromebooks have begun at Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers the week before Thanksgiving — welcome to Amazon Black Week. I’ve collected the best Chromebook deals for PCWorld over the past several years (including Black Friday and Prime Day) and these are usually the best deals of the year. Black Friday…