The next great peripherals war is being waged over your ears. After every company on the planet put out a gaming mouse and then a mechanical keyboard, they turned their attention to headsets.

Here’s the bad news: Netflix’s Witcher adaptation still looks ridiculous.

In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Nvidia has recreated the moment using its RTX ray tracing technnology.

Audeze is the latest vaunted headphones manufacturer to look over at the gaming headset market and think, “We could do that.

Adding Bluetooth eliminates the need to buy a Philips Hue Bridge.

Today’s smart bulbs are brighter and easier to control than ever, but choosing the right one for your environment remains a challenge.

Acer's Nitro 7 is a classic example of how every decision matters when building entry-level gaming laptops.

Samsung on Thursday announced a major breakthrough in the future of smartphones: mass production has begun on the industry’s first 12GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM chip, so it should start showing up in smartphones pretty soon.

Whether you're looking for an over-the-ear, on-ear, or in-ear model, we'll help you find the perfect pair.

The build quality is exceptional, and it's super comfortable, which befits its high price tag.

When you’re trying to focus on a specific task, the right display settings can make a big difference.

The $170 Z-Edge F1 ticks nearly all the boxes a front/interior dash cam should tick, especially for professional and rideshare drivers.

A few are goofy, but many are great: These mostly inexpensive gadgets can make Amazon’s smart speakers even better.

If you’re using your smartphone for GPS directions but leaving it in your lap or cupholder, it’s time to get a phone holder for your car.

In case you forgot to buy your phone a present, it’s World Emoji Day today.

The makers of a new, bargain-priced smart doorbell claims it's found a better way of detecting people on your doorstep, as opposed to cars or critters.

The Google Pixel 3a makes a strong case for tossing out the spec sheet.

The first real collaboration between V-Moda and majority stakeholder Roland delivers sonic refinements and performance improvements in just about every area.

Nextbase’s new GW modular series, including the $230 422GW reviewed here, have raised the bar for dual-channel dash cams.

My, how far we’ve come in half a year. RAM and SSD prices have dropped so much that in combination with Amazon Prime Day’s PC component sales (and Newegg’s thunderous response), you can build a budget gaming PC that’s FreeSync-ready and includes Windows for $300.

My, how far we’ve come in half a year. RAM and SSD prices have dropped so much that in combination with Amazon Prime Day’s PC component sales (and Newegg’s thunderous response), you can build a budget gaming PC that’s FreeSync-ready and includes Windows for $300.

You can use Alexa on your Amazon Echo to make calls without a mobile number or landline? Here's how.

Play your own MP3 collection on an Amazon Echo or other Alexa devices using Plex or My Media.

Because of limitations in a motherboard's BIOS, third-generation Ryzen chips may not boot with older AM4 motherboards.

The first soundbar with DTS Virtual:X technology is impressive, but it's not perfect.

The second-generation Eero Home WiFi System is even easier to set up than the first, thanks to wireless access points called Beacons that plug straight into AC outlets.

The New BittBoy V3 is a handheld retro gaming emulation device that looks like Nintendo’s classic GameBoy—but has hardware powerful enough to play NES, Genesis, and even Playstation 1 games.

Protecting yourself from online scams is a fact of life now. According to the FBI’s 2018 Internet Crime Report, Internet scams from 2014 through 2018 cost consumers $7.

A simple home security solution learns a few new tricks—and gets easier than ever to set up.

If you’ve chosen to enable Amazon’s Alexa on Windows, you’re in for a bonus: In the future, you may get to talk to Alexa—and not Cortana—while your PC is locked.

During Amazon's Prime Day sale you can find all sorts of deals on Elgato streaming hardware, including this Elgato Stream Deck Mini for just $60—a $40 savings off list price.

During Amazon's Prime Day sale you can find all sorts of deals on Elgato streaming hardware, including this Elgato Stream Deck for just $100—a $50 savings off list price.

During Amazon's Prime Day sale you can score this very popular-for-a-reason laptop for less than $1,000—$200 off its list price.

It’s not every day that Microsoft can’t work out a bug on its own hardware, but that’s what has happened with the Microsoft Surface Book 2: Microsoft has blocked the devices from updating to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

During Amazon's Prime Day sale, you can pick up the 64GB version of the Pixel 3 XL for $260 off, or the 128GB version of the Pixel 3 XL in pink also for a $260 discount.

Frank Azor has made it official: The co-founder of Dell's Alienware business has now joined AMD as its chief architect of gaming.

If there’s one constant in the world of Android phones, it’s that the top phones all use Qualcomm’s best Snapdragon processor.

Be wary if you’re browsing Amazon Prime Day or Newegg’s Fantastech sale with an eye towards upgrading your gaming PC.

During Amazon's Prime Day sale even more on this already affordably priced laptop—it's now a low $280, a whopping $90 off its list price.

Intel said Monday that its “Pohoiki Beach” neuromorphic system, consisting of 64 of its Loihi chips connected together to simulate 8 million neurons, is being made available to the broader research community.

Acer’s Swift 7 (July 2019) 14-inch laptop still represents the pinnacle of the thin-and-light PC movement.

For Amazon Prime Day 2019, the number of deals have increased dramatically.

Chances are that you’re either obsessed with Microsoft’s Internet versions of Hearts, Backgammon, Checkers and more—or completely oblivious that such games exist.

Amazon Prime Day isn’t just a day—it’s essentially a 60-hour event that starts right now with deals on Amazon’s own devices, including Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers.

“Shadowbringers” is such a goth name, to the point that I wouldn’t be surprised if you entered Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion expecting to see, oh, broody anime antiheroes running a delivery service for vampires.

Steam’s Summer Sale is over, which means summer is well and truly underway.

A report this week by VRT NWS seemingly outed Google employees for listening to users’ Assistant recordings.

While Valve and Epic battle over storefront supremacy, there’s another battle quietly looming.

What a week it’s been for gaming nerds. Over the past seven days, AMD kicked off its next GPU generation with the $350 Radeon RX 5700 and $400 Radeon RX 5700 XT, while Nvidia countered its rival by launching a barrage of souped-up GeForce RTX “Super” graphics cards.

Though it’s nearly 25 years old, the PDF may be more useful than ever in our increasingly multi-device, cross-platform world.

The PC market benefited from a higher number of Intel processors and the Windows 7 transition to record a higher-than-anticipated 4.

Microsoft claims that its Teams collaboration tool now has 13 million active daily users.

Steam is enormous, and growing more so by the day. And that presents a problem: How the hell do you find anything that isn’t already on your radar? It’s less a needle in a haystack, more a needle in a hayfield—and that’s after Valve tried to solve the problem once already, with 2014’s Discovery Update.

Amazon’s summer sales extravaganza, Prime Day, is a full 48 hours this year.

Hate passwords? So, apparently, does Microsoft. And in the most recent Windows 10 Insider build, you can do without them.

Wondershare’s PDFelement 6 Pro has been one of our favorite PDF editors, combining essential business features with a simple but sophisticated interface.

Music is a great way to liven up your Google Sheets presentations and keep your audience engaged.

Microsoft said Tuesday that it has scheduled Paint 3D's Remix 3D archive for termination—and if you don't know what that is, then you probably were one of the many who ignored both apps.

We don’t usually like to report on rumors here at PCWorld because, well, they’re usually (but not always) full of crap.

There might not be much to get excited about when it comes to Wear OS watches these days, but that’s not stopping Mobvoi.

The Raspberry Pi 4 launched in late June and as usual, it’s a major upgrade over the prior model, packing more RAM, enough graphics horsepower to drive a pair of 4K displays, and USB-C charging instead of micro-USB.

I must admit, I wasn’t expecting all that much from Addlink’s S70 SSD.

The laptop world is a-changing. New CPUs and GPUs—yes, mobile discrete GPUs—are bringing forth laptops that are thinner, lighter, and faster than ever, even gaming laptops.

Intel’s EMIB was the foundation of the Kaby Lake-G partnership with AMD.

AMD’s highly anticipated Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT graphics cards launched on Sunday.

We’re only one show away from our milestone 100th episode, but this one might be even more exciting.

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 2070 Super hit the streets today, capping off a monumental week for graphics card releases.

Researcher discovers vulnerability in Zoom app that could allow a website to access your Mac's camera.

That long line you see in the photo above isn’t for the latest Avengers movie or a new pair of Jordan sneakers going on sale.

At Computex 2019, several mini-ITX computer cases on the trade show’s floor caught our eye.

Nokia is doubling down on home networking. Just last year, the former smartphone titan acquired mesh networking startup Unium and bowed its first wireless router, the Beacon 3.

If you’ve been wondering about whether a long-life Qualcomm Snapdragon PC is for you, Dell would like a word.

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Finally, we know what Microsoft’s teasing Twitter posts have all been about: the release of Windows 1.

Our review of AMD’s 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X CPU, in five words:Damn, this CPU is fast.

The Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics cards represent a fresh start and a bright future for AMD, brimming with technologies that have never been seen in GPUs before.

They’ve finally arrived: The long-anticipated, much-rumored 3rd-generation Ryzen CPUs.

AMD’s cutting-edge new graphics cards are receiving a price cut before they even hit the streets.

Microsoft said Wednesday that a new Insider build will improve the way eye tracking works, and allow users to tweak how they receive notifications within Windows.

TiVo vs. Tablo vs.. Channel Master vs.. Plex: None are ideal, but one might work for you.

FitzyTV addresses some streaming TV annoyances, but adds some of its own along the way.

As I said writing up our Best Games of 2019 (So Far) list, it’s been a busy year.

When you own an Amazon Kindle, the cost of supporting a voracious reading habit can get very steep, very quickly.

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Nvidia promised something Super is coming well over a month ago, and on Tuesday, it finally delivered.

Nvidia promised something Super is coming well over a month ago, and on Tuesday, the wait paid off.

With app control plus Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant support, this robot vacuum packs a punch for the price.

The modern workplace is more flexible than ever before. This is mainly thanks to high-speed internet connections and the huge advancements in mobile technology that allow people to create reports, contribute to projects even while on the road.

Laptops have always been a perfect blend of portability and power, making them the ideal solution for working whether you’re at home, in the office or out on the road.

If you’ve been wondering what Microsoft’s next feature release of Windows 10—19H2—has in store, the answer is: not much.

If you’ve been wondering what Microsoft’s next feature release of Windows 10—19H2—has in store, the answer is: not much.

Eye-tracking tech provider Tobii said Monday that it has named Anand Srivatsa, the former vice president of Intel’s Client Computing Group, as Tobii Technology’s new chief executive.

Anyone who uses a smartphone knows the importance of carrying a backup power bank.

The OmniCharge Omni 20+ is a successful follow up to the Omni 20, simply because OmniCharge no longer has different models of the same charger with different ports and connections.

The newest (and smallest) addition to Bose’s smart speaker line sounds sweet, speaks both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and encourages the building out of a Bose-based multi-room audio system.

Convertible laptops usually come with more compromises than the LG Gram 2-in-1 does.

With models based on Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and others to come, we’ll help you find just the right model for you.

Barely a month after the U. S.. government placed a ban on companies doing business with Huawei due to an unspecified national security threat, President Donald Trump has seemingly softened his hard stance.

Last month we put out some initial impressions of Valve’s new Index virtual reality headset.

Last month we put out some initial impressions of Valve’s new Index virtual reality headset.