External hard drives have been steadily dropping for months, but this deal is one of the best we've ever seen: Best Buy is selling a 10TB WD Easystore hard drive for just $160Remove non-product link, down from a list price of $300 and just $0.

The last major Windows update broke some systems with particular antivirus software installed, and it’s seemingly getting worse.

There are so many smart thermostats to choose from today. We'll help you pick the right one.

Acer CEO Jason Chen thinks his company can get bigger if it thinks small.

It would be great if we all could afford 4K G-Sync monitors, but sadly that's not the case.

My desire to power up a laptop with an external graphics card began in 2015, when I set out on a quest to get back into PC gaming—a beloved pastime I’d neglected since childhood.

Here’s the rule with peripherals: Once is a gimmick, twice is a trend, and thrice is a category.

Primephonic's mobile app for iOS and Android delivers the best parts of its classical music service to smart devices—with one glaring omission.

A beautifull smart thermostat for baseboard, radiant, and fan-forced convector heaters.

April 18, 2019: Updated to add new information about how many Instagram user passwords were exposed internally at Facebook.

No matter whether it’s on your phone, tablet, PC, or Nintendo Switch, running out of space always sucks, especially if it means deleting games and files.

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos,  Adam Patrick Murray and special guest Melissa Riofrio discuss some of the hottest computer news of the past week.

Java is among the easiest programming languages to learn, making it perfect for those just starting out.

Amazon’s got an unstoppable deal right now for a smart doorbell: The Ring Video Doorbell Pro is on sale for $199.

Whether you're a cord-cutter, a cord-never, or you're sticking with cable, you'll want to check out these great entertainment suggestions from TechHive's resident film critic.

Dear MacBook user: If you just stomped out of the Apple store with another problem with your Butterfly keyboard we've got the ultimate fix: Buy a PC.

If you're a phone-centric user looking for a secure drive that matches your lifestyle, then you definitely need to take a look at the SecureDrive BT SSD.

Choosing the right virtual private network (VPN) service is no simple task.

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

Last year, Microsoft announced the successor to its Surface Hub—the Surface Hub 2S, a 50-inch whiteboarding PC that could be mounted on a wall or even rolled from room to room.

A few months after granting its GeForce graphics cards the ability to tap into the variable refresh rates of AMD FreeSync displays, Nvidia is expanding the list of G-Sync Compatible monitors by 41 percent.

In a streaming-centric world, a 4K smart TV is practically a must-have these days, and today you can get a great one for a crazy low price.

If you want to summon Google Assistant in your car, you basically have two options: Enable “Hey Google” and Smart Lock on your Android phone or launch Android Auto (should you be lucky enough to have a car with it built in).

SpyOff in brief: P2P allowed: Yes Business location: San Marino Number of servers: 1,000+ Number of country locations: 39 VPN protocol: OpenVPN Data encryption: AES-256-CBC Data authentication: SHA-256 Handshake: SSL/TLS 2048-bit RSA A VPN can easily get overcomplicated with a fistful of features that nobody really needs or uses.

The wood is weather-worn, rough edges smoothed by untold hundreds of years spent floating through space, but still a few symbols remain, meticulously carved into the surface.

The faster you can type, the more efficient you’ll be. If your words per minute could use improvement, then maybe it’s time you checked out Typesy Typing Training.

What was shaping up to be a lengthy battle between Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel over the future of wireless communication ended suddenly Tuesday with two shocking pieces of news: Apple and Qualcomm settled their long-standing legal fight and Intel abruptly announced it was abandoning its plans to make a 5G smartphone modem.

Amazon’s got some great deals today on a killer all-in-one desktop PC.

When’s the last time you bought a physical copy of a PC game? Like, on a disc? Yeah, I can’t remember either.

“Surround sound system” and “affordable” aren’t words you often see together, but with the Z606 Logitech has put immersive audio within grasp of modest budgets.

It’s fabricated from high-end materials, including aluminum and genuine leather, but this speaker’s sound quality left me saying "meh.

Cyberlink's PowerDVD series just keeps getting better, with PowerDVD 19 adding 8K video playback to its bag of tricks.

Samsung pulls out all the stops for its annual Galaxy S refresh, and the new Galaxy S10 is no exception.

FlexiPDF 2019 is the update to FlexiPDF 2017, a program that trumpeted its ability to make PDF editing “as easy as working in a word processor.

Just when their legal battle was just beginning the trial phase, Apple and Qualcomm have ironed out their differences in a surprise settlement.

The field of IT is home to some of the most lucrative tech jobs out there, but talent alone isn't enough to get your foot in the door.

Most home Wi-Fi networks have problem areas. But eliminating these dead spots and optimizing performance can be difficult without outside help.

HP announced its latest Elitebook 800 G6 line of business notebooks on Tuesday, boasting additional privacy options and a security software agent that HP says will make them more capable against zero-day attacks.

Keeping your phone charged up on the go is key to avoiding that dreaded “low battery” notification and the headaches that come with it, so if you do a lot of driving, a car charger can be a savior.

Brimming with x86 processors and AMD Radeon graphics, modern gaming consoles share a lot in common with modern gaming PCs—or at least they did when the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were announced all the way back in 2013.

After two years of focusing on Assistant, Android, and AI, Google is teasing a return to hardware announcements at its I/O developers conference.

Today’s a good day to upgrade your keyboard from that painfully cheap clacker that came bundled with your computer.

As Intel announces the 8th generation of its vPro processors for business, you can almost see the company looking over its shoulder at last week’s announcement of AMD’s new Ryzen Pro processors for business.

Razer's new Core X Chroma eGPU cabinet adds a bigger power supply, Intel's newest Thunderbolt 3 controller, and probably most importantly: Chroma RGB support.

It's not the be-all, end-all of universal remote controls, but it's plenty powerful for most people's needs.

Hackers reportedly compromised a Microsoft customer support account, exposing its credentials, and by extension customer email on Microsoft web-based email services like Hotmail, Outlook.

Antivirus makers Sophos and Avast are warning users that installing a recent Windows update may cause their PCs to lock up or fail to boot.

A new challenger could be approaching Apple’s iconic AirPods (pictured above).

In less than two weeks time, you'll be able to walk into an AT&T store and buy a Galaxy Fold for the eye-popping price of $1,980, or $66 a month for the next 30 months.

Smart bulbs help you automate and fine-tune your lighting situation, and today you can get a four-pack of our favorite white LED bulb, the Philips Hue White Ambiance A19, for $40 on Amazon.

Bread and circuses. All we need are bread and circuses, to keep the populace complacent.

If you're running out of space on your PC, phone, or console, we've got you covered today.

Gamers may prefer wired connections to wireless ones, but Rivet Network’s new Killer AX 1650 network card just might convince some folks that it’s finally time to cut the cord.

After multiple high-profile disappointments we may finally get a Star Wars game worth playing.

Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine.

And just like that, May is crowded. This week we got release dates for a trio of May releases, just a month before they’re set to arrive: Yakuza Kiwami 2, Closer to the Sun, and Sniper Elite V2 Remastered.

Remember Intel’s crazy Kaby Lake-G, which caused a major stir by combining Intel CPU cores with AMD graphics cores? It’s back.

Oakmont, Massachusetts is drowning. Fully half the city has been abandoned to the sea, bustling city streets now replaced by rivers, winding between the sagging wooden edifices of lost storefronts.

We’ve called the Ecovacs Deebot 901 “an affordable floor-mapping robot vacuum,” praising it as a solid budget option for anyone who wants to offload tedious cleaning chores—but today it’s even more affordable.

When most people think of Microsoft Excel, their minds likely turn to spreadsheets and dull charts.

When we talk about PCs around here, we’re usually considering graphics cards, processors, and RAM, but computers aren’t half as useful without the unsung heroes of the PC experience, like cables and mouse pads.

First Lenovo learned to make cheap gaming laptops. Now it’s learned to make cheap gaming laptops that also look good.

Acer's done it again with the Predator Helios 700. It's added a completely new feature that no one has done before, and that everyone will love because it solves a problem in an elegant and fun way.

ConceptD could be the gaming PC of your dreams, but it’s not for gamers.

If you covet nigh-impossible things to get, then you’ll be happy that Intel’s ultra-powerful and uber-rare Core i9-9990XE processor has finally reached retail.

Gunfire Games must love Dark Souls. First David Adams and Co.. cited From Software’s series as an influence on last year’s Darksiders III.

Wi-Fi dead spots can be pretty frustrating, but mesh systems are here to help, creating blanket Wi-Fi coverage for your home.

Designing an effective productivity suite is increasingly about connections: between services, between data sources, between employees, and between apps.

Keeping your phone number private is no easy task. Whether you’re trying to sign up for a subscription or confirm an online purchase, giving out your phone number has become an unfortunate necessity in the modern age.

The annual tax deadline is fast approaching, and while you may not want to do your taxes, retailers sure want you to—judging by the prices on tax software.

It was promised at GDC last month, and now it’s here. On Thursday, Nvidia released Game Ready drivers that unlock DirectX Raytracing support on the GeForce GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti, and on GTX 10-series graphics cards from the 6GB GTX 1060 on up.

Intel’s Optane technology promises fairly big jumps in performance, but not all Optane products function in the same way, so it behooves you to understand Optane’s various implementations.

VPN Unlimited for Windows 10 in brief: P2P allowed: Yes Number of servers: 400+ Business location: United States and Ukraine Number of country locations: 51 Cost: $60 (annual) VPN protocol: IKEv2 Data encryption: AES-256 Data authentication: SHA-256 Handshake: MODP-2048 KeepSolid recently released a Windows Store version of its VPN Unlimited app for Windows 10 machines after overhauling the traditional Windows desktop app, as well as the app for Mac.

Google now has a new way of enabling two-factor authentication: using your phone as the near-equivalent of a physical security key.

Many seem confused about blockchain. They fail to understand what it is, what it does, and how it's going to shape the future.

If you use the internet (which you clearly do), you likely know how important it is to protect your data in an increasingly dangerous cyber environment.

The 2016 addition of a free, unlimited VPN proxy to the Opera browser was one of the best features it had added in years.

There’s a whole lot of smart home tech out there, designed to boost the intelligence of your house and make your life a little easier (or at least cooler).

When we reviewed the Asus Rog Strix Radeon RX 580 Gaming OC Edition two years ago we loved everything about it.

Can Excel send Alerts? Yes, but with some limitations. Excel cannot email an alert to you automatically unless you write a macro in the Visual Basic (VBA) editor to perform this function.

Amazon’s All-new Kindle brings its entry-level e-reader out of the dark ages.

While Qualcomm has integrated several gaming-specific technologies into its Snapdragon mobile processors, on Tuesday the company announced something a little different: a version of its Snapdragon 730 optimized for gaming, dubbed the Snapdragon 730G.

Tax Day is just around the corner, but if you’ve waited until the last minute to get yours done, don’t worry—it’s not too late to grab some tax software to help eliminate some of the headache.

Spending money on a decent computer monitor isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Sometimes it's better to have a program that's just superb at just one task rather than one that does a lot of things in mediocre fashion.

Alienware's Area-51m flagship gaming laptop is big, thick, and fast, a return to form that should reassure people who got worried when the company unveiled the thin-and-light Alienware m15 last year.

If you want to be one of the first to experience Microsoft’s Windows 10 May 2019 Update, you can.

One of the complaints surrounding AMD’s efforts to ship mobile Ryzen chips for notebook PCs was a fundamental one: Where were the notebooks? On Monday, AMD answered.

You can peek at Microsoft's big plan to move Edge to open-source Chromium code, if you're a developer or enthusiast.

Computers don’t like to be hot. Adding a fan or two to your PC can help tame wild temperatures and keep your precious (and pricey) components cooled.

If you’re not happy with the Wi-Fi router your ISP gave you, there’s a great deal today on an affordable and highly rated router.

Google is a stone-cold killer. A virtual Keanu Reeves/John Wick or Chow Yun-fat/Ah Jong of death-dealing, wiping out failing products left and right.

I can’t take my hands off the HP Spectre FolioRemove non-product link.

Choosing a gaming keyboard is a matter of personal taste. To that point, there are a plethora of options, with a dizzying mix of features.

Another week, another Epic exclusive—and this one, people are really mad about.

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung and Adam Patrick Murray host Foo VR CEO and Maximum PC/Tested alum Will Smith, who stops by to talk about his latest company, whether VR is dead, and the state of the PC.

Wireless charging lets you simply plop your phone on a mat and walk away, free from the need to fumble with frustrating cables.

It’s a great day to get a brand new or almost brand new Netgear Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system, depending on how much you want to spend.

“What graphics card within my budget gives me the best bang for my buck?”That simple question cuts to the core of what people hunting for a new graphics card look for: the most oomph they can afford.

When HyperX first entered the keyboard market in 2016, it did so in the most unassuming fashion.