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Windows Security is the built-in antivirus suite within Microsoft’s operating system, and for most folks, it does a good job. get windows 11 pro for cheap Windows 11 Pro Price When Reviewed: 199.99 Best Prices Today: $59 at PCWorld Store – Win 11 Pro Upgrade Only | $79. ...

At a glance Pros USB-C port with 96 watts of Power Delivery Good color performance and wide color gamut Easy-to-use menus with many options Up to 100Hz refresh rate with Adaptive Sync Cons Mediocre contrast, brightness HDR is available but disappoints Color accuracy is good but doesn’t beat peers Our Verdict The Asus ProArt PA278CFRV offers the color performance and connectivity ...

TL;DR: A 1TB Koofr Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription is only $119.97 through October 27 with code KOOFR40.  Reliable digital storage is a must, whether you’re juggling files at work or running into low-storage warnings on your personal devices. If you want a long-term solution, check out Koofr Cloud Storage’s 1TB lifetime subscription. ...

TL;DR: AdGuard’s lifetime family plan for $18.97 through October 27 lets you block ads, trackers, and malware on up to 9 devices with no complicated tech setup. Blocking ads and keeping your internet secure doesn’t have to be a complicated tech project. With AdGuard’s Family Plan lifetime subscription for up to 9 devices, you can kick ads to the curb without needing to be a tech wizard. ...

TL;DR: FolderFort’s lifetime plan offers 2TB of secure cloud storage at $189.99 for all your important files, saving you from storage crises and clutter. Is your digital life starting to feel like a disaster zone? FolderFort is here to save the day, giving you 2TB of storage to safely stash away your photos, documents, videos, and more. ...

Have you ever bought an app or game from a digital storefront, only for it to suddenly disappear and become inaccessible without warning? It’s both confusing and frustrating, which is why some governments are stepping in and hoping to make things clearer for consumers. ...

Microsoft’s Snipping Tool has become progressively more useful, with the ability to make screen recordings as well as screenshots. Today Microsoft begins testing a new addition: the ability to copy data formatted as a table directly to a spreadsheet. Put another way, if Snipping Tool thinks that you’re copying data in rows and columns, like a spreadsheet, it will preserve the formatting. ...

Having a spacious microSD card on hand is always good, particularly if you want to expand storage space on your smartphone or tablet, or if you want to retain lots of footage in your dash cam or security cams. ...

It’s surprising how quickly storage drives can fill up. As soon as you think you have enough, you blink your eyes and suddenly wondering what you can delete to free up space. Honestly, you can never have too many storage drives — even when they’re enormous. ...

It’s now easy enough to find a laptop with a spiffy, super-vibrant OLED screen. But two OLED screens at once? That’s the stuff of science fiction — and, well, Lenovo’s weird Yoga Book 9i. But if you’re looking for a more conventional laptop design with a keyboard that just happens to go double-barrel on the screens, then GPD’s Duo is just that. ...

Microsoft is having a bad month. Not long after the Windows 11 24H2 update began rolling out, the issues have just been piling on. At first it was drivers crashing PCs and mouse cursors disappearing. Then it was tons of undeletable data left behind after updating. Some users are even running into dead internet connections and network issues. ...

At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Best-to-date front, and excellent interior/rear day captures GPS with automatic time/time zone setting Cleverly implemented touch display Uses common Type-C connectors Cons Slow adjustment to low-light conditions Low-light captures aren’t as good as daytime captures Our Verdict If you want the most detailed front day captures possible, then the ...

While OLED gaming monitors started out as very expensive, they’ve slowly become… not quite as expensive, but still expensive all the same. Even with big discounts, it’s rare for OLED monitors to get within striking distance of their LCD predecessors. Today is one of those days. ...

There are so many great things to say about this gaming monitor deal, but let me start with “Wow!” because the discount is incredible. Right now, this LG UltraGear 39-inch OLED monitor is practically $700 off on Amazon, with its price dropped from $1,500 to an all-time low of $803.54 for Prime members. Don’t have Prime? No worries. ...

The list of problems caused by the Windows 11 24H2 update just keeps getting longer and longer. Not only is it causing blue screen crashes and making mouse cursors disappear, but the update also leaves behind a massive cache of undeletable files in its wake. And now, according to Windows Report, the annual 2024 update to Windows 11 is interrupting internet connections. ...

If you’re experiencing a sluggish internet connection, it’s probably time to check the speed. We’ll show you several ways to measure the speed of your internet connection using on-board tools in Windows, Linux, and macOS. This is useful, for example, if you want to check the guaranteed speed of your provider. ...

Netflix has thousands of videos in its mammoth streaming catalog. Yet picking just the right show for a given night isn’t the chillaxing experience it should be. Indeed, the busy Netflix interface frequently pushes the same recommendations over and over, leaving the false impression that instead of having heaps of videos to choose from, you have just a dozen or so. ...

TL;DR: With Microsoft Visio 2021, you can create professional diagrams and visuals with pre-built templates, data linking, and collaboration tools — all with a one-time $18 purchase. You don’t need a design degree to create impressive visuals. Microsoft Visio 2021 gives you all the tools you need to turn your ideas into polished diagrams for just $17. ...

If you’ve been on the hunt for a solid productivity laptop that’s equipped for work, fun, and creativity, then your search ends here: this HP Envy x360 2-in-1 laptop is on sale for just $500 at Best Buy, which is a whopping $380 off its original price. ...

AMD announced its third-generation Ryzen Pro processors for business laptops on Thursday, taking the AI power of its Ryzen AI 300 consumer processors and applying them to the business world. AMD launched three very similar members of its Ryzen AI Pro 300 family, with core counts ranging from eight to 12 cores. They’ll launch later in October. ...

A power bank that can charge both your phone and your laptop is worth its weight in gold while on the go because you never know when you’ll be near an outlet again or if you’ll have time to plug in. That’s why you need a high-capacity portable charger, like this Iniu 25,000mAh power bank that’s on sale for $54 on Amazon, which is a nice 23% discount off its $70 MSRP. ...

Right now, lots of gamers are waiting with bated breath for the sequel to Nintendo’s Switch gaming console. But instead of dropping the Switch 2, Nintendo just came out with a different piece of hardware. Take a look at Nintendo’s physical alarm clock, called Alarmo. ...

Prime Big Deal Days has come and gone, but we’re still seeing some amazing discounts, like the coveted Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 that’s now $950, a massive $650 off its normal $1,600 price tag. This monitor is huge at 49 inches, taking over most of your desk. It’s an absolute dream for multitaskers and gamers alike. ...

Yesterday, Mozilla released the Firefox 131.0.2 update in response to reports that Firefox users are actively being hit by a zero-day vulnerability in the browser. Surprisingly, this is the first zero-day vulnerability discovered in Firefox this year. ...

Are you eager to try out the latest bells and whistles in Microsoft’s bellwether flight sim? Good news, then! You don’t have to wait for Flight Simulator 2024‘s full release in November. In a week or two, the game will go into a limited stress test, which is a chance to try it out for free. You might say it’s a pre-flight checklist that you can play. ...

Intel’s new Arrow Lake architecture, aka the Core Ultra 200S series, brings AI capabilities onto Intel desktops. But the chip doesn’t use the Copilot+ capabilities of Intel’s mobile Lunar Lake chip — its designers used the older NPU found on Meteor Lake instead. ...

Intel’s “Arrow Lake” processor plans include both desktop and laptop chips, creating two new performance tiers atop its existing “Lunar Lake” laptop processors plus the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors it’s launching today. ...

Intel’s latest “Arrow Lake” desktop processor, otherwise known as the Core Ultra 200S, delivers a shocking one-two punch: significantly lower power consumption and package temperatures compared to its predecessor, while delivering comparable performance. Well, that’s not entirely true. ...

The Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine cache history have become a staple of in-the-know web users. And like every other service that gets any amount of attention, it’s now come under attack. In addition to suffering a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the site has lost a database with information on over 30 million users. ...

Microsoft’s big annual Windows 11 update has ended up being a massive headache for numerous users, with new problems constantly cropping up and getting in the way of otherwise useful changes and features. ...

Online shopping is a wonder of the modern age. With just a few clicks, you have access to just about anything you could ever want from the comfort of your own home. Unfortunately, this convenience also comes with some drawbacks. ...

At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Long battery life Great-looking OLED touchscreen Thin and light in tablet mode Price includes keyboard Cons Low performance next to peers Some keyboard connection wonkiness Underwhelming speakers Our Verdict The Asus ProArt PZ13 lacks performance next to its laptop competitors, but as a 2-in-1 tablet it shines. ...

The final hours of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are upon us, and you’ve probably made all the big purchases you were targeting heading into the event. But why not spend the waning hours of October Prime Day by seizing advantage of the deals to upgrade your overall tech setup? Here are a handful of under-$100 tech deals you absolutely, positively don’t want to miss before Amazon’s Big ...

Whoa, doggy! This Dell monitor is just bursting with extra features. You get a 27-inch panel, a boosted 1440p resolution, and best of all, you get USB-C — one cable for video and 65 watts of power for a laptop — plus a couple of extra USB-A ports. The one thing you don’t get is a high price because right now Amazon is selling it for $179.99, which is $80 off for Prime Day. ...

Prime Day is great when you’re on the hunt for the best deals on flash drives — and wouldn’t you know it, right now you can get a solid 512GB of portable storage with the SanDisk Ultra Fit USB flash drive that’s on sale for $35, a 30 percent discount off its regular $50. ...

You may know that biochemist David Baker shares the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry with two researchers from Google’s DeepMind. But a video game helped get them there, and you can still play — and contribute to science — even today. Baker and the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design led the team to create fold. ...