Latest articles by Colton Stradling
Google spent $26.3 billion in 2021 to ensure search engine dominance over Bing
Google Bank During the US v. Google antitrust trial, it was disclosed that Google paid 26.3 billion in 2021 to make Google the default search engine.
Intel’s Meteor Lake showcases impressive integrated graphics with XeSS
Intel XeSS Built-In In a demo video, Intel showed off Dying Light 2 running at 1080p native and 720p with XeSS on integrated graphics.
NVIDIA game-ready driver for Alan Wake 2 now available
AW 2 Drivers NVIDIA promises huge performance gains in Alan Wake 2 and DLSS 3.5, Ray Reconstruction & Full Ray Tracing with the new driver.
AMD Threadripper Pro 7895WX scores a 20% win over 5995WX in GeekBench 6
New partner A GeekBench 6 submission for the Threadripper Pro 7895WX shows a significant 20% advantage over the Threadripper Pro 5995WX
iFixit partners with Microsoft to offer parts for Surface Pro 9, Laptop 5, and Go 4
Surface iFixit As iFixit and Microsoft embrace Right To Repair, more options to repair even more Surface products become available.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella compares the advent of AI to the birth of atomic energy, calls for global regulation
AI Regulation As companies and countries advance AI, Satya Nadella adds his voice to many others calling for global regulation of AI.
HONOR announces its first ARM PC built on Snapdragon X Elite will release next year
New partner HONOR CEO George Zhao took the stage at the Snapdragon Summit to announce their collaboration with Qualcomm to bring their first ARM PC to market in 2024.
Micro Center offers up to 2TB SSD upgrades for Lenovo's Legion Go console for a fraction of the price
SSD Upgrade The Lenovo Legion Go launches on October 31st, and stores are getting ready. Micro Center is offering to upgrade the SSD for a great price.
Intel Core i9-14900K vs Core i9-13900K: New generation or more of the same?
Showdown With 24 cores, 32 threads, and 2.4-6.0 GHz frequency, does Intel's 14900K offer enough over the 13th Gen 13900k?
Best motherboards 2023: For gaming, AMD Ryzen, and Intel
Updated Only the best motherboards can be found here.
Martin Goetz leaves behind a legacy as the first to patent software
Legacy In 1968 Martin Goetz secured a patent for data-sorting mainframe software beginning the market for third-party software, and we remember his legacy in his passing.
Will the Frore Airjet cool the Steam Deck 2?
💨Airjet The Frore Airjet active cooling solution gives us a glimpse into a future with significantly more powerful handheld and small form-factor devices.
Using the Surface Book 3 in 2023 makes me wish that Microsoft would announce the Surface Book 4
💌Surface Book 3 Still great in 2023, the Surface Book deserves a revival.
Brave browser is installing a VPN without your permission
Brave VPN Brave browser has been installing its VPN service on Windows computers since April 2023 without end-user's knowledge or permission.
Windows gets free advertising from the Las Vegas hotel Fontainebleau
WIndows powered It's always fun to see the proverbial man behind the curtain, in this case, the Hotel Fontainebleau displayed a Windows desktop powering its giant LED sign.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other executives take a big hit to compensation
CEO Salary Satya Nadella, Amy Hood, and Brad Smith all see a substantial drop in their compensation. Losing 11.71%, 24.4%, and 22.6% respectively as Microsoft misses its financial targets.
Windows Phone gets revenge on YouTube from the grave by helping users bypass its ad-blocker-blocker
Windows Phone Windows Phone to the rescue. A lot of YouTube users want to know how to get around the new annoying YouTube pop-up telling viewers to disable their ad-blocker.
Surface devices are up to 30% off, including Surface Laptop Studio
Surface Deals Some of the best deals are $500 off of the Surface Laptop Studio, $550 off of the Surface Pro 9 i7, and $230 off of the Surface Pro 7+.
Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter): Want to post and interact? That'll be $1, please.
Pay to play Once again, X's fight against bots hurts their core consumers. New accounts will still be able to read posts but won't be able to post or interact without paying $1 per year.
GPT-4 Vision: A breakthrough in image deciphering unveils potential for 'prompt injection attacks'
New threat? GPT-4 Vision can read and follow instructions from an image, leading to the AI performing malicious actions without the user's knowledge.
Intel i7-13700K vs Intel i7-14700K: Should you upgrade?
14700K vs 13700K Does the next-gen 14700K offer enough performance to make the leap or does the 13700K punch above its weight class?
Alienware Aurora R16 now runs on up to 14th Gen Intel CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Alienware R16 14th Gen The Alienware Aurora R16 promises to be one of the most powerful pre-built options on the market with the new 14th Gen Intel processors as an option.
