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Nvidia's tone-deaf RTX 40-series pricing is a golden opportunity for AMD and Intel
Nvidia's RTX 40-series cards come with a massive sticker shock, and a chance for its competitors to strike back hard.
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Intel's Arc A310 gets official, might be the cheapest graphics card around
The A310 will be Intel's lowest-end discrete card with just 6 Xe graphics cores
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SK Hynix's Platinum P41, one of our favorite SSDs, is $52 off
The SK Hynix Platinum P41 SSD has impressive read and write speeds, and it's backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0 systems.
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Intel's Arc A770 graphics card is officially priced to move at $329
Intel's flagship Arc A770 desktop graphics card will be available in October, priced to compete with Nvidia and AMD's mid-range.
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Our favorite NVMe SSD, the SK Hynix Gold P31, is on sale for $86
The SK Hynix Gold P31 NVMe SSD is fast, responsive, and affordable.
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3 vital security lessons from the Uber hack
An employee mistake may have been the root of the Uber hack, but you can make the same one in your personal life, too. Here’s how to harden your defenses.
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Report: EVGA is ditching Nvidia and exiting the graphics card business
A shocking video claims that EVGA will completely shut down the biggest part of its product line, severing its relationship with graphics card maker Nvidia.
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Testing shows SSDs are now more reliable than hard drives
Backblaze tested thousands of SSDs for four years, and the results are surprising
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Intel shows off blazing-fast 80Gbps Thunderbolt
Intel shows off a next-generation 80Gbps Thunderbolt specification, though we don't know what it will be called or when it will ship.
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Graphics card prices have plunged 50% this year
PC gamers are reveling in full shelves and sane sticker prices, as GPU costs have been sliced in half.
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Calm down, USB4 version 2.0 haters
You're outage is again misplaced internet. Here is another way to look at the latest USB spec: USB4 Version 2.0.
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Intel reveals Arc 5 and 7 GPU specs, still no release date in sight
The Intel Arc A580, A750, and A770 graphics cards now have much more official hardware info.
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Google removes malicious Chrome extensions with 1.4 million users
McAfee found five malicious Chrome extensions with 1.4 million combined users.
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Buyer beware: Walmart's 30TB SSD for $39 is the latest storage scam
Walmart is ostensibly selling a 30TB portable SSD for $40, but it's a phony with nowhere near that much space or speed actually available.
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LastPass got hacked, but you weren't
Popular password manager Lastpass reported a breach on Thursday, but the company says that user accounts are unaffected.
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DuckDuckGo's privacy-focused email service now open for all
The system strips out trackers and offers free alias addresses.
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Plex hacked: Change your password right now
The roll-your-own streaming server tool Plex has experienced a big hack.
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Gigabyte's quadruple PCIe 5.0 SSD adapter fuels face-melting RAID speeds
Four PCIe 5.0 M.2 drives can Voltron it up to 60 GB/s read and write speed with Gigabyte's Aorus Gen5 AIC Adaptor.
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Don't plug in that free Microsoft Office USB drive you got in the mail
Surprisingly legit-looking, "free" copies of Microsoft Office are (unsurprisingly) still scams
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The first Intel Arc desktop graphics card is now on sale in the US
Asrock's Arc A380 is now available on Newegg for $140
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Buying a used mining GPU rewards the people who ruined PC gaming
Sure, you can minimize the risks of buying a used mining GPU, but I don't think you should give more money to cryptocurrency enthusiasts that nuked PC gaming for years.
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Intel Arc A750 benchmarked in almost 50 games, but there's a catch
Intel's mid-range Arc A750 graphics card is slightly faster than an RTX 3060, but only using DirectX12 and Vulkan.
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This Windows 11 encryption bug may cause data damage
Microsoft is warning that modern PCs which support specialized encryption functions for BitLocker and other encrypted drives may be subject to data damage and performance slowdowns.
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Intel announces Arc Pro workstation GPUs for desktops and laptops
Two discrete desktop cards and a laptop GPU will be coming "later this year"
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Nvidia's $1.4 billion GPU shortfall is great news for PC gamers
Nvidia unexpectedly said Monday that it will report lower revenues on the back of unexpectedly poor demand for PC gaming GPUs. It's likely that lower GPU prices are en route.
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Secrets of an Excel esports player: How pros tap the true power of spreadsheets
Everything you thought about Excel is wrong, from how much hardware it can use to what it can truly do. We interviewed a heavy-duty Excel user and esports player about what it takes to compete with spreadsheet masters.
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Ebay electronics resellers cry foul on new 'refurbished' rules
A new policy hidden behind an NDA could create rigid tiers of 'refurbished' and 'used' sellers on Ebay.
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Deep-dive: Intel Arc's AV1 video encoding is the future of GPU streaming
After testing the world's first AV1 GPU encoder in Intel's debut Arc graphics cards, all we can say is the future of video streaming is very bright—and significantly less blocky.
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DuckDuckGo will now block Microsoft trackers
After a security researcher found that DuckDuckGo was allowing tracking via Microsoft, DuckDuckGo moved quickly to close the privacy hole.
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You need multiple backups. Amazon Drive's shutdown proves it
Amazon Drive's shuttering highlights the dangers of storing your files in just one spot.
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Viewing your Uber receipts will crash Microsoft Outlook
Watch out: Simply viewing your Uber receipt in Microsoft Outlook or Word can cause the programs to crash.
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Save a whopping $600 on MSI's GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio
Looking for the ultimate gaming experience? This GeForce RTX 3090 GPU is both powerful and durable.
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5 terrible reasons angry nerds say I should switch to Linux
It has the opposite effect of inspiring a switch to Linux.
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Intel talks Arc
Intel lets us play a game on its upcoming GPU and tells us everything you need to know about Arc.
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Intel kills the remnants of Optane memory
Intel's speed-boosting Optane storage tech was already on the ropes. Now it's dead.
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10th-gen and older Intel CPUs won't get frequent graphics updates anymore
Everything before the 11th-gen Core processors are losing Day 0 game support.
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Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Amazon linked to stolen Brazilian rainforest gold
Illegally mined gold from the Amazon is allegedly finding its way into consumer electronics.
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Intel fixes major Arc GPU driver issue with a single line of code
The difference between mild and wild ray tracing performance in an Arc GPU driver? A single line of code. This reveals the immaturity—and potential—of Intel's debut graphics cards.
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Intel Arc graphics cards might be the new budget monsters
Intel Arc's three-tier approach to game performance and pricing could cause a big splash in the market.
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Save 47% on Adobe Photoshop & Premier Elements in PCWorld's software store
Add fancy effects to your photos and videos with $70 off this Adobe Photoshop & Premier Elements 2022 bundle.
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Microsoft Teams is adding a Facebook clone so you can Like your boss's pet
Microsoft has launched Storyline (aka Viva Engage) (aka Viva Connections) in Teams—a social network to connect with coworkers about their pets and pet projects.
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Get a free issue of PCWorld's digital magazine
For all PCWorld.com visitors: July's digital issue of PCWorld is yours for free. If you like the experience, take a whopping 50% off a 12-month subscription.
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Save $80 on our favorite antivirus suite, Norton 360 Deluxe
Looking to better secure your PC? The Norton 360 Deluxe antivirus suite has all the goodies and more.
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Intel says its Arc A750 GPU beats the RTX 3060
…with the right games and the right settings, anyway. Read on to learn more.
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Nvidia's priciest GeForce graphics cards get steep (but temporary) discounts
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080, 3080 Ti, 3090, and 3090 Ti are getting significant price cuts "for a limited time"
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Intel's first desktop graphics card, the Arc A380, gets tested—and it's weird
The Gunnir's version of the Intel Arc A380 graphics card, only available in China, has been exhaustively tested against AMD and Nvidia competition.
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Thanks, Prime Day: Graphics cards are under $200 again!
Score a Radeon RX 6500 XT for just $180, from either Amazon or Best Buy.
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Score Microsoft Office 2021 standalone for cheap on Prime Day
If you need Microsoft Office, but don't want a monthly bill, check out these Prime Day Office 2021 standalone deals.
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The Radeon RX 6600, the best 1080p graphics card, is $115 off for Prime Day
Amazon is offering $100 off of the retail price for the PowerColor Radeon RX 6600, a deal on an already bargain card
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