The best free PC software programs aren’t about the cost (or lack thereof), they’re about a fresh opportunity—collections of code that put the dumb hardware in your computer to smart use ...

Jumping from Windows 11 Home to a Pro license supercharges Windows—useful if you need more advanced features. If you’ve been considering the leap, there’s good news for the holidays.

With all the different specs being thrown around and new hardware coming out every year, the best gaming PC to fit your specific needs can be tough to pinpoint. But that's why our team of PC ...

The best Windows laptops run an impressive gamut, from Qualcomm-powered workhorses that refuse to die to dual-display stunners and subtle gaming stations. (Some of them, dare we say, will tempt ...

PC offers by far the most varied gaming library in the industry. While associated with raw graphical power due to the ever-growing capabilities of GPUs and CPUs, major AAA projects that need ...

For most PC gamers, buying a prebuilt gaming rig is far more attractive than it used to be. Years ago it was inarguably cheaper to build your own gaming PC than to buy a boutique gaming rig.

Five minutes later, I quit, turned my PS5 off, and went back to streaming my PC. I just can't do it anymore, folks. Even on performance mode, with VRR and HDR, it looked dated and ran like shit.

Have you decided what to do with your Windows 10 PCs when they reach their official end-of-support date less than a year from now? I know some people who are convinced that Microsoft will back ...

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The city of Richland is considering selling 425 acres of former Hanford nuclear site land for a $4.5 billion project related to advanced nuclear fuel. The company interested in the project, which ...