Why I Don’t Want the PlayStation 6 Until at Least 2027

Many others found the PS5 to be too expensive. Despite a rough start, the PS5 gradually overcame these problems in the years that followed. Unfortunately, this recovery hasn’t been enough to restore Sony’s confidence in the PS5. Launching the PS6 before the PS5’s body is cold would only undo the progress made by the PS5. In essence, the PS6 will have to contend with the same exact problems as its predecessor....

August 13, 2024 · 2 min · 233 words · Jacob Mccoy

Corsair TC500 Luxe Review: A Premium Gaming Chair With a Few Loose Ends

Price and Availability The TC500 Luxe chair is available now from Corsair and retails for $499.99. Its available in three colors, Frost, Shadow, and Sherwood. It doesnt care what youre doing at the desk, its aim is just to be comfortable and supportive. After weeks of testing, I can confirm it hit those marks. The foam cushioning is mostly firm with a touch of squish to it. Its seat and back are wider than I needed and never made me feel cramped....

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · 373 words · Charles Hamilton

DOS Emulator iDOS 3 Arrives in the App Store

You must provide your own copies of classic PC titles, the emulator doesn’t ship with any software. iDOS also supports Bluetooth keyboards and wireless controllers paired with an iPhone or iPad. Since the App Store’s inception, emulators have been frowned upon. iDOS is not the first PC emulator app to be added to the App Store. That would beUTM SE, which was approved earlier this month. Source:Chaoji Li,The Verge Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek...

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Janet Frank

Ecovacs Security Flaw Turns Your Vacuum Into a Camera-Equipped Spy

These devices, which contain cameras and microphones, may be utilized for “spying” if compromised. Concerningly, Ecovacs has not acknowledged the problem. The security researchers in questionDennis Giese and Braelynnidentifiedseveralvulnerabilities in Ecovacs products and cloud-based services. The Bluetooth takeover flaw is simply the most notable of the bunch. Hackers can hijack Ecovacs robotic vacuums and mowers by sending a malicious payload over Bluetooth from a smartphone. Once an Ecovac robot is compromised, hackers may access its cameras and microphones....

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · 301 words · Julie Reed

Google Photos Speeds Up Organization With ‘Collections'

Collections view is a new tab in the Photos app that keeps your albums in one place. The layout changes are meant to help you find your photos and albums faster. Before this update, the Library tabs featured a few shortcuts on the top and on-rig private albums. Thats all gone now and in its place, youll find Collections (with the same icon). Every albumprivate, shared, or intelligently sorted by Google Photosis accessible through Collections....

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · 239 words · Douglas Baker

How to Organize Your Life Using the Project Management App Trello

Trello is free, powerful, and easy to useheres how to get started. Why Use an App? I’ve even used the writing app Scrivener as a general planning tool. We’ll get more into the specifics in a moment. Arent Project Management Apps for Work? Some project management apps are indeed complicatedbut there are also beautifully simple ones, like Trello. Shutterstock Why Trello? A Few Examples I’m currently midway through selling one apartment and buying another....

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · 426 words · Roy Browning

How to Turn Off AI Overview Results in Your Google Searches

I tried it too and learned two things. First, theres no official way to disable AI overviews. Luckily, there are workarounds to get rid of those experimental search results on Google. Lucas Gouveia / How-To Geek | Marco Lazzarini /Shutterstock Just like you cant disable carousels or snippets, you cant turn off AI overviews. Google controls when and where AI overviews show up. There is a slider button in Search Labs labeled AI Overviews....

August 12, 2024 · 3 min · 580 words · Brittney Benson

I Tried 3 of the Wildest and Most Ridiculous Custom GPTs

Astrology Birth Chart GPT has been number one in the “Lifestyle” category since it came out! I used the first prompt astrology AI suggested. “What does my birth chart say about me?” The GPT responded by asking for the date, time, and place of my birth. I was surprised to receive a 488-word response. That’s long for a GPT! Though I’ve never developed an interest in astrology, I know my sun sign is Virgo....

August 12, 2024 · 4 min · 735 words · Robert White

Intel Explains Why Its Desktop CPUs Are Crashing

Related At least 24 Intel processor models have been crashing in PCs for months now. The statement shares more details about the mitigation updates for the impacted processors. Intels plan is to correct these voltage requests with microcode updates as a preventative measure for working units. Intel Since May, Intel has released three preventative updates for the instability issue. The latest update targets the desktop variants of Raptor Lake K, KF, and KS processors....

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · 172 words · Marc Blake

Mac RAM Usage High? Don't Worry About It

Relax, thats a good thing. Think of it asfast temporary storage for data thats currently in use by your machine. Memory Used is the portion of this available RAM pool currently in use. Take note of the Cached Files number here too. Caching speeds up common processes by storing things you might need later in RAM, where possible. These files are quickly purged from RAM when the system needs more physical memory....

August 12, 2024 · 2 min · 240 words · Mark Gutierrez

Microsoft Is About to Kill Paint 3D

It could turn your doodles, emojis, or pictures into 3D objects. Microsoft had hoped that it woulkd gain popularity and a community of creators would eventually develop around it. Sadly for Paint 3D, it never took off. Unlike classic Paint which is as simple as it comes, Paint 3D doesnt have an intuitive interface. In 2021, Microsoft stopped shipping Paint 3D with newer builds of Windows 11. Microsoft

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · 68 words · Bruce Johnson

Midrange CPUs Are All You Need for Gaming

If youre a gamer, you dont need anything more than a midrange CPU; heres why. Evenat 1080p, the 7600X reaches almost 90% of the performance delivered by the 14900KS. Thats with theRTX 4090, by far the fastest and most expensive gaming GPU on the market. A CPU you’re able to often find on sale for less than $400. At least until Intelreleasesa microcode updatethat should provide a remedy many Intel CPU owners are waiting for....

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · 103 words · Mallory Barrett

Security Flaw Exposes AMD Processors to Undetectable Malware

Related Security researchers at IOActive have discovered a critical flaw in almost two dozen AMD processor models. Its thatCPU flawwhich security researchers have managed to exploit. System Management Mode operates at a higher privilege level than the operating system. And because of that, any changes made to it are invisible and inaccessible to the OS. Reinstalling the OS, wiping the storage, orantivirus softwarecannot get rid of it. Thankfully, ts incredibly difficult to successfully execute this attack....

August 12, 2024 · 1 min · 122 words · Sydney Long