PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Gamer Shoe, the Shoe That Games
We’re at SXSW Sydney right now and I have been annoying my editor by saying ‘Gamer Shoe, the Shoe That Games’ constantly.
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Microsoft Shuts Down the Windows 7 to Windows 11 Pipeline
Does it go to 11? Well, no, not if you’re trying to get access to Microsoft’s latest version of its Windows OS using the age-old Windows 7 backdoor. Microsoft finally ended the years-long deal that allowed those with Windows 7 and Windows 8 keys to access Windows 11 for free by first upgrading through Windows…
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You Can Now Set Up Profiles in Safari
Browser profiles are an essential feature for separating your personal and work-related browsing, and yet it took until 2023 for Apple to bother adding the feature to Safari. Nevertheless, profiles are now here in iOS 17 and macOS 14 Sonoma, and they’re great. Not only can you keep your work and play browsing tabs separate,…
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Does Your Employer Have to Tell You if They’re Spying on You Through Your Work Computer?
The COVID pandemic stimulated an irreversible shift in where, when and how we work. This 21st-century model of working – dubbed the “new normal” – is characterised by increased flexibility and productivity gains. Yet this reshaping of work, underpinned by technology, has also eroded our work-life boundaries – and persisting 20th-century attitudes are preventing us…