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Why your laptop fans spin up without any warning

Your computer's fans start roaring and whirring , but after a short moment, everything is quiet again. If you've ever had your laptop fan sound off without warning like this, there are a few possible causes. Over the…

Don't throw away your old flip phone – do this instead

So, you are doing a bit of seasonal cleaning, and you came across the dreaded electronics drawer. One minute you are blissfully tidying up your office, the next you are confronted with a mountainous trove of old gadgets.…

This is the cheapest RTX 5090 PC we could find — and why we'd pick it over a similarly-powered laptop

One configuration currently available from CyberPowerPC costs $7,609.50 after applying a $400.50 promotional discount. A complete RTX 5090 desktop PC The GeForce Extreme Creator Gaming PC comes equipped with ASUS's TUF…

I deleted Instagram, YouTube, and 6 other Android apps to take back control of my screen time

Every app seemed designed to steal my attention. So, I did something I'd always told myself I didn't need to do: I deleted apps. Not just unused apps, but the popular ones that had stolen control of my focus. Here are…

The danger of charging your phone under your pillow isn't radiation

You've probably heard this warning before: Never sleep with your phone under the pillow; your brain will get all the radiation, and you'll develop cancer. Well, a World Health Organization (WHO)-commissioned study from…

Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board

Now, the Financial Times has published a report painting all of this as an attempt to undo the legacy of former leader Roelof Botha, who stepped down as the firm’s steward last year . An unnamed source told the FT that…

Why Apple's M6 Chip Can't Hold Its Own Against Any NVIDIA GPU

Apple of course extols the M6 chip as extremely powerful, providing significant boosts to CPU and performance, and there's at least a little merit to those claims. In our review testing, the machine didn't miss a beat in…

Suno AI music generator sued again for copyright infringement

New lawsuits are claiming that Suno has once again committed copyright infringement by using Elvis Presley and Eminem's likeness to create AI-generated songs. As first reported by , a group that owns the rights to…

You can have a PlayStation arcade machine at home, but there's a huge caveat

Consider exhibit A: the PlayStation arcade cabinet. This hobbyist build combines the thrill of entering a '90s arcade with the branding and games of Sony's first console. While some of these games did appear in arcades…

What does the Xbox Series X have that the Playstation 5 Pro doesn't?

In terms of raw GPU specs, its clever built-in upscaling technology, and overall gameplay performance (even if the noticeable differences can often be negligible), the PS5 Pro has both the standard PS5 and the Xbox…