Charlene R Gaona

Today at Computex, Intel introduces Lunar Lake, the newest laptop CPU in its Core Ultra series. This marks the beginning of a new generation of AI-enhanced Copilot+ PCs, which were previously eclipsed by Qualcomm. If you have heard this before, stop us: Low power is Intel’s top priority, maybe in response to Qualcomm’s recently released Snapdragon X Elite. However, several changes to Lunar Lake’s architecture, such as switching all of the E-cores to a low-power architecture, led to power savings…

With Windows 11, Microsoft made a dubious update that eliminates your option for OneDrive backups. Microsoft now forcibly engages the OneDrive feature’s automated folder backup when you set up a new computer, without warning you or requesting your consent. OneDrive typically appears on your desktop when you first set up a new Windows PC using a Microsoft account and an internet connection. The program synchronizes folder-related data, including documents, music, movies, and photographs, which can be helpful in some situations.…

Version 129.0 of Firefox, which is compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, was just released by Mozilla. Numerous security flaws have been fixed in this release, along with improvements to Reader View and DNS entry handling. The two Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) versions also have security patches. Mozilla mentions 14 security flaws that have been fixed in Firefox 129’s security report, with 11 of them being classified as high risk. None of the security flaws have, as far…

An upcoming Asus motherboard delivers some very welcome news if you have ever tried to replace your PC’s graphics card: a novel retention mechanism that unlocks the card without the need for an awkwardly located lever or button. The Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO motherboard, on display this week at Gamescom in Germany, incorporates the innovative mechanism. The demonstration was seen by HotHardware and captured in this der8auer video. As the name suggests, this particular board features AMD’s 870E chipset…

AMD intends to unite its CDNA and RDNA architectures into a “new DNA,” or “unified DNA,” that will combine the architectures utilized by its data center and consumer graphics architectures, according to a company executive. In addition to AMD’s modification to its consumer Radeon GPU ambitions to target mainstream but not flagship enthusiast goods, the objective is to include more developers in the fold. AMD is attempting to assemble a core group of software developers who can create applications for…

I guess you might as well stuff your ostentatious PC case with something visually appealing if it will just consist of an enormous array of tempered glass panels. Examples of such items include the screens on your motherboard, water block, and RAM. What if your power source also had a screen? With their most recent ROG Thor PSU, Asus says, “Why the heck not?” I suppose you might as well add something aesthetically pleasing to your gaudy PC case since…

Qualcomm has been informed by Arm Ltd. that its architectural license, which permits Qualcomm to produce the Oryon CPU cores at the core of the Snapdragon X Elite chip and Copilot+ PCs, will expire in 60 days. An earlier Bloomberg report that Arm is terminating the architectural license agreement has been independently verified. Qualcomm referred to the cancellation notice as “further unsubstantiated threats” and stated that it anticipates a trial in December to settle the matter. According to a person…

Every graphics card available seems to come in a million different varieties. There aren’t, however, based on the Amazon search results for “4070,” you may assume that there are. Speaking of which, Asus debuted the new Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 in five different flavors. Adam from PCWorld managed to obtain them all for your enjoyment. (To be clear, the film below was sponsored by Asus. It costs a lot to send a group of live reporters and…

If you recently spent over a thousand dollars on a new graphics card and it doesn’t perform as you expected, you may be disappointed. Due to reports of missing ROPs on recently released cards, many buyers of new RTX 50-series GPUs are currently experiencing this. A recent statement claims that it is a manufacturing problem that is covered by the warranty. There should be 176 ROPs (or “Render Output Units”) on the RTX 5090 and 96 on the RTX 5070…

Microsoft updated the integrated PDF reader in the Edge browser two years ago; however, many users have stuck with the outdated legacy PDF reader to this day. Adobe’s PDF engine was replaced in Edge in 2023; however, the rollout simply changed the default engine on consumer devices. By adjusting a browser flag option, consumer devices could revert to the old engine, while business machines had to choose to use the new one. According to Windows Latest, Microsoft has now reaffirmed…