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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The 10 Dumbest Apple Patents That Made People Lose Their Minds
Apple is calculating about its product releases. The company usually introduces new features only after spending plenty of time researching and optimising them, which in some cases, is long after they are first adopted by others. This conservative approach understandably frustrates some customers, who accuse Apple of releasing the same devices year after year. In…
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Nvidia’s Next Desktop GPU Just Leaked, And It Should Be Dirt Cheap
The rumored GTX 1630 could be released at Computex next week.
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Apple’s Next Trick: Letting You Borrow Cables From Android Friends
It might not seem like the needle-moving announcement that Apple would make. But thanks to a news bit from a trusted analyst, there’s hope on the horizon that someday soon, Apple iPhones and Android smartphones will stop being separated — by charging cables, at least. (Don’t expect any parity on messaging any time soon!)
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How to Access the Hidden Special Characters on Your Keyboard
There are times when you’ll need to type a character that isn’t displayed on your keyboard, be it a letter with an accent, the degree symbol, or a currency symbol. Special characters are common in many languages, but they are more rare in English. So much so that by default, there’s no obvious way of…