Category: #ExtremeTech

Are you tired of long boot and loading times whenever you’re trying to game? Upgrading from an outdated HDD to a high-performance SSD will significantly…

DIY projects can be fun and rewarding, or they can be complete nightmares. Having the right tools for the job help ensure that a project…

Chrome OS is a simple, stable operating system, but it may not offer everything you need. In that case, it’s a simple matter to install…

Access to the internet—or any other network—is governed by the default gateway. We explain what a default gateway is, and how to set and change…

Intel is expected to introduce Alder Lake-HX CPUs on May 10 during the Intel Vision Event. The specifications of the CPUs leaked ahead of time….

Chromebooks are turning into gaming laptops. Don’t laugh! I’m serious! Now that Valve’s Steam platform is in an early alpha phase on Chrome OS, Chromebooks…

Enlarge / Hats off to the marketing director who thought “Coca-Cola Byte” had a nice ring to it. (credit: Sam Machkovech) If you’re looking for…

Formula E officially unveiled its Gen3 car yesterday, ahead of this weekend’s Monaco E-Prix. There are some big power and efficiency changes coming when the…

DirectX is a bit of hidden tech that helps your game talk to your GPU. Here, we break down what DirectX is, and why DirectX…

Details pertaining to AMD’s upcoming Navi 31 GPUs have emerged, indicating that Team Red is pulling out all the stops for its next-gen graphics cards….

The central processing unit (CPU) is an integral part of any PC. But how do you choose the best CPU that’s compatible with your motherboard?…

Antivirus programs are powerful pieces of software that are essential on Windows computers. If you’ve ever wondered how antivirus programs detect viruses, what they’re doing…

The last few years haven’t been kind to the PC builder community. As we all know, the chip shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic has…

Plex is the latest platform with ambitions to become a central hub for all your video streaming needs: A new feature called Discovery brings services…

Intel’s 13th generation of processors, Raptor Lake, is getting closer. A new rumor tells us more about the chip, including its possible 5.8GHz clock speed….

Oftentimes you will receive a recommendation that you should just install Linux on an older PC. Doing that can certainly revive those old computers and…

Hosting a Minecraft and playing with friends is fun—but not if the experience is a laggy mess. Here’s how to calculate how much RAM your…

Here’s something slightly worrisome you may not know: all Android (and iPhone) apps can read your clipboard. That’s bad enough, but how can you know…

The Linux set and pipefail commands dictate what happens when a failure occurs in a Bash script. There’s more to think about than should it…

Enlarge / The 5800X3D is Zen 3 with extra cache. (credit: AMD) AMD will release its latest experiment in CPU packaging to the general public…

Like any other operating system, you can copy and paste files and directories (folders) in a Linux distribution using the desktop interface. But you can…

James Webb might be grabbing all the headlines right now, but NASA has big plans for another space-based telescope too: The Nancy Grace Roman Space…