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Crucial X6 USB SSD: Good price, good performance, good design

This USB SSD operates at SATA speeds and delivers a vast amount of storage in an affordable, compact, and comfortable design.

Corsair K65 RGB Mini: Hands-on with the 60 percent mechanical gaming keyboard

It’s just so small.

ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PC BUILDING: DON'T GET CAUGHT WITHOUT THESE 10 ITEMS IN YOUR TOOLKIT

SOME ARE NO-BRAINERS, WHILE OTHERS YOU’LL BE GLAD TO HAVE ON HAND WHEN TROUBLE STRIKES.

AMD's new Ryzen 5000G chips wield Radeon graphics— and double the cores

The “G” stands for “graphics.”

A PERFECT STORM: WHY GRAPHICS CARDS COST SO MUCH NOW

IT’S COMPLICATED.

Android loses a huge innovator as LG quits making phones

LG phones pushed the bleeding edge of innovation, but it wasn’t enough.

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR PASSWORDS USING iCLOUD KEYCHAIN ON YOUR iPHONE, iPAD, & MAC

IT’S MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK.

Vive Cosmos Elite

Where does Vive’s latest headset stand in the VR world?

Razer Kiyo Pro

Capturing the moment

Phanteks Evolv Shift 2 Air

Super-compact madness

Gigabyte Aorus 17G

Strong, mean, desktop rivaling machine?

Intel Core i9-11900K

Oh boy, here we go...

THE WORLD OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Digital cash, mining, and a grim look at the future of graphics cards.

Lenovo Legion Y25-25

IPS and 240Hz for a price you can afford

Corsair K70 RGB TKL

Slick updates all around

Endgame Gear XM1 RGB Dark Frost

Raw performance and only minor niggles? We're in!

A POTTED HISTORY OF LINUX

Or how a 21-year-old’s bedroom coding project took over the world and a few other things along the way.

A Colossal Secret

Ian Evenden discovers how British WWII braniacs, faced with an impossible task, helped save millions of lives and invented the computer as we know it

Virtual Reality In 2021

How close to a different reality can virtual reality really take us? Sam Lewis

Ryzen 5000 failure rates: We reality‑check the claims

Problems with bad Ryzen chips may be overblown.

Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ : A giant leap in graphics performance

It’s the most potent upgrade the Surface Pro line has offered in years.

How to create strong, secure passwords by learning how to crack them

It gets harder to crack a password if it’s 10 characters or longer—but complexity matters too, of course.

CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2021 makes life easier for artists working remotely

CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2021 is here with new features for remote work.

HOW GOOGLE COULD TURN ANDROID INTO JUST ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION

WITH A SMALL CHANGE TO PHOTOS, GOOGLE COULD BE UPENDING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ANDROID UPDATES.

HOW FRAME WORK PLANS TO BREAK THE CURSE OF UPGRADEABLE LAPTOPS

THIS SMALL STARTUP THINKS IT CAN PULL OFF SOMETHING NO PC MAKER HAS EVER ACHIEVED.

WINDOWS 10 ON M1 MACS: WHAT YOU CAN DO (VIRTUALIZATION, SORTA) AND CAN'T (BOOT CAMP)

VIRTUALIZATION IS KEY, BUT THE LACK OF A CONSUMER VERSION OF MICROSOFT’S M1 -COMPATIBLE OS KEEPS THE SITUATION IN DOUBT.

Mac 911

Solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.

AirVPN: Excellent service that power users will love

An excellent service with a known history, a solid network, and very good speeds.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: All of Android for somewhat less

You’re also getting a much better screen, Wi-Fi 6E, S Pen support, and way more RAM.

AIRPODS MAX: OPULENT AUDIO THAT SHOULDN'T COST SO MUCH

APPLE’S HIGH-END HEADPHONES LOOK, SOUND, AND FEEL GREAT, BUT THE PRICE ISN’T RIGHT.