Technology

xHamster, the extremely NSFW website that absolutely none of us have ever heard of, used, or visited, has partnered with a group of engineers to develop a motion sensor that would automatically minimize all of the windows on your desktop as soon as someone opens your door or walks into …

If you’re concerned about spyware infections and other similar invasions, investing in a security suite is your best bet. While dedicated anti-spyware apps enjoyed popularity for many years, it’s become abundantly clear that malicious actors will use any and all techniques to gain access to your data. If you want …

Now more than ever, our security is being threatened by malware. Ransomware and botnets are big business these days, and targeted attacks have become commonplace. Even the most careful among us can fall victim to the increasingly advanced techniques that governments and criminal organizations use to extort and harass high-ranking …

Adobe today is launching a new mobile app that makes it easier to convert paper documents and other things into digital, editable PDF files. While there’s no shortage of scan-to-PDF apps on the App Store, many are not free, have a dated design, or simply convert an image to PDF …

AMD’s Ryzen has been making waves in the enthusiast community ever since it debuted in the spring of 2017. The consumer DIY market, while important, is only a fraction the size of the market Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, and other PC vendors collectively command. Delivering higher profits and taking back …

AMD made a number of concrete announcements at Computex, building on what we heard from the company last week and the week before at its Financial Analyst Day. AMD has confirmed that its Epyc server family, which we’ve covered several times in the last few weeks, will launch on June …

Just over four years ago, Edward Snowden blew the lid off some of the NSA’s most powerful programs and tools for monitoring global communications around the world. In the aftermath of that intelligence debacle — and whatever you think of Edward Snowden and his actions, his releases certainly qualified as …

Microsoft today is launching a completely revamped version of its Skype application, with a new set of features that draw obvious inspiration from messaging rivals, like Messenger and Snapchat. Yes, that means Skype now has its own Stories-like feature, which it’s calling Highlights, as well as a redesign that puts …

Most gaming laptops are very obviously gaming laptops thanks to their substantial girth and weight. After all, it takes a lot of cooling to keep a high-power GPU running in such a small case. Nvidia is looking to change that with the Max-Q technology it announced at Computex in Taipei. By optimizing …

At Computex, Qualcomm announced it would build Windows 10 systems with major traditional PC OEMs. That’s a major step forward for the company, which flirted with building mobile PCs during the Windows 8 era when Windows RT (née Windows on ARM) was in development. The bulk of that market, such …