A DoS attack uses a computer to overwhelm a system with data requests to the point the system crashes. A DDoS attack has the same goal but uses an entire network of computers, making the attack much harder to stop. DDoS and DoS attacks are some …
Yesterday, while writing about Windows 11’s new notification features, I realized that the integration of Spotify is broken. For those who may not recall, Spotify integration was added to Windows 11 in 2021 as a flagship feature. At that time, Panos Panay claimed the feature was …
Bluetooth mice, keyboards, and gaming controllers can be connected to Android in the same way as headphones. Wired USB accessories simply need an adapter to work seamlessly with Android. Did you know Android supports mice, keyboards, and even gaming controllers? Many Android devices are compatible with …
Windows Hello lets you sign in to your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC with facial recognition, a fingerprint reader, or a PIN instead of a password. You need special webcam hardware that supports Windows Hello to use facial recognition. To see what your PC has …
It should come as no surprise that there are plenty of Easter eggs to be found in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. After all, there’s a whole galaxy far, far away to draw inspiration from to have players pointing at their TVs like Leonardo DiCaprio. However, not …
Asus’ Zenbook S 13 OLED holds a special place in my heart. When people ask me what the best MacBook Air alternative for Windows users is, the 2022 model has been my go-to for the past year. It’s thin, it’s light, it’s sturdy, it has a …
At a recent OCP Regional Summit held in Prague, AMD shared its plans to replace its AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) firmware with an open-source alternative called Open-Source Silicon Initialization Library (openSIL). The new firmware would be ready for production use in 2026, following a …
One of the perks of modern mobile CPUs is that, being designed for laptops and their very limited cooling capacity, they can be placed in a NUC-sized (or smaller) miniature desktop PC with little difficulty. Better still, with desktops providing room for proper heatsinks (i.e. fins), …
AMD has announced their latest processor line-up designed for embedded-class products, the Ryzen Embedded 5000 series. The latest parts adds to their collection of other Zen 3-based embedded platforms, including the Ryzen Embedded V3000 and EPYC 9004 series. At a high level, the Ryzen Embedded 5000 series is designed …
