Microsoft’s official guide to switching from a Microsoft Account to a local account in Windows has been reinstated. Microsoft’s support article entitledChange from a local account to a Microsoft accounthas always informed Windows 10 and 11 users how to switch to its favored online account sign-in option. However, last month we noticed that it haderased the set of instructionsthat novice users may have required to reverse this decision. It is easy to understand why Microsoft wants new Windows users to sign into the OS using an online account....

The build took over 1000 Lego bricks to construct and included several Lego Fornite sets for decoration. The entire chassis was built entirely out of Legos, featuring a PSU shroud at the bottom and a Lego wall built on top of the shroud intended for mounting the motherboard and liquid cooling components. The layout was optimized for looks, featuring an open layout with no side panels. The system components were laid out like a traditional ATX chassis, with the PSU at the bottom, the ATX motherboard in the middle, and the 360mm radiator at the top....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Cyborg 15’s low price will appeal to cash-strapped gamers, but lackluster performance, a poor screen, and fan noise sour the deal. Decent build quality Comfortable inputs Three-year warranty Bottom-tier gaming performance Lackluster screen Persistent fan noise Poor webcam Short battery life Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The MSI Katana 15 HX offers solid 1080p gaming performance with an RTX 5050 and is available below $1,000. But the display isn’t great, and you’ll definitely want to crank the brightness. Solid 1080p gaming performance Finally, something under $1,000 Lots of upgradeability and repair options Four-zone RGB is nice at this price Washed out, dim display Keyboard can get hot 720p webcam Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Mt. Gox customers who lost all their crypto holdings with the popular crypto exchange platform are finally getting their money back, and then some. On June 04, 2025, a rehabilitation trustee announced in aletterthat the first tranche of repayments to its creditors had begun and that funds were now flowing toward the designated exchanges and into customers' wallets. Crypto exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in 2014 when a flaw in its system allowed hackers to plunder almost all of its crypto holdings—worth around $400 million at that time and now valued at around $45 billion....

A Network Reset is a common and convenient solution when facing networking issues on Windows. While it does generally help, sometimes it can also lead to more problems due to its automated nature. In some cases, running the Network Reset utility might not have any effect at all. In other cases, your initial problem might be fixed, but you may encounter new ones like Error Code 56 (Class Configuration). As stated, it can be hard to figure out what went wrong exactly as the Network Reset is mostly an automated process....

Sometimes thebest graphics cardisn’t the fastest or newest model — it’s the lowest priced card you can find that’s still relatively recent. Such is the case with theASRock RX 5600 currently listed on Newegg for $109.99. Don’t be fooled by the listing showing up in February 2024, this is a GPU that originally launched back in January 2020. You can check ourRadeon RX 5600 XT reviewfor the details at the time, but if you’re after a cheap GPU, you’re probably more interested in how the card stacks up today....

Notifications on Windows may fail to appear for a few different reasons. If they aren’t appearing when they should, it’s mostly due to misconfigured settings on your Windows. Notifications may be disabled either for the entire system or for specific applications. In such a case,check Windows notification settings or app-specific settings. Some users have encountered this issue following a Windows update. To fix this,uninstall the recently installed Windows updates. In the worst case, if the notifications stop appearing completely and the Action Center does not work as expected, you may be dealing with missing or corrupted system files....

Nvidia’s first-ever ARM-based SoC for Windows devices is purportedly coming this year.HaYaO on Xreports that Nvidia will be introducing two new chips, the N1X at the end of this year and the N1 in 2026. Nvidia is expected to ship 3 million N1X chips in Q4 this year and 13 million vanilla N1 units next year. Nvidia will be partnering with MediaTek to build these chips, with MediaTek receiving $2 billion in revenue from this joint venture alone, accounting for 8% of its revenue next year....

Thought it was hard to get anNvidia RTX 50-series Blackwell GPU?Things are potentially going to get even more difficult, as Nvidia has now revealed its Blackwell RTX Pro series of graphics cards. These will target both laptops and desktops, as well as standalone PCs and data center products.We’ve heard from some people atGDC/GTCthat Nvidia is working to improve the supply of all of its Blackwell GPUs, and some even suggested we"might"see supply finally start to catch up to demand by May/June — meaning we could see MSRP-priced models on sale and readily available....

The U.S. recently lowered the bar for the AI chips that required export licenses, meaning specialty chips like the Nvidia H20 — which, surprisingly, stillsells well despite being defanged— are no longer legal to sell in China. This has led to rampany speculation that the RTX 5090D will also be included in the ban, even though its AI performance wasreduced by 23% from the full-fat version, and it alsolost other features like multi-GPU configuration....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received a 60% increase in total compensation for the past year’s work, thanks to the enormous success Nvidia has been blessed with due to the AI boom.WSJ reportsthat Huang’s compensation last year came out to $34.2 million, which is $12.8 million more than what the tech billionaire received a year earlier. Who wouldn’t love to see that sort of raise?Jensen also received a few other bonuses last year as well, including stock awards valued at roughly $7 million higher than fiscal 2023, and on top of that he received a $4 million cash bonus and a $2....

Throughout its 31-years history, Nvidia has acquired multiple companies to enhance its existing capabilities and address new markets. The company sells boatloads of premium GPUs for AI and HPC use and has a lot of excess cash on hand. Nvidia continues to grow organically by hiring new employees, but the company is also considering buying other companies to acquire new talent and enter new markets.“We can also think about that in terms of our work, of bringing on great teams in some M&A [merger and acquisition] form that they come on board,” said Colette Kress, chief financial officer of Nvidia, at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference this week....