How to Reset a USB Drive on Windows and Mac

If your USB isn’t working or is not storing data properly, it’s possible that your file system and partition tables are corrupt. This problem is easily resolved by resetting your USB drive. Resetting your USB drive will revert the bootable USB to its default state. To reset your USB, you need to use native utilities likeDisk Management(Windows) andDisk Utility(Mac). The easiest way to reset a USB Drive on Windows is with file explorer....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Jason Clark

How to Reset iMac Without Password

If you are experiencing multiple lags or frequent app crashes on your Mac, then as a last resort, you may perform a factory reset. This method has proven quite effective as it allows you to revert to the device’s previous settings deleting all problematic apps or data files from your device. While initiating the factory reset through the settings, your iMac will require you to enter the administrator password to start the process....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Nathan Carter

How to Restrict Websites to Access Webcam and Microphone

You may have encountered a situation where you open a website and it automatically gains access to your camera, microphone, or maybe even location. This happens when you have previously allowed the website to access that specific device or feature. Now, whenever you visit this website, it will retain access to anything that you have previously granted. This can potentially raise privacy concerns for many users and is best that you disable the website’s access to your webcam and microphone....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Betty Gould

How to See Recently Deleted Apps?

Have you ever deleted an app, but couldn’t recall its name? Well, you can check the history of all the deleted apps on your iPhone and Android device, although you might have deleted the app a long ago. There’s an easy way to keep track of deleted apps with the help of your device’s default store and download it again anytime unless the app is removed from the store. How to See Deleted Apps on iPhone and Android?...

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Amanda Snyder

How to Set up A Guest WiFi Network

A guest Wi-Fi Network is relevant in both home and business settings. It provides internet access to your guests without needing to disclose the credentials of the main network. In addition to the obvious privacy reasons, the added security, thanks to device isolation and the ability to control what level of access the guests have, are some other major reasons to set up guest Wi-Fi networks. Anyway, let’s stop with the benefits and instead focus on how to actually set up the guest Wi-Fi....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Aaron Snyder

How to Use the Runas Command in Windows

TheRunascommand enables a user to perform tasks such as running a specific program with different permissions than what is currently available. Admins commonly use it to quickly perform administrative tasks while logged in to a non-admin account. We’ve detailed how to use the Runas command, common use cases and examples, parameters, and related errors in the article below. How to Use Runas Command as an Administrator The Runas Command is commonly used with the/userparameter to performtasks as an administrator....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Alexandria Ortega

I survived a scary Blue Screen of Death, the dreaded Kernel Security Check Failure. Here's how.

Blue is one of my favorite colors, but when it takes over my entire screen, I start to panic . . . and for good reason. The WindowsBlue Screen of Death(BSOD) appears suddenly when your computer crashes and leaves you with two gripping questions: “why did this happen” and “will it happen again?” Last week, my computer hit me with the blue screen of death shown at the top of this page, a KernelSecurityCheck Failure, and my monitor wasn’t the only one wearing a frown....

June 27, 2025 · 9 min · 1726 words · Joshua Walker

Insider says Nvidia almost sold itself to AMD, but Jensen Huang wanted to be CEO of the merged company

Nvidia is one of the biggest players in the tech industry, with market capitalization exceeding that of Intel and AMD, but it turns out that AMD almost purchased it in the past. One former AMD engineer recently revealed that when Nvidia was an upstart, the company almost purchased it. He detailed Nvidia’s refusal to be bought primarily because Jensen Huang wouldn’t sell unless he was made the CEO of the merged company....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 566 words · Michael Reid

Intel and SK hynix close NAND business deal: Intel gets $1.9 billion, SK hynix gets IP and employees

Intel and SK hynix this week finalized their nearly $8.85 billiontransaction of Intel’s NAND flash memory operations, completing a two-part process that began in 2020. On Thursday, Intel received a final payment of $1.9 billion from SK hynix, whereas the latter officially obtained Intel’s NAND IP as well as employees, which will enableSolidigm’s teamsto work more closely with SK hynix on future products, notesDigiTimes. “On July 09, 2025, the second closing of the transaction occurred,” afilingby Intel with the SEC reads....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 573 words · Michael Martinez

Intel Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake desktop CPU launch reportedly delayed to October 24

Intel’sCore Ultra 200(codenamed Arrow Lake) series was previously rumored to launch on October 17. However, Hong Kong publicationHKEPCclaims that Intel has reportedly pushed the launch date to October 24. The reasons for the supposed delay remain unknown, and HKEPC hasn’t provided any explanations. Multiple retailers have already started listing Arrow Lake CPUs on their websites, signaling that the official announcement should be around the corner. We’ve already seen the Arrow Lake chips listed in Europe and Canada....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Philip Frederick

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V beats AMD Z1 Extreme in DX12 gaming benchmark [Updated]

Update (September 14):Corrected erroneous analysis. The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (viaTomasz Gawroński) has just been tested on theAshes of the Singularitybenchmark. The results favor Intel’s Lunar Lake chip, which easily outperformed theRyzen Z1 Extreme. The Core Ultra 7 258V is one of Intel’s latest mobile processors based on the Lunar Lake platform. The processor features an octa-core design without Hyper-Threading. It has four P-cores and four E-cores. Meanwhile, AMD’s Ryzen Z1 Extreme is designed for handheld consoles and features eight Zen 4 cores with SMT and a very capable RDNA 3 iGPU....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Angela Simpson

Intel Core Ultra now powers more than 500 AI models, the company says

More than 500 AI models now run optimized on new Intel Core Ultra processors,the chipmaker announcedon July 19, 2025. Intel’s promotion of artificial intelligence research and development across various aspects of the technology made the milestone possible.Intel’s contributions to the AI development community have made the Core Ultra processor the fastest-growing AI processor to date, the company said. In October 2023, Intel launched an AI Developer Program.Then, the companyadded even more programs in 2024" to promote building AI applications and hardware....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Tracy Kennedy

Intel foundry unit loses $7 billion in 2023, company outsources 30% of its production to TSMC, others

About one-third of Intel’s products are now made by the company’s foundry partners, mainly TSMC. This has a negative effect on the company’s margins since Intel has to pay premiums to contract chip makers. Meanwhile, Intel re-released its financials for the last three years, which shows that its own foundry unit lost some $7 billion last year as it invested in new capacity and tools for next-generation process technologies. It’s noteworthy that the foundry unit did not operate as a separate entity during the entire 2023 time frame, meaning the re-factored numbers aren’t entirely indicative of the units' performance, or the cost-saving measures that will take place as it now operates as its own independent unit....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 630 words · Toni Fry