Despite the ubiquity of Smart TVs, media and streaming devices such as the Chromecast and Amazon Fire Stick are still massively popular. It’s understandable. They’re particularly useful for digital nomads and professionals who must travel for work constantly. But what do you do when you check into a hotel, resort, or Airbnb and your Amazon Fire Stick refuses to work? This guide will cover a few solutions for this issue....
Startup Inbrain Neuroelectronics is experimenting with a brain-computer interface (BCI) using graphene chips. BCIs allow people to control computers directly using brain signals. The company is already scheduled to test its graphene-based BCI this summer at the University of Manchester, during a patient’s brain tumor removal operation. BCIs are far from being a new technology, with Musk’s first Neuralink patient now able toplay PC games with just his mind. However, what makes the graphene chip a novel solution is that it doesn’t use metallic materials....
A majorsecurityflaw has been discovered in Asus' DriverHub management utility that allows anyone to easily run malicious code on a system with the utility installed. Programmer"MrBruh"initially discovered the exploit, revealing DriverHub can be spoofed to run any sort of malicious content without user notice. The flaw surrounds poorly executed security measures by the developers; the app connects to an API request on a predefined port, and will accept any URL that merely includes the handle “driverhub....
UEFI is a firmware that controls every component connected to your computer. You can enable/disable the entire hardware components and even overclock a few of them through UEFI. However, accessing and using the UEFI firmware can be a little tricky—especially if you have just gotten into tweaking hardware settings. In fact, not every motherboard has UEFI firmware settings enabled as default—old motherboards run in classic BIOS mode or Legacy mode....
The Fn key on the bottom of your Keyboard boosts the function key’s (F1-F12) capability to perform many media-related tasks, such as managing volumes, brightness, and other minor things on Windows devices. The major objective of this key is to enhance your productivity by giving you access to some Windows functionality under a keystroke. If you enable the Fn lock Key, the Function key priority mode will be turned on, which will require you to press the Fn key to use media features from the Function keys....
In addition to system management and administration, PowerShell is often used to troubleshoot various issues in Windows. But if PowerShell itself isn’t working properly, troubleshooting can be a handful. Generally speaking, most PowerShell issues occur due to misconfigured settings. Problems with specific modules are also very common, mostly due to a corrupt module store. In this article, we’ve listed step-by-step instructions for resolving these and more PowerShell issues. Why Is PowerShell Not Working?...
A keyboard works when you press the keycap, which then presses therubber nub or switch beneathit. So, if a key falls off, it’s not just because of the keycap, but there could be issues with the internal parts of your keyboard. Yet, keys falling off are a fairly common issue, and there are different fixes for different types of keyboards. So, in this article, we will check out the step-by-step methods on fixing a fallen key from a laptop, mechanical, or membrane keyboard....
Turning on the PC remotely is a useful feature for anyone. It breaks the habit of leaving your computer on all the time. If you’re like me, you might have one of your computers set up in your home as a file-sharing server. Consider the energy consumption of keeping a PC on standby at all times. Using this feature will undoubtedly lower your energy bills. To turn on your PC, you must have a WOL or Wake-on-Lan compatible PC....
When talking about computer monitors, most might think it’s only used to display a PC’s content. But that’s not true—this output device can be connected to any gadget that provides video output signals. These days, you may even come across smart monitors that run on specific software and can be controlled using a remote. It even offers wired and wireless connections, making tasks much easier. But when it comes to regular monitors, they lack most of the features and without a PC, you may feel as if they are worthless....
Remember that one command that solved your problem? Was itcat,less, more, wcor something else? When we’re at the terminal, we can issue dozens of commands to solve a problem and in the background our Linux OS is recording these commands to a history file. In this how-to we’ll look at various ways of searching and re-using our command history. Whilst you become accustomed to these commands it’s important to double check you don’t unintentionally reissue a command that could cause problems....
Last August Huawei surprised the industry by launching itsHiSilicon Kirin 9000Ssmartphone processor presumably made by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) using its2nd generation 7nm-class process technology. Since then, anotherKirin 9006Cchip showed up, though this one wasallegedly made by TSMC years ago. This week a yet another HiSilicon system-on-chip — theKirin 9000W— transpired. The eight-core HiSilicon Kirin 9000W powersHuawei’s MatePad Pro 13.2-inch tablet, which is evidently aimed at the high-end of the market, given its display size and a relatively high price of over $1000....
China’s homemade CPUs have not been very competitive compared to Western competitors, but that appears to be changing.According to IT Home, a desktop sporting a Hygon C86 3350 CPU was benchmarked by a Bilibili content creator on Geekbench, showing Zen 2 levels of performance. The chip was benchmarked inside a Tsinghua H880-T3M desktop PC aimed at government andenterprisecustomers. The unit sports 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and a mysterious 2GB graphics card....
Why you can 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. Benchmarks and Conclusion CPU Thermal results without power limits Without power limits enforced on Intel’s i7-14700K, the CPU will hit its peak temperature (TJ Max) and thermally throttle with even the strongest of air coolers and even most liquid coolers on the market....
