How to Boost or Increase Microphone Volume Beyond Its Settings

Whether you are recording, gaming, or in a meeting, your voice may sound quieter than it should. Still, you’re able to resolve this issue of low amplification of your voice through the microphone by creating changes in its settings. Sometimes, however, your device or your ports may have some problems. We recommend connecting those devices to different ports or computers to find the cause. You can replace thefaulty hardwareif you find any....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Christine Zavala

How to Buy the Right Graphics Card: A GPU Guide for 2024

Getting thebest graphics cardis key if you’re looking to buy thebest gaming PCor looking tobuild a PCon your own. The graphics card is even more important than theCPU. But for the uninitiated, the process of figuring out which GPU to buy can be intimidating. There’s so much to consider, from the type of monitor you’re using (for recommendations, see ourBest Gaming Monitorspage) to the size of yourPC caseto the game settings you plan to play at....

June 18, 2025 · 12 min · 2548 words · Brenda Holmes

How to Clean a Printer (Complete Guide)

If your printer has been lying around the corner for a long time, it may have gathered dust and debris. Not only does this degrade the print quality of your printer, but it can also render the device completely non-functional. If your printer is dirty, you may encounter stains on the printouts or even experience paper jams. Therefore, it is always best to keep your printer neat and clean. Cleaning a printer—especially a Laser printer—can be tricky due to its sophisticated internal build....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Christina Cruz

How to Connect 4 Monitors for a Quad Setup

Setting up multiple displays on your computer is surely an efficient way to multitask your problems. We have seen plenty of dual-screen displays throughout the years. But, what about four interconnected displays? Is it even possible to set up four monitors on one computer? A four-screen display unit shall surely up your gaming skills and also increase the rate at which you multitask. The extra desktop canvas will no doubt multiply your overall computing experience....

June 18, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Nicholas Howard

How to Fix Acer Laptop Stuck on Acer Screen

Usually, when you turn on the Acer laptop, it displays the ACER logo and then you see the loading icon. After some time, the screen goes black and the system will boot into Windows. When the laptop freezes, it getsstuck on the Acer screen—and the loading icon keeps spinning. This can mean several things like misconfigured BIOS settings or issues with the components like RAM and hard disk. As you cannot boot into the Operating System, you cannot perform any fixes that include changing OS settings....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Tiffany Singleton

How To Fix HDR Washed Out In Windows 10 And 11

HDR is supposed to convey more details and color shades and give things a lifelike look and feel. But many users have had the opposite experience instead, where enabling HDR makes things look washed out. This often happens due to misconfigured settings, but there are also many misconceptions around HDR, leading to false expectations. So, in this article, we’ve attempted to clear away all confusion regarding HDR, as well as detailed how to fix the Windows HDR washed out issue....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 639 words · Krista Martinez

How to Increase Virtual Memory Size on Windows

When the physical RAM installed on the system isn’t enough to meet the demands of the active processes, Windows moves pages of virtual address spaces to the pagefile. This allows the OS to repurpose part of the storage drive as memory in a process known as paging. Thus, to increase the virtual memory size on Windows, you’ll need to increase the page file size. Doing so has various pros and cons that confuse users, and you might also be unsure how much virtual memory is best for your system....

June 18, 2025 · 4 min · 786 words · Mary Pratt

How to Open JSON File in 7 Possible Ways

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a language-independent file derived from JavaScript. JSON files are plain text files and not binary codes. This file format is human readable and any text editor can open and edit a JSON file. This file format has no size limit. So, the data can get as long as possible. However, if your file is significantly larger, the stored data might appear random. This might cause difficulty in understanding the overall content....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Nicole Adams

How to Use Mouse and Keyboard on the Phone?

Generally, you use the mouse and keyboard on a PC or a laptop. However, you can use them on your phone too. For this, you connect them via a device called an OTG adapter. Fortunately, you don’t even need any adapter if you use a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse. So, without further delay, lets’ get into the article to learn how to use a mouse/keyboard on the phone. Why Connect a Mouse and Keyboard to Your Phone?...

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 503 words · Jonathan Wagner

Huawei exec concerned over China’s inability to obtain 3.5nm chips, bemoans lack of advanced chipmaking tools

A high-ranking Huawei executive has reportedlymade a rare admissionthat China’s ambitious semiconductor efforts may have peaked. On June 9, during the Mobile Computility Network Conference in Suzhou, China, Huawei’s Cloud Services CEO Zhang Ping’an voiced concerns about China’s inability to source 3.5nm chips because of U.S. sanctions. Zhang pointed out thatTSMC, based in Taiwanand therefore not subject to the U.S. sanctions, continues to increase its supply of 3.5nm semiconductors. “However, under U....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Tiffany Carney

Huawei's homegrown AI chip examined — Chinese fab SMIC-produced Ascend 910B is massively different from the TSMC-produced Ascend 910

Die shots of Huawei’s HiSilicon Ascend 910 chip for AI produced by TSMC and its siblingAscend 910B, allegedly manufactured by SMIC, reveal that while the chips have many similarities, they exhibit significant differences. The 910B features fewer cores.Kurnalsaltshas published die shots of Huawei’s HiSilicon Ascend 910, Ascend 910B, and a currently unknown Ascend 610 for AI applications. The die shots depict the compute chiplets of the Ascend 910 and Ascend 910B, as these chips utilize a multi-chiplet architecture....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 536 words · Lori Turner

Intel cancels Falcon Shores GPU for AI workloads — Jaguar Shores to be successor

In a surprising twist, Intel announced on Thursday that itsFalcon Shores GPUfor AI and HPC applications will not be released to the market but will remain an internal test processor to develop the hardware and software foundations for its successor, codenamed Jaguar Shores. This decision makes Intel’sstruggling Gaudi 3processor, which has suffered from limited uptake amid the company’s disclosed software issues, the company’s only viable solution for AI applications for the next two years....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 531 words · Dr. Crystal White DDS

Intel prepping at least five new Battlemage GPU models — new PCI IDs added to Linux 6.11 kernel

Five PCI IDs have been added to the set of updates arriving in the next Linux 6.11 kernel.Phoronix reportsthat these five PCI IDs are confirmed to be five Battlemage GPUs, further proving that Battlemage discrete gaming desktop cards are just around the corner. The five Battlemage device IDs are 0xE202, 0xE20B, 0xE20C, 0xE20D, and 0xE212. It’s impossible to tell what specific GPU models these IDs refer to, but Phoronix makes a good point that some of these IDs could be reserved for engineering models or unplanned variants....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Ralph Mills