Continue Reading This tool is my new favorite way to monitor and manage apps on the Linux desktop

This tool is my new favorite way to monitor and manage apps on the Linux desktop

If you struggle to monitor system performance and manage your apps on Linux, this handy GUI might be just what you’re missing…

Continue Reading Microsoft’s incessant Windows ads are getting out of control

Microsoft’s incessant Windows ads are getting out of control

They remind me of an endless, unwanted pitch for a time share…

Continue Reading Microsoft, Amazon go head-to-head on genAI in the cloud — here’s who’ll win

Microsoft, Amazon go head-to-head on genAI in the cloud — here’s who’ll win

Both tech bigwigs are making a play for customers with genAI tools running in the cloud. But one company has a natural advantage…

Continue Reading The line-blurring brilliance of Google’s new ChromeOS-Windows connection

The line-blurring brilliance of Google’s new ChromeOS-Windows connection

Google’s latest ChromeOS improvement brings Windows apps even closer to the heart of the operating system — with a very Googley twist…

Continue Reading Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer…

Continue Reading 3 reasons you should still buy a hard drive

3 reasons you should still buy a hard drive

Hard disk drives still have their uses…

Continue Reading To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test

To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test

The father of modern computing would have opened his arms to ChatGPT. You should too…

Continue Reading 5 compelling reasons buy a Windows laptop instead of a MacBook

5 compelling reasons buy a Windows laptop instead of a MacBook

MacBooks are powerful and chic. That’s also true of many Windows notebooks—and they have other advantages that MacBooks can’t counter…

Continue Reading Why don’t more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like

Why don’t more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like

There might be a very simple explanation for why the masses have yet to adopt Linux as their desktop operating system and it’s one the open-source community won’t like…

Continue Reading Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now

Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now

The Thread protocol offers a robust mesh network designed to solve many of the smart home’s biggest problems. But only if everyone can agree on how to use it…

Continue Reading I finally gave up on LastPass—and switching was a nightmare

I finally gave up on LastPass—and switching was a nightmare

I won’t be recommending the service for the foreseeable future…

Continue Reading Why AI Is the Nemesis of Truth Itself

Why AI Is the Nemesis of Truth Itself

AI isn’t going to take over the world. It probably won’t even to take your job. The real threat is far more insidious—the AI boom heralds the erosion of truth and fact, and it’s already happening…