YouTube's development team could possibly be considering methods for disabling the downvote button to help eliminate mob spamming on the platform. The issue, which targets specific content creators and leaves videos with the likelihood of not being recommended, was addressed in a web series. 

The GPU market might currently be dominated by AMD and Nvidia, but as the 2020 release date for its own modern discrete GPU approaches, Intel is continuing to hype its incoming offerings. The company recently pushed out a Twitter video which teases photorealistic graphics as part of its future goals.

As pretty as 4K is, gaming at a high refresh rate can have a more noticeable impact on how your game plays. It makes animations smoother, reduces screen tearing, and improves input lag, making you more competitive and your games better looking. Here's how to make a high-refresh rate gaming PC build for under $1,000.

Dark Mode is known to improve battery life for certain devices, like a smartphone with an OLED screen. Does that apply to laptops, as well? To find out we tested two laptops, one running Windows and one running MacOS. Read our definitive conclusion.

Apple's latest filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows that the company might be searching for an alternative to the standard keyboard — presenting an idea for a keyboard with a morphable glass top layer that can adapt to provide a physical response when typing.

Despite new features that make it buddies with your phone, the Windows 10 October 2018 Update is not as popular with consumers. According to the latest AdDuplex data, it is only running on 12 percent of PCs across the world. The previous April 2018 Update holds an 82 percent install base.

After a security vulnerability impacted more than 500,000 of its users, Google announced in late 2018 that it would be shuttering the Google + social network. Now several months later, it is providing an update on the shutdown, noting that after April 2 all content on the platform will begin to be deleted.

Microsoft's earnings report gave us some interesting insight into the state of the PC market. Microsoft attributed the slowdown in the market due to constrained inventory of chips, but the Surface line experienced a huge 39 percent growth rate. Could it be that Surface is cannibalizing sales from OEM partners?

One of the best ways to get quality audio on your Windows 10 PC or Xbox One console is with Dolby Atmos, but you soon could have another option. Support for the DTS:X spatial sound audio standard is reportedly coming in a few weeks, promising for enhanced and immersive audio experiences when gaming or watching videos.

If you've been following rumors closely, you've likely heard that Nvidia could be releasing a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti midrange graphics card soon. In the latest development, filings from Gigabyte and MSI at the Eurasian Economic Commission all but make the new GPUs official. 

Be it phishing, malware, or email scams, the web can be dangerous. Google is out to save you from some of the troubles of the web. It is adding a feature to the popular Chrome web browser which will warn you about misspelled lookalike URLs that intend to imitate real websites,

New benchmark results which purport to come from a system running an AMD Radeon VII suggest that the new AMD card is as fast, or perhaps even faster, than Nvidia's RTX 2080 in 3DMark testing. Scores are mixed, but the Radeon VII shows serious performance potential, meaning Nvidia should have some real competition.

Curves aren’t just for televisions anymore. And they just might enhance your next VR experience. Samsung recently filed a patent featuring a new VR headset that has a curved OLED display. The existence of the patent could indicate that the new curved design could join Samsung’s collection of VR headsets.

Riding on momentum from the release of the Razer Blade Stealth, Razer is back at it with the Quartz Pink edition of the gaming laptop. Launching alongside a refreshed lineup of Quartz Pink accessories, the latest addition seeks to win over the hearts of anyone looking for a versatile and stylish laptop.

Apple has taken FaceTime group calling offline to help address any privacy concerns related to the eavesdropping bug, but disabling FaceTime altogether might be the best way to avoid any issues moving forward. Here's how to do that on your iPhone, MacBook, iMac, or Mac Mini.

The arrival of RTX graphics for laptops will bring changes to gaming hardware. Most notably, higher framerates in your favorite games, and advanced features like ray tracing and DLSS. Best of all, these new graphics cards will result in thinner, lighter laptops that sacrifice less for portability. Our Nvidia RTX graphics for laptops review dives deep on the new hardware.

Be it with products from Samsung, or Royole, there's no doubt that foldable smartphones are the next big thing in technology, but Intel, too, could possibly be getting on in foldable trend. A 2017 patent from the company envisions a phone that can fold out to become a tablet PC.

Nvidia has had to slash the clock speeds of the Max-Q versions of its RTX graphics chips to bring their thermal power requirements down to manageable levels. While the RTX 2080 and 2070 Max-Q designs maintain their full complement of CUDA cores, their clock speeds have almost been cut in half.

Nvidia may have not one, not two, but three GTX Turing graphics cards to debut in the coming months, according to rumors. We will reportedly see the GTX 1660 Ti launch on February 15, with the non-Ti 1660 and 1650 said to debut in early and mid-March, fleshing out Nvidia's midrange graphics card range.

The Windows 10 update circus continues, as Microsoft announces the next major update will change the way in which the operating system manages disk space by setting aside at least 7GB as reserved storage. This reserve storage will be used for installing updates and cannot be removed from the OS.

Microsoft To-Do can help you check things off your list and get important tasks done, but it is now getting a key improvement. It was announced on January 25 that the app is picking up support for Cortana, allowing consumers to leverage the Microsoft virtual assistant to manage their reminders and tasks.

Microsoft typically pushes out big Windows 10 updates twice a year, but its naming conventions always cause rumors. Previous Windows releases have been called Creators Update and Anniversary Update, but new rumors suggest that this year's Windows 10 19H1 release, could officially be called the April 2019 Update. 

If you're looking to purchase a new Microsoft Surface device and also save some money, you're in for some luck. The Microsoft online store is currently discounting select models of the latest Surface Pro 6 Windows 10 2-in-1 by $200, but only through February 3 and while supplies last.

In June 2018, Apple announced it would be bringing its Office 365 apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as a download on the MacOS app store. Now roughly more than seven months later, the moment has finally arrived, and the popular suite of productivity apps are officially available in the store. 

Nvidia is said to be launching their GTX 1660 Ti graphics card this upcoming February for less than $300 — the offering would provide a mid-range GPU at a great value. Part of the older GTX series, the 1660 Ti would omit Nvidia's ray tracing technology in exchange for the lower price tag.

Celebrate the original Macintosh's 35th birthday with the Advanced Mac Substitute emulator for PC, Mac, Linux, and Android. Rediscover your favorite classic Macintosh apps and games, such as Fool's Errand, Missile, and Solitaire — see why Apple changed history in 1984 and gave IBM a run for its money.

If you happened to have missed out on some of the best deals on all things Apple over the holiday season and Black Friday, you're still in for some luck. Retailer B&H is currently running a sale on the high-end 13.3-inch 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, cutting $900 off the final price at checkout. 

With a focus on collaboration and a more affordable $5,999 price to start, Dell is hoping that the Dell 75 4K Interactive Touch Monitor will be a good fit for the classroom. Like the Surface Hub, this display supports multi-touch and pen input, but you'll need to bring your own computing power.

Fresh off the announcement of Radeon Vega VII at CES 2019, there has been talk about when the next AMD Navi graphics processors could be released. In the latest rumors, source code references in macOS hint that the next 7nm AMD Navi products might be coming in July.

The latest malicious piece of ransomware, Anatova, has been discovered by the security team at McAfee, lurking on a peer-to-peer file sharing network. Employing a smart tactic to confuse users and able to clean its tracks as it evolves, this is one tough piece of ransomware that needs to be solved.

Laptops with OLED displays were once a rarity, but at CES 2019, Lenovo and HP brought it over to some of their latest products. Samsung is now joining in and is providing a look at an eye-popping 4K OLED panel that is expected to power larger premium laptops from other manufacturers in the new year.

If you own a recent MacBook Pro model, you're in for a new controversy. iFixit recently uncovered a new "Flexgate" issue with MacBook Pros after some consumers reported a "stage light" effect, where the backlighting on the device would fail and cause the bottom of the display to become slightly distorted.

A recent Kickstarter campaign has introduced a new line of portable, large-screen monitors. Known as Taihe Gemini, the line involves two lightweight monitors called Gemini FHD and Gemini UHD. The monitors are intended for use by those who work remotely and traveling gamers alike.

It has been rumored in the past month that Nvidia could soon debut a new graphics card, the GTX 1660Ti, to entice gamers with midrange performance and lower price points. In what is now the freshest development, alleged benchmarks are showing that the new offering could be as much as 20 percent faster when compared to the older GTX 1060.