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5 things to do before Googles data cap hits June 1 As of June 1, 2021 every new photo uploaded to Google Photos counts against your Google Accounts storage limits. Heres what you can do to get ready. Credit: IDG The time has come and the free ride is over. As of Tuesday June 1, 2021 your Gmail messages, Google Drive files, and Google Photos will count against a hard cloud storage limit. No more loopholes, no more ignored files, no more unlimited storage of photos (unless youre on a Pi...

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PCWorlds May digital magazine: The Surface Laptop 4 is here Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android, iOS, and your web browser. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights the best content from PCWorld.com—the most important news, the key product reviews, and the most useful features and how-to stories—in a curated Digital Magazine ...

Every Tiger Lake H laptop announced Every Tiger Lake H laptop announced 80 new laptop designs will feature Intels new 6- and 8-core 10nm processors. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG Intel unveiled more Tiger Lake H processors this week—a set of beefy, powerful chips that complement the modest 4-core parts that launched back in January and can compete with AMD’s best. Naturally, a slew of laptop reveals from long-time partners like Dell, Asus, and Acer accompanied Tuesday’s announceme...

Tiger Lake H vs Ryzen 5000 mobile: Which mobile chip comes out on top? Tiger Lake H looks promising, but benchmarks will ultimately determine the winner of this fight. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG AMD’s quest for CPU dominance has expanded in recent years—after first clawing back into relevance with its desktop processors, the company set its sights on laptops. Ryzen 5000 mobile chips dunked on Intel’s Comet Lake H parts, zipping past Team Blue’s best with ease. With Tuesday’s ...

Tested: Is Ryzen 5000 battery performance really that bad? Why it takes a hit, and why it may not be a big deal. Is the performance of AMD Ryzen mobile on battery really that bad?  If you’re even asking that question, you’ve no doubt heard Intel’s claims that Ryzen 4000 CPU performance tanked when running on battery. Plugged-in performance was dandy, but in tests of multiple Ryzen 4000U-based laptops, performance dropped huge amounts on battery, depending on the task. While some reviewer...

How to sell old tech How to sell old tech You can get money for your devices in a few different ways, with some options quicker than others. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG Most everyone has laptops, smartphones, fitness trackers, tablets, or cameras lying around the house, no longer in use. If you don’t need them, you can get cash for that old tech—it just takes a little time. As you’d expect, the more energy you put into the effort, the more cash you’ll reap. Listing the item yo...

PC World New Zealand PCWorlds April digital magazine: Surface Pro 7+ reviewed Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android, iOS, and your web browser. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights the best content from PCWorld.com—the most important news, the key product reviews, and the most useful features and how-to stories—in a curate...

4 Windows Hello webcams you can buy right now 4 Windows Hello webcams you can buy right now Lenovo and Logitech top our list of PC webcams with Windows Hello support. Credit: Rob Schultz / IDG Specialized webcams that support Windows Hello are still, surprisingly, rare. Microsoft’s secure-login system using fingerprint, biometric, and facial recongnition technology is, after all, a unique feature of Windows 10. It makes sense users would want to pair a  desktop PC or older laptop...

April 21, 1921 Complaints, which are as reliably annual as the blooming of the arbutus, are being made that seekers of this spring flower are following their usual tactics of taking bloom, stem and roots, thereby robbing the region of one of its big spring attractions. To cut the stems of arbutus brings about a healthy growth of the plant but to pull up the entire plant means that no plant will replace it next year. Although most of this destructive work is done by thoughtless children it is no...