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With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung, our hardware guru, host of The Full Nerd, exemplary tech journalist, and very good friend. pcworld.com/article/2564783/…

Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58

With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung. He was our executive editor in charge of hardware coverage, host of The Full Nerd, an exemplary tech journalist, and a great...

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It's here! AMD announces FidelityFX Super Resolution, its answer to Nvidia's DLSS technology. Crazy frame rates, AND it works on Nvidia GPUs?! Whoa. @BradChacos explains. pcworld.com/article/3620428/… #COMPUTEX2021

Meet AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution: Radeon’s DLSS rival even makes GeForce GPUs faster

AMD finally unveiled its FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling technology during the company's Computex 2021 keynote, promising huge performance gains and wide GPU compatibility.

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AMD just gave us a peek at Radeon RX 6000 'Big Navi' bit.ly/34EC8JA @BradChacos #AMD #GameOnAMD
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Congrats to @amdryzen for winning our Best of CES award for 3rd-gen Ryzen -- on a 7nm process! The freight train rolls... pcworld.com/article/3331911/…
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Razer Phone 2 review: Still the best gaming phone pcworld.com/article/3314717/… by @AdamPMurray
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Congrats to @NVIDIAGeForce for winning our Best of CES awards for RTX 2060 and 40 RTX laptop wins. Let the testing begin! pcworld.com/article/3331911/…
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A Microsoft Excel esports competition takes place this weekend, and will be broadcast on ESPN. No, we're not kidding. pcworld.com/article/559001/t… via @markhachman

Top Excel experts will battle it out in an esports-like competition this weekend

The finals of the Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC) take place this weekend, where the top Excel modelers will go head-to-head in an esports battle broadcast live by ESPN3 and YouTube.

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You want 8 cores and 16 threads in your next laptop? @intel's got 'em. bit.ly/2KZKmFy @markhachman
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: The new 1440p gaming champions pcworld.com/article/2627008/… pcworld.com/article/2627008/…

Nvidia who? AMD's Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs blow away the RTX 5070

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT offer faster performance and more memory than Nvidia's lackluster RTX 5070. Hail to the new 1440p gaming champions.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super review: Changing the game, again pcworld.com/article/3406396/… by @BradChacos

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super review: Changing the game, again

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 2070 Super are massive upgrades that completely redefine the landscape for high-end graphics cards.

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17 new PC games we're excited for in 2020 pcworld.com/article/3510496/… by @haydencd

17 new PC games we’re excited for in 2020

With new consoles due to arrive in November, there's a sizable gap in the 2020 release calendar at the moment—but with Cyberpunk, Dying Light 2, and more already on their way? It's going to be a busy...

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Remembering Gordon Mah Ung piped.video/watch?v=id65yZst…

Remembering Gordon Mah Ung, Host Of The Full Nerd

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-supporting-dara-gle...

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Happy birthday Windows 3.1! Twenty-five years later, it's still a Microsoft milestone pcworld.com/article/253287/w…
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Windows 11 is here, and we've gone hands on with a leaked build in advance of the Microsoft Windows event next week. Here's everything from the new UI to the new, massive Widgets. pcworld.com/article/3621997/… via @markhachman

Windows 11 hands on: First look at the leaked OS

Microsoft's Windows 11 has been leaked, and we've gone hands-on with the first new Windows operating system in the last six years. It's got a new taskbar, Start menu, and massive new Widgets drawer.

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Due to a technical snafu, YouTube removed PCWorld's YouTube channel from public view. Here's what we believe happened. pcworld.com/article/822871/w…

PCWorld's YouTube channel is now back online

Due to a technical snafu, YouTube removed PCWorld's YouTube channel from public view. Eight days later, it's now back online.

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Razer replaces Blade and Blade Stealth laptop innards with newer, faster hardware pcworld.com/article/3115745/… @haydencd
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Dying Light 2 preview: Your choices can change the entire fabric of this zombie-filled city pcworld.com/article/3402256/… by @haydencd
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Brave announces the Brave Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet right within the browser pcworld.com/article/552444/b… via @markhachman

Brave embeds a cryptocurrency wallet right in the browser

Brave's new browser update embeds the Brave Wallet, a wallet in which to store the user's cyrptocurrency keys.

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Congrats to @CORSAIR for winning our Best of CES award for its Capellix LED tech. If you care about RGB case mods, you'll know this a game changer! pcworld.com/article/3331911/…
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Intel's debut 6-core Core i9 CPUs could push gaming laptops past 5GHz speeds pcworld.com/article/3264662/… by @markhachman

Intel’s debut 6-core Core i9 CPUs could push gaming laptops past 5GHz speeds

Intel's first Core i9 laptop chip is a 6-core, 12-thread powerhouse that spearheads a new line of H-series Core CPUs. New U-series chips for longer battery life were also announced.

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Ryzen 9 3950X review: AMD's 16-core CPUs is an epic end-zone dance over Intel pcworld.com/article/3453320/… by @Gordonung
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Newegg is selling an 8GB AMD Radeon RX 580 for less than $200—and you get 3 games free pcworld.com/article/3306763/…
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Forty years ago today, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC—Windows, Mac, or Linux—produced today. Here's how it was born: pcworld.com/article/146957/c…
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32-core Ryzen Threadripper 2. That's how @AMD just dropped its mic on Intel at Computex. Our @markhachman has all the deets bit.ly/2xSjpNo
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Nvidia GeForce RTX: Every game that supports real-time ray tracing and Deep Learning Super Sampling pcworld.com/article/3299557/… by @BradChacos
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Doom's new Vulkan patch makes a fast, beautiful game faster & more beautiful pcworld.com/article/3093935/… by @BradChacos
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U.S. Representative Ted Lieu is calling (eventually) for a federal agency to regulate AI before Skynet takes over. pcworld.com/article/1481564/… via @markhachman

Congressman calls for a federal Department of AI to prevent Skynet

Rep. Ted Lieu has called for the eventual formation of a U.S. federal agency that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence, or AI.

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Razer Mamba Reviewed. @haydencd pcworld.com/article/3006135/…
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Is the GPU pricing crisis ending? Amazon's selling a Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 for $210 pcworld.com/article/3289759/…

Is the GPU pricing crisis ending? Amazon’s selling a Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 for $210

A Radeon RX 580 is selling for roughly MSRP for the first time in a long, long time.

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Surface Book Review: Microsoft's glorious reimagining of the laptop pcworld.com/article/2995572/…
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Dell Inspiron 15 7000 review: The GeForce GTX 1060 GPU is the star of the show in this awesome bang-for-buck gaming laptop pcworld.com/article/3239776/… by @Gordonung
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Cyberpunk 2077 levels up frame rates with Nvidia’s DLSS 3 pcworld.com/article/1498499/… by @MichaelCrider

Cyberpunk 2077 levels up frame rates with Nvidia's DLSS 3

DLSS 3 dramatically improves ray tracing performance in the notoriously rough title, but only on RTX 40-series cards

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Meet the Tesla K80: Nvidia's most powerful graphics card yet has an insane 24GB of RAM bit.ly/1u1zsto
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"I'm a tablet guy now." @markhachman explains why the @surface Pro 3 replaced his work PC. bit.ly/1vuShvn
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No, the new MacBook Air is not faster than 98% of PC laptops pcworld.com/article/3596814/… by @Gordonung
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti review: The new budget gaming champions pcworld.com/article/3134528/… by @BradChacos
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We're building a custom Fallout PC—and giving away its limited-edition @NZXT case. Tune in LIVE at 1pm ET/10am PT to watch it happen! YT: piped.video/PCWorld Twitch: twitch.tv/pcworldus FB: facebook.com/PCWorld/
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Security flaws found in all Nvidia GeForce GPUs. Update drivers ASAP! pcworld.com/article/2504035/… pcworld.com/article/2504035/…

Security flaws found in all Nvidia GeForce GPUs. Update drivers ASAP!

If you have an Nvidia GeForce graphics card, you need to download the latest driver updates now.

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Halo Wars 2 hands-on preview: Blitz mode's thrilling twists could trigger an RTS revival pcworld.com/article/3132830/…
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Watch us build a $2,000 all-AMD gaming PC tomorrow! pcworld.com/article/3623819/…
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Every Myst game is being rereleased for its 25th anniversary, with a real Linking Book available for Kickstarter backers pcworld.com/article/3261546/… by @haydencd
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Valve’s Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’ pcworld.com/article/612746/t… by @MichaelCrider

Valve Steam Deck wows reviewers: 'The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years'

A few lucky YouTubers have initial hardware and gameplay impressions of the Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming PC.

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Watch Nvidia’s RTX 40-series laptops absolutely smoke the 3080 Ti pcworld.com/article/1468236/… by @awitchdidit

Watch Nvidia's RTX 40-series laptops absolutely smoke the 3080 Ti

Nvidia's new RTX-40 series gaming laptops are power efficient, blisteringly fast, and ridiculously thin.

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AMD ascending: How Ryzen CPUs snatched the computing crown from Intel pcworld.com/article/3481627/… by @BradChacos

AMD ascending: How Ryzen CPUs snatched the computing crown from Intel

For the first time ever, AMD's processors rule in both desktops and laptops. Here's how Ryzen managed to overturn Intel's long-held dominance.

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Razer Blade Stealth review: This feisty ultrabook packs an incredibly low price pcworld.com/article/3041416/… by @haydencd
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Gigabyte Aero 15X Review: The GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q makes it hum pcworld.com/article/3238928/… by @Gordonung
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Ask AMD's GPU chief about the Radeon RX 6700 XT on The Full Nerd today pcworld.com/article/3611600/…
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Ryzen 5000 Review: The best consumer CPU we've ever seen pcworld.com/article/3587109/… by @Gordonung
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Intel's Core i9-9900K, the fastest gaming CPU, is cheaper than ever pcworld.com/article/3441138/…

Intel’s Core i9-9900K, the fastest gaming CPU, is cheaper than ever

We love the Core i9-9900K for gaming, and today you can get it from Amazon at its all-time low.

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.@Gordonung thinks small form factor PCs suck. Does @GamersNexus agree? Behold the debate: pcworld.com/article/1064364/…

Gordon thinks small form factor PCs suck. Does Gamers Nexus agree?

SFF builds are terrible, according to Gordon Ung. Steve from GamersNexus says they're great. Who's right?

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.@Alienware m16 R2 review: This sleek, do-it-all gaming laptop can be your daily driver pcworld.com/article/2254934/… by @chrisbhoffman

Alienware m16 R2 review: This gaming laptop can be your daily driver

The Alienware m16 R2 is a “do it all” 16-inch laptop for gamers who also want a portable PC with good battery life.

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After testing the AV1 encoder in Intel's debut Arc graphics cards, all we can say is the future of video streaming is very bright—and significantly less blocky. "Stream Professor" @EposVox's first PCWorld article dives deep into the eye-opening details: pcworld.com/article/827992/d…

Deep-dive: Intel Arc's AV1 video encoding is the future of GPU streaming

After testing the world's first AV1 GPU encoder in Intel's debut Arc graphics cards, all we can say is the future of video streaming is very bright—and significantly less blocky.

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Brave browser’s newest tool swats away those annoying cookie pop-ups pcworld.com/article/2766210/… pcworld.com/article/2766210/…

Brave browser's newest tool swats away those annoying cookie pop-ups

"Cookiecrumbler" combines AI with manual human review to build a database of cookie pop-ups and methods to get rid of them.

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.@cyanworlds reveals Firmament, a steampunk adventure by the creators of Myst and Obduction pcworld.com/article/3259513/… by @haydencd
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Nintendo's releasing a miniature NES console packed with 30 classic games pcworld.com/article/3095790/… by @ianpaul
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Digital Storm's crazy 34-inch gaming AiO crams in Intel's 10-core chip, Nvidia's GTX 1080 pcworld.com/article/3075727/…
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Corsair's new gaming SDK imbues RGB keyboard backlighting with purpose buff.ly/1n64cOC
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Hey gamers: Nvidia's GTX 980 Ti delivers Titan-esque performance for $350 less. Our review: pcworld.com/article/2927394/…
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Valve's Steam Link app for Raspberry Pi lets you build your own PC game-streaming box pcworld.com/article/3325742/… by @BradChacos

Valve’s Steam Link app for Raspberry Pi lets you build your own PC game-streaming box

The Steam Link hardware may be dead, but you can bring it back to life with the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi.

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AMD talks SmartShift and Ryzen gaming laptops | The Full Nerd special edition pscp.tv/w/cZaz9DFXZ0VnRFp2YV…

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AMD talks SmartShift and Ryzen gaming laptops | The Full Nerd special edition

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Big problems with Steam right now. Just don’t touch anything, or you could make it worse. bit.ly/1J8zYEn
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Tested: Arc A370M, Intel’s first discrete GPU to seriously battle Nvidia and AMD pcworld.com/article/698534/t… by @Matt_on_tech
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New #Snowden docs via Der Spiegel show the #NSA targeted Tor, Tails, and TrueCrypt bit.ly/1A52gax #encryption
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When you're surrounded by smart people, you ask them what they think. So at Intel's 9th-gen CPU reveal, @Gordonung quizzed @GamersNexus @paulhardware @bitwitkyle @AzorFrank and Intel's desktop VP about the Core i9-9900K and more! pcworld.com/article/3311964/…
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Google Stadia review: The console experience without the console pcworld.com/article/797253/g… by @Norumu
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Destiny 2's open beta launches on PCs today, and it's one of the best-looking shooters ever pcworld.com/article/3220471/… by @haydencd
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If you're concerned about your privacy, Brave is buying, developing, and integrating a privacy-first search engine into its browser. pcworld.com/article/3609493/… via @markhachman
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Privacy-focused Brave Search exits beta to challenge Google, nifty feature in tow pcworld.com/article/794153/b… by @morphingball
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Microsoft's giving 100 insanely good albums away for free—but $2 box sets may be a better deal bit.ly/1CfXPhv
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Tested: Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 pushes laptops to blistering new frontiers pcworld.com/article/1504852/… by @morphingball | @Gordonung

Tested: Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 pushes laptops to blistering new frontiers

The GeForce RTX 4090, Nvidia’s latest flagship mobile GPU, delivers incredible performance in games—and a solid boost in content creation, too.

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.@AMDRadeon R9 380X review: The best graphics card for 1080p gaming pcworld.com/article/3005951/… by @BradChacos
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Drooling over the gorgeous Fallout-themed @NZXT H700 Nuka-Cola case we used in this build? It's one of just 2,000 made. Sign up for a chance to win it here! gleam.io/ncc6Y/nzxt-n700-nuk…
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EVGA gets into sound cards with Nu Audio, a high-end board that delivers 'lifelike' gaming pcworld.com/article/3331898/… by @Gordonung

EVGA gets into sound cards with Nu Audio, a high-end board that delivers ‘lifelike’ gaming

Known for its GPUs, power supplies and motherboards, EVGA just introduced a high-end sound card called the Nu Audio.

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Google Docs Secrets: 21 Power Tips for the Productivity Suite http://bit.ly/eU4DVX
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These rare deals drop custom Radeon Vega 56 and 64 graphics cards below MSRP, with 3 free games pcworld.com/article/3307864/… by @BradChacos
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Myst developer Cyan returns to Kickstarter for new game Firmament pcworld.com/article/3384241/… by @haydencd

Myst developer Cyan returns to Kickstarter for new game Firmament

It's been about a year since Cyan teased its new project, Firmament, but it's finally headed to Kickstarter ahead of a planned 2020 release date. And contrary to last year's VR-only stance, there's a...

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Cyberpunk 2077 goes all-in on ray tracing and @Nvidia DLSS 2.0 bit.ly/2YyEbgH by @BradChacos #nvidia
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AMD sets Oct. 8 date for next-gen Ryzen launch. It's time for Zen 3! pcworld.com/article/3574531/… via @markhachman
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OF COURSE there's already a mod that lets you play Stray as feline ginger gastronome Garfield. pcworld.com/article/819448/g… by @MichaelCrider

Cat nap as Garfield with this Stray PC mod

Portly pet Garfield is out of the Sunday comics and into the latest indie PC game hit, Stray.

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Kingston debuts the world's largest USB flash drive: the 2TB DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte drive. bit.ly/2hRc3Bv
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Brave’s ‘Forgetful Browsing’ mode blocks first-party tracking pcworld.com/article/1917056/… by @MichaelCrider

Brave's 'Forgetful Browsing' mode blocks first-party tracking

Brave's new Forgetful Browsing feature lets you automatically clear local data on a site-by-site basis whenever you leave it.

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AMD unveils 32-core Threadripper 3970X, 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X, and unlocked Athlon pcworld.com/article/3452016/… by @Gordonung
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We'll have @AMDGaming's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions @AzorFrank on a special episode of The Full Nerd on Friday. Tune in live at 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT to hear about AMD's laptop plans and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to avoid missing out: piped.video/user/PCWorldVide…
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Whether you're a Google Calendar novice or a power user, we've got 21 tricks and tips for powering through schedules: pcwrld.us/134lFb0
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XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy review: Pedal to the heavy metal pcworld.com/article/3321398/… by @BradChacos
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Why I'm addicted to Mass Effect: Andromeda's gorgeous, secret Nvidia super-screenshots pcworld.com/article/3183982/… by @BradChacos
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Pornhub launches VPNhub, a VPN service with free, unlimited bandwidth pcworld.com/article/3276050/… by @BradChacos
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The beautifully over-engineered 8GB Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is just $180 today pcworld.com/article/3388033/…
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Tune in today at 1pm ET & watch us build a beastly Threadripper 1920X/GTX 1080 Ti PC! FB facebook.com/PCWorld/ YT piped.video/user/PCWorldVide…
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The wild, weird, and powerful PC hardware of CES 2016 buff.ly/1O8Qe7l
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Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma review: For more than just gamers pcworld.com/article/2073621/… by @markhachman

Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma review: For more than just gamers

The Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma is possibly the only Thunderbolt dock with RGB lighting. But it's a solid product nevertheless, though a little pricey.

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Exclusive: @AMDRadeon's amazingly tiny, powerful, & Fury-powered Project Quantum PC dissected! pcworld.com/article/2973970/…
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Dead OS walking: Windows XP still powers 181 million PCs two years after support ends pcworld.com/article/3054641/…
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Divinity: Original Sin II's Game Master Mode is the tabletop RPG sim you've been waiting for pcworld.com/article/3195221/… by @haydencd
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Ryzen 3000 Review: AMD's 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X conquers all pcworld.com/article/3405567/… by @Gordonung
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Need a free password manager? Bitwarden is a great option, especially if you change some of its default settings. Here's why @OneJaredNewman switched: pcworld.com/article/1339204/…

Why I switched to Bitwarden for my password manager

Need a free password manager? Bitwarden is a great option, especially if you change some of its default settings. Here's why I switched.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is like an ultra-realistic Skyrim set in the Holy Roman Empire pcworld.com/article/3201019/…
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Bitwarden review: This ultra-affordable password manager has few restrictions pcworld.com/article/394731/b…

Bitwarden review: This ultra-affordable password manager has few restrictions

Bitwarden's generous free plan and inexpensive paid service helps it stand out among more polished rivals.

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Microsoft denies forcing Windows 10 upgrades by killing the reschedule option. bit.ly/1P8GeK4
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OH WOW. Minecraft for the Oculus Rift may be the best VR game yet pcworld.com/article/3038777/… by @markhachman
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