How to clean and organize your Mac

Posted on 11/03/2021 by Engadget

If you own a Mac, there’s a good chance you spent quite a bit of money to buy it. If for no other reason than that, you should take care of your computer. Not only will it work better over its life, but you’ll also be able to potentially sell it for...

Samsung’s 980 NVMe SSD boasts high performance with a tradeoff

Posted on 09/03/2021 by Engadget

Samsung has finally introduced a 980 SSD that isn't part of the high-priced Pro line, and it's mostly good news for performance-minded PC users — with a caveat. The company's new base level 980 NVMe drive is billed as a significant upgrad...

Microsoft will reportedly offer AMD CPUs across its Surface Laptop 4 lineup

Posted on 08/03/2021 by Engadget

Since 2019, Microsoft has offered a 15-inch version of the Surface Laptop 3 that you can configure with an AMD processor. And now it looks like the company plans to offer that same option to people who want the 13.5-inch model. According to a report...

iCloud allegedly locked out a user over her last name

Posted on 06/03/2021 by Engadget

iCloud has had the occasional service issue, but its latest problem appears to be highly... specific. Actor and author Rachel True claims iCloud has effectively locked her out of her account due to the way her last name was written. Reportedly, her M...

Apple will stop selling the iMac Pro

Posted on 06/03/2021 by Engadget

If you were hoping to buy an iMac Pro for some serious work, you'd better act quickly. 9to5Mac reports (and Apple has confirmed to Engadget) that Apple is winding down sales of its all-in-one workstation. You can still buy one, but it's limit...

AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT is a $479 GPU for 1440p gaming

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

When AMD announced its first RDNA 2 video cards for PC at the end of 2020, it moved away from its usual strategy of trying to dominate the mid-range market. Instead, it announced three GPUs designed to compete directly with the best NVIDIA had to off...

AMD’s speed-boosting memory feature is coming to Ryzen 3000-series CPUs

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

Back when AMD announced the Radeon RX 6900, RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 at the end of 2020, the company detailed an intriguing feature called Smart Access Memory. By allowing its latest Ryzen 5000 series processors to tap into the fast VRAM on those GPUs,...

Valve pushes developers to consider controller support in Steam games

Posted on 25/02/2021 by Engadget

Valve has released a ton of data encouraging PC developers to consider adding gamepad support to their Steam games. We already knew that PC gamers like using controllers despite some of the competitive merits of a keyboard and mouse combo, but their...

AMD will announce its next Radeon RX 6000 GPU on March 3rd

Posted on 24/02/2021 by Engadget

Excited to learn about more GPUs you probably won’t be able to buy anytime soon? Us too. And thankfully AMD is about to oblige. After promising at CES it had more desktop GPUs on the way for the first half of the year, the company announced today it...

Samsung will reportedly release an Exynos laptop with AMD graphics this year