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YOU'LL NEED THIS LOSSLESS SCALING ($6.99 on Steam) GAMES A LOT OF DIGITAL INK has been spent recently on extolling the virtues of resolution upscaling in games. This new technology [...]

Beyond death, in Tim Schafer's world at least, there is only bureaucracy. Supernatural mythologies often reflect the human experience, and the afterlife--or at least, one of the afterlives--being a corporate [...]

ADOBE HAS DONE a lot of work to integrate generative Al--a system it calls Firefly--into Photoshop over the past year. The technology has made the jump from the beta version [...]

LETTHE BODY FREEZE If a human were to let their body freeze, the result would be all-over frostbite and probably death. But there are creatures whose tissues are able to [...]

CALENDAR APPS are possibly some of the least exciting software on our PCs, but also ones that we depend on every day to keep our lives organized. There are lots [...]

MINI-LED NEVER really got a start in life. Even though it's used in some iPad Pro and MacBook Pro models, plus other TVs and monitors, the tech has been left [...]

How clouds form is one of the natural processes we thought we'd cracked. It seems so simple. First, water vapour sticks to tiny particles such as salt and dust, known [...]

WE'VE ALL GOT A WEBCAM, but most of them are built into the bezel that surrounds a laptop screen, or connected to the back of a desktop PC by a [...]

Advertisements in the back of comic books used to offer all-seeing X-ray glasses, guaranteed to let you look beneath the skin, or possibly just the clothes, of people around you. [...]

MICROSOFT KNOWS how to make a good portable machine, but the Surface Laptop often pales against the funkier Surface Pro tablets. This latest iteration, which brings with it the Snapdragon [...]

Ever since humans started discovering exoplanets--planets that orbit around stars other than the Sun--in 1992, scientists have been hunting for one that's similar to Earth. Exoplanets exist everywhere we look, [...]

TAKE A LOOK at the Hyte Thicc Q60, and you might come to the conclusion that this is an all-in-one liquid cooler that pushes appearance over performance. That's not strictly [...]

THERE'S BEEN A RACE to make laptops smaller for years now, with extreme thinness and lightness prized in portable machines. Acer has had enough of that, and its Predator Helios [...]

WE'VE ALL DONE IT when buying a new PC: Let the imagination run wild and picture not only the case, studded with RGB fans and radiators, but the entire setup. [...]

CAN A LAPTOP BE CUTE? This model from Asus certainly makes an attempt, behaving like a manga hero character, as it's all chibi on the outside, but reveals great strength [...]

OLED DISPLAY TECH and 4K resolutions make a potent combination, and the Samsung QD-OLED panel that this Aorus monitor is built around has become a bit of a favorite among [...]

WHILE TO SOME the thought of tidying up can be stressful--and happy are we that the icons on our home screens organise themselves into a grid without prompting--for others, it [...]

'The Hubble Space Telescope mission is clearly one of NASA's most internationally celebrated achievements. The genius of putting a telescope above Earth's blurring atmosphere has opened our eyes to a [...]

LOQ IS LENOVO'S new budget gaming brand, and it takes a lot of design cues from the older IdeaPad 3 Gaming machines, though gains an extra cooling vent on the [...]

HP'S CURRENT RANGE of Omen desktop cases are imposing black monoliths that genuinely do look like something out of a science fiction movie. We're referring to the type that's about [...]

WE'VE SEEN ultrawide monitors before, but they never fail to impress. This model from Iiyama offers a good-sized 34-inch IPS screen that's about as big as one and a half [...]

WE'VE SEEN PLENTY of remastered or modded games recently that have updated the textures and even patched ray tracing into older titles. The RTX versions of Quake IIand Portal are [...]

We like OLED monitors, their thinness and brightness appearing contradictory yet strangely alluring. Add the 240Hz refresh rate of this Acer Predator, and you have a winning combination. The resolution [...]

The article discusses Microsoft's Recall feature, which takes snapshots of a PC's active apps and uses AI to catalog and search through them. It addresses privacy concerns by allowing users to turn it off, requires a logged-in Microsoft account with Windows Hello, and ignores private browsing windows. Users can search through snapshots using natural language queries, copy text or images, and filter out sensitive information. The feature is available on Copilot+ PCs and may be expanded to x86 processors in the future. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the current state of desktop PCs, questioning if we have reached the peak of innovation in the field. It discusses advancements in components, such as ARM-based chips like Snapdragon, and the potential impact on x86 architecture. The text also delves into future technologies like photonic computing, cloud streaming, and AI, highlighting the ongoing evolution of PC hardware and software. Additionally, it touches on developments in graphics processing, memory management, and the potential for quantum computing and light-based data transfer in the future. [Extracted from the article]

The article from PC Gamer discusses the upcoming game "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" by MachineGames. The game is described as a mix of adventure and stealth gameplay, with players taking on the role of Indiana Jones exploring various locations and engaging in stealth mechanics to avoid detection. While the game captures the look and feel of the Indiana Jones movies, some aspects of the gameplay, such as platforming and puzzle sequences, are criticized for being less engaging. Overall, the game offers a unique blend of stealth and action elements within an Indiana Jones adventure setting. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses different models of wireless routers and their features. It highlights the importance of choosing a router based on individual needs and internet connection. The article provides brief descriptions and evaluations of several routers, including the Archer GE800, TUF Gaming AX4200, Max 7, AXE75, RT-BE88U, and Nighthawk RS700S. Each router is evaluated based on its specifications, performance, and price. The article also includes a jargon buster section that explains different Wi-Fi standards. [Extracted from the article]

The touchscreen has a precarious place in the hierarchy of PC input devices. It's obviously brilliant on a smartphone or tablet--you can see this in the way it's impossible to [...]

PORTABLE MONITORS like this aren't usually Maximum PC's vibe. It's not 4K, doesn't have a 500Hz refresh rate, isn't ultrawide, and doesn't measure 40 inches across the diagonal. The ZenScreen [...]

THE RASPBERRY PI, the little single-board computer beloved of those for who 'electronics project' means more than replacing a lightbulb, is now on its fifth iteration. It's come a long [...]

When the APC Illustrated Bumper Book of World History is written, the years 2020 and 2021 will get their own chapter. Not because of politics but because of the global [...]

The article discusses the rise of cosy gaming as a popular genre, focusing on games that offer lower stress levels and a sense of comfort. It highlights popular titles like Stardew Valley and Critter Café, which provide players with relaxing gameplay experiences. The genre emphasizes themes of friendship, creation, and exploration, with a wide range of styles and settings to appeal to diverse audiences. The article also explores the essential ingredients of cosy games, such as timetables, growing, gathering, combat, and friendship mechanics. [Extracted from the article]

Fifth in the eight-planet line-up of our Solar System, Jupiter also happens to be the largest, and by quite some distance. The mass of this gigantic ball of gas is [...]

THAT GOVERNMENT-FUNDED space agency your taxes support, NASA, doesn't just strap people to the top of a firework and aim them at the Moon. It doesn't even do that much [...]

Sky Tonight comes from Vito Technology, the same company which brought us Star Walk 2, and like that app it provides a view of the night sky and the wonders [...]

We've all seen wormholes in science-fiction: openings in the very fabric of space through which spaceships can pass, opening up a method of faster-than-light travel in a universe that otherwise [...]

There are many reasons why you may want to reinstall Windows on your PC. The most common is hardware change a fresh installation will often run better than one that [...]

There was no human sacrifice. Dogs and cats did not live together. The only mass hysteria was in the media. And unlike Ghostbusters, the Millennium Bug, also known as the [...]

Shrouded in mist and mystery, the second planet from our Sun is a rocky world of similar size and composition to Earth. But that's where the parallels between the two [...]

YOU'LL NEED THIS AN ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD OR PHOTOSHOP SUBSCRIPTION Adobe (www.adobe.com) YOU CAN'T THROW A GRAPHICS card these days without hitting some mention of AI with it. While the [...]

THIS VIVOBOOK from Asus is not a gaming laptop. It may look like one, with its GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, 13th-gen Core i9 processor and 3.2K, 120Hz, OLED screen, but [...]

HERE AT MAXIMUM PC, we like devices of a large stature. We like them fast as well, and Asus's enormous router fulfills all our needs. This is a Wi-Fi 6E [...]

FIRST, let's address the elephant in the room. There is one app that has come to dominate the world of desktop publishing, and that is Adobe InDesign. If you're working [...]

* [pounds sterling]11.99 > FROM feralinteractive.com > NEEDS iPadOS 15.5 or later From 2006 comes an iOS port of yet another classic PC game, this time a railway tycoon sim [...]

REQUIRES Imgmi (Free, offers IAPs), iPadOS 15 or later YOU WILL LEARN How to use Imgmi's content-aware Erase tool to remove content from photos IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes THERE [...]

Each time humanity launches a new space telescope, it opens up a new window to the universe. One of NASA's latest is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, previously the [...]

After almost 60 years, it looks like time to say goodbye to the iconic Arecibo telescope. The dish, which reclined in a sinkhole on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, [...]

WE SPEND MUCH of our time with firewalls and other security apps trying to prevent other people from connecting to our PCs and taking control of them over the internet. [...]

> [pounds sterling]19.99 (for iPad; universal licence [pounds sterling]169.99) > FROM affinity.serif.com > NEEDS iPadOS 15 or later Apro-grade DTP app on the iPad? It's true. The release of the [...]

Needs iPad/iOS 16 or later HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY-REPRISAL revives 10 Interactive's 2006 stealth assassination game in a way that will quash any doubts you might have about playing a PS2-era [...]