Author: Alex Blake

Mac Mini 2022: new design, better performance, and more

At WWDC 2022, Apple announced the M2 chip that would power the 13-inch MacBook Pro and redesigned MacBook Air. However, the Mac Mini was notably absent from this announcement and the event at large. Apple may still release the M2 Mac Mini, but it’s har…

Privacy groups slam Zoom’s plans to monitor your emotions

Imagine you’re on a video call with your boss. You’re tired and stressed, but you’re trying to hold things together and be as professional as possible given the circumstances. Now imagine your boss knows all this because they have an app that is active…

You can now export videos 10x faster in Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe has just announced that Premiere Pro users will now be able to export videos up to ten times faster than previously once they update to Premiere Pro 22.4.0. While the improvements won’t benefit all users, they offer significant improvements if yo…

Big tech firms are teaming up to banish passwords for good

For a lot of us, password security is the ultimate case of procrastination: We know we need to use stronger, unique passwords, yet all too often we end up booting the problem as a job for another day. Instead of trying to convince us for the 1,000th ti…

Think the chip shortage is nearly over? Intel has bad news

If you’ve been hoping the PC chip shortage is going to end any time soon, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has some bad news for you. According to Gelsinger, things might not get back to normal until well into 2024.
The shortage has been almost inescapable in t…

The next iMac could be delayed as Apple tests new M3 chip

Apple’s M2 chip is strongly expected to make an appearance in new Macs coming later this year, but a new rumor has claimed the iPhone maker is already working on the next generation of chips. It’s bad news if you’re looking forward to getting your hand…

Destructive hacking group REvil could be back from the dead

There was a period in 2021 when the computing world was gripped by fear of a dizzyingly effective hacking group fittingly named REvil — until its website was seized by the FBI and its members arrested by Russia’s security services, that is. Yet like a …

This super-rare Commodore 65 PC could be yours for $30,000

If you’re something of a computer nerd like I am, chances are you’ve heard of the Commodore 64. It’d be hard not to, given it’s one of the most important computers in history, as well as the bestselling PC of all time. But you’d be forgiven for not kno…

Apple M1 Extreme: Four dies, ultimate power for Mac Pro?

Ever since Apple began the transition to its own silicon chips inside its Macs, we’ve been wondering about the chip that will come to the next Mac Pro. This will be the ultimate test of Apple’s chipmaking abilities, as highly demanding professional use…

iMac 27-inch 2022: Why it might not be dead after all

When Apple killed off the iMac Pro and then completely removed the 27-inch iMac from its online store, we thought that was the end of the road for the larger all-in-one computer. Right now, Apple only sells one size of iMac: The smaller 24-inch version…