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Jlco – Julia Amaral/Getty Images A couple of decades ago, a computer was considered a luxury. Today, interacting with computers is an essential part of life. In fact, it has become increasingly difficult to live without access to a computer. You need it to write that term paper for school, program that mobile robot for […]

gioele piccinini/Shutterstock Google Chrome is one of the most widely used browsers worldwide. In 2022, over 56% of people said they use Google Chrome as their primary browser, and for good reason. Since its debut in 2008, the developers of the browser have worked tirelessly to keep the browser up-to-date and user-friendly. The browser is

willi Lumintang/Shutterstock Most of the time, you don’t care about your taskbar’s position in Windows 11. However, there are instances when you might prefer to have it in a different location on your screen. Perhaps you want more vertical space to write long codes or read multi-page PDFs. Or maybe you’re using an ultrawide monitor,

New Africa/Shutterstock A USB drive not showing up is a common Windows problem that can frustrate a user to the core. Imagine working hours on a project, then saving it in your external USB drive, and when you finally plug your drive into a device for presentation, it just doesn’t show up. The drive doesn’t

QubixStudio/Shutterstock Avatars have become our calling cards in the internet age. These digital images represent us online and can tell people a lot about us, including our likes, interests, and even give them clues about our personality. That’s why so many of us take a lot of care when choosing an avatar, trying to make

Om.Nom.Nom/Shutterstock Computers are some of the most versatile and powerful devices you might find in a home, especially when they’re built with up-to-date hardware. With the advent of ray tracing graphics cards and widespread improvements to AI, building your own computer has never before led to such incredible potential. Of course, it’s also become far

Intel’s 14th-generation chips consist of two processor lines with different architectures. The Raptor Lake Refresh chips, released first in October 2023, were based on the even older 13th-gen Raptor Lake processors Intel released in 2022. On the other hand, the more recent Meteor Lake processors launched in December 2023. Since Intel calls both the Raptor

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Everyone has heard that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Well, the central processing unit (CPU) is the powerhouse of the computer. It’s the brain, and without a CPU in your computer, nothing would get done. The CPU of your PC can be found nestled in a socket (usually) near the center of the motherboard.