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Ryzen 3000’s Slow Cores • Chips are not reaching the expected boost speeds
GET THE MOST FROM WINDOWS 10 WITH OUR COMPLETE GUIDE • All that you need to make the most of your Windows PC or laptop, including the best tips, tricks and tutorials!
MORE 10TH-GEN INTEL • But not Sunny Cove
READY FOR USB 4.0? • FULL SPECIFICATION IS PUBLISHED
YET ANOTHER FACEBOOK LEAK • Five times bigger than the Cambridge Analytica one
Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech
WoW Goes Back to Its Roots
PowerToys Are Back
20TB HDDs
IPHONE SECURITY BLOWN OPEN • Google and Apple argue over vulnerabilities
How Much VRAM Do You Need? • IF YOU’VE BEEN AROUND PCS as long as I have, the old rule of thumb for how much memory you needed was easy: as much as you could afford. I remember building PCs in the ’80s and ’90s where you’d fill every slot.
Linux is Going to Get the Good FAT • MICROSOFT HAS ANNOUNCED that it will begin open-sourcing the proprietary exFAT filesystem for integration with the Linux kernel. This is easily one of the biggest and most consequential contributions Microsoft has made for the Linux community that will directly affect desktop users.
THE LIST • 8 BEST BOARD GAMES WORTH PLAYING TODAY
AMD Talks About the Tech Behind New Radeon GPUs • We speak to AMD’s Scott Wasson about the new features on the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT
Radeon Software
DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…
50 ESSENTIAL FREE APPS • Whatever you want to do, do it, and pay absolutely nothing in the process
LINUX: THE ALL-IN-ONE OPTION
DO IT ONLINE
DON’T CHEAP OUT
HOW TO FIGHT RANSOMWARE • JONNI BIDW E L L KNOWS HOW NOT TO PAY RANSOMS AND HOW NOT TO BE FOOLED BY SOCIAL ENGINEERING SCAMS…
RANSOM AND DECEIT • SCAMMERS KNOW THAT YOUR DATA IS MORE VALUABLE TO YOU THAN TO OTHERS—DON’T LET THEM EXPLOIT THIS FACT
BACK UP YOUR FILES • THEY SAY THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE: THOSE WHO DON’T BACK UP THEIR FILES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED DATA LOSS
ANATOMY OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK • EVER WONDERED HOW ALL THIS HIGH-TECH FINANCIAL STEALING AND DATA SCRAMBLING WORKS? WONDER NO MORE…
SOCIAL ENGINEERING • CONVINCING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS NOT IN THEIR INTERESTS HAS BECOME QUITE THE ART FORM, SO DON’T BE FOOLED. CLICK HERE FOR PUPPIES…
GAMESCOM 2019 ROUND-UP • A LOOK AT WHAT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GAMING EVENT REVEALED
RAY-TRACED TREATS
STAND-OUT STADIA
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WI-FI 6 • Wi-Fi 6 is coming and promises big things for our wireless networks. Here’s what to expect
WI-FI 6 ROUTERS
WI-FI 6 SMARTPHONES
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE • Why should we get excited about Wi-Fi 6? We chatted to Lionel Paris, Director of Product Marketing, Consumer Products, at Netgear, about how Wi-Fi 6 can upgrade our home networks.
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FROM THE SIMPLICITY OF SCRATCH TO THE POWER OF PYTHON, LEARN TO CODE TODAY! • Coders have become the gatekeepers to whole new worlds, so join them and help craft the tools and apps of...