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Of course, gaming PCs can be extremely expensive. Graphics cards alone can cost around $1,000 MSRP on a normal basis. With the ongoing chip shortages, and the once-again-ascendant battle with crypto miners devastating supply chains, graphics cards are currently selling for twice their MSRP, or more, even on the used market. With all of this in mind, it probably seems like an impossible task to build a gaming PC right now for anything like a reasonable price....

It may seem impossible to get your hands on one, but don’t despair: You can purchase one with some planning and perseverance. Even though the console on its own was out of stock at the time of this writing, the God of War Ragnarok bundles, which include a console or a digital edition version with a game, are still up for grabs for anyone with a Sony account. (Update: Currently only the digital edition bundle is available....

But, as technology marched on, many of us moved away from these TV services in favor of streaming our TV and movies over the internet. For a time, this left many homes still using a single coaxial cable line to carry their broadband signal to a modem, but even those have largely been replaced by Ethernet due to many ISPs requiring its usage for service tiers over 100Mbps. Because of these transitions, millions of homes have seemingly useless coaxial cables and coaxial outlets emerging from walls and floors....

Also: Apple to delay AR glasses and focus on mixed reality headset The company detailed the Viverse during its VIVE XR Elite launch, showing off a multiverse that was designed to be extremely user-customizable, from its environs through the avatar representing you. It’s still very early days for this new reality, but you can already begin to prepare for your VR-powered entry into it right now by visiting the Viverse website....

Maybe you want to get the size for a certain object. Maybe you need to measure a certain vertical or horizontal distance. Whatever the reason, one tool that can help is Screen Ruler. How to measure pixels on your screen with Screen Ruler Part of Microsoft’s free PowerToys, Screen Ruler will measure a square area, a cross line area, and a vertical or horizontal area. Here’s how it works. Also: How to use the free PowerToys FancyZones in Windows and why you should...

Sweaty palms. Awkward pauses. Audible sighs. Silent fear. Dead air.Public speaking can be anxiety-inducing in the best of circumstances, much less with your dog barking and your family screaming in the background. So, how can you play offense during your next high stakes, remote presentation rather than rebounding from your own “Boom Goes The Dynamite” moment? Follow the winning strategies in this playbook to help maneuver around anxiety toward an MVP worthy performance....

If a set of new AirPods Pro have just landed into your hands, here’s how to get them up and running and in your ears as fast as possible. Review: AirPods Pro 2: Two big upgrades but problems remain How to set up your AirPods Pro 2nd Generation Also: How to protect your new AirPods Pro from scuffs and damage Tap on Settings > Bluetooth and then find your AirPods or AirPods Pro....

Also: How to use ChatGPT to write a cover letter As if finding a job that aligns with your qualifications and expectations wasn’t difficult enough, you also have to sum up all of your professional experiences and strengths into one application. That application consists of many moving parts such as references, experiences, a cover letter, creative portfolio, and the most intimidating one for some – the CV or resume. Also: How to nail the ‘Do you have any questions for me?...

Right now, the app only works for those who are ditching their iPhone for one of Google’s Pixel phones, but there’s no apparent reason (other than a benefit for Pixel owners) that the feature can’t eventually make its way to more Android devices. Below I’ll walk you through transferring from iPhone to Android using the new Switch to Android app. Install Switch to Android before you set up your Pixel phone Before you start setting up your Pixel phone, you’ll need to install the Switch to Android app on your iPhone....

One such feature is the split view mode, which is exactly what it sounds like. With Sidekick’s split view mode, you can have two tabs open, side by side and in the same window. Also: The best browsers for privacy: Secure web browsing Consider this: You often need to work with two browser tabs side by side. What you do is open one browser window, park it on the left side of your display, and open a second window parked on the right side of the display....

Also: The best browsers for privacy The Tor browser uses the Onion network to ensure privacy and security. What is the Onion network? First off, Tor is short for “The Onion Router.” When using the Onion network, all traffic is encapsulated in layers of encryption, which is transmitted through a series of nodes called “onion routers.” As the traffic passes through a node, it peels away a single layer that reveals the next destination for the data....

Just like the walkie-talkie-equipped phones of the early 2000s, this app is a great way to chat across your home, or across the country, without ever having to worry about waiting for a call to be picked up. Of course, you don’t always want your spouse, friend, or child piping up from your wrist. But, don’t worry, Apple thought of that too. Review: I put the Apple Watch Ultra through a Tough Mudder...

Another grim statistic is the number of women who have entered the computer science field: that number has actually decreased from 32% of the total workforce in 1990 to 25% in 2021. Here’s another depressing statistic: a study from 2017 found that the approval rate for code written by women was actually higher (78.6% compared to 74.6%) than that for code written by men. But the acceptance rate for women’s code was only higher when they were not identifiable as women....

Its 2021 revenue came in at 636.8 billion yuan ($100.01 billion), down from 891.4 billion yuan in 2020. Its net profits, however, climbed 75.9% to 113.7 billion ($17.86 billion), Huawei said Monday. Cash flow from operating activities grew to 59.7 billion yuan ($9.38 billion). At a media briefing, rotating chairman Guo Ping said its carrier business was “stable” while the enterprise business was seeing “steady growth”. Its consumer business had moved into “new domains”, he said....

We rounded up some of the highlights below, so be sure to take a look – and take advantage of the sale before these great devices sell out.

Also: The best kids tablets you can buy First off, is the Fire HD 8 Kids the best tablet ever? Definitely not, but it’s the best tablet for my kids at their current stages of life. The Fire HD 8 Kids tablet is a well-built, entry-level tablet that comes with a sturdy kid-proof cover and features useful parental controls. At the center is an 8-inch high-definition touchscreen that’s able to operate for up to 13 hours per charge, supports USB-C, has dual speakers, and comes with either 32GB or 64GB of internal storage that you can increase up to 1TB with a micro SD card....

One hundred meters below the Franco-Swiss border sits the world’s largest machine, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operated by the European laboratory for particle physics, CERN. And to better understand the mountains of data produced by such a colossal system, CERN’s scientists have been asking IBM’s quantum team for some assistance. The partnership has been successful: in a new paper, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, IBM’s researchers have established that quantum algorithms can help make sense of the LHC’s data, meaning that it is likely that future quantum computers will significantly boost scientific discoveries at CERN....

It’s easy to forget that our device usage can have an impact on the environment from the moment the first rare earth metals are mined through to the point when the phone is (hopefully) broken down for recycling. Increasingly, if belatedly, the smartphone industry is trying to take some of this impact into account – and one of the companies offering one of the most interesting alternative models is Fairphone....

The duo promised to take customers from start to production deployment of apps in one month. The arrangement provides for Snowflake users to “be provided with access to the C3 AI® Suite and pre-built C3 AI applications that address a range of industries and enterprise AI use cases,” the two companies said. C3.ai’s chief product officer, Houman Behzadi, said the partnership “will create significant time and operational efficiencies for Snowflake’s customers and solidify Snowflake as the operational data platform of choice for enterprise AI applications....

The survey, developed by Credit Sesame using Momentive Inc.’s survey tool, polled 1,222 US residents online age 18 and over between May 20 and 21. It was issued to assess the impact of inflation on credit use over the past year. The following trends highlighted in the survey make life more expensive for consumers relying on credit: Credit card users carrying a balance of more than half of their credit limit increased by 9%....