Fear is viral. While there have been only two cases of coronavirus in Spain—as opposed to 22 million flu illnesses leading to 12,000 deaths this season in the US alone, according to the CDC—snowballing hysteria over the possibility that a few people

Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event hadn’t even happened yet when the company’s new Galaxy Z Flip phone made an appearance: A 30-second spot for the phone aired during the Oscars telecast, confirming rumors of a flip phone that would follow the Fold’s fa

I’ve been reviewing Razr phones since 2004, when they were, arguably, the first high-fashion handsets. Flash forward to 2020, and the new Razr is the coolest phone I’ve seen in years. Motorola took the Razr legacy seriously, delivering a similarly sl

The Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro from U-tec is one of the most versatile smart locks to hit PC Labs. As with most models, it uses a mobile app that lets you lock and unlock your door from anywhere with your phone, and it has a keypad that lets you use permane

Microsoft’s answer to the Apple MacBook is the Surface Laptop, an ultraportable laptop that focuses on comfort and portability but skips most of the tricked-out features found on other high-end Windows notebooks, such as webcam privacy shutters and w

Samsung rolled out the Galaxy Buds last year to some success, offering a solid alternative to Apple’s AirPods for less money. They work well enough that Samsung saw little reason to change much for its new model, the Galaxy Buds+. These true wireless

If you’re not ready to take the plunge into Wi-Fi 6 yet, there are still plenty of reliable wireless routers that offer solid 802.11ac performance. One such unit, the D-Link EXO AC3000 Smart Mesh Tri-Band Router (model DIR-3060), is a midrange device

The Wacom One Creative Pen Display—geared to amateur artists, note-takers, and doodlers—is the company’s lowest-priced pen display. It’s, in effect, an interactive monitor controlled by means of the included Wacom One Pen. Although the Wacom One’s 13

Many excellent software products combine PDF-editing and optical-character-reading (OCR) functions, but none are as impressive as ABBYY Fine Reader 15. No other app comes close to its powerful combination of PDF, OCR, and document comparison features

Private Internet Access offers a well-designed client app on macOS, backs it with a robust VPN service, and allows up to 10 devices to be used simultaneously on a single account. It falls just shy of top honors for macOS VPNs, but it’s still an excel

Occasionally, the PCMag Digital Edition ranges beyond the realm of personal computing. Take, for example, February’s cover story, “The Quantified Employee: How Companies Use Tech to Track Their Workers.” And last September, our cover story—“Is Cyber

It’s becoming a mobile world, but we haven’t fully abandoned the stationary computer. The real work (and a lot of the play) of computing requires a full personal-computer system. To get the most out of that, you need software. Software can be expensi

You’ve got an Amazon Echo and may already know how to play songs and albums via Amazon Music—but what about podcasts? If you’re a devoted podcast listener and want to access your favorite shows on your Alexa device, Apple Podcasts is now an option th

Android founder Andy Rubin is closing down his smartphone startup Essential, despite teasing a new product only a few months ago. In February, his company published a vague blog post that said Essential has “no clear path” to deliver its next planned

Google Assistant is a handy way to ask questions, get information, and perform tasks via your Android phone or iPhone. But one new skill Assistant now offers is especially useful—real-time translation. Using Google Assistant’s new Interpreter mode, y

In the world of wireless networking, after using numbers and initials for years—802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac—we’re suddenly using a simple, single digit: Wi-Fi 6. Yes, the new generation of wireless networking is still part of the Ethernet-com

If you can barely hear yourself think over the fan noise emanating from your computer, it’s probably time to diagnose why your PC sounds like a wind tunnel. It could be a major issue, a minor inconvenience, or something in between. Here are a few thi

Dilip Bhatia is the vice president of global marketing and user customer experience at Lenovo. A Lenovo veteran, Bhatia’s been leading product development at the company by putting customer experience first. PCMag Editor-in-Chief Dan Costa spoke with

In 2019, the Federal Communications Commission put out its latest Broadband Deployment Report. And as you’d expect from the government, the document is dense—not an easy read at 331 pages. But right in the introduction, it says this: “The digital div

Democratic presidential candidates have spent the past three years driving around Iowa, shaking hands and kissing babies, with the hope that supporters would show up for the Iowa Caucus. But midday on the following day, we had no idea who won. The cu

I oppose all biometrics of all kinds, as it negates our right to exemption from unreasonable searches, fails to provide due process, and is an unwarranted privacy invasion. At the corporate level, the corporations trade, share, sell, and give away ou

In September, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) unveiled a computer program called Aristo that could correctly answer more than 90 percent of the questions on an eighth-grade science test. Passing a middle-school exam might sound

A new decade is here, and the future looks bright—at least when it comes to technology. The 53rd annual CES in January has raised the stakes for what to expect in the coming months and beyond. Of course, some new products and ideas shine more brightl

These days, it feels like smartphones become outdated after only a few months. By the time your phone is ready for an upgrade, a new release is just about due to hit stores. Short of buying a new phone every other month, how do you make sure your pho

Foldable-screen PCs were one of the biggest trends of CES 2020, but only one of the models on display could actually make a passable substitute for a desktop when it was unfolded. That’s Intel’s “Horseshoe Bend” prototype, which can open up to a seam

Since they first hit the scene a few years back, mesh Wi-Fi systems have changed the look and feel of home networking. In place of an unsightly router that you would normally tuck away in a closet or somewhere out of sight, mesh systems typically use

When Marc Petz was a first-year computer graphics/animation instructor at Michigan’s Kent Career Technical Center, a colleague was struggling to meet the needs of a student with autism. Petz’s class was asked to develop visually appealing stories the

Windows 7 has finally ridden off into the sunset. On Jan. 14, 2020, Microsoft’s Extended Support ended, meaning Microsoft won’t provide tech support for computers running the now-outdated software, and you won’t get bug fixes or security updates. So

Next-generation home video game consoles will soon be upon us. This year, Microsoft will release a long-awaited new Xbox, and Sony will finally unveil the PlayStation 5. We can expect the usual graphics, frame rate, and storage improvements, but ther