Like any computer or smartphone, performance is the number one indicator that it’s time to upgrade. If things are starting to ...

Mint Zena provides more information than ever on what your hardware's doing.

Minecraft looks simple at first glance, but its core loop is surprisingly deep. You start with nothing, break a tree, make basic tools, and slowly turn scattered blocks into real projects. The ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Chromebooks showed up on the scene in 2011 as cheap, low-end, Linux-based laptops that were still snappy, had long-ish battery life, and could ...

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As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a ...

Chromebooks are low-cost laptops that mostly target students and educators. While running ChromeOS under the hood makes them efficient, they lack a strong upgrade path and full-featured options ...

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a ...

So you just installed and set up Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) on your Windows machine, and now you’re wondering what this blinking terminal can do. Here’s a quick guide to get you started. Start ...

Do you want to code from anywhere without having to bring your laptop everywhere you go? You can try code-server, a powerful self-hosted app that brings the full ...

Michelle Ehrhardt is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Earlham College, where she also double majored in theatre. She also holds an MFA in game design ...

Setting up a new Switch 2 and transferring your games and save data over from an original Switch is a pretty painless process. As long as you have a Nintendo Account and a little bit of time — roughly ...