computing articles published April 8, 2026

April 8 articles

• This DIY-Friendly Bluetooth Gadget Bucks The Trend Of Boring Printers
• 4 Signs It's Time To Replace Your External Hard Drive
• This $150 2-in-1 device can replace your laptop and tablet
• Your Wi-Fi signal looks strong, but nothing loads — here’s why
• Anker's 100W 7-in-1 Power Strip is matching its all-time low price
• Ubuntu calls its new 6GB requirement an honesty bump
• Asus Raises RX 9070 XT Prices By Up to 17.5% Overnight
• 5 Laptops That Outshine The MacBook Air In Battery Life
• Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done
• Today I learned that Excel incorrectly assumes 1900 was a leap year, and Microsoft will never fix it because the whole house of cards would collapse
• Windows 11 just beat Ubuntu 26.04 LTS in resource requirements, and nobody saw this coming
• Cloudflare's EmDash is the "spiritual successor" to WordPress
• The vibe coding bubble is going to leave a lot of broken apps behind
• ASUS says that $1,599 Zenbook A16 price was actually a mistake
• Chrome Adds Vertical Tabs and New Immersive Reading Mode for Easier Browsing
• AMD reveals $899 price tag for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 — first dual-cache X3D CPU is $200 more expensive than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• 5 Gadgets That Are Actually 'Buy It For Life' Quality
• RAM disks are insanely fast, but I'm not using one—and neither should you
• Corsair updates its Frame line of cases with a wood front panel, and a flashy RGB one
• Dell is scrubbing its failed Premium brand from the web
• Is Your Windows 11 Start Menu Search Broken? Microsoft Is Rolling Out a Fix
• Snag the new M5 MacBook Air for its lowest price yet at Amazon
• Is Microsoft down? Users report issues with Outlook, Teams and more
• "It's crazy that we're discussing something like this": Intel wants to sell you its old CPUs, and I take a look at the benefits of Raptor Lake in 2026
• Amazon will cut off support for older Kindle devices
• Insta360's new Snap screens help you take better rear-camera selfies
• RAID 0 is a data-loss nightmare: Here is the only reason I still run it in my homelab
• Dell's first in line to be using SK hynix's new 321-layer QLC flash chips
• FFmpeg is the most useful, free command-line program you aren't using enough
• HDMI doesn't belong anywhere near your PC (except in these 3 situations)
• These 5 Windows 11 Features Drive Me Nuts, But I Figured Out How to Fix Them
• 3 ways to quickly install all your Ubuntu apps in one go
• Raptor Lake CPUs 'not going anywhere' as Intel commits to cranking out older chips
• How to use structured references in Microsoft Excel
• 'We'll continue to see volatility and cost increases through the rest of 2026': Framework warns on RAM crisis, while GPU prices also get hiked
• I found a 'DISM' command that reclaims Windows 11 system storage - but you'll have to use it wisely
• When infrastructure decisions shape growth outcomes
• MacBook Neo could get these two major performance upgrades in 2027 — but I want Apple to fix this instead
• Bambu Lab P2S review: Almost perfect
• I just tested the world's largest laptop trackpad and it makes my MacBook Pro's look tiny
• Corsair's new customizer tool lets buyers trick out the Frame 4000D case — configurator lets you explore every possible option for this highly modular enclosure
• Corsair's Strix Halo AI Workstation 300 gets even more expensive amid the RAMpocalypse — Ryzen AI Max 395+ flagship now sits at $3,399
• Stuffcool made a 65W GaN charger with a retractable cable, and it's pretty good
• The AI boom is making your memory cards more expensive – and Lexar doesn't bank on that changing any time soon
• Think Twice Before Plugging Your 3D Printer Into An Extension Cord
• I tested an $80 monitor with a 144Hz refresh rate, and it's a 'Pro' option in several ways
• What All Those Blinking Lights On Your Router Actually Mean