Verizon is now distributing the $20 credit it promised following Wednesday’s outage. As PCMag reports, although you will need to redeem it proactively, the process seems easy. The carrier will send a text when the credit is available. For its part, Verizon has apologized profusely for the outage and sent customers texts that read, “Valued Verizon Customer – We […]
Scam artists are ruthless. They’ll target workers who’ve been laid off, prey on elderly people with fixed incomes, search for vulnerable people on dating apps, pose as IRS agents to steal taxpayers’ money, and even use generative AI to create alarming deepfake videos or audio clips to trick your family members into sending ransom payments. But as PCMag reports, if […]
Wellness tech abounds at CES. As PCMag reports, at this year’s tech convention, there were myriad devices that promise to combat loneliness, detect life-threatening food allergens, prevent hip fractures, track perimenopause symptoms, smooth wrinkles, and more. Read on for PCMag’s picks of the top Wellness Tech from CES 2026. Peri Winner of the official Best Wellness Tech category […]
Lenovo’s Qira earned the PCMag award for Best AI at CES for its bold vision to connect your context between your phone and PC. As PCMag reports, unlike siloed AI tools of the past, Qira (pronounced “keer-ah”) is a “personal ambient intelligence” that works seamlessly across devices. It’s a system-level AI assistant – Lenovo’s answer to Apple […]
Social media network X has introduced new limits to stop free users from prompting its Grok AI chatbot to generate, edit, and share images. As PCMag reports, public image generation and editing through Grok is now exclusive to paid X Premium subscribers. You can still create images on Grok’s app, within its private chatbot, or on […]
CES is always a showcase for wacky smart home devices, but PCMag’s favorites this year combine cool technology with practical upgrades. As PCMag reports, the best products don’t just add features but expand how useful their respective categories can be. In some cases, they lower the barrier to entry for either setting up, connecting, or maintaining your […]
With giant TVs, triple-folding phones, slim laptops, and robots galore hogging up all the attention, it’s easy to overlook the bazaar of desktop-PC gear that flies under the radar at CES. But as PCMag reports, fresh and flashy desktops, graphics cards, processors, and other PC components had a banner year at 2026’s show. Below, you’ll find a modern […]
Grok, the built-in chatbot on Elon Musk’s X, has confirmed that it generated and shared an AI image of two young girls, with an estimated age of between 12 and 16, in sexualized attire following a user’s prompt. As PCMag reports, in a post on X, Grok admitted that the post both “violated ethical standards” […]
It’s time once again for a final look back at the technology that said farewell in 2025. From stalwarts like Skype to Facebook Fact-checking, here are some of the most notable tech devices and services that PCMag reports have gone the way of the DoDo Bird this year. Don’t know what a DoDo Bird is? […]
Instacart has ended its AI-powered pricing tests following backlash after a study reported customers were shown different prices for the same items from the same store. As PCMag reports, the company said in a blog post, “Effective immediately, Instacart is ending all item price tests on our platform. Retailers will no longer be able to use Eversight […]