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What are "white hat," "gray hat," and "black hat" hackers, and what are some of the more noteworthy hacks from each group?

When this video was originally created, there were companies claiming that they were working on molecular scanners (which are real) that could be held in your hand.

There's been a lot of press around the supposed "death" of the desktop PC. But are desktops really on their way out, or is the reality more nuanced?

The new HDMI 2.1 standard supports staggeringly high resolutions and refresh rates, as well as other new features.

HDCP is a copy-protection scheme used with HDMI and other connections. How does it work, and why has it given consumers so many problems?

PWM is a technology that enables cool things like RGB lighting and variable-speed fans. How does it work? TunnelBear message: TunnelBear is the easy-to-use VPN app for mobile and desktop.

What do all those capacitors, resistors, chokes, and transistors on your motherboard actually do?

Routers, switches, access points, modems, hubs, bridges...what is the difference between all these network devices?!

With so many motherboards promising you the moon, what features should you be looking for? And are there still real performance differences between models?

Many monitors don't have accurate colors out of the box. Fortunately, you can often correct this by calibrating your display. How do you do this, and do you necessarily need expensive hardware?

Latency, the delay between an input and the corresponding output, can affect everything from gaming to driving your car. What causes it, what happens when latency is too high, and how do we fight it?

Nintendo started out as a small playing card company and struggled when it decided to branch out into other ventures - until it decided to dabble in the fledgling video game market...

There's no way we could cover every issue you could run into while building a PC in just one episode! Check out some more of our top tips right here.

Have a look at Microsoft's meteoric rise to becoming one of the titans of the software industry, as well as its stumbles along the way.

S.M.A.R.T. is a tool that can alert you if your hard drive or SSD is about to fail. How do you use it, and how much can you rely on it?

AMD has recently struggled for market share against Intel and NVIDIA. Could 2017 be the year AMD finally turns it around, thanks to its new Zen and Vega architectures?

We're all enamored with our microSD cards and NVMe solid-state drives, but what might we see down the road that could be even cooler? Techquickie/Linus Tech Tips t-shirts, posters, and more!

Modern electronics tend to become obsolete quickly. What happens to all the gadgets we throw away?

Before Google Hangouts and Snapchat were the norm, how did people communicate using computers and the Internet? TunnelBear message: TunnelBear is the easy-to-use VPN app for mobile and desktop.

The Emergency Alert System (EAS), designed to warn people about weather hazards and other civil emergencies, is a fixture on American TV and radio.

Google has grown from a small project at Stanford University into one of the world's largest tech brands. What drove this growth?

SSD controllers perform the crucial functions of communicating with the rest of your computer and managing the data on your drive.

What are the properties of silicon that have made it widely used in computer chips, and could it possibly be on its way out?

What are some common pitfalls of building your own PC, and how do you avoid them?

Thermal paste is a messy but crucial component of your PC - without it, your poor CPU would cook to death!

The Google Pixel is the first smartphone designed in-house by Google. What should you know about it? TunnelBear message: TunnelBear is the easy-to-use VPN app for mobile and desktop.

What kinds of information do pet microchips contain, how can they keep your pet safe, and what are their limitations?

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How can you get internet access seven miles off the ground, why is it often slow, and is it going to get any better?

Every piece of network-capable hardware comes with a MAC address, but with everything already being assigned a local IP address, why are they necessary?