Pcworld - January 2025 (2025)

Parks argues that while Windows 12’s TPM 3.0 requirement seemed draconian in 2024, the first major zero-day exploit of 2025 (dubbed “BlueNoise”) proves Microsoft was right. The exploit only affects systems still running Windows 11 23H2 with TPM 2.0.

In an era of AI-generated clickbait and sponsored YouTube “reviews,” PCWorld remains the human firewall between you and the marketing teams. PCWorld - January 2025

Instructions on how to transform a standard flash drive into a portable PC survival kit for troubleshooting crashed systems. Parks argues that while Windows 12’s TPM 3

PCWorld’s in-house testing team (PCWorld Labs) presents winter 2025 benchmarks. Instructions on how to transform a standard flash

The anticipation was palpable in the print and digital editions of PCWorld. The review of the RTX 5090 and 5080 was the crown jewel of the month. PCWorld’s testing methodology was put to the ultimate test against these new leviathans. The reviews praised the raw rasterization power, but the focus was heavily on the new generation of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), which by January 2025 had evolved into a frame-generation juggernaut capable of smoothing out even the most unoptimized ports.