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 Apple plans to release an all-new super thin iPhone this year, debuting it alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and ?iPhone 17 Pro? Max. We've seen pictures of dummy models, cases, and renders with the design, but Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy today showed off newer dummy models that give us a better idea of just how thin the "iPhone 17 Air" will be.
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Clear the browser cache and close tabs
As I browse the web my browser will store images, fonts, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript code to save bandwidth. That's generally a good thing, since pages will load faster. But the downside of that is it can also use up RAM. To counteract that, I clear my browser cache before I play.
Additionally, I will generally never play with browser tabs open in Windows. Why? Because tests show that having just 20 Google Chrome browser tabs open can chew up as much as 1.8GB RAM.
End programs in Task Manager
Windows Task Manager is an excellent tool for keeping a tab on your RAM usage. I am always surprised how many programs I have running idly in Windows that sap my RAM without me knowing.
In my case they are usually apps for my gaming peripherals and communications programs, all of which load into Windows by default whether I need them or not. So now I close or disable the ones that I don't need.
To close them, you just click Ctrl Shift Esc to bring up the Windows Task Manager, then right-click and select End task on the programs or apps you want to close. To disable them loading into Windows on startup, select Startup apps from the left menu, then right-click on the app and
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I try to play as broad a swathe of games as I can, including as many of the major releases as I am able to get to. Baldur's Gate 3 garnered near-universal praise when it arrived in 2023, and I was interested in trying it. But when I watched gameplay videos, the user interface seemed distressingly busy. There were far too many icons at the bottom of the screen and my brain crumbled at the sight of them. I am yet to try Baldur's Gate 3.
Two years later, I had similar feelings ahead of checking out Overwatch 2's Stadium, a major new mode for a game I play nearly every single day. Blizzard gave members of the press a spreadsheet that detailed all of the possible upgrades and powers for each hero, as well as a list of modifiers that any character can use. With two dozen or so unlockables for each of the 17 heroes that will be in Stadium at the jump and about 70 general upgrades, that's hundreds of different options Blizzard is adding to the game all at once.
As I scrolled through the list, I was surprised that a feeling of dismay washed over me. I started to worry that Stadium might not be for me.
Figuring out how to combine the items and powers in effective ways for so many different characters seemed completely daunting. It doesn't help that I'm growing tired of more and more major games having RPG elements with deeper character customization. Taking some of the decision making out of my hands by giving a character a defined set of abilities and weapons with no stat or gear upgrades to worry about is more my speed.
Thankfully, Blizzard has some good ideas on how to welcome players into this new mode. And, as it turns out, once I actually started playing Stadium, my anxious feelings swiftly melted away and I had
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