Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

While seemingly basic compared to the other components, your computer's fan actually plays a massive role in maintaining the system's optimal performance. It does so by regulating the internal ...

I use SMC Fan Control on my iMac. It doesn't have the best thought-out user interface, but it does allow you to save different fan profiles based on different uses or even battery vs. wall power on a ...