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Save 29% on this super-fast 1TB Crucial X9 portable SSD right now

You can get this Crucial X9 portable SSD with 1TB capacity for just under $70 on Amazon.

By Gabriela Vatu 29 mins ago

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This fast-charging, high-capacity Ugreen power bank is 30% off

The 25K Ugreen power bank is down to $70 on Amazon.

By Gabriela Vatu 39 mins ago

News

A high school student just made Doom playable in a PDF file

The iconic 1993 game Doom, known for being the world's most ported game, has found its way into a PDF document.

By Petter Ahrnstedt and Joel Lee 49 mins ago

News

Google couldn't sell AI for Workspace, so it upped the price and bundled it

What's that? You don't want to pay $20 for Gemini? Well then Google will just put it in anyway and raise the price. Hooray?

By Michael Crider 56 mins ago

Updated

Best monitors: Gaming, 4K, HDR, and more

Our picks are the result of hundreds of hours spent testing the latest monitors from Acer, Asus, BenQ, Dell, LG, Samsung, and other major brands.

By Matthew S. Smith 58 mins ago

News

Hands-on with the new Asus RTX 50-series graphics cards

Asus showed off five different flavors of RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 — and we got our hands all over them.

By Michael Crider 1 hour ago

News

Decade-old Nest Protect smoke detector finally lands on Google's Home app

Owners of Google's second-gen Nest Protect smoke detector had been waiting years for the device to make the leap to the Google Home app.

By Ben Patterson 2 hours ago

News

Microsoft hints that free Windows 11 upgrades will go away, so don't delay

The company reiterates that your PC must still meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11 to be eligible for upgrade.

By Viktor Eriksson and Joel Lee 2 hours ago

Reviews

DriveImage XML review: An oldie, but still goodie image backup program

Though the latest version is well over 5 years old, DriveImage XML is still a viable free backup solution, albeit a partial one. MBR is fully supported, but restore or cloning failed with GPT disks.

By Jon Jacobi 2 hours ago

News

Office 365 will officially lose support on Windows 10 come October

Ho boy, Microsoft. You're really doing your best to drive away customers, aren't you?

By Michael Crider 3 hours ago

News

Microsoft's big Patch Tuesday fixes over twice as many security flaws as usual

Over 150 security vulnerabilities have been addressed across Windows, Office, Edge, and more. Several are actively being exploited in the wild.

By Frank Ziemann and Joel Lee 3 hours ago

Opinion

Windows 12 wasn't mentioned at CES 2025. That's a good thing

With everything on Microsoft's roadmap, spreading too thin with Windows 12 could be disastrous.

By Laura Pippig and Joel Lee 4 hours ago

Updated

Best laptops 2025: Premium, budget, gaming, 2-in-1s, and more

Independent, testing-based reviews of laptops from all the top brands. We pick the best budget, premium, and gaming laptops, as well as Chromebooks.

By Ashley Biancuzzo 4 hours ago

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Today’s best laptop deals: Save big on work, school, home use, and gaming

These are the best deals on home use laptops, gaming laptops, and Chromebooks we can find, updated every weekday.

By Ashley Biancuzzo 4 hours ago

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Dell vs. HP: Which laptop brand is better?

Two of the biggest laptop manufacturers, head-to-head. Which one is better? Here's what you need to consider.

By Chris Hoffman 6 hours ago

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Is a one-off purchase of Microsoft Office 2024 better than a subscription to Microsoft 365? We explain the differences and tell you which is more worthwhile for you.

By Thomas Joos 6 hours ago

Updated

The biggest thing I didn't see at CES: Thunderbolt 5. Insiders explain why

Although Intel announced the Thunderbolt 5 spec more than a year ago, Thunderbolt 5 laptops still haven't shown up. And they won't for while, industry sources say, because of several chicken-and-egg problems.

By Mark Hachman 16 hours ago

Best Picks

Best free VPN for Android 2025: Which ones can you trust?

When you need a quick free VPN connection for your Android phone or tablet here are the services we recommend.

By Sam Singleton 23 hours ago

Reviews

Reolink Home Hub: Take control of your cameras and your cloud feed

If you own Reolink home security cameras, this network storage device eliminates the need for a subscription to store video in the cloud.

By Michael Ansaldo 24 hours ago

News

Photoshop is now a team effort with Adobe's Live Co-Editing

Adobe has brought collaboration to Photoshop as part of its Live Co-Editing, allowing a team of designers to jointly work together on a Photoshop project.

By Mark Hachman 1 day ago