I’m not proud, but I did it. I nuked my son’s Animal Crossing island. This was no Cuban Missile Crisis, with a tense standoff, fingers hovering over dangerous buttons, all playing out in public. No, I did it in the dead of night, telling no one beforehand or in the immediate aftermath.  In fact, it …

We’ve been talking, over many months now, about how the nature of work is changing, and the tools we need to deal with those changes. Chief among that toolset is the computer, and more specifically the laptop.  In recent years some people may have dismissed the laptop, saying things like, “I do all my work from on my phone, or …

If you like video games loosely based on extremely trippy ’70s Russian dystopian sci-fi novels, then the July 23 Xbox games showcase had something for you. My second-favorite Russian-themed video game series is returning with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, coming to both PC and Xbox Series X.  This is actually the fourth game in the series: S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat …

Hello freedom, goodbye tethering. That’s what I thought when I first opened the box for the new Lenovo Flex 5G, the first 5G-powered laptop we’ve been able to test, and the first most consumers will be able to purchase.  Now I can go anywhere, do anything, and not be at the mercy of coffee shop Wi-Fi systems or tethering to …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The question I most often get from CNET readers is some version of: “Should I buy a 13-inch MacBook Air or a 13-inch MacBook Pro?” That’s a pretty easy one to field, depending on the questioner’s budget and needs. But what happens when …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. People protect each other and themselves from COVID-19 with everything from surgical masks to cloth face masks to bandanas, but keeping those coverings securely over your mouth and nose isn’t always easy. Surgical masks loop around your ears and can be uncomfortable. Cloth …

Perhaps the kindest thing we can say about the Apple MacBook butterfly keyboard is, “Thank you for your service.” Yes, it helped introduce thinner, lighter, more portable MacBooks, but we can safely say the butterfly keyboard did not ever spark joy.  With the latest update to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple is officially out of the butterfly keyboard business. The …

Even if you’re stuck working from home, you can still get caught by the upgrade bug. That’s why I eagerly tore into the new 13-inch MacBook Pro when it landed at the socially distant, wooded retreat I’ve been hiding out in for the past two months. In a lot of ways, the 13-inch Pro was always the most practical MacBook …

I had to dig deep into the archives to remind myself what the Microsoft Surface Go was all about. It was only 2018, but that feels like a lifetime ago now. In its original incarnation, this was a miniaturized version of the excellent Surface Pro Windows two-in-one. It mimicked the larger model’s slate-plus-keyboard design with a similar magnetic connection and …

Apple has updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Major differences from the previous model include new 10th-generation Intel processor options for some models and double the base storage for all, Apple announced Monday. That takes the two lowest-priced models from 128GB of storage to 256GB; the midtier model from 256GB to 512GB and the high-end base configuration from 512GB to 1TB. …