There’s just no doubt about it: your taxes are going to cost you this year. Whether it’s time or money or — more likely — both, tax preparation inevitably requires some kind of investment. Unless you’re willing to pay a fine or go to jail, your decision boils down to outsourcing the process to a …

The Galaxy S9 looks like this, according to these renders +19 more See all photos The big day is upon us. This Sunday, February 25, at 6 p.m. Barcelona time — that’s noon ET and 9 a.m. PT — Samsung lifts the curtain on the next generation of its flagship smartphone. On the eve of Mobile World Congress, we’ll finally get …

It’s go time. You can now preorder the Apple HomePod. (Here’s how to do it.) The company’s inaugural smart speaker will hit store shelves on Feb. 9 in the US, UK and Australia. The release will conclude the HomePod’s tumultuous prologue, which started with rumors of a standalone Siri-powered speaker in 2016. In 2017, Apple confirmed its existence at its Worldwide Developers Conference — …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X: Which should you get? 3:42 Editors’ note: This post was originally published on Sept. 26, and continues to be updated with Apple news and features.   After spending more than a month with the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon), we’re convinced that it represents a bold step into the future. With innovative …

This summer, Intel delivered what it says is a “once-in-a-decade” performance upgrade to its line of mobile processors that power Apple’s MacBook Air and iMac, Microsoft’s Surface Pro, and hundreds of other popular devices. The new chips, the first wave of eighth-gen Core CPUs, and collectively known as the Kaby Lake R series, are just the latest in a series of …

It’s arguably the most important component in your laptop, tablet or desktop computer. Whether called the processor, CPU, or central processing unit, it deserves top-line billing on your spec list, as it’s the brain of your device. But CPUs cause confusion and stress for shoppers. The chipmakers have not done themselves any favors with their nerdy and arcane naming conventions. …

There’s no shortage of reasons to be paranoid in 2019, and Lenovo‘s refreshed lineup of ThinkPad business laptops, announced Sunday at MWC 2019, reflects our anxiety.  Andrew Hoyle/CNET After updating its premium ThinkPad X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga business laptops at CES in January, the company has now installed some premium security features across the remainder of its ThinkPad portfolio. In addition to standard enterprise fundamentals like …

After years of development and millions of advertising dollars spent to convince us that a tablet could plausibly replace a laptop, Microsoft finally delivered the goods with the Surface Pro 4 in 2015. Equipped with robust processing power, a perfectly sized display and just-right aspect ratio, and a few critical add-on accessories, the current generation solidified the Surface’s position as …