This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When he reviewed the Intel version of the Alienware m17 R4 in June last year, CNET’s Josh Goldman said, “Regardless of what’s in it, the Alienware m17 R4 is a strong pick if you’re looking for an …

T-Mobile has suffered another data breach, just a few months after a huge breach in August, the carrier confirmed Wednesday. “We informed a very small number of customers that the SIM card assigned to a mobile number on their account may have been illegally reassigned or limited account information was viewed,” the company said in an email. The new breach affected a …

Innovation. What a completely slippery word, second only to “invention.” As much as we’re culturally fond of the notion of the “eureka!” moment or “game-changing” devices, important leaps in technology (or science or philosophy or…almost any discipline) progress slowly and quietly until they appear, seemingly full-sprung from the heads at Apple. Or Google. Or Microsoft. Or that unknown company crouching …

For a company that likes to trumpet everything it does, Nvidia’s pre-CESannouncement of its entry-level laptop graphics chips seems oddly low-key. Not that the GeForce RTX 2050, MX570 and MX550 need or merit trumpeting. They’re just the 2022 versions of the silicon that allows notebook manufacturers to use the attention-grabbing “starts at $999” in searches for “laptops under $1,000” — …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday deals are in full swing. Various sales events have been rolling out all month, but as Nov. 26 gets closer, our advice is to buy early, because a lot of hot-ticket items won’t last long. Between shipping delays and chip shortages, all sorts …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Adobe’s deals on its Creative Cloud All Apps plan is a regular event — so much so, that if you need to subscribe and have the luxury of waiting it’s worth delaying to get the discount off the first year.  This time around, now through …

Microsoft’s trying to shoulder Google out of the way for a spot at the education trough — again — with a low-end Surface sibling. The Surface Laptop SE is a clamshell laptop priced between $249 and $329, depending on the configuration, which will sell via education suppliers. It’s designed to run only Windows 11 SE, the company’s new pared-to-the-bone operating …

Update, Oct. 25: At Apple’s fourth product launch event of 2021, the company unveiled Apple Music’s “Voice” plan, new HomePod Mini colors, the AirPods 3, an upgraded MacBook Pro M1 16-inch and 14-inch model with MagSafe charging, HDMI ports and updated cameras. The new laptop also ditches the Touch Bar. Here’s how you can buy Apple’s new MacBook Pros. Original story follows.  If …

Acer’s Next@Acer fall product launch event, themed “Made for humanity,” highlighted “how Acer is helping make the ways we work, learn and play better for humanity and the environment.” Those ways include an expansion of its eco-friendly Vero line, which began with the Aspire Vero laptop, to more systems, plus four Chromebooks, a new Predator Orion 7000 gaming tower with …

Microsoft goes for sleeker and more sensible rather than ground-breaking with the 14-inch Surface Laptop Studio, replacing the dated docked-tablet of its Surface Book 3 and its 2015-era design. Still targeted at creators and gamers, the Laptop Studio’s distinguishing feature is its three-position 120Hz display: In addition to a standard clamshell, typing-oriented position, you can pull it out to angle …