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Chromebooks have a bunch of features to boost your productivity and help with accessibility. But my favorite feature is how fast and easy it is to perform a factory reset. That might seem strange, but it’s a simple way to keep your Chromebook running smoothly. Google calls the feature Powerwash and it can be done …

Acer announced four Chromebooks as part of the company’s global Next@Acer event on Wednesday. The new models include 14- and 15.6-inch clamshells — the Acer Chromebook 515 and 514 — as well as two 14-inch two-in-ones, the Chromebook Spin 514 and Spin 314.  Shipments of Chromebooks exploded in 2020 from the pandemic and remained strong through the first half of 2021. That growth is showing …

More than 93% of US web searches are done with Google, but Windows 11 is set to Microsoft’s Bing search engine by default. If you prefer the results you get from Google’s search engine, it’s easy enough to make Google search the default. We’ll show you how. Windows 11 doesn’t let you set a default search engine systemwide across all …

Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet was and still is one of the best Chromebooks we tested over the past couple of years. The 10.1-inch detachable two-in-one Chromebook is small and inexpensive (you can get one for $230) but still had a premium look and feel, good battery life and decent performance for its price. The new Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 uses the …

Feeling bored? Put a virtual animal in your home. One thing that might have felt like a passing fad but still gets people’s attention (at least according to the new likes on my old Twitter thread about it) is this list of augmented-reality animals that I dropped into the real world through Google search. That’s right. AR animals, now that …

Google is reportedly working on its own processors for Chrome OS-powered laptops and tablets. The tech giant could roll out in-house chips for Chromebooks, based on Arm architecture, in 2023, according to a report Wednesday from Nikkei Asia.  Last month, Google revealed that the Pixel 6 will be powered by a new system-on-a-chip that the company designed in house, called …

Owning an iPhone and a Windows PC and accessing the same pool of information just got a whole lot easier. That goes for your iCloud Drive files, email, photos and the passwords stored in your iCloud Keychain. Apple recently updated the iCloud for Windows app, adding more features to the Passwords section of the app.  More specifically, you can now access …

There are a lot of Chromebook two-in-ones available, but the Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 is the rare model that’s a tablet first and a laptop second. Instead of having an attached keyboard that flips around, this CM3 is a 10.5-inch Chrome tablet with a detachable keyboard. The design makes it easier to take advantage of Chrome’s Android app support and …

You may have heard of Netflix Party during quarantine. Netflix Party helped ease the severe lack of socializing most of us had to deal with during the reality of the coronavirus and the risk of meeting in person. Watching TV and chatting was one of the ways to hang out with friends virtually and safely during the pandemic. Even though many people are going back …

A new version of Google Chrome, released Tuesday, blocks phishing attacks 50 times faster and uses less battery power in the process. It’s one of several new security abilities built into Chrome 92 as part of its effort to squelch the risks of going online. Chrome’s new technology spots phishing websites — fakes designed to harvest your personal data — …