You might not have had time to notice, what with the global pandemic occupying so much of our attention, but it’s Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t traditionally a big gift-giving holiday — unless you count all the chocolate bunnies and Peeps for the kids — but Best Buy is having a one-day flash sale today. The …
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Dell has a habit of swooping in with a great deal and then flying away, hardly before you realized what happened. That’s happening right now with the Alienware Aurora, a great gaming rig that I’ve written about on numerous occasions before. This system is packed with great components, like a 9th-generation Intel Core i7-9700K CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 …
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COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has infected more than a million people around the world. In a new step to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Intel will spend $50 million on improving patient care, scientific research and online education. The chipmaker’s effort, unveiled Tuesday, is among several examples of companies going beyond their usual area of business …
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Have you been forced to turn your old laptop that was previously used primarily for checking email and watching Netflix into an honest-to-goodness work computer? Is it straining to keep up with its new and expanded role as you work from home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus? If your laptop sounds like a jet engine when you …
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This is shaping up to be a busy week for laptops targeting gamers and creators. Monday, we saw the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, the first with AMD’s flagship eight-core consumer mobile chip and first AMD-based laptop with discrete Nvidia RTX graphics. Today, Intel announced its competing 10th-gen Core H series, which is headlined by a new octa-core/16-thread i7 processor, the …
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Lenovo currently makes two of the best two-in-one laptops you’re going to find in the Yoga C740 and Yoga C940. Both have a premium look and feel, but the streamlined C740 starts at less than $800, while the premium C940 jumps off around $1,100. Although some of the price difference is performance-related, there are also a few key features that …
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Samsung has a new Chromebook hitting store shelves in April. Not only will it be extra thin, but it will also have a high-resolution display. The specs for the Galaxy Chromebook. Samsung The Galaxy Chromebook will go on sale April 6 for $999. At just 9.9mm thick, it’s the thinnest Chromebook the company has ever made, according to a release …
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Many of us around the world just survived our first weekend of proper social distancing — staying in our homes to avoid spreading coronavirus without venturing out for more than groceries or maybe a jog. How did it go for you? I ask because I’m genuinely curious. The UK, where I live, is now on lockdown for at least three …
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Right now everyone’s focused on working from home, but let’s not forget playing at home. Maybe you’ve got a library of Steam games you haven’t touched in a while, or perhaps you want to enjoy the latest Epic freebies (which are going away tomorrow, March 26, FYI) to their fullest. Heck, maybe you’re ready to jump into PC gaming for the …
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Alongside a new MacBook Air and iPad Pro, Apple has introduced a new version of its diminutive desktop computer, the Mac Mini. The update is modest, basically a storage bump: The base model now comes with twice the solid-state capacity — 256GB, up from 128GB — for the same starting price, $799. The new Mac Mini is available for preorder online …
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