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Best Buy currently has a number of laptops on sale with discounts that can save you as much as $300. We’ve picked out four computers with the maximum savings. They range from $1,000 convertible laptops from HP and Samsung to a $1,700 gaming powerhouse from MSI. And these aren’t last year’s models. No, these are …

Microsoft’s new Edge browser may share the same underpinnings as the popular Chrome web browser, but it takes a much more active role in minding your privacy than Google’s browser does. Microsoft’s Chromium-based browser for Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) and MacOS gives you control over how you are tracked across the web and what browsing data Edge keeps. And …

If you’ve been paying attention to quantum computing, you’ll have seen familiar names — IBM, Google, Microsoft, Intel and Amazon — trying to bring about this revolution. Now a name from computing’s distant past wants a turn.  Honeywell, which once sold massive mainframes but withdrew from the business decades ago, said Tuesday that it expects to improve the performance of …

Sen. Edward J. Markey wants answers from controversial facial recognition app Clearview AI, noting that the app is being marketed to foreign countries with authoritarian regimes and could also be collecting and processing images of children taken from social media platforms. “Reporting suggests that Clearview has already provided its software to organizations in countries like Saudi Arabia and the United …

Microsoft’s Surface Duo may not be available for purchase until the holiday season but that doesn’t mean more info on the company’s new phone won’t come out beforehand.  In two short videos posted by Twitter user WalkingCat, we get a new look at how you will be able to potentially glance at notifications without having to open up the dual-screened …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Microsoft on Wednesday became the latest tech giant to warn the coronavirus outbreak would affect its performance, saying revenue in the business segment that includes its Windows operating system and Surface devices would likely miss earlier forecasts. The software giant issued revenue guidance last …

Microsoft’s support for Windows 7 is officially over, so if you’re still running a PC on it, you’re doing it at your own risk. You can upgrade to Windows 10 and, if you’re currently running a licensed and activated copy of Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Home or Pro, here’s how to do it for free.  But, in my own experience …

Standalone VR headsets like last year’s Oculus Quest are impressive, but the next generation of hardware that looks to push far past that. Blazing-fast 5G networks are what new smartphones are using to show off crazy download speeds, and the potential on future VR and AR headsets is even greater. Qualcomm has some new details on its 5G VR reference …

Update, Nov. 5: Read our reviews of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Series X will not only have more graphics power and a solid-state drive for faster loading but will also be backward compatible with all the previous generations of Xbox games, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in a blog post Monday. The console is set for release later this year. …

Huawei’s big news from its streamed press conference Monday is the updated folding Mate XS phone, but it’s not the only thing the company would have brought to MWC had it not been canceled.  First up, there’s its new small tablet, the MatePad Pro, seen above. With a 10.8-inch display, it’s not a small tablet, but it almost feels smaller …