If your MacBook’s fan is running too loud for too long, and too frequently, you may have a problem. For the most part, fans are a part of laptop life. Humans sweat, dogs pant and laptops generally spin fans to keep cool. Unless you have the tiny, fanless MacBook, then your MacBook Pro or MacBook …
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Shopping for a new computer monitor, maybe something for gaming that’ll also let you watch the coolest commercials from next week’s big game in style? Depending upon what you’re looking for, you can spend $80 at the low end all the way up to $1,000 or more. At the budget end of the spectrum, $80 will typically buy you a …
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If you’ve resisted signing up for a Target RedCard because you didn’t want yet another piece of plastic in your wallet, this might be the time to reconsider. Between now and Feb. 2, if you apply and get approved, you’ll receive a credit good for $25 off a future purchase of $25 or more. That’s in addition to a 5% …
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Who could ever forget the immortal words of the Flight of the Conchords as they lit up travel expos and elevators alike with, “Who likes to rock the party? I like to rock the party!” You can bring that heartfelt poetry to life with the JBL PartyBox 1000, a massive Bluetooth party speaker. What’s a party speaker? I thought you’d never …
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Lenovo makes some great laptops but like every company makes missteps. In Lenovo’s case, it has confirmed that there’s buggy firmware responsible for problems with the USB-C ports on many models of its 2017 to 2019 ThinkPad laptops. As reported by Notebookcheck and later posted to a Lenovo support page, the USB-C firmware issue affects more than a dozen ThinkPad laptops …
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Huawei has postponed its upcoming HDC.Cloud developer conference as Chinese authorities try to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus detected in the southeastern city of Wuhan. The controversial company‘s event was going to take place in Shenzhen — which lies more than 700 miles south of Wuhan — Feb. 11-12, but it’s been rescheduled to March 27-28. “Based on …
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President Donald Trump tweeted up a storm Wednesday, sending more microblogging messages than on any other day of his presidency. He sent 142 tweets to his 71.4 million followers, with the majority of those being retweets slamming his impeachment trial, according to Trump indexing site Factbase. The president’s day started in Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World Economic …
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With its big screen, fast performance and $599 starting price, the iPhone XR is already the best iPhone value in years. A new Verizon deal stands to make it even better. For a limited time, you can save $300 on any iPhone XR when purchased with a new line of service. You can also receive a rebate in the form …
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Don’t want a full-on smartwatch, do want a way to track your exercise, heart rate and sleep? Today only, and while supplies last, Amazon has the Fitbit Inspire HR fitness tracker for $69.95. It normally sells for $30 more — this ties the all-time low price, which was last seen on Black Friday. See it at Amazon This is Fitbit’s …
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Zion Williamson is expected to make his NBA debut tonight for the New Orleans Pelicans. The top overall pick in last year’s draft, Zion is the most hyped NBA prospect to enter the league since LeBron James, and is already drawing comparisons to Hall of Famer Charles Barkley before he’s even stepped on the court. After undergoing knee surgery a few days before …
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