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Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to boost your productivity even when you’re working out of coffee shops, all because portable monitors are affordable and light enough to carry along with your laptop.

And right now, one of our favorite portable laptop displays is on sale: the

Google just showed off Willow to the world, its mind-blowing quantum chip that absolutely destroyed an intensive benchmark. What would normally take today’s fastest supercomputers about 10 septillion years to complete — or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years — was accomplished in j

Mini PCs may be tiny, but that doesn’t mean they have to lack power. Indeed, there are options out there like the Beelink EQR6, which is packed with performance — and on sale for $349 at Amazon right now, a good 27 percent off its original price.

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Microsoft regularly changes the functions, options, and display of the Start menu in Windows. There are innovations such as a tile layout for the “All” tab. However, the menu also hides important functions, making them more difficult to access.

Last week, news broke of an extensive espionage campaign—Chinese hackers infiltrating eight US telecommunications companies and gaining access to text and phone conversations. Not long after, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a recommendation: Use encrypted messaging.

At least, that idea dominated headlines around the web. But dig into the

When you need extra storage space on your smartphone, security camera, dashcam, or Nintendo Switch, a fast microSD is what you want — and the Samsung Pro Plus is a fantastic option, especially on sale.

Right now, the 256GB version is down to $20 on Amazon, a whopping

There are plenty of Matter-enabled smart plugs on the market, but in-wall smart outlets with Matter are much tougher to find. Now, TP-Link’s Tapo smart home brand has entered the fray with a Matter outlet that can help you save on your energy bill. 

On sale now, the

Yesterday was the last Patch Tuesday of 2024, and with it Microsoft has provided a number of security updates, eliminating 71 security vulnerabilities across various Microsoft apps and services.

Microsoft categorizes 16 of these vulnerabilities as “critical” and classifies all but one of the remaining issues as “high risk.” According to the company, one of

Some people can hardly remember the time before YouTube. The video host was founded in 2005, and year after year the platform got bigger and bigger. As early as 2006, around 100 million clips were viewed there every day. By 2010, this figure had risen to

In the past, gaming laptops would last anywhere from two to four hours on a single charge — a woefully short duration compared to their non-gaming counterparts. Powerful hardware like heavy-duty graphics cards requires a lot of energy to run, thus draining the battery. 

But trends have changed in recent years thanks to advances in cooling technology, more p