Ryan Whitwam
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Starting at Starting at $2000, On Sale For $2042 At Amazon As Tested Lenovo's latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon is elegant, sleek and lighter than ever, with Intel Lunar Lake processors on board, though it is pricey, even for the enterprise. Incredibly thin and light Generous port...
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Galaxy S25 Series - Starting at $799.99 Samsung's latest flagship devices don't break new ground, but they're among the fastest, prettiest, and most well-made Android phones you can buy. Gorgeous OLED displays Speedy performance Durable titanium frame on S25 Ultra Tons of AI Great cameras No Bluetooth in...
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Getting a GPU out of its PCIe slot can be a pain. You often have to reach around increasingly bulky coolers, wiggle your fingers past cabling, and find the tiny release that allows you to yank the card out—which may or may not come out smoothly. Asus intended to alleviate that annoyance with its quick release...
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Pixel Buds Pro 2 - Available for $229 The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are compact, comfortable, offer excellent active noise cancellation and sound great, but they don't come cheap. Clear, crisp sound Excellent ANC performance Comfortable fit Solid battery life No high-res audio support Some minor features...
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PC gaming is having a moment right now, spurred on by the launch of Nvidia's latest and most capable GPUs and the proliferation of capable handheld gaming PCs. Even with all that momentum, it's relatively common for some games to skip PC in favor of consoles. Rockstar will launch GTA 6 only on consoles later this...
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OnePlus 13R - Priced At $599 The OnePlus 13R offers incredible performance, great battery life and a plethora of features, for a much lower price than competing phones. Bright, beautiful display Excellent performance Fast wired charging, charger in the box Refined software with good update commitment Long...
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Hard facts can be a problem for generative AI bots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Despite being fed a glut of digital information, AIs sometimes hallucinate complete nonsense. Google has forged a new partnership with the Associated Press that could help make Gemini a font of supposedly accurate news.
Google says...
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It has been a staggering seven years since Bethesda announced the sixth installment of the Elder Scrolls franchise, and there's still no confirmed release date. It may still be years before we see this title, but you might have cause to return to the world of Tamriel before then. No, Skyrim isn't being ported to yet...
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Microsoft's Bing search engine has always played second fiddle to Google, which owns the lion's share of search globally. In fact, one of the most common searches on Bing is "Google." It appears Microsoft is trying to take advantage of that in a somewhat underhanded way. People who go looking for Google via Bing may...
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Acer is going big at CES 2025. The company has a ton of new products to show off, including laptops, desktops, and handheld gaming machines. Some of the new devices in Acer's catalog are also just physically big. No matter your computing preferences, Acer's got something to pique your interest.
Copilot Laptops And...
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine began almost three years ago, and there's no end in sight. As the war drags on, Russia also has to cope with the international fallout that has seen numerous Western companies pull out of the country. Putin's government is now pushing self-sufficiency goals across numerous industries...
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It's easier than ever to take PC games with you thanks to devices like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally. Most of the popular handheld gaming machines have a great deal in common, but a new entrant from Ayaneo mixes things up—literally. It features modular controls, allowing you to move control sticks, touchpads, and even...
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It's been a while since we heard from Nothing, a smartphone manufacturer founded by former OnePlus leader Carl Pei. The company's Nothing Phone 2a launched in early 2024, and Pei has promised a third-gen phone of some sort would come in 2025. A new leak points to three devices coming down the pike, and they'll most...
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Android 15 is the latest version of Android you'll find on retail devices, but Google is already running a public test of Android 16. The second developer preview has just been released with a raft of tweaks and improvements for the phone's of tomorrow, including a new mode for the latest Pixel fingerprint sensors...
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HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (Starting at $1,349.99, currently on sale for as low as $1098) HP's latest Copilot+ laptop features the best AMD has to offer, wrapped in a sturdy and attractive aluminum chassis. Excellent build quality and sleek design Good performance with Ryzen AI 300 Will support all Copilot+...
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T-Mobile is aiming to be the first US wireless carrier to provide service from space, and you could help test this new satellite-enabled service. The carrier's partnership with SpaceX is taking shape, and with FCC approval finally secured, the time has come to start testing the new direct-to-cell Starlink...
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Valve's Steam Deck wasn't the first attempt to put PC games in your hand, but it was the first to do it successfully. The hit handheld was first released in 2022, with an OLED version following in 2023. Valve has offered discounted refurbs in the past, but they were all the original LCD edition. Now, you can pick up a...
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Microsoft has struggled to come up with uses for all the fancy AI acceleration hardware in today's laptops. Even machines with Copilot+ branding have offered little in the way of AI extras, but that's slowly changing. After releasing the AI-powered Recall feature on Snapdragon Windows laptops in November, you can now...
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Android 15 arrived on Google's Pixel devices a few months back, but other phone makers are only beginning their update journeys. Samsung is often one of the first to release new versions of Android after Google, and sure enough, the One UI 7 beta has just launched. If you can't wait for the final version, the program...
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Anyone with an Android phone in their pocket is in for a big day—doubly so if that phone is a Pixel. Google has announced a few raft of features, some of which are coming to Android phones generally. Google's Pixel lineup, however, gets a huge number of new capabilities in the latest Feature Drop. But even if you're...
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Pixel phone owners have a new troubleshooting tool in their arsenal today, thanks to a new update. Google has released an update for its Pixel Troubleshooting app that can measure your device's battery temperature and offer potentially useful suggestions. The nature of the temperature check and the help steps are a...
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No Man's Sky made some big promises before its release on PC and PS4 in 2016, showing off trailers of incredible alien creatures and unfathomable landscapes. But when gamers landed on their first planets, they found there really wasn't much to do. The game's reviews tanked, but Hello Games didn't give up. Now, eight...
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