I was skeptical of this $19 laptop cooling pad. Now I use it daily
It wasn’t so long ago that I could predict exactly when my laptop would give up the ghost on hot days. The only thing that helped was pointing my desk fan at it—loud as a…
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ESR CryoBoost Foldable 3-in-1 Magnetic Charging Station (25W) Review: Fast Qi2 charging with active cooling
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros 3-in-1 charging 25W iPhone charging Fast charge Watch Foldable for travel Super compact design Our Verdict This is a lightweight small-footprint multi-device charging station that at 25W is as…
Next iPad Pro tipped to get the iPhone’s vapor cooling chamber, M6 chip
The updated iPad Pro announced earlier this month isn’t exactly a groundbreaking launch: the design, color options, screen, camera, and price are all the same as on the previous model. Essentially it’s just a processor…
Snapdragon’s new PC chips tap AirJet’s radical solid-state cooling
Two Qualcomm reference designs, showcasing the new Snapdragon X2 Elite chips, use an AirJet cooling system from Frore Systems, representatives confirmed. Qualcomm launched its second-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme chips at the Snapdragon…
Keep your laptop cool this summer with this $28 cooling pad
It’s summer, it’s hot, and even your laptop is struggling, so it’s time to get a cooling pad. This ChillCore model is currently 20 percent off at Amazon, priced at just $27.98 right now. Just…
This new single-slot RTX 5090 is tiny, but needs custom cooling
Graphics cards have gotten really freakin’ big… so big, in fact, that one of the most interesting things about the new RTX 50 series is that some of the reference cards can fit in “just”…
Here’s our first look at the iPhone 17 Pro’s purported vapor chamber cooling system
If you haven’t gotten enough iPhone news lately, here’s some more for you. Leaker Majin Bu has posted an image that is purportedly part of the iPhone 17 Pro’s vapor chamber cooling system. We’ve heard…
This $16 USB cooling pad keeps my laptop fast and quiet, even in summer heat
It wasn’t so long ago that I could predict exactly when my laptop would slowly give up the ghost on hot days. Often, the only thing that helped was pointing my desk fan at it—loud…
Air vs. liquid cooling for CPUs: We debated it with Gear Seekers
You need to cool your PC’s processor no matter what, but you can do so in different ways—with a heatsink and one or more fans for old-school air cooling, or with an AIO liquid-cooled setup…
The 5 biggest PC cooling advancements from the last few years
One of my favorite things about PC hardware is that it’s always getting better. Every year I get to enjoy the latest CPUs, GPUs, and memory advances and watch those numbers go up in turn.…