What’s the one thing you can do to ensure you can take your laptop anywhere without worrying about battery life? No, not your charger—you still need to find an outlet for that. I’m talking about…
Long ago, I had an Android phone with an early facial recognition sign-in feature… and someone could unlock my phone just by holding up a photo of me. Yeah, it was bad. Fast forward to…
Intel’s blockbuster deal with Nvidia to jointly design custom PC processors containing RTX GPUs gives Nvidia an entry point into the vast majority of laptops even as Intel trades some of its future away in…
If your laptop is like mine, it’s lacking a bunch of useful ports. Once you plug in the charger, you probably don’t have much connectivity left—especially if your charger plugs into USB-C. And what if…
Current laptops with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors rely on a hybrid chip design that is specifically geared towards energy efficiency. The Neural Processing Unit (NPU), used for the first time in consumer systems,…
Is your laptop lacking ports? If so, you aren’t alone. Too many laptops these days skimp on connectivity for leanness, and that can be inconvenient when you have lots of accessories or want to hook…
For many months, AMD offered a special treat to enthusiasts wishing to run AI chatbot LLMs on their PCs: configurable VRAM that significantly improved performance. Now Intel can say the same. Bob Duffy, who oversees…
Time and again, dangerous security vulnerabilities are discovered in the hardware of certain manufacturers. Lenovo AIO PCs landed in the news as recently as last week, and now Dell laptop owners need to watch out.…
What if your laptop always had a 5G internet connection wherever you were, just like your smartphone? You’d never have to connect to a Wi-Fi network again or fumble with your phone’s hotspot feature. Microsoft’s…
Being a laptop reviewer, it’s not unusual for me to see an otherwise excellent laptop let down by a noisy fan that becomes a distraction during work or play sessions. There are many reasons that…