Nothing's modular CMF Phone 2 Pro adds one huge feature, but kills one of my favorites
Nothing finally brought a sorely-needed feature to the new CMF Phone 2 Pro
Buying Guides
I'm a teacher, and these are the 7 best laptops for students that I recommend in 2025
Finding the best student laptops can feel like researching for a term paper, but we test and review over 100 laptops yearly to find our top recommendations.
Finding the best laptops for engineering students is crucial, here are our 3 top picks for 2025
The best laptops for engineering students are vital to success. After hundreds of hours of testing and reviews, here are our top picks for 2025.
The best handheld gaming PCs in 2025 are my favorite way to game on the go
The best handheld gaming PCs are my favorite way to game. We've spent hundreds of hours testing and reviewing to find the five best handheld gaming PCs in 2025.
Reviews by Brand
Geekom AX8 Pro AI Mini PC review: this PC is so small I forgot where I put it
The Geekom AX8 Pro AI mini PC offers solid AMD Ryzen 7 performance, plenty of ports, and a 16 TOPS NPU. It’s also small, light, and mounts easily to a monitor.
"I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a display this drop-dead gorgeous.": The new HP Omen Max is putting in maximum effort
The HP Omen Max 16 delivers so much good with its intense RTX 5090 GPU and gorgeous OLED display, but battery life and audio disappoint for a $4,000+ laptop.
This slim, stylish business laptop won me over with its vivid display and unmatched keyboard, but I have two key concerns
The HP EliteBook Ultra G1i AI features a stellar display, an ultra-portable design, and a great keyboard, but battery life holds it back from greatness.
I spent a week using this sub-$500 2-in-1 Chromebook — I can't believe how much better they are in 2025
The Acer Chromebook Spin 312 is a solid laptop for anyone on a tight budget, especially students or retirees. With a sturdy build, vivid display, and easy set-up, it’s a quality Chromebook.
Deals
Walmart is having a big storewide sale this Presidents' Day weekend, here are 18 of the best tech deals to shop
Browse top deals from today's Walmart Presidents Day sale
Amazon Gaming Week is on, shop my favorite 15 deals on laptops, monitors, headsets, games, and more
Amazon Gaming Week offers excellent deals on gamer-centric laptops, monitors, and PC accessories.
Newegg is holding a massive PC Gaming Week sale, here are 9 deals I'd add to my shopping cart
Newegg's gaming sale includes deals on gaming laptops, gaming monitors, gaming headsets, gaming mice, SSD storage, and more
Laptops
Walmart is having a big storewide sale this Presidents' Day weekend, here are 18 of the best tech deals to shop
Browse top deals from today's Walmart Presidents Day sale
I'm a teacher, and these are the 7 best laptops for students that I recommend in 2025
Finding the best student laptops can feel like researching for a term paper, but we test and review over 100 laptops yearly to find our top recommendations.
Newegg is holding a massive PC Gaming Week sale, here are 9 deals I'd add to my shopping cart
Newegg's gaming sale includes deals on gaming laptops, gaming monitors, gaming headsets, gaming mice, SSD storage, and more
Laptop Accessories
Best laptop docking stations in 2025: My 7 top tested picks
After testing and reviewing dozens of docking stations, here are our picks for the best docking stations in 2025 based on ports, power, performance, presentation, and price.
This wearable could replace the mouse and keyboard, and I saw it first-hand at MWC 2025
The Mudra Link lets you control almost everything with a wave of your hand.
The best webcams in 2025: The top picks, based on our real-world testing
Here are the best webcams to replace your laptops built-in camera. We've tested dozens of webcams to find the very best no matter your use case or budget.
Ai
ChatGPT needs therapy. Humans are hard to process.
Your favorite AI chatbot might be having a bad day, and it's likely all your fault.
Geekom AX8 Pro AI Mini PC review: this PC is so small I forgot where I put it
The Geekom AX8 Pro AI mini PC offers solid AMD Ryzen 7 performance, plenty of ports, and a 16 TOPS NPU. It’s also small, light, and mounts easily to a monitor.
Google's AI Overview is hallucinating again, this time with hilarious fake idioms
Google's AI Overview made headlines last year for giving incorrect answers to (mostly) legitimate questions. Now, things are going wrong in a new way.
"We’re just trying to make computers faster, more power efficient, and AI is the new face of that": Intel's Robert Hallock on the impact of AI and the myth of the "killer app"
We sit down with Intel's Robert Hallock to get the inside scoop on AI, the "killer app," and more.
Gaming
Amazon Gaming Week is on, shop my favorite 15 deals on laptops, monitors, headsets, games, and more
Amazon Gaming Week offers excellent deals on gamer-centric laptops, monitors, and PC accessories.
Nintendo issues alert to Switch 2 prospective buyers ahead of launch
Buying a Switch 2 directly from Nintendo might not be the best option if you want it on June 5.
Nintendo Switch games are on sale for as cheap as $2, here are 9 deals I'd add to my collection
Nintendo Switch games are on sale from just $2 at the Nintendo Store, these are the games I'd buy.
Unhappy with using Windows with your AR glasses? Sightful's Spacetop for Windows is designed to solve some key pain points
Sightful's Spacetop for Windows is a software designed to ease those pain-points and make working in AR as seamless as using a laptop.
Apple
Apple's latest MacBook Air M4 hits its lowest price ever after $150 discount at Amazon
You can now save $150 on the excellent 15-inch MacBook Air M4 at Amazon.
Apple's new iPad 11 hits record new price low of $299 — just in time for Mother's Day
Pick up the latest iPad with Apple A16 chip for an all-time low price.
Apple is racing against time to shift iPhone production away from China to dodge Trump's tariffs
The iPhone could find a new home soon.
iPhone 17 Air: Rumors are thick on the thinnest iPhone ever
The iPhone 17 Air is months away from a launch, but here's what we know about it so far.
Windows
There's a secret folder in Windows 11 — and it's quickly going from fix to flaw
The mysterious "inetpub" folder keeps making headlines, and one security expert says it might be more risk than remedy.
Microsoft set to make huge Windows change — and it's hoping you won't notice
So long, and thanks for all the glitch
A mysterious new folder appeared in my C drive after this Windows 11 update, should I be worried?
A recent Windows 11 update has left behind a strange "inetpub" folder on users' computers — here's what it is and what it isn't.
Oops. Deleting Windows' mysterious "inetpub" folder was a terrible mistake. Here's how to fix it
Last week, a strange folder appearing in the system directory of Windows machines was deemed harmless, but users who deleted it may be at risk.
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Save up to $100 on the best noise-cancelling headphones for travel.
iPhone 17 tipped for a long-awaited upgrade, but it may not come cheap
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