Shopping for back-to-school? These are the budget laptops I’d actually recommend
The back-to-school season often turns into a laptop, especially the budget ones that aren’t too heavy on your wallet. Due…
Asus’ latest Zenbook puts a seriously bright OLED screen inside an impossibly slim body
Asus has introduced a new AMD-powered version of the Zenbook 14 Air 2026, combining a bright OLED display and a…
Before you blow your student budget, here’s the MacBook that actually suits your major
Apple’s MacBook lineup has become much broader in 2026. The MacBook Neo brings the entry price down considerably, the M5…
Qualcomm is set to ratchet up chip prices in September, and your next gadget upgrade could bear the brunt
I want you to sit with this for a second. Qualcomm, the company whose Snapdragon chips sit inside your Android…
Stop fighting with your roomie over outlets and get one of these multi-port chargers before you head back to school
Your room has one wall outlet, and you have multiple devices that need power by morning. Phone, laptop, tablet, earbuds,…
OpenAI’s rogue AI hack was just the beginning, Hugging Face warns
Hugging Face already knows what it is like to be attacked by an autonomous AI agent. If one of its…
Claude Opus 5 is here, and Anthropic says it can rival Fable 5 in some tasks
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, its latest frontier AI model for coding, research, business work, and other complex tasks.…
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs
Centrica, owner of British Gas, is cutting 1,300 call centre jobs, and its chief executive says changing customer behaviour is…
Intel just pulled its 14A production schedule forward by a year
Intel has moved up the schedule for its next-generation 14A (1.4-nanometer) manufacturing process, giving its foundry turnaround an important new…
Gemini Spark is no longer restricted to Google’s priciest Ultra tier
Google AI Pro subscribers are finally getting access to one of the best features Google announced at I/O this May.…
LG agrees to kill McAfee pop-up on Windows PCs after Microsoft steps in
Plug in an LG monitor, and Windows might quietly install more than a driver. That’s what several owners found out…
Firefox just made work and personal browsing easier to separate
Mozilla has released Firefox 153, giving people a built-in way to keep work, personal, shopping, and banking activity apart. The…
ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple Health data to give more personalized health answers
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT into a new category with the launch of Health in ChatGPT, a feature that allows users…
These are the mice I’d recommend for Back-to-school
A good mouse doesn’t get nearly as much attention as a laptop, but it’s one of those upgrades that quietly…
Framework is downgrading some Laptop 13 Pro orders after a massive RAM cost spike
Framework delivered rare good news last month when it found a cheaper and better SSD for the Laptop 13 Pro.…