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The best laptop docking stations you can buy: Expert tested

We tested some of the best laptop docking stations to clean up your workspace and make it more organized.

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The best laptop cooling pads you can buy: Expert tested
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The best phones for battery life: Expert tested
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The best laptops for video editing: Expert tested
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How to level up your job in the emerging AI economy
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The best laptop docking stations you can buy: Expert tested

We tested some of the best laptop docking stations to clean up your workspace and make it more organized.
2 days ago by Cesar Cadenas in Home & Office
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The best laptop cooling pads you can buy: Expert tested

We went hands-on with some of the best laptop cooling pads that keep your computer running cool. Here are our top picks.
2 days ago by Cesar Cadenas in Home & Office
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The best phones for battery life: Expert tested

Of the dozens of phones we've tested this year, these are the best phones for battery life, that also offer great cameras, design, and performance.
2 days ago by Prakhar Khanna in Smartphones
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The best laptops for video editing: Expert tested

We'ved tested some of the best laptops for video editing from Apple, Dell, Acer, and more, that can handle all of your projects.
2 days ago by Cesar Cadenas in Laptops
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How to level up your job in the emerging AI economy

Higher-level architectural skills are needed for technology projects, and the AI economy requires evaluation and logical-thinking capabilities.
2 days ago by Joe McKendrick in Digital Transformation
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5 obscure web browsers that will finally break your Chrome addiction

Give one of these alternative browsers just a few minutes of your time and you'll never go back. They're all free, so what have you got to lose?
3 days ago by Jack Wallen in Productivity
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Meta's new 512GB Quest 3 deal may be the best VR headset offer right now

Meta announced that it will discontinue the 128GB version of the Quest 3 VR headset, and drop the price of the the 512GB by $150. Here's where to buy it.
4 days ago by Taylor Clemons in AR + VR
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A catastrophic browser flaw is patched almost immediately - here's how

A researcher discovers a nasty bug in the Arc browser and the next day it's fixed. If only all proprietary software got this sort of attention.
4 days ago by Jack Wallen in Productivity
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The E Ink tablet that rebooted my creativity is not a ReMarkable or Amazon Kindle

The Onyx Book Note Air 3 C offers a premium color pen-to-paper experience while bringing its own set of unique features to the table.
4 days ago by Allison Murray in Tablets
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Arc browser creator believes it's time to move on from Chrome - and I agree

In a move that shouldn't surprise anyone who uses Arc browser, the man behind the software says the web browser and the web need to be reinvented.
4 days ago by Jack Wallen in Productivity
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Is OneDrive messing with your files? How to get your Windows storage under control

If you're not paying close attention, your local files can get moved to Microsoft's OneDrive cloud storage. Here's what's happening, and how you can clean up the mess.
4 days ago by Ed Bott in Productivity
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This Samsung T5 SSD is almost 50% off at Amazon well before October Prime Day

The Samsung T5 Evo 4TB portable SSD is over $200 off at Amazon, letting you save nearly 50% on all the storage space you'll need for games, documents, photos, and videos.
6 days ago by Taylor Clemons in Storage
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One of the best e-readers I've tested is not a Kindle or a ReMarkable

The Onyx Boox Page offers just the right amount of capabilities for an E Ink tablet, and it's much better than the Kindle Paperwhite.
6 days ago by Prakhar Khanna in Tablets
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One of the cheapest Android tablets I've tested replaced both my Kindle and iPad

I've been a Kindle user for over a decade, but the TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper 5G is my new favorite e-reader for its versatile display and value.
6 days ago by Maria Diaz in Tablets
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File won't download from Google Drive? Here's how to fix that

If your browser is suddenly refusing to download files from Google Drive, there's likely a very simple reason.
6 days ago by Jack Wallen in Productivity
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