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The holiday sales bring tech upgrades with some mind-blowing savings on top-rated gear from Apple, Google, Sony, and other ...

My BitLocker enabled computer won't boot without my USB.

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

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A budget laptop that checks boxes even some premium notebooks leave blank is rare, so consider the Acer Aspire 16 AI ($699.99 as tested) a gem. For starters, its 16-inch 120Hz IPS screen balances ...

Valve has yet to give a firm release date for the Steam Machine, but last November, when showing off the new hardware lineup, Valve employees said it would be coming in early 2026. On Feb. 4, Valve ...

The Alienware 16 Area-51 Gaming Laptop with RTX 5090, 64GB RAM is marked down to $4,349.99 right now, which is $800 off the normal price. This is not a casual purchase, but if you want a top-end ...

With MacOS, there's something called the DFU Firmware Revive/Restore, which is a deep recovery process for unresponsive Macs. To run a DFU Revive/Restore, you have to have another Mac to update or ...

Alienware’s 16X Aurora and Area-51 laptops won a Best of CES 2026 Award for adding beautiful OLED displays to the line. These computers have Intel Core Ultra 200HX chips and up to RTX 5090 graphics.

Dell's modern Alienware gaming laptops are powerful and cool-looking machines, but they have a reputation of being hefty and expensive. That may soon change. At CES 2026 Monday, the American tech ...

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