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Best Portable Chargers and Power Banks for Phones and Laptops
Some portable chargers can power your devices faster than others. This is largely determined by the kinds of ports the charger is equipped with and their max wattage output. Take a look at the port options on different models when shopping. Portable chargers are usually outfitted with USB-C ports and USB-A ports, which both can be rated for different…
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The Best Intel Lunar Lake Laptops in 2024
Intel has finally launched its Core Ultra 200V processors aka Lunar Lake chips. The new Core Ultra (Series 2) chipsets look very promising as they bring massive efficiency improvements without compromising performance. The new integrated Xe2 GPU is particularly powerful, and battery life matches even ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite laptops. So if you are interested, check out our list of…
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Google Is Bringing Live Translate to Chromebook Plus Laptops
Google has announced new smart features coming to Chromebook Plus laptops, including the Live Translate feature for automatic captions across the system. Live Translate has been available on Pixel phones, and now it’s coming to Chromebook Plus laptops. Like its Pixel counterpart, Live Translate on Chromebook Plus is a systemwide feature that’s not bound to any particular app. Instead, Live…
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8 ways to protect your Windows laptop’s battery health – Computerworld
Windows battery health step #6: Store smartly If you won’t be using your laptop for a while (or you’ve unplugged the battery and set it aside), you should take care when storing the battery. Remember: Laptop batteries don’t like being at 100% battery for a long period of time, and they definitely don’t like being at 0% battery, either. To…
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Get Ready for Cheaper ARM Windows Laptops
The first PC laptops with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips arrived a few months ago, and even though they’re not perfect, they offer fantastic power efficiency and battery life. Qualcomm has now introduced a new chip for less expensive PCs: the 8-core Snapdragon X Plus. Qualcomm just revealed the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a new lower-end option in…
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How keep your laptop’s battery in good health
The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power most of our laptops may be the most practical battery tech we have right now, but they naturally degrade over time as their ions flow back and forth — it’s an inevitable consequence of the way they’re built and the way they work. Eventually, the batteries can’t hold as much of a charge. Most…
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The best laptops of 2024
We test a wide variety of laptops each year here at The Verge, and many of them are very good. But you can’t buy them all. So I’ve done the very difficult (very difficult, trust me) task of selecting some of the best laptops you can get. Whether you’re looking for a Chromebook, a gaming laptop, a 2-in-1 convertible, an…
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Google is shoving its apps onto new Windows laptops
Google is making a new desktop app called Essentials that packages a few Google services, like Messages and Photos, and includes links to download many others. The app will be included with many new Windows laptops, with the first ones coming from HP. The Essentials app lets you “discover and install many of our best Google services,” according to Google’s…
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I review laptops for a living, and I install these 7 apps on every Windows 11 PC
Setting up a new Windows 11 PC? Whether it’s a laptop or a desktop, I have some suggestions about how you can quickly set it up with all the apps you need. I know because I’ve been reviewing PCs for years and tinkering with them my whole life, so I’ve spent longer than I’d care to admit reinstalling Windows and…
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