Take advantage of Asus’ one-day sale on desktops, laptops, and more

If you’re looking for a new laptop, today is a good day to go shopping at Amazon. The online retailer has a one-day sale on Asus laptops, desktops, and Chromebooks. The sale prices end just before midnight Pacific time on Thursday. Here are our top three picks from the sale.

First up is the Asus TUF Dash 15 for $850, which is down from $950. This laptop features a 15.6-inch 1080p display with a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz. The CPU is an Intel “Tiger Lake” Core i7-11370H

OnePlus 10 Pro: 3 reasons to get it (and 1 reason why most people won’t)

Ever since around the release of the 5T all the way back in 2017, OnePlus phones have been my go-to pick for ‘best bang for your buck’ Android phone. A near-stock OS, solid camera, and sleek designs at mid-range prices helped build a loyal fanbase of OnePlus fans. But over the years the cost for each new release has slowly crept up as OnePlus shifted to the flagship space to try and offer a more ‘premium’ experience, and that’s exemplified by the newly announced $

Can Intel Arc shake up the depressingly bleak state of graphics cards?

The graphics card duopoly ended this week. For the first time in decades, we’re staring at a true three-way battle for gaming supremacy. Yes, Intel makes discrete graphics cards now. It couldn’t have come at a better time, as desktop gaming feels increasingly expensive and painful, and the unorthodox launch of Intel’s Arc graphics drives home that Chipzilla is plotting its ascent in very strategic ways.

Hopefully this fight rejuvenates the consumer graphics card space with

Get a two-year Flip Booklets Basic Plan for just $99

Want a better way to showcase your products online? Then you might want to take a look at Flip Booklets. It’s simple to set up and fast to use, and since two-year subscriptions have been discounted 72 percent to just $99, it’s pretty affordable.

Flip Booklets lets you take a collection of PDF pages and transform them into digital catalogs, magazines, brochures, and other types of marketing media. It, essentially, renders your media far more interesting to look at. It might

Microsoft returns some sanity to Clipchamp’s pricing

Microsoft’s new Clipchamp video-editing app appears to have finally realized that its customers aren’t made of money. The company has re-adjusted its pricing structure so that Clipchamp’s free tier now offers a level of service that customers will actually use.

Clipchamp is now part of the default stable of Windows apps, so chances are that you’ll run across it within the list of built-in apps that appear within Windows’ Start menu. (Clipchamp is available for

Here’s your first look at Intel’s Arc Limited Edition graphics card

Today’s reveal of Intel’s first discrete Arc GPUs was all about laptops, not desktop graphics cards. Those are scheduled to come sometime in the second quarter. But at the end of a stream that introduced Arc mobile and Intel’s Xe HPG graphics architecture to the masses, VP Roger Chandler pulled an Apple-esque “One more thing,” revealing the design of an Intel-built limited edition Arc graphics card.  

While Intel’s pre-release “Odyssey” c

Intel’s long-anticipated Arc GPUs arrive in laptops, loaded with enticing features

It’s finally happening. After years of teases, promises, and hype, a third heavy-hitting player enters the graphics card game today, aiming to shake up the Nvidia/AMD duopoly. Intel’s hotly anticipated Arc GPUs hit the streets today—though not in the way you might expect. Rather than debuting in desktop form, Arc’s grand reveal comes via laptops, which can drive home some of the enticingly delicious advantages Intel can provide in tuned systems revolving around its Core

Meet Xe HPG, the beating heart inside Intel’s first graphics cards

It’s the start of a new era of competition. Today, Intel revealed its debut Arc GPUs, heralding its long-teased entry into discrete consumer graphics cards. Watch out, Nvidia and AMD. Chipzilla’s in the fray now, fueled by its new Xe HPG (High-performance gaming) GPU architecture.

Intel took an unusual (but strategically smart) approach to Arc’s debut, rolling out Arc 3 graphics for modestly priced portable laptops. It lets the company leverage its substantial strengths in

Fortnite players donate $100 million to Ukraine

Five years after introducing a trendy Battle Royale mode and becoming one of the most popular games on the planet, Fortnite continues to attract players with constant iteration and licensed crossovers. The game isn’t without its issues, both within the playspace and without. But one move by developer Epic was met with near-universal praise: the decision to donate profits from in-game purchases to Ukraine beginning with its new season.

After just nine days, Epic announced that it&rsqu

The Full Nerd special episode: Intel’s Tom Petersen geeks out about Arc GPUs

There’s finally a third player in the graphics card game. In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by Tom Peterson of Intel graphics to talk about Intel’s debut Arc GPUs for laptops, details about the company’s Xe HPG graphics architecture, and the sorts of features you can find in all-Intel systems now that the company offers discrete GPUs to complement its Core CPUs.

The Full Nerd crew kicks off the discussion with tal


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