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When DeepSeek-R1 released back in January, it was incredibly hyped up. This reasoning model could be distilled down to work with smaller large language models (LLMs) on consumer-grade laptops. If you believed the headlines, you’d think it’s now possible to run AI models that are

Why pay a subscription fee for Microsoft 365 when you can own Microsoft Office for life? Right now, you can get a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional for just $54.97 (reg. $219.99) — cheaper than a single year of Microsoft 365.

Includes only the apps you want

Last week’s March update for Windows 11 24H2 was already causing problems for users, but now it appears to be a headache for Microsoft itself… because it’s inadvertently uninstalling the Copilot AI assistant that the company has been pushing over the past few years.

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Baseball fans have more ways than ever to stream Major League Baseball games, but keeping track of where to watch can be a challenge. National broadcasts remain spread across multiple networks and streaming services, while local games are increasingly shifting away from traditional regional sports networks. Add in exclusive streaming deals and blackout restrictions,

Almost 19,000 new games were posted to Steam last year. That’s a lot to comb through, even if combing through Steam games is your job. When the Steam Spring Sale hit, I was looking for some

We love Windows and Office as much as the next person, but we have to admit that Microsoft products can be fairly expensive. Paying hundreds of dollars for a Windows product key or getting a Microsoft 365 subscription doesn’t make sense when there are more affordable solutions. But what can you do?

Laptops with ample storage can be pricey, especially because they don’t go on sale as often as smaller options do. I’ve seen it so many times — a base model laptop goes on sale for hundreds of dollars off, but the model with more storage remains full price.

It’s always a big letdown when new performance-boosting technologies come out but aren’t supported in all games. That’s been the case with AMD’s fourth-generation resolution upscaling technology, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 4), which remains exclusively supported on AMD’s new 9000-series RDNA 4 graphics cards.

FSR 4 isn’t widely available, not even acr

There are lots of price search engines that show price histories for products via graphs, which can help you visualize what a product is really worth before you jump on a so-called deal. Why pay full price for something when you don’t have to?

And that’s never more true than on Amazon. If you’re a frequent Amazon shopper, you owe it to yourself to