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Stop the presses because we just found the Acer Swift X 14 laptop for $400 off on Amazon! This powerful gaming laptop packs some mean guts, and right now you can get it for $1,100. You won’t be balking at that price when you see what this laptop brings to the tab

It feels like we’ve been waiting a long time for an official build of SteamOS to make its way beyond the Steam Deck. Today, the latest version of SteamOS officially supports the Lenovo Legion Go SteamOS Edition, the first third-party handheld gaming PC to run Steam right out of the box. It’s scheduled for a retail release later this month.

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Is your PC feeling a bit sluggish or running out of space? Don’t sweat it. Windows 11 has some handy built-in tools to help you declutter and boost performance. We’ll walk you through this simple guide on how to optimize your memory and free up some space.

1. Open memory optimization

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At Computex 2025, Biwin presented a brand-new PCIe 5.0 SSD called the Black Opal X570 Pro, which reaches sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and almost fully realizes the potential of the PCIe 5.0 interface. The M.2 2280 SSD is connected via four PCIe 5.0 channels and comes in 1TB,

Phone chargers are a pain in the neck. It’s great that Apple has finally been forced to use USB-C on its latest devices, but for years my iPhone-using friends and I were stuck with mismatched proprietary cables. We could never help each other when our phone batteries dipped low.

My gripes with charging cables don’t end there. I hate that they tangle up if y

Warhammer 40K is having a bit of a moment in PC gaming. In addition to new modding tools for the smash hit Space Marine II, there’s a new game based on the excellent old-school Doom-style boomer shooter, Boltgun. I

This year’s Computex – the premiere PC industry event of the year, where manufacturers reveal the hardware you’ll be able to buy during this year’s back to school and holiday shopping seasons – felt more muted than any in recent memory. It’s no surprise. US tariffs on Chinese goods have

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This week, we crack open local Taiwanese beers while chatting about Computex—grab a cold o

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