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The best laptops of 2017: Ultrabooks, budget PCs, 2-in-1s, and more

Our top picks feature the best tech advances in portable PCs, from new CPUs and GPUs to new materials, and include laptops from HP, Dell, and Apple.

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The Microsoft-Amazon deal leaves Cortana speakers with one advantage: Skype

Putting Cortana on Amazon devices, and Alexa on Windows PCs, would seem to doom Harman Kardon's Cortana-powered smart speaker. But Skype may be the secret sauce that saves it.

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Dash cam reviews: What you need to catch the maniacs and meteors of daily driving

The best dash cams can record what's ahead (and sometimes what's behind), and mark it with GPS (or what's the point?). This is what you need on the mean streets of modern life.

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper X399 motherboards compared: Specs, prices, and features

Here's a look at every X399 motherboard available for AMD Threadripper's launch.

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We build an AMD Threadripper 1920X-Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti PC

AMD's Threadripper 1920X is a CPU geared toward content creators. To put it to the test, we're building what we dub the Ultimate 1920x1080 PC. Read on to learn about the parts and the process.

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Asus ZenBook laptops power up with quad-core CPUs and discrete Nvidia graphics

Asus brings 8th-gen Intel chips and discrete Nvidia graphics to the ZenBook and ZenBook Flip lineups.

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The Asus ROG Chimera brings blisteringly fast 144Hz G-Sync displays to gaming laptops

The Asus ROG Chimera is a powerful gaming laptop with the world's first 144Hz G-Sync notebook panel.

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IFA news: Google is talking up new products that leverage its Google Assistant

A number of new smart speakers will be on the show floor, along with new smart appliances from LG.

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Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa are going to work together

Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa team up to battle Siri and Google Assistant.

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Dell's Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop gets serious with GTX 1060 and Nvidia Max-Q

Dell’s Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop will offer Nvidia GTX 1060 discrete graphics with Max-Q technology for better-balanced performance.

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Switchmate Bright review: The quick and easy path to smart lighting

You’ll spend more time downloading the app than installing this smart switch.

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Acer's Switch 7 could overpower the Surface Pro and MacBook Pro

Acer's Switch 7 Black Edition is a Surface Pro clone with some real horsepower behind it: an 8th-gen quad-core CPU and Nvidia Pascal graphics.

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Acer's Predator PCs woo gamers with 18-core CPUs, G-Sync HDR, and graphics cards galore

Acer's Predator Orion 9000 gaming PCs pack 18-core CPUs and multiple graphics cards, while the Predator X35 brings G-Sync HDR to curved ultrawide monitors.

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How to get out of Windows Safe Mode

Safe Mode is a useful tool, but it's meant to be temporary. If your Windows computer is stuck in Safe Mode, these instructions will help get it out.

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Observer review: A thrilling cyberpunk detective story with a psychedelic twist

Observer is rife with technical woes, but its story about a detective that jacks into people's subconscious to solve crimes makes it one of the year's wildest experiences.