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Grab Prime Day Laptop Savings: My Go-to Acer Aspire 14 AI Is Nearly 30% Off at Costco Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-08 05:59:00

Amazon's Prime Day may have started July 8, but other retailers are offering some major discounts as well. Costco members can snag the Acer Aspire 14 AI for $500a $200 discount, until July 20 or while supplies last. CNET's key takeaways The Acer Aspire 14 AI is available for $500 at Costco. The Intel Lunar Lake CPU offers good performance for the price and long battery life. The display and design won't wow you. Laptop prices are on the rise -- and the more they increase, the better Acer's

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This HP 14″ Laptop Costs Less Than Your AirPods at Best Buy’s Black Friday in July, Competing With Prime Day

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-08 23:10:52

In my lifetime, smartphones have gradually become the dominant tool for going online. Today, most people rely primarily on their phones to check email, keep up with friends on social media, or browse the web for all sorts of needs. In fact, I know several people who have ditched traditional computers entirely, relying solely on their phones to get things done. Yet I argue there are certain tasks that are still more convenient on a laptop than they ever will be on a smartphone. Working on large d

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ASUS 14″ Laptop (8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) Nearly 50% Off for Best Buy’s Black Friday in July, Prime Day Isn’t Alone

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-10 19:50:37

The smartphone spent the last decade and a half slowly taking over the world to the point now where it is now the primary way most folks “go online,” whether that’s checking their email, staying up to date with their friends through social media, or accessing the internet for all sorts of various needs. I even know some folks who opt to not own a computer at all because they can get it all done with their phone. Though, there are still some tasks that are just way less of a hassle when using a l

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This mid-range Acer laptop is my go-to for work travel, and it's on sale

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-11 07:11:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) is on sale now at Amazon for $791. It's a lightweight, responsive laptop with a touchscreen, and a slick media playback menu. However, for a laptop so optimized for media, its speakers aren't the best. $799.99 at Amazon The 14-inch Acer Swift Go was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel's Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for a sale price of $791, a mid-range price point right in the sweet spot for many c

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Windows 11, Microsoft 365: This 14″ HP Laptop Now Costs Only $178 for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-11 11:50:08

Prime Day is an excellent time to head out and buy a new laptop with prices being their cheapest of the year on Amazon. Even Black Friday and Cyber Monday can’t compete, since Amazon goes all out to make its own sale a success by lowering prices across the company. This is especially true of this HP 14″ laptop which has dropped to an all-time low and is now in the Top 5 best-selling Prime Day laptops. Right now, you can get this HP 14-inch laptop for just $178, 23% cheaper than its regular pric

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Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-08-12 04:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. The world of Chromebooks has its MacBook Air. Lenovo’s latest Chromebook Plus 14 is an Arm-based thin-and-light with good specs, excellent battery life, a great keyboard, all-around solid build, and a fantastic OLED screen. But the best part is that its bright and punchy 14-inch panel comes standard on the base $649 configuration or as

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This Incredible Lens Let Me Take Amazing Star Photos

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-11 23:00:05

CNET's key takeaways Sigma's Art 14mm f1.8 DG HSM is a fast, wide-angle lens that can take amazing photos of the night sky. It's fairly heavy at 1,120 grams (2.5 pounds) but compact for what it is. The f1.8 aperture lets you take unique wide-angle photos with a shallow depth of field. Taking photos of the sky at night is one of the most challenging types of photography. There's not a lot of light available (obviously, it's night), and to get truly epic images, you want a really wide-angle le

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This affordable Lenovo ThinkPad rivals laptops twice the price - and now it's even cheaper

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-16 17:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 has configurations that start at $1,069. It's a solid budget business laptop with a wide range of configurations. The display and webcam might not be good enough for most users, and opting for higher-end hardware can nearly double the price. View now at Lenovo As part of a new Black Friday in July sales event, the sixth-generation ThinkPad E14 is on sale for $829. On the surface, Lenovo's sixth-generation ThinkPad E14 doesn't look much diff

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I Like Microsoft's 13-Inch Surface Laptop, but the Larger Model Is the One to Get

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 19:24:05

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.0 / 10 SCORE Microsoft Surface Laptop (13-inch) $1,000 at Microsoft Pros Beautiful, durable and compact design Outstanding battery life Better-than-expected audio output Cons 13-inch, 3:2 display can feel cramped Laptop is harder to open than it should be Lacks Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 connectivity The reason to choose Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Lapto

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This Dell laptop is my top choice for both work and travel - and it's on sale for $400 off

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-19 01:00:20

ZDNET's key takeaways Prices for the Dell 14 Plus currently start at $1,099 During a time of economic turmoil, this laptop is a lifeline, providing next-gen performance at an affordable price However, don't expect too much from its display, as it's no OLED or 4K panel. View now at Dell View now at Micro Center more buying choices Every configuration of the Dell 14 Plus is on sale ahead of July 4. You can get the base model is $700, a $400 discount. Back in early 2025, Dell made a bold move.

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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-21 13:20:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $649 - the lowest price we've seen yet. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with a brilliant OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I wasn't the only one to be low-key enamore

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This Lenovo Chromebook easily replaced my Windows laptop for work - and I can't go back

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-22 15:17:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is available now, starting at $649. It's the most powerful Chromebook Plus device yet, and earned our Editor's Choice award for its fantastic battery, lovely OLED display, and ultraportable form. There's a limit to its performance capabilities, and utilizing ChromeOS to its fullest comes with a learning curve. View now at Best Buy It seems like every few months we're seeing new Chromebooks pushing the limits of what the devices can do. Their

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This $499 Windows laptop easily replaced my ThinkPad for one key reason

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-22 18:58:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Acer's Aspire 14 AI is on sale at Costco for $499. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. $645 at Amazon I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last year, and praised it as one of the best cheap laptops you can get, priced at around $300. This year, one of the latest additions to Acer's Aspire line, the Aspire 14 AI, is a few steps up i

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I replaced my Windows laptop with a 'premium' Chromebook - and can't go back

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-23 07:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is available now, starting at $649. It's the most powerful Chromebook Plus device yet, and earned our Editor's Choice award for its fantastic battery, lovely OLED display, and ultraportable form. There's a limit to its performance capabilities, and utilizing ChromeOS to its fullest comes with a learning curve. View now at Best Buy It seems like every few months we're seeing new Chromebooks pushing the limits of what the devices can do. Their

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Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 Review: A Game-Changer

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-23 07:00:00

Amazingly, the base configuration has 12 GB of RAM. That’s not quite as much as the 16 GB you get in some Snapdragon X-powered Windows laptops like the forthcoming HP Omnibook 5 16—but for ChromeOS, it’s more than enough. Meanwhile, the base configuration comes with 128 GB of storage, and the upgraded model has a 256-GB solid state drive. Performance is solid. Speedometer is a benchmark that tests performance in the browser, which is important for ChromeOS since it's all built around the Chrome

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Reverse Engineering the Microchip CLB

news.ycombinator.com Reverse Engineering The Microchip Clb 2025-08-23 16:30:02

Microchip added a very cool peripheral called the Configurable Logic Block (CLB) to there new PIC16F13145 microcontroller family. It’s essentially a small FPGA (32 LUTs) that can connect to the internals of the chip. However, they don’t document how to configure it yourself, only referring you to their online configurator tool that submits jobs to an API that places and routes to LUTs. The [CLB] Interface does not appear as an SFR in the Register Map and is not directly user-accessible; it is

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Dell 14 Plus Review: Mainstream Laptop With Bountiful Options, Basic Looks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 11:00:03

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.8 / 10 SCORE Dell 14 Plus $750 at Dell Pros Sharp 2.5K display Sturdy aluminum chassis Good overall performance for the price Cons Touchpad a touch too firm Plastic display bezels look cheap Underwhelming audio output The Dell 14 Plus is the update to the previous Inspiron 14 Plus as the computer maker's mainstream offering that sits between Dell "b

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The OPPO Reno14 5G gives you every excuse to ditch your iPhone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-25 08:50:40

OPPO The new OPPO Reno14 Series is making its global debut. Following months of anticipation, the trio of stylish, feature-packed smartphones is coming to several markets across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America this month. Leading the lineup is the OPPO Reno14 5G — a device that blends premium hardware and advanced AI software into a package that costs noticeably less than flagship products. With its slim aluminum design, large 120Hz OLED display, and a camera setup tha

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Dell announces new Premium replacement for the XPS line

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-27 15:00:18

After going through a controversial branding change that eliminated the beloved XPS name, Dell has launched its replacement. The new Dell 14 Premium and Dell 16 Premium Windows 11 laptops represent the high end of Dell's business lineup and offer features like Intel Core Ultra 9 16-core CPUs, NVIDIA RTX 5070 GPUs and battery life up to 27 hours. The XPS name may be gone but last year's design largely remains. Both models keep the simple and elegant wedge-like form from before, with slightly big

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Dell’s new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked for

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-27 15:00:00

After scrapping its XPS branding earlier this year, Dell has now launched two of the new “Premium” laptop models that are replacing it. Aside from being refreshed with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 Arrow Lake processors, a slightly revised Dell lid logo, and a few other spec changes, the Dell 16 Premium and Dell 14 Premium are nearly identical to the popular XPS 16 and XPS 14 that preceded them. “The new name signals a fresh chapter — one that makes it easier than ever to find the right PC while

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Best Buy Slashes HP 14-Inch Chromebook by Nearly 60% to Rival Amazon Early Prime Day Deals

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-29 15:40:57

In search of a new laptop? If you’re primary need for a computer is basic web browsing, email drafting, word processing, and YouTube video-watching, then you really don’t need to shell out for anything crazy expensive. A Chromebook is kind of the perfect tool for these use cases plus they’re super great for travel. HP has its 14-inch Chromebook on sale over at Best Buy. Right now, it’s been shaved down about 60%. That brings the price from its usual $329 to just $139. You can save a staggering $

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Is this $600 Acer the best laptop deal right now? I tested it, and here's my verdict

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-29 19:30:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) is on sale now at B&H for $599. It's a lightweight, responsive laptop with a touchscreen, and a slick media playback menu. However, for a laptop so optimized for media, its speakers aren't the best. $599 at B&H Photo-Video The 14-inch Acer Swift Go was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel's Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for $899 (on sale now for $599), a mid-range price point right in the sweet spot

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Seagate 14TB External HDD Is 40% Off Only at Best Buy, Amazon Doesn’t Offer It at This Lowest Price

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-29 23:40:32

Storage capacities are one of the few things that seems to actually be going down in price these days. It’s becoming easier and easier for engineers to deliver us more and more data in smaller and smaller packages. Just a handful of years ago, the thought of a single terabyte seemed like a joke. Now you can get twice that on a microSD card about a centimeter long. See at Best Buy Well, friends this might be one of the most affordable storage options I’ve ever seen when looking at a per-byte le

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This Acer laptop has a game-changing feature for multimedia consumption (and it's $300 off)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-30 09:50:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) is on sale now at B&H for $599. It's a lightweight, responsive laptop with a touchscreen, and a slick media playback menu. However, for a laptop so optimized for media, its speakers aren't the best. $599 at B&H Photo-Video The 14-inch Acer Swift Go was among the first round of laptops to come loaded with Intel's Meteor Lake AI processors last year, and it does so for $899 (on sale now for $599), a mid-range price point right in the sweet spot

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Best Portable Air Conditioners: Cooling Your Home One Room at a Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 15:03:00

Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL excel in performance compared with most portable air conditioners we tested, but it also has a lot of features and specialty options. This model isn't cheap, but it's a well-rounded luxury AC unit with everything you need -- and then some. To start, the MAP14HS1TBL has the highest cooling capacity of any other model we tested. Those 12,000 BTUs come in handy for cooling larger spaces up to 550 square feet, and it showed in the performance. The Midea model beat

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A new Android 14 update is now available for Chromecast with Google TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-31 15:59:16

TL;DR A new Android 14 update is rolling out to Chromecast with Google TV devices. The update is landing on devices that are still on Android 12 and those that already have the initial Android 14 update installed. The initial update was pulled due to reported issues. After missing the intended 2024 deadline, Google finally started rolling out Android 14 to Chromecast with Google TV in March. That rollout was halted, however, after users reported issues. But as the saying goes, the second time

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I Love Lenovo's Latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon but Was Shocked at the Cost of Upgrades

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-01 10:00:05

8.3 / 10 SCORE Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition $2,474 at Lenovo Pros Exceptionally lightweight yet sturdy build Lengthy battery life Stellar 2.8K OLED display Best-in-class ThinkPad keyboard Cons Upgrades are pricey, particularly the OLED display Aura Edition features aren't likely to be of any interest or use 1080p webcam is disappointing given the price The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is Lenovo's flagship business ultraportable, and with the 13th generation, Lenovo has made strides

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Show HN: Weather Watching

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-01 01:25:48

Where is the camera? I won't tell you. But it's somewhere in Manhattan, below 14th Street. Thanks to Brian for technical pointers, and James for the idea to do clothes in addition to umbrellas!

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$1,400 can get you a powerful (and huge) HP Omen laptop with an RTX 5070

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-09-03 07:43:13

Acer’s Chromebook Spin 714 has long been a technical showcase, at least as far as Chromebooks are concerned. And now the company’s latest model, the, is down to $579 at Best Buy , which is $220 off its original $799 price. You’re not alone in thinking that even the discounted price is costly, but it’s one of the best models you can buy if you’re looking for something that’s built like a premium, long-lasting laptop. The 714 features a 14-inch 1,920 x 1,200 touchscreen with Intel’s Cure Ultra 5 1

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Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo’s sleek, new 14-incher are getting free Gemini AI features

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-09-03 20:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Google announced a handful of new Gemini AI features for Chromebook Plus laptops, including a sleek, new 14-inch flagship device from Lenovo that I got to handle recently. The new AI functions include select to search, which allows you to long press the launcher icon or take a screenshot and do a Google search based on on-screen images

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Grab Prime Day Laptop Savings: My Go-to Acer Aspire 14 AI Is Nearly 30% Off at Costco Right Now

This HP 14″ Laptop Costs Less Than Your AirPods at Best Buy’s Black Friday in July, Competing With Prime Day

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This mid-range Acer laptop is my go-to for work travel, and it's on sale

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This Dell laptop is my top choice for both work and travel - and it's on sale for $400 off

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This Lenovo Chromebook easily replaced my Windows laptop for work - and I can't go back

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Is this $600 Acer the best laptop deal right now? I tested it, and here's my verdict

Seagate 14TB External HDD Is 40% Off Only at Best Buy, Amazon Doesn’t Offer It at This Lowest Price

This Acer laptop has a game-changing feature for multimedia consumption (and it's $300 off)

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