When this 21-inch curved-display bearing notebook landed at CES 2017, we couldn’t stop ourselves from checking out its eye-tracking bar, its mechanical keyboard and its hybrid touchpad and number pad. Oh, and it packs two Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs, which will help make its 15-pound body worth the strain you’ll feel in your bags and budget. Launching in February, with a starting price of $8,999. MORE: Acer’s $9,000 Curved Gaming Laptop is Totally Insane Acer also updated the Predator 17X, giving it a 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7820HK CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU and 64GB of RAM....

Online shopping isn’t going anywhere. Unfortunately, neither are the scams that come with it. And while this isn’t a good reason to abandon your favorite online retailer, it does require some vigilance if you’re willing to enter a credit card number and send it into cyberspace. Here are 10 tips to help you stay safe, ranging from the basics, to a few you’ve probably never considered. ** Shop at legitimate websites...

No one likes shackled to an outlet all day, or worse, finding out that you don’t have your charging cable and you’re stuck with a useless, dead laptop. As such, if a laptop can manage to last hours upon hours on a charge while still delivering excellent performance, it deserves the biggest, shiniest trophy one can earn. We test our laptops using our in-house Laptop Mag battery test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness until the device conks out....

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a reliable Apple tipster who claims to have anonymous connections close to the Cupertino-based tech giant, we’re finally getting the next-generation model of the AirPods Pro. In addition to the Watch Series 8, Gurman also speculates that Apple plans to unveil a brand-spankin’ new rugged watch. If you want to follow along with our Apple September event live blog, we’re covering all of the latest announcements straight through the event, so join us!...

But in addition to rolling out new chips, Intel is also rolling out new naming conventions. And with 11 new chips to consider, things can get a bit confusing. So to help keep things straight, here’s a guide to all the new Ice Lake chips in Intel’s lineup. Stay tuned as we’ll be updating this page when the H Series CPUs launch. Naming Convention When looking at an Intel processor, the first thing you see is the brand modifier, which is most often i3, i5, i7 or i9....

Windows’ third-party installation process has always been a mess, to say the least. Some apps still make you download the actual software through a downloader program; some rely on clunky, outdated interfaces that can be difficult to navigate; and some are available through both the built-in app store and as a standalone file online, leaving it up to the owner to figure out which one’s suited for their needs — you get the idea....

For Windows users who despise being kept in the dark on update installation times, this new ETA feature is a useful perk. How to download Windows 11 preview build — get a sneak peek of the new OS Windows 11 new startup sound got leaked — and it sounds like Minecraft music Best Chromebooks 2021 Windows 11 adds new ETA feature for updates Windows 11 adds new ETA feature for updates...