Today, I can confirm the system actually works. I traveled to Framework’s San Francisco offices to be the first journalist to upgrade an entire laptop graphics card, with my own hands, in just three minutes — including the time it took to reboot. I yanked an AMD Radeon RX 7700S video card out of the machine and plugged in a …
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ControlVault3 firmware vulnerabilities impacting over 100 Dell laptop models can allow attackers to bypass Windows login and install malware that persists across system reinstalls. Dell ControlVault is a hardware-based security solution that stores passwords, biometric data, and security codes within firmware on a dedicated daughterboard, known as the Unified Security Hub (USH). The five vulnerabilities, reported by Cisco’s Talos security division and …
Read More »OpenAI releases open-weight reasoning models optimized for running on laptops Reuters OpenAI’s New Open Models Accelerated Locally on NVIDIA GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs NVIDIA Blog OpenAI open weight models now available on AWS Amazon Web Services OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry Microsoft Azure OpenAI to Open-Source Some of the A.I. Systems Behind ChatGPT The New York …
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Editor’s note: Zachary isn’t being hyperbolic about this laptop. As someone with 10 years of experience with laptops, I can say this is one of my favorites and a contender for laptop of the year. This $599 price is absurdly low for the quality of the device, which has fantastic battery life. Don’t just take my word, 113 reviews on …
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We’re in the heart of summer fun, but it’s already time for back-to-school planning, especially if that involves buying a new laptop. The dizzying number of different laptops and configurations can feel overwhelming, especially if you want something that doesn’t cost too much but will still last a long time. My general guidelines are to first pick the operating system …
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Back-to-school shopping season is here! If you’re still securing the items you need to head back to school or college, check out these awesome deals in Best Buy’s weekend sale. If you need a new laptop, stop searching — our choice for the best laptop on the market is on sale for its lowest price ever. Right now you can …
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I want a future where we don’t need a desktop PC to get the best gaming graphics. Maybe I’m a dreamer who needs to keep on dreaming, but I think that that pie-in-the-sky wonderland is closer to reality than you may think, and all PC component makers need to do is hop on the eGPU train. Better yet, they need …
Read More »Elon Musk’s xAI told workers to download employee tracking software on their personal computers, prompting privacy concerns — and one worker’s apparent resignation. The AI startup told the tutors who train its Grok chatbot earlier this month that they would be expected to download a workforce management system called Hubstaff, according to a document viewed by Business Insider. The tutors …
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Refresh 2025-07-12T02:50:19.444Z Seriously, this is your last chance to save big on a new laptop! (Image credit: Future) Prime Day is drawing to a close, and by Saturday morning these deals may well be gone for good! I’m going to wind down this blog for the night to eat some dinner and stare into the middle distance for a while, …
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