Microsoft's clever new tool gives Windows laptops a surprise battery boost
A new Windows 11 feature could quietly save you hours of battery life without you even realizing it.
Buying Guides
The best webcams in 2025: The top picks, based on our real-world testing
Here are the best webcams to replace your laptops built-in camera. We've tested dozens of webcams to find the very best no matter your use case or budget.
Speed, clarity, and color — these are the 5 best laptops for graphic design in 2025
These are the best laptops for graphic design in 2025, whether you’re a student learning the craft or a professional using the laptop for work
I found the 6 best gaming laptops under $1,500 — this is budget gaming done right
I've combed through the most highly rated and fairly priced gaming laptops on the market to bring you the best gaming laptops under $1,500 based on our reviews.
My 10 best laptop picks for 2025: Tested, reviewed, and ready to buy
Our regularly updated guide to the best laptops in 2025 leverages Laptop Mag's testing and reviews of over 100 laptops annually to find the best picks for you.
Reviews by Brand
Insta360 Link 2 review: A near-perfect webcam with a twist
Everything that made one of the best 4K webcams in recent years great at $100 less? The Insta360 Link 2 is less of a gamble and more of a guarantee of satisfaction.
Garmin Instinct 2 Solar review: A rugged, long-lasting beast of a smartwatch
Spend 3 hours per day in full sunlight for "unlimited" battery life, sorry vampires.
The Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 16 is nearly great, except for one huge flaw
There's a lot to love about the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 16, including surprisingly strong graphics performance and audio quality, but a seriously lackluster display holds it back from being great.
This MSI Raider gaming laptop costs more than my rent, but it’s worth every penny
The MSI Raider 18 HX AI features strong performance, smooth RTX 5080 graphics, a vivid miniLED display, a bouncy keyboard, powerful audio, and plenty of ports.
The Alienware 16 Area-51 is one of the cheapest RTX 5080 gaming laptops — and it’s near-perfect
The Alienware 16 Area-51 is a whole lot of gaming laptop for a competitive price, wrapped up in a badass design, stuffed with powerful hardware, and featuring a sick mechanical keyboard.
Deals
Why wait for Prime Day? Snag Beats Solo 4 headphones for a record-low $99 now
You don't have to wait for Prime Day to pick up the Beats Solo 4 for its lowest price ever.
Save $500 on the M3 Pro-powered MacBook Pro with 18GB of RAM ahead of Prime Day
B&H takes $500 off the MacBook Pro with M3 Pro Chip
I found 5 best Meta deals ahead of Prime Day, save up to 70%
I found 5 best Meta deals ahead of Prime Day, save up to 70%
Laptops
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I found the 6 best gaming laptops under $1,500 — this is budget gaming done right
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Laptop Accessories
The best webcams in 2025: The top picks, based on our real-world testing
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The 25 best tech and accessories for remote workers in 2025
Picking the best tech and accessories for remote workers all boils down to figuring out what makes your life easier. I'll walk you through options ranging from laptops to noise-cancelling headphones.
Yes, you need a laptop docking station. And these 7 are the best for ports, power, and performance.
After testing and reviewing dozens of docking stations, here are our picks for the best docking stations in 2025 based on ports, power, performance, presentation, and price.
This wearable could replace the mouse and keyboard, and I saw it first-hand at MWC 2025
The Mudra Link lets you control almost everything with a wave of your hand.
Ai
It's not just you, ChatGPT isn't talking to us either
A global ChatGPT outage has the world's most popular AI chatbot tongue-tied, leaving users with errors instead of answers this morning.
AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme just brought AI to handhelds — should the competition be worried?
With 50 TOPS of AI firepower, Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia should be paying attention.
Google quietly gave Gemini a big upgrade that could change everything
Your AI agent is almost here.
The Microsoft-OpenAI "rivalry": the beginning of a split, or is the relationship evolving?
The tech world’s favorite AI power couple is starting to look more like frenemies.
Gaming
I found 5 best Meta deals ahead of Prime Day, save up to 70%
I found 5 best Meta deals ahead of Prime Day, save up to 70%
8 free PC games Humble Choice members get to download this month
This month's Humble Choice list includes a variety of free indie games.
Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses are all 20% off in rare summer sale
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses rarely go on sale, but now is one of those times.
This monstrous 4TB Xbox Series X Expansion Card costs $500, and I tested how fast it is
I tested Seagate’s new 4TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X, and here’s what happened.
Apple
Save $500 on the M3 Pro-powered MacBook Pro with 18GB of RAM ahead of Prime Day
B&H takes $500 off the MacBook Pro with M3 Pro Chip
MacOS 26 Tahoe: The big reasons to update — or to not update
Should you upgrade immediately to macOS 26 when it becomes available this fall, or wait out the initial patch cycle?
15 best MacBook deals right now in June 2025: Save up to $500
Save big with today's best MacBook deals at several retailers
WWDC 2025 LIVE: The latest updates from Apple on iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apps
WWDC '25 The latest iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and Apple Intelligence news from WWDC 2025, as it happens
Windows
Microsoft may give Copilot a literal face with Live Portraits in its push for personal AI
Love or hate Copilot, Microsoft’s decided the AI assistant needs a face
Microsoft’s USB-C crackdown ends 'port roulette' and clears up Thunderbolt confusion
No more mystery ports. Every USB-C connection on your next Windows 11 device will actually work.
This classic Windows program is finally getting features you’d expect in 2025
These changes might make this Windows 11 app be a bit more useful.
This secret version of Windows 10 still gets updates until 2032
No Copilot, no ads, no bloat, no AI — and seven extra years of support. This official Windows 10 edition sounds too good to be true, but there's a reason most haven't heard of it.
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