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Acer Predator Helios NEO 16S AI review

A tale of two chippies as cursed power delivery strikes again.

PC Gamer

The best tech for college students – 25 essentials for campus life

With fall semester due to begin, our tech reviewer lays out the best back-to-school laptops, headphones, writing tablets, smartphones and more to ease back into studies

The Guardian - US

Qualcomm details Snapdragon C specs for $300 laptops for the first time — claims 67% faster performance on battery than Intel N250, AC performance remains a mystery (updated)

Qualcomm has detailed the specs for its Snapdragon C processor, with 8 cores and claimed "all-day" battery life.

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Asus ROG NUC vs gaming laptops, how does the mini PC top dog fare against portable powerhouses?

I put the high-power Asus ROG NUC up against top gaming laptops to see where your cash is best spent.

GamesRadar

I used the two best new $699 Windows laptops to see which one you should buy — Does Acer's Swift Air 14 beat Dell's awesome XPS 13?

Dell's XPS 13 and Acer's Swift Air 14 are two new premium-but-budget laptops that start at $699. They're great options for any value shoppers, but which one is best? I break down design, display, performance, battery, and more to help you make the right decision.

Windows Central

Global memory shortage forces top PC makers like HP and Asus to turn to CXMT chips — but what will Samsung and Micron think?

Three of the world's biggest PC makers now have qualified Chinese DRAM

TechRadar

It won't fix the RAM crisis, but CXMT is poised to bring back mass-market DRAM production and gaming laptop brands are interested

CXMT has seen massive growth by filling the mass-market hole left by the memory Big Three, and now gaming laptop brands want in.

GamesRadar

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Chinese RAM is reportedly landing in laptops from HP, Asus and Acer but it won't change the memory crisis overnight

CXMT is having a big couple of months.

PC Gamer

Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims — HP, Asus, and Acer using 'small amounts' of CXMT chips in limited number of notebooks for non-US market

A new report claims that HP, Asus, and Acer have started to use a small amount of CXMT memory chips in notebooks for non-US markets.

Tom’s Hardware

PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC

It’s likely a niche issue, but I discovered recently that my magnetic watch clasp was confusing an Acer laptop into thinking I was closing and opening the lid, causing me to repeatedly get logged out of Windows just as I tried to type.

Tom’s Hardware

After years of PC-building snobbery, I'm ready to admit pre-builts are no longer taboo — Here's why I'm rethinking my DIY stance

Pre-built gaming PCs used to have a very bad reputation, especially amongst those who put together their own systems. But with skewed component markets, a focus on quality, and far fewer proprietary parts, I think it's high time to rethink the pre-built PC taboo.

Windows Central

How Wistron’s early Nvidia bet made it an unsung winner of the AI boom—and one of the biggest risers on this year's Global 500

Wistron illustrates how AI is reaching beyond trillion-dollar chipmakers and LLM developers to lift the firms making the hardware behind the revolution.

Fortune

Best Costco Laptops (2026): Reviewed And Ranked

According to shopping experts, electronics are one of the most competitively priced items at warehouse stores, and the best Costco laptops are no exception. They offer advanced features like AI-enhanced processors, dedicated graphics, and built-in AI tools at prices that can beat traditional retailers. To help you get the best…

Clever Dude

Acer and Gigabyte will launch RTX Spark laptops too, but not before Microsoft and Co.

The first batch not including Acer and Gigabyte will launch this fall.

PC Gamer

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Creative Bloq

The Acer Nitro 16S AI shows that the all-rounder laptop is well and truly back, baby

I thought laptop manufacturers had given up on creating PCs that could perform across the board. I was wrong.

PC Gamer

Acer's Predator Atlas 8 pricing puts the nail in the handheld coffin for me: it is now a luxury market

Just as predicted.

Ideal Home

7 low-maintenance multi-stem trees that will create a fabulous focal point in any small garden

They're small but perfectly formed

GamesRadar

Upgrading to a gaming laptop for college? I've tested over 60 rigs to find the best options

I've tested over 60 gaming laptops to find the best work / play hybrid options for college students.

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GamesRadar

PNY's Slimline RTX 5080 might be the best version of this graphics card for versatile PC building, and making good on those FE promises

The PNY GeForce RTX 5080 provides some of the best case compatibility of any of the GPU's various board partner models. It's perhaps the best variant out there.

GamesRadar

Best Buy's 12GB RTX 5070 Lenovo Legion 7a listing hides its actual price, but even then these GPUs are going to struggle to stay relevant

Lenovo has launched the first 12GB RTX 5070 gaming laptop into the wild, but if those price trends continue this spec is going to struggle in today's market.

Windows Central

I tested Acer's new Swift Go 16 AI, and this affordable OLED laptop impressed me more than I had expected

Acer's Swift Go 16 AI laptop offers surprisingly strong performance, a colorful OLED screen, and long battery life, but I found some issues that hold it back.

GamesRadar

RAM costs a fortune and PlayStation is going digital, but Acer is making a remote control for gaming monitors, so technology isn't totally doomed

We've ended up in one of the bad gaming timelines, but at least Acer is bringing out a remote control for some of its new gaming monitors.

GamesRadar

The Acer Nitro 18 AI wants to pack big-screen gaming into a smaller budget, but it drops a few frames in the process

The Acer Nitro 18 AI offers sturdy, if lower than expected, performance while undercutting other 18-inch RTX 5070 Ti rigs in the price department.

Euronews

EU faces tougher gas storage refill task as winter looms and high prices bite

EU gas storage was only 28 percent full at the start of the summer injection season, but energy regulators are confident in the system's resilience thanks to regasification capacity.

TechRadar

Searching for the perfect cheap laptop to take to college? Here are our top recommendations — all tried and tested by our computing experts

Any of these affordable laptops would a make stellar study buddy at college or university.

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