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Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

This Asus gaming laptop is discounted from $1,430 to $900

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop, a powerful machine with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card, is available with a $530 discount from Best Buy.
The front view of the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 4K curved gaming monitor.

This Samsung 32-inch 4K gaming monitor is 30% off for the holidays

The Lenovo Slim 5i facing forward.

This Lenovo gaming laptop with an RTX 4050 is 31% off right now

The HP ProBook 450 G10 Notebook against a white background.

Built for business, this HP laptop w/32GB of RAM is almost $1,500 off

The Dell G2723H gaming monitor with Smite on its screen.

This Dell 27-inch gaming monitor is discounted from $370 to $150

The Digital Trends website on the KTC G42P5.

This new Windows 11 shortcut made using my PC so much easier

The MacBook Pro open on a table in front of a couch.

Save $200 on the one-month-old 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3

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Common keyboard problems and how to fix them

Intel Arc A580 graphics card on a pink background.

I’m shocked how good this $180 GPU is

Two iPad Pro tablets next to each other against a black background. Both have Apple's Magic Keyboard case.

iPad Pro vs. MacBook Air: It’s closer than you’d think

Dell XPS 15 9530 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

Dell XPS 15 is still at its Black Friday and Cyber Monday price

Third-generation Amazon Echo frames in blue seen on a stunning woman.

Amazon Echo Frames (3rd Gen) review: Sounds better than ever

An iPad and an external display using Stage Manager in iPadOS 16.

How to use your iPad as a second monitor for your Mac

An iPad makes a superb second display for your Mac, and setting it up this way is easier than you’d think. Here’s everything you need to know to get started.
apple m1 macbook air amazon prime day open on a desk with plants in the background

Best Buy still has the MacBook Air M1 at its Black Friday price

The MacBook Air M1 is still on sale at Best Buy and it's a fantastic deal for anyone wanting a cheaper MacBook.
Cyberpunk 2077 running on the Alienware 34 QD-OLED.

The best HDR monitors for gaming, content creation, and more

To properly enjoy HDR you need a good monitor that fully supports it. Here are the displays gamers, content creators, and enthusiasts should look out for.
AMD revealing its Ryzen 8040 CPUs.

AMD’s new Ryzen 8040 CPUs aren’t all that new

AMD revealed its new Ryzen 8040 laptop CPUs, but looking closely at the specs, it doesn't look like there's much new with them at all.
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HTC just fixed a major shortcoming of standalone VR headsets

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HTC Vive announced new full-body trackers to animate your VRChat avatar and help sports trainers and game developers track movement.
AMD's CEO presenting the MI300X AI GPU.

AMD is taking the gloves off in the AI arms race

With the new MI300X GPU and MI300A APU, AMD is finally taking the AI fight back to Nvidia.
ChatGPT versus Google on smartphones.

Google might finally have an answer to Chat GPT-4

Gemini, Google's newest expansive language model, initially previewed at the I/O developer conference in June, is now being introduced to the general public.
lenovo legion tower 5i deal february 2023 gaming pc

This Lenovo gaming PC has an RTX 4070, 32GB of RAM, and it’s $610 off

The eighth-generation Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, a powerful gaming PC with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card and 32GB of RAM, is $610 off from Lenovo.
The top corner of Gmail on a laptop screen.

Here’s what to do when you inevitably run out of Gmail storage

The last thing you want is your Gmail storage to be full, and you can't receive any more emails. Fortunately, it's super quick and easy to fix. Here's how.
A woman video chats with her friends on an HP Envy laptop.

Usually $500, this popular HP 17-inch laptop is $280 today

You'll get some additional screen real estate and some savings on this HP 17-inch laptop right now, which makes it one of the best laptop deals available.
A man drives away in a boat with stolen money in Grand Theft Auto 5 art.

I’m glad GTA 6 isn’t coming to PC right away

It looks like GTA 6 won't launch on PC alongside console, but despite a barrage of criticism, that's a good thing for PC gamers.
Plex used to watch media on a laptop.

How to use Plex Media Server to watch all of your media

Plex can take your movies, TV shows, music, and photos and give them the Netflix treatment for the ultimate at-home or away-from-home streaming experience.
AMD CEO Lisa Su holding an APU chip.

Intel said AMD’s Ryzen 7000 is snake oil

A new marketing playbook from Intel compares AMD's Ryzen 7000 mobile processors to snake oil.
Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating system logos are displayed on laptop screens.

Microsoft plans to charge for Windows 10 updates in the future

Microsoft will soon charge to maintain security updates on Windows 10.
The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i won Digital Trend's Most Innovative Laptop of 2023 award.

The most innovative laptop of 2023

There was one laptop that stood out this year from the rest as a pure example of design innovation.
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 was the most innovative monitor of 2023.

The most innovative monitors of 2023

2023 was a huge year for monitors. Here are the displays that pushed the envelope forward like no others this year.
Microsoft said that Teams has received a ground-up redesign, which will “empower customers to navigate the challenges of the evolving modern workplace.”

You can use Microsoft Teams to send text messages. Here’s how

You can create individual SMS chats or group chats easily via Microsoft Teams, or use your Android device to access Teams SMS chats.
A smartphone sitting on a wooden table, showing the Gmail app's inbox on its screen.

How to find archived emails in Gmail and return them to your inbox

If you’ve sent your Gmail messages to the archive and now have no idea where they went, here's how to access them and even return them back to your inbox.
Hi-Fi Rush on the KTC G42P5.

I traded the best gaming monitor for something totally different

The Alienware 34 QD-OLED is widely considered the best gaming monitor you can buy, but I traded mine away for something completely different.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Max chip seen from behind.

How a MacBook Pro sneakily got me back into PC gaming

I have fond memories of the old days of PC gaming. Somehow, Baldur's Gate 3 on a MacBook Pro brought me back.
The RTX 4080 logo on a pink background.

Graphics cards are selling again, and that worries me

This is the second quarter we've seen GPU shipments increase, but that could have an unintended effect on GPU prices.
Windows 10 desktop showing task view.

Windows 11 may replace a favorite shortcut with more AI

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more AI-enabled behind the scenes by killing a beloved shortcut in its developer preview in favor of a Copilot shortcut.
The Legion logo on the front of a desktop case.

This is the best Lenovo gaming PC you can buy

If you are looking for a powerful prebuilt gaming PC from Lenovo, this is the one that you should be spending your money on.

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Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, monitors, PC hardware, and everything else that plugs into a computer. Luke joined Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a media company that called his city home. His obsession with technology is in observing the ebb and flow of how technological advancement and product design intersects with our day-to-day experience of it. From digging into the minute details to stepping back and seeing the wider trends, Luke revels in telling stories with tech.

Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN and The Oregonian. When he’s not obsessing over what the best laptop is or how Apple can fix the Mac, Luke spends his time playing designer board games, quoting obscure Star Wars lines, and hanging with his family.