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We’ve tested plenty of laptops — these Techtober standouts deliver the best mix of performance and value

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Best Buy is hosting a "Techtober" sales event to compete with Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, and the deals are already live. I spotted up to $700 off laptops, desktops, monitors, and accessories, and I rounded up the best deals right here.

Best Buy Techtober deals roundup

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Windows 11 Settings app gets major upgrades in 25H2

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Par : [email protected] (Mauro Huculak)
Windows 11's Settings app in 2025 introduced a slew of changes, including a new "Advanced" page and an AI agent for search. Key additions include Quick Machine Recovery, the ability to show the clock in the Notification Center, more Recall controls, and more.

Windows 11 Settings changes for 2025

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Windows 10 End of Life is here — These are the best Windows 11 laptops to replace your old PC

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Windows 10 is set to enter its end-of-life phase on October 14, and you might be wondering which Windows 11 laptop you should buy to replace your aging hardware. I make an argument for each of these 12 top-rated laptops.

Photos of the Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 (2025) Intel Aura Edition 14-inch laptop.

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"Advancing the entire AI ecosystem" — AMD and OpenAI announce bombshell computing deal worth tens of billions of dollars

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
AMD and OpenAI today announced a partnership that will see the former deliver 6 gigawatts of compute power over the next five years for OpenAI's next-gen infrastructure. Here's what you need to know.

Sam Altman and Lisa Su

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The keyboard is basically free if you buy this Surface Pro 12-inch from Best Buy right now — but only for a limited time!

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
In honor of Amazon's Prime Day sales, Best Buy is doing some sales of its own, and right now you can grab a Surface Pro 12-inch with keyboard for less than the price of the tablet on its own.

First images of Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch tablet PC.

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Microsoft’s Windows 11 File Explorer still clunky? My favorite alternative just got a slick upgrade — with real‑time visual feedback on file operations

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
Windows 11's File Explorer app alternative, Files App, got a neat update in preview, adding new features, including a new "Discovering" Phase and improved "Cancel" button placement in the Status Center.

Files 4.0 app promotional images on an ASUS Zenbook laptop screen.

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"Forever seems like a long time": Sam Altman doesn't want to live forever — even if AI promises God-like existence and eternal life

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he doesn't want to live forever, despite AI's probability of creating God-like forms of existence and eternal life.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a panel discussion at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

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Does the reduced SBMM playlist in the Black Ops 7 beta really have better server latency? — It's not quite that simple

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
A curious detail has emerged in the Black Ops 7 open beta, with players seeing lower latency (ping) when connected to the Open Moshpit. So what's going on?

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer reveal screenshots show combat, weapons, score streaks, and maps.

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New Xbox games releasing October 6-12: Battlefield 6 is here — and the spooky season continues with this new horror game

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)
Here are all the new games launching on the Xbox Store this week, including Electronic Arts' Battlefield 6.

Battlefield 6 image with text reading "New Games on Xbox" in the top right corner

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You NEED a Raygun in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta — here's how to get one, potentially for free!

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
If you want to reach round 50 in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta, then you're going to ideally need a Raygun. There are two ways to get one, both of which involve an amount of luck.

Using a Pack-a-Punched Raygun in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta.

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You have just ONE week remaining before your Windows 10 PC runs out of support — here's what you need to know

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
Windows 10 support ends October 14. That means you have just one week remaining before your PC becomes unsupported. Here's what that means and how you can ensure your PC remains secure.

Windows 10 running on a laptop with desktop elements displayed on its screen

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