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TCL 10 Pro: Best Midrange Android Phone

When you hear TCL, you probably think of TVs; but the company is no stranger to making smartphones.

HOW TO WORK FROM HOME SECURELY

When you step into your office or cubicle and sit down to work at a company-owned computer, you shouldn’t have to worry much about security.

COVID-19 Creates Soaring Demand for PCs

The coronavirus and the ensuing need to work from home is creating skyrocketing demand for PCs, according to research firms. Canalys attributes the surge to businesses upgrading their workforces with new laptops and IT equipment.

Dell Inspiron 14 7000 (7490): Ultraportable Excellence

Dell’s Inspiron laptops are positioned below its higher-quality, more powerful XPS series, but you’d never know it judging by the Inspiron 14 7000.

Garmin Vivoactive 4: Best High-End Fitness Tracker

If you’re looking for a fitness tracker that really balances form and function, the Garmin Vivoactive 4 should be at the top of your list.

Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch (2020): Gets the Basics Right

A controversial keyboard once present on every Apple laptop is now a thing of the past.

15 AFFORDABLE SMALL TOWNS IN THE US WITH FAST INTERNET

Millions of Americans have been working from home during the COVID-19 crisis.

COWORKING COMMUNITIES CHART A NEW PATH DURING COVID-19

We checked in with Pauline Roussel, CEO of Berlin-based Coworkers to find out what’s next in collaborative (but socially distanced) workspaces.

10 CHEAP AND EASY WAYS TO LEVEL UP YOUR HOME OFFICE

Are you working from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Not knowing how long your remote-work situation will last might leave you wondering how much effort you should put into creating a nice home office.

Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Wireless Keyboard: Affordable Ergonomic

It’s tough to make an ergonomic keyboard feel approachable.

THE RECKONING IS COMING: REGULATING BIG TECH

Cambridge Analytica. Russian hackers and election meddling. The Equifax data breach. Fake news. Twitter and Instagram harassment. Facebook mining our personal data and—best-case scenario— unabashedly using it to sell us stuff.

Wyze Scale: Unbeatable Value

Whether you’re trying to lose weight or you want to put on muscle, a smart scale can help you track your progress and stay motivated. The Wyze Scale connects with your smartphone and does a lot more than just tell you how much you weigh: It tracks 12 metrics, including your BMI, body fat percentage, body water percentage, heart rate, muscle mass, protein level, and weight up to 400 pounds.

Shure Aonic 50: Excellent Audio, Merely Good ANC

The Shure Aonic 50 headphones are priced to compete with the best noise-canceling headphones on the market. Sonically, they deliver a wonderful audio experience that will appeal to those seeking an accurate sound signature. When it comes to active noise cancellation (ANC), however, the headphones are merely good, not great. So while we enjoy the Aonic 50’s comfortable fit and quality sound, if ANC is your top priority, you can find better options in this high price range, including the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700.

ProtonVPN: Best Free Version We've Tested

ProtonVPN isn’t the biggest, the flashiest, or even the cheapest VPN, and yet it’s one of the best services available. It places an enormous emphasis on security and user privacy, and has an excellent client that’s very easy to use. It also offers a suite of advanced privacy tools usually reserved for far more expensive products. For all that, and its amazing free version that has no limit on data usage, it’s an Editors’ Choice winner and one of the best VPNs. If you’re dipping your toe into VPNs, it’s a great way to start with no risk.

Free Online Learning Activities to Keep Your Kids Busy

Whether or not you have a degree in education, if you have kids, you’re now a teacher. Fortunately there are many online resources to keep them entertained. Some have always been free; others are now gratis thanks to companies dropping paywalls while schools are closed. You can take your kids on a virtual museum visit, secretly teach them chemistry with cooking, and get some phys ed into their days with digital dance-offs. Best of all, a lot of these are self-directed, so you can get work done or take some time for yourself while your kids are having fun and getting educated.

Gamer Builds His Own Nintendo Switch for $199

With the Nintendo Switch in very short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic and resellers price-gouging on auction sites, one gamer decided to build his own Switch instead.

First Tests: Are Nvidia's GeForce RTX Super Laptop Chips a Big Step Up?

In April, Nvidia announced it would be shipping mobile versions of its GeForce RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 Super GPUs on laptops. We did some early first-hand testing to see how they stack up against existing GeForce laptop GPUs.

Dell Precision 7920 Tower (2020): A Dual-CPU Monster

The Dell Precision 7920 Tower is one of the world’s most powerful desktop workstations. Dell sent it to us in a supercomputer-like configuration with not one but two Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 processors (24 cores and 48 threads each), 96GB of memory, five storage drives, and a 48GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000 graphics card.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14: Excellent Gaming Laptop

Asus has teamed up with AMD to double down on the trend of increasingly compact gaming laptops with the ROG Zephyrus G14, a 14-inch near-ultraportable with full gaming capabilities. The main attraction here beyond the petite size is a brand-new AMD Ryzen 9 processor, the first “Zen 2” laptop CPU we’ve tested.

Apple iPad Pro (2020): Mouse and Trackpad Support

The new Apple iPad Pro isn’t a major improvement over the 2018 model, but there’s been a big change in the iPad experience since then: mouse and trackpad support. That vaults the tablet into working a lot more like a computer than it previously did.

Nikon Z6: A Strong Debut

Nikon is tipping its full-frame mirrorless camera system with two bodies and a trio of lenses.

HP Envy Desktop (TE01-014): Excellent Productivity Performance

Productivity maximizers looking for an everyday desktop PC could do worse than to make the HP Envy Desktop their workhorse.

Galaxy S20 International Models Explained: Which Works For You?

The Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup will be the first set of unlocked phones that work on the 5G networks of all major US carriers. Even if you don’t buy your phone unlocked, only one hardware version of the S20+ and S20 Ultra will be sold in the US, although your phone will come loaded with carrier firmware.

20 Tips for Working From Home

The global spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is keeping people at home. Major conferences, including Mobile World Congress and Google I/O, have been canceled to decrease the risk of infection. And some employers are encouraging or requiring people to work from home.

WHAT TOKYO AND SEOUL ‘MUSEUMS OF THE FUTURE' CAN TEACH THE US

There’s a beautiful future ahead, but maybe not for all of us.

What Is a Deepfake?

In the opening session of his 2020 introductory course on deep learning, Alexander Amini, a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), had invited a famous guest: former US President Barack Obama.

Stickers Are the Next Big Breakthrough in Secure Messaging

PC Magazine Senior Software Analyst Max Eddy has also written for publications such as International Digital Times, International Science Times, and The Mary Sue.

SMART MICROGRIDS - THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE POWER

Fueled by renewable resources and controlled by smart algorithms, microgrids stand to overhaul how we produce, consume, and share energy.

Samsung Develops 900Wh Solid-State Battery Prototype

The dominance of lithium-ion batteries may be coming to an end, if Samsung’s latest solid-state battery prototype makes it to market.

How to Spring Clean Your Electronics

There’s spring cleaning, and then there’s coronavirus cleaning. COVID-19 news has made you aware of how many times a day you touch your face, but how about the number of times a day you touch your phone and other devices?