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Alienware 16 Area-51 review: the gaming laptop I’d ditch my desktop for

The Area 51 name carries a herculean amount of weight with gaming laptop fans, seeing how the original 2000s-era Area-51m ...
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Home Assistant's update, CES 2026, and KDE's 1990s reboot: News roundup

HP's gaming brand, HyperX, just revealed an updated OMEN MAX 16 at CES 2026. It could be an impressive gaming laptop when it ...
TechAnnouncer

CES 2025 Recap: The Hottest Tech Trends and Innovations Unveiled

CES 2025 has wrapped up, and wow, what a show. It’s always a bit of a whirlwind, seeing all the new gadgets and tech that ...

An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux

Despite being perhaps the only person on Earth craving a way to use the Windows 8 UI on Linux, even developer er-bharat ...

Dell's Alienware Area-51 PC range is back for round two with AMD X3D chipsets, but it doesn't come in price peace

That's not to say the new AMD-powered Alienware Area-51 range isn't impressive, but the cheapest models showcased at CES 2026 ...

Alienware Launches New Area-51 Gaming Laptops With RTX 5090, 240Hz OLED Displays, and Cryo-Chamber Cooling

Alienware has unveiled new Area-51 gaming laptops at CES 2026 with RTX 5090 graphics, 240Hz anti-glare OLED displays, Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors, and a new Cryo-Chamber thermal design for ...
BGR

Over Half A Million Windows Users Are Switching To Linux - Here's Why

Windows 10 is on its last legs: The predecessor to Windows 11 has already reached its official end of support in October 2025, and will continue to limp along with free Extended Security Updates (ESU) ...
Ars Technica

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came ...
PC World

Steam kills 32-bit support for Windows

PCWorld reports that Valve has updated Steam for Windows, permanently dropping support for 32-bit systems with the older version losing support by year-end. Most users with modern 64-bit CPUs remain ...
BGR

5 Free Windows Apps You've Probably Never Used (But Should)

Being one of the most popular desktop operating systems, Windows has access to a wide selection of apps. Some of these apps are available via the bundled Microsoft Store; however, others are scattered ...
New Atlas

Make your PC feel brand new with Windows 11 Pro for under $10

TL;DR: Pay $9.97 once for Windows 11 Pro (reg. $199) and keep the pro-grade features for good. Nine bucks and change to make your PC feel new? Windows 11 Pro drops to $9.97 (reg. $199) for a single ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: Recent Windows updates break RemoteApp connections

Microsoft has confirmed that recent Windows updates trigger RemoteApp connection failures on Windows 11 24H2/25H2 and Windows Server 2025 devices in Azure Virtual Desktop environments. RemoteApp ...