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Computing is the foundation on which the rest of technology is built, but it’s also the lens through which we see the future. That’s why we take it seriously at Digital Trends. Our approach includes coverage of the hardware and software of PCs, but also the larger ecosystem of everything that plugs into them. Windows, Macs, laptops, graphics cards, CPUs, gaming monitors, and yes — even printers. And that’s just scratching the surface.

Through covering the latest news and performing the hands-on testing ourselves, we’re able to offer the best PC buying advice you’ll find on the internet. We do our own in-depth testing on everything from the battery life of laptops to monitor image quality. We even delve into the expanding world of the PC gaming tech with ReSpec, our biweekly deep-dive column on making your PC games look and play their best.

So, whether you’re shopping for your next laptop, reading up on the latest GPU news for your next upgrade, or just trying to take a screenshot on Mac, you’ve come to the right place.

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Microsoft wants Windows 11 and your phone to become best friends

For years, Phone Link has felt like that one app everyone knows exists but rarely remembers to open. Microsoft apparently wants to change that. According to a report from Windows Central, the company is working on a major overhaul of how smartphones integrate with Windows 11, making phones feel like a native part of the […]
Copilot

What are Copilot+ PCs? Everything you need to know

ASUS ProArt Keyboard KD300 and ProArt Mouse MD301

ASUS expands its ProArt lineup with a compact keyboard and a smart creator mouse

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Apple’s M7 Ultra could take on Nvidia Blackwell with a staggering 1.5TB of memory

Supercharge app

This one app has single-handedly improved my Mac experience

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What is Copilot? Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s AI assistant

Imaginary AI products

I tried to parody the most absurd AI products, but the tech industry beat me to it

Copilot

I spent a fortune on a Copilot+ PC, and I’ve barely ever touched Microsoft’s AI

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I bought into a brighter future, but my digital life bills monthly subscriptions

Zuckerberg Deepfake

What happens when AI detectors fail? Researchers say we must be trained to spot fake AI faces

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Google’s new Magic Pointer Play Store listing reveals a Gemini shortcut built for Googlebooks

AI Chatbots

You can stop using AI, but this new report says you probably can’t escape it

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The face on an AI interviewer may matter as much as the decision it makes

Applicants reacted differently to identical AI hiring rejections depending on the avatar’s race and gender, suggesting that fairness problems can begin with interface design before anyone examines the algorithm.
youtube ai search feature

YouTube’s AI-powered search is rolling out in the US to find videos based on situations you describe

US users can now ask YouTube conversational questions to find videos for specific situations, ideas, and activities.
Meta AI identification tool.

Meta’s detection tool fails to identify photos generated by its own Muse Image AI

According to an analysis by Reuters, Meta's AI image detector fails to identify pictures created by Muse Image in more than half the cases after merely cropping the AI-generated photos.
google ai studio logos

Your Google AI Studio apps can finally have polished, presentable web links

Google AI Studio now lets users assign personalized ai.studio addresses to full-stack web apps deployed through Cloud Run.
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You can now check if a Google ad was made using AI

Google is adding an AI transparency label to ads on Search, YouTube, and Discover, letting you check if an ad was made with generative AI.
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Outlook will soon warn you before you answer an outdated email

Microsoft is preparing an outdated-reply warning for Outlook, alongside improved categories and automatic responses using saved templates.
Android Bench featured.

Google just changed how it grades the AI models you use for Android coding

Google resets its Android Bench leaderboard with a new testing framework and eight new models.
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ChatGPT is coming for one of Google’s smartest Chrome features

OpenAI's new ChatGPT Chrome extension brings context-aware AI directly into your browser, challenging Google's Gemini Side Panel with webpage summaries, explanations, and task automation.
Uninstally macOS app UI

This open-source Mac app finds the junk files your deleted apps leave behind

This native macOS app can scan for leftovers from removed apps and move user-domain files to the Trash for safer cleanup.
AMD Ryzen 100 and 200 series

AMD just made Ryzen laptop chips even more confusing, but here’s what’s actually new

AMD has expanded its mobile processor lineup with 11 new Ryzen 200 and Ryzen 100 series processors based on Hawk Point, though the company's latest naming strategy is proving more confusing than ever.
ChatGPT Atlas browser on a MacBook.

OpenAI is killing ChatGPT Atlas browser. I loved it, but it was an uphill race to the top

OpenAI is discontinuing the ChatGPT Atlas browser less than a year after its debut, as the company shifts focus to ChatGPT Work. I will miss it, but its spirit will live on.
Windows 11 Laptop

Windows 11 Search is getting bigger, but only by 4 pixels

After improving Windows 11 Search in recent updates, Microsoft may now be preparing a tiny design tweak for the Search box.
remote-nurse

US hospitals are hiring remote nurses to fix staffing shortages, but it raises serious questions

US hospitals are hiring remote nurses from the Philippines for as little as $5 an hour to address a shortage of nearly 80,000 registered nurses, raising serious patient safety concerns.
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Claude Reflect is here. It’s your usual yearly Wrapped, but with Anthropic’s AI

Claude Reflect, now in beta, gives Free, Pro, and Max users a Spotify Wrapped-style breakdown of their AI usage over the past 12 months.
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Parents worry AI is becoming a crutch for their kids while schools struggle to keep up, survey finds

A new Deloitte survey found that 49% of parents worry their child relies on AI too much, while only 33% of schools have any AI guidelines in place.
Samsung Custom Chip

Samsung wants to put its own chip in your next PC and it’s all about speeding up AI chores

Samsung’s reported Gaia accelerator could bring dedicated on-device AI hardware to future PCs, placing the company in an increasingly crowded fight with Nvidia and Qualcomm.
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AI image generators have escaped nightmare fingers and entered the fake premium era

I tested Meta Muse, Gemini Nano Banana 2, and ChatGPT Images 2.0. The obvious AI failures are fading, but the new flaws are harder to laugh off.
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DuckDuckGo’s browser now blocks the YouTube ads everyone hates

DuckDuckGo’s browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, although users may see longer buffering times or occasional hiccups.
Elderly women using ChatGPT live on a smartphone

ChatGPT Live could make talking to AI feel straight out of the movies

OpenAI has launched GPT-Live, a new voice model for ChatGPT Voice that can listen and speak at the same time to make AI conversations feel faster and more natural.
Desktop mode within Android 16.

A broken Galaxy Fold 5 just became the Pixel desktop future I want Google to steal

A DIY DeX box built from a broken Galaxy Fold 5 makes Google’s Pixel desktop ambitions look timid, unfinished, and weirdly overdue.
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You’ll finally be able to try OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models this week

After nearly two weeks of limited preview access, OpenAI is finally ready to roll out GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna to the public on July 9.
Windows 11 suffering from RAM crisis

A Windows 11 bug may be quietly eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage

If System files are using hundreds of gigabytes on your Windows 11 PC, a bug tied to CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal may be responsible.
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Your next Teams meeting could have an AI teammate that answers questions for you

A major Teams update adds AI meeting notes for physical rooms, a smarter AI Facilitator with web search, Muted and Meeting chat sections, and guest invite improvements.
Windows 11 on a laptop

A hacker’s arrest just revealed how Microsoft can track your Windows device

Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier helped the FBI link a hacker's PC to a 2025 cyberattack, and there's no easy way to opt out of the tracking it enables.
DeepSeek AI chatbot running on an iPhone.

The days of cheap Chinese AI models could be number as government mulls restrictions similar to the US

Chinese officials have reportedly discussed limiting foreign access to the country’s most advanced closed and open-weight AI models over national-security concerns
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Microsoft pushed Copilot everywhere, but barely anyone bought it, and even fewer use it: Report

Microsoft has spent years placing Copilot across Windows and Office, yet fewer than 4.5% of commercial Microsoft 365 customers pay for it and far fewer return weekly.
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