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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe laptops combine color, chatbots, and computing

September 4, 2026
Lenovo and its IdeaPad Vibe laptops walk a fine line between consumer-focused colorways and an optional Qira AI tool. Credit: Lenovo Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe is here to answer the question: What am I going to buy as a cheap, productive PC this holiday? If you can spare $699.99, Lenovo has the answer: Either 14-inch or 15-inch Vibe laptops, with attractive colorways, available…
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I hate this, but buying a GPU now might actually make sense

August 24, 2026
A GPU vendor warns price hikes are coming later this year, and I can’t help wondering if that means now is the right time to pull the trigger. Credit: Chris Hoffman / Foundry Well okay, now might only be the second-best time to buy a GPU—the best time was probably just before AI-crazed companies started hoovering up all the memory and storage. But unless you can go back…
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USB connector types: The tier list

August 17, 2026
Adam and Alex let loose some magma-hot takes on the little metal bits that connect and power all our gadgets. Credit: Foundry I have a visceral hatred of MicroUSB. Back when I was writing about Android phones, there was a needlessly long transition from…
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China’s RAM boom is here. Your cheap PC is not

July 30, 2026
The hottest company on the planet right now is a memory supplier called CXMT, a name barely anyone outside of China had even heard a year ago. It’s making headlines in financial markets on a massive stock debut, predicated on the idea that it’s going to fill the hole in the DRAM market (the kind of memory that goes into consumer PCs) as the big three make bank on “AI.” Well bully for CXMT…
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Perfect Backup review: Perfection? Close to it

July 29, 2026
Though Windows provides its own file backup facilities in Windows File History, the OS has continually made them less obvious and less intuitive to use. Why, is anyone’s guess. There are plenty of alternatives, but they can be hard to find and/or just as difficult to use.
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AMD reveals the Radeon RX 9050—and 4GB graphics cards are back

July 29, 2026
You thought a Sophie’s Choice between ruinously expensive or embarrassingly underpowered laptops was as bad as the RAM crunch would get? Nope. It looks like we’re about to go backwards for graphics cards, too. A brand new AMD Radeon card has just been announced and… oof. Some variants appearing in pre-built PCs will start with just 4GB of GDDR6 memory. AMD has officially announced the…
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