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Microsoft’s AI Copilot slides into Samsung TVs, with eyes on LG

If you’ve been exhausted by the unstoppable deployment of AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot across your entire PC, be warned: don’t turn on your TV. Samsung said Thursday that it has begun rolling out Copilot to its 2025 lineup of AI-powered TVs, meaning your living room won’t be the escape from AI you might have been hoping for. Samsung’s smart monitors, including the Samsung Smart…
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Best USB-C hubs and dongles: Add ports to your laptop or tablet

The best USB-C hubs add ports to your PC, providing connections to legacy peripherals like mice, keyboards, printers or more. If you follow my advice, you shouldn’t pay that much, either. I’ve selected the best USB-C hub I’ve tested and put it at the very top of this story, followed by a cheaper budget option. For each, I’ve explained why I chose it and added further considerations, if…
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Best SSDs: From SATA to PCIe 5.0, from budget to premium

SSDs, or solid state drives, have drastically improved the computing experience over the last decade or so. Thanks to them, once ponderous boot times now border on instantaneous, programs and games are far more responsive, and the frustratingly long waits to load large files…
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Did a Spanish electronics vendor just leak AMD and Intel’s CPU roadmaps?

An apparent leak of the planned notebook CPU releases from AMD and Intel have revealed both company’s plans through 2025 and beyond, showing off a complex AMD roadmap that extends in 2027 with the release of “Gator Range” and AMD’s Zen 6 architecture. The roadmap was published on the website of Seleno, a Spanish electronics manufacturer, and downloadable from a button marked “Roadmap”…
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A free VPN allegedly takes screenshots of Chrome users

“If the product is free, you are the product.” You can apply that thinking to pretty much anything supported by advertising or data collection, including tools like Chrome and Gmail. (And you’re not paying to read these words, are you? Food for thought.) But one VPN…
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Trend Micro Maximum Security review: Better alternatives exist

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Pros Simple interface Browser extension is genuinely useful Cons Weak offline protection against malware Several underwhelming features, including the password manager Potentially showstopping bugs Our Verdict Even when you can count on Trend Micro Maximum Security to work, this beginner-friendly antivirus suite feels underbaked. You can find much…
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