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The quick-and-dirty guide to picking a quasi-eco-friendly laptop

Enlarge / Dell’s XPS 15 9510. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Earth Day is April 22, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest IPCC report. This year, Ars is taking a look at the technologies we normally cover, from cars to chipmaking, and finding out […]

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Ray J Reacts To Kanye West’s Claims About Recovering Another Kim Kardashian Sex Tape From Him

Sounds like Ray J is at wits’ end with all this new (old) sex tape talk! The singer-actor spoke out on Wednesday in the aftermath of Kanye West‘s comments earlier this week regarding Kim Kardashian‘s infamous 20-year-old sex tape. Of course, as we’ve been reporting in the last few days, Ye sat down with Hollywood Unlocked and opened up […]

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No, Kanye West Did NOT Stop A Second Kim Kardashian Sex Tape From Getting Out There…

As it turns out, Kanye West‘s comments earlier this week about a supposed laptop with extra footage of a second Kim Kardashian sex tape involving Ray J are not totally right. So says a rep for the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, at least! And from the sound of this updated news, it would seem as though the […]

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Review: The Asus ROG G15, a gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 5900HS and RTX 3070

The G15 is reasonably unassuming as gaming laptops go—it doesn’t feel huge or bulky, and there’s a thankful minimum of SuPeR 31337 bling. [credit: Jim Salter ] Recently, we managed to get our hands on an Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 laptop. We had to do it just like anybody else does, by finding one and […]

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Dell refreshes its entire Inspiron lineup with Intel Tiger Lake CPUs

Enlarge / The back panel on this 2021 Inspiron 16 Plus is pretty minimal. (credit: Dell) This week, Dell is launching its 2021 Inspiron laptop line. The new lineup features refreshed models with Tiger Lake CPUs for Inspiron 13, 14, 14 2-in-1, and 15 laptops—and a brand-new Inspiron 16 Plus. If you’re not familiar with […]

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Microsoft Surface leak: Looks like the Surface Laptop 4 is coming soon

Enlarge / We don’t have any leaked images of the new Surface models, so you’ll have to make do with this 2019 stock photo of Surface models at a Microsoft store in Guangzhou. (credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images) Earlier today, Microsoft support placeholders briefly appeared for two upcoming Surface Laptop 4 models—one AMD, and […]

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Framework startup designed a thin, modular, repairable 13-inch laptop

Enlarge / The Framework laptop certainly seems slim enough in this studio shot. Note the seams around the USB-C ports on the side—those are user-replaceable modules. (credit: Framework) Laptops these days are slimmer, sleeker, and lighter than ever—but their repairability and configurability are taking enormous hits in the process. Framework is looking to roll back the […]

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Overview: Walmart’s Core i5 Ice Lake Notebook back in stock at $500 

Expand / It seems like the bunny is judging mebut that is OK, I am going to judge that the bunny back. The Ice Lake-powered GWTN156-1BL we are reviewing now is just one of the whole lineup of {} , Gateway-branded laptops offered only at Walmart. We planned to review {} month, together with its own $350, […]

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Battle of Their 350 laptops: Acer Swift 1 vs. Gateway Ryzen 3 3200U

Expand / Acer’s Swift 1 seems a bit more specialist than Gateway’s GWTN141-2–but looks are not everything, because our testing demonstrates. (credit: Jim Salter) We have been on the watch for great but badly cheap notebooks for some time now. Acer’s $650 Swift 3 is an exceptional option for budget notebooks at the below -$700 range, […]