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Samsung T7 Shield review: A rugged alternative to the T7 and T7 Touch portable SSDs

Samsung's T7 Shield is made to withstand harsh conditions and to offer the expected T7 lineup's speedy performance

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Samsung's T7 is one of the best portable SSDs on the market. It's compact, it's fast, it's available in various capacities and colors, and it's competitively priced. But it's not quite the complete package. That's why Samsung introduced the T7 Touch a few years ago, which essentially added a fingerprint reader to the standard T7 to boost security. Samsung wasn't done there, knowing that its customers working in rugged conditions would want something equally up to the task.

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: Refined to near perfection

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is a more refined Galaxy S22 Ultra, and while it might have features you don't need, it's one of the best.

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Samsung is back with a brand-new batch of flagship smartphones in the Galaxy S23 series, with the Galaxy S23 Ultra leading the pack. This is the first non-folding Samsung phone I’ve used since the Galaxy S10, but ever since the first Galaxy Ultra phone came out with its crazy Space Zoom camera feature, I’ve been itching to try one out for myself. The wait has been totally worth it.

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000+: Qualcomm is the undisputed GPU king

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is here, and in comparison to the MediaTek Dimensity 9000+, it's clear that it's one of the best mobile chipsets.

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The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 arrived to much fanfare in the Android world, seemingly answering all of last generation's problems. A better CPU and a better GPU in a more power-efficient package can only be a good thing, and after the homerun Qualcomm hit with the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, we were excited to see how it fared. We intend on putting it to the test against multiple different chipsets, but the one we were most interested in is the MediaTek Dimensity 9000+.

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OnePlus Buds Pro 2 review: Great sound and looks, but lacking ANC

OnePlus' new earbuds brings all the features a modern set of wireless earbuds should, but is it enough to challenge the likes of the AirPods Pro?

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OnePlus recently launched a new phone, the OnePlus 11, that is priced reasonably well and offers performance that punches above its price class. So do the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, which launched alongside the phone, fare similarly?

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CalDigit TS4 review: Thunderbolt 4 docks don't get much better than this

With a wide range of ports and exceptional performance, the CalDigit TS4 leaves most docks in its dust.

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CalDigit has been making some of the best Thunderbolt docks and other connectivity hardware for years, building up a strong reputation for quality and powerful performance. The TS4 is CalDigit's major release from 2022, and it acts as a successor to the TS3 Plus, which used the now-outdated Thunderbolt 3 to connect. The CalDigit TS4 uses the latest Thunderbolt 4 technology to boost performance and port selection, and the result is an impressive dock that bests most of the competition.

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OnePlus 11 display evaluation: Back to the drawing board

With its new pricing model, does the company have any remnant left of a "flagship killer?"

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Once upon a time, OnePlus thrived from a business model that delivered premium hardware specs at conventionally lower prices. Over time, the Chinese company departed further from this pattern year after year, eventually succumbing to competing dollar-for-dollar with other flagship smartphones.

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OnePlus 11 performance evaluation: The fast, smooth, and power-efficient phone you expect

The OnePlus 11 is OnePlus' most powerful smartphone yet, though that isn't the full picture.

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There are few brands as synonymous with speed as OnePlus, and the OnePlus 11, with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, aims to maintain that reputation. It's the company's most powerful smartphone to date, and with its release outside of China, we put it to the test to see just what it's capable of and how well it performs. Not only does it pack the fastest Android SoC on the market (well, technically, that crown goes to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy), but it packs UFS 4.0 storage, too, the fastest storage you can get currently.

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Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED review: A glimpse into the future of PCs

The Zenbook 17 Fold OLED is versatile and unique, but it needs polish and a price drop.

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If there's one thing tech geeks can all agree on, it's that having more screen is always better. No one would ever claim working off a 12-inch screen is better than working off a 15-inch screen. But laptops can't just keep increasing in size the way TVs or monitors can because they must maintain portability (and the ability to fit inside bags). So most of the best consumer laptops have settled on a 13-inch screen, with more ambitious machines going for 16 or 17 inches.

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MSI Titan GT77 HX review: Impressive desktop-grade gaming performance

MSI refreshes its most powerful gaming notebook with 13th Gen Intel processors.

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Like other laptop brands, MSI has a few families of gaming laptops. The Titan series offers the most impressive performance numbers and striking designs and today we're looking at the 2023 refresh with 13th Gen Intel processors. These Titan laptops have always promised desktop-like performance in a compact package and the latest MSI Titan GT77 HX is no exception.

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OnePlus 11 review: A polished 'almost flagship' at non-flagship price, but is it enough?

The OnePlus 11, at $699, is a good value proposition against Samsung's Galaxy S23 series, but the existence of the Google Pixel 7 makes things tricky

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OnePlus is a brand that came to fame by releasing what I would call "almost flagships" — devices that packed many top-of-the-line components but ultimately omitted some extra bells and whistles that keep them from being premium. This wasn't a bad thing; at 60-70% the retail price of top-of-the-line flagships, the math worked in consumers' favor. However, a few years ago, OnePlus began pumping out actual flagships with extra features like capable camera sensors, wireless charging, and official IP ratings. The price went up as a result, inching close to what Samsung, Apple, and Huawei ask for their best phones.

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Hands on: The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is at the top of its class again

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is here, and once again, it's one of the best.

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Even before the Samsung Galaxy S23 series was official, it was kind of a no-brainer that the Galaxy S23 Ultra was going to be one of the best phones on the market. After all, the premium segment of the US market is just Samsung, Apple, Google, and OnePlus, and the Galaxy S Ultra series is the only one that makes a serious effort when it comes to lossless zoom with the camera.

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KBDcraft Kit Adam review: My first mechanical keyboard is made of Lego-like bricks!

I'm new to the mechanical keyboard world, and my first experience involved putting together a kit made up of Lego-like pieces. And it was a blast!

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One night I was scrolling through my TikTok feed, and I saw a promotional video for something I absolutely wanted to buy. It was a mechanical keyboard kit called the KBDcraft Kit Adam, and while the product name wasn't the most catchy, I was almost immediately sold.

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Boox Tab Ultra review: The most powerful E Ink tablet, but at what cost?

The Boox Tab Ultra is the most capable E Ink tablet on the market, but it's priced so close to an iPad Air that it will be a tough sell for most.

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Android tablets have improved significantly in the past couple of years, and good ones like the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra can perhaps suit the needs of some power users more than even the best iPad. But the reality remains that Apple's iPads are more polished and enjoy far higher mainstream popularity. Go to any coffee shop in America, and 90% of the tablets you see are likely iPads.

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ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming review: One of the best AM5 motherboards to date

Here we are, checking out this mighty mid-range ASUS motherboard with full support for the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs.

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Picking the right motherboard for an AMD Ryzen 7000 processor can be a lengthy task if you're not quite sure what to look for. The ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi is a mid-tier motherboard from the company that offers some impressive specifications at a reasonable price for the premium AMD X670 chipset. This review will take a closer look at the motherboard and put it to the test to see if it's worthy of a spot in our best motherboard collection.

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RedMagic 8 Pro review: The most powerful gaming phone held back by software

The RedMagic 8 Pro is a fantastic smartphone with amazing hardware, but there's one huge problem.

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There are very few smartphone brands that are known solely for gaming phones. The first is probably Asus with its stellar ROG Phone series (though it has an equally great Zenfone series), and the second is probably RedMagic. Gaming on a smartphone isn't exactly a new concept, and with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Qualcomm has been doubling down on some of what makes a gaming phone great.

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HP EliteBook 840 G9 review: Solid in all the right ways

HP's EliteBook 840 is the company's mainstream business laptop, but it's as reliable as it gets.

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Mainstream business laptops are never the sexiest, but they do get the job done. After all, HP's EliteBook 800 series is its best-selling business lineup. So while it's not as slim, light, and premium as the 1000 series, the HP EliteBook 840 G9 checks the right boxes, from performance to reliability.

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Nvidia GeForce Now Ultimate review: Who needs the most powerful gaming rig, anyway?

GeForce Now is a great way to stream games you already own through the cloud, and the refreshed Ultimate tier makes that idea even better.

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Playing video games in 2023 can be quite an expensive venture. Buying a gaming PC with the latest specifications is costly, considering the rising prices of GPUs, and even consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are hard to find. A great way around that is with cloud gaming. There are many options these days, like Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Amazon Luna. However, out of all of them, the one that stands out is Nvidia GeForce Now service. You can play PC games through the cloud you already own on Steam, Epic Games, and EA Access, all without worrying about whether your rig is powerful enough or if you'll have enough money for the latest console.

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Moto G Play (2023) review: A former budget king struggles to remain relevant

The new Moto G Play is here to battle it out in the budget Android category, but there may have been too many compromises to stand a chance.

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Admittedly it has been quite a while since I have spent a significant amount of time with a budget smartphone, and the last time I used a Motorola device was the Moto Z Play from 2016. Going into my review of the new Moto G Play (2023), I knew I'd have to temper my expectations for how the device would perform as my daily driver after using high-end flagships like the Pixel 7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. So, how did the budget-minded Moto G Play (2023) fare? About as expected.

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Yeedi Mop Station Pro review: For when you need extra scrubbing for your floors

The Yeedi Mop Station Pro is for anyone with hard flooring who needs a daily scrub and mopping robot that will also vacuum your floors.

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Yeedi has a range of vacuum cleaners that perform vacuuming and mopping. Its earliest models such as the Yeedi K700 launched in summer 2020 which was a vacuum cleaner with no auto empty station and no mopping features through to the Yeedi Vac station launched in summer 2021 with its auto empty station and mop.