If your laptop fans start sounding like jet engines anytime you open more than three browser tabs and everything slows to a crawl, you're likely facing the consequences of CPU throttling. It's not a ...

As newer, more efficient silicon manufacturing processes have gotten more expensive and difficult to develop, chipmakers like ...

Laptops are popular for a variety of reasons, including their convenience and portability. However, that convenience comes at a price. If you want to upgrade an individual component of your laptop, ...

Shopping for a new laptop can be a confusing experience. I find the best place to start is with size. Do you want a featherlight ultraportable or a larger model that has a bigger screen but is more of ...

Qualcomm is one of the biggest under-the-hood names in mobile devices, producing the popular Snapdragon chips that power many of the best Android phones on the market. But ever since it turned its ...

If you feel your laptop is slowing down, you might consider upgrading its components yourself. A new CPU can breathe new life into a PC, even if you don't swap out anything else, and is a lot cheaper ...

ZDNET's key takeaways PCs built with Arm processors work well with general productivity apps.Backup software may be unable to ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 9000HX "Fire Range" laptop CPUs, featuring Zen 5 cores, have been benchmarked in ASUS's ROG Strix G16. These processors, compatible with existing sockets, will debut at CES 2025 ...

According to an AMD Senior Fellow, owning one of the company's new AMD Ryzen AI Max laptop CPUs is a bit like having a "Threadripper to put in the palm of your hands." It's all thanks to a brand new ...

The Acer Aspire Go 15 may be one of the best budget laptops you can buy for under $500, but it makes some compromises to get ...

The Lenovo LOQ 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop is $450 off, but this deal might not remain in stock for long.

There's Intel and AMD on the x86 side, with Apple and Qualcomm making Arm-based processors on the other. We break down the advantages and drawbacks of each to help you pick the right chip for your ...