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Alienware Aurora R16 sitting on a coffee table.

Get a 4070 Super Alienware gaming PC for $1,800 during Dell’s sale

The Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC is the best around and it's more affordable today thanks to this $410 price cut at Dell.
Apple Maps' Look Around feature on the web.

Apple Maps for web adds Look Around, its Street View-like feature

Five months after launching Apple Maps for the web, the tech company has just added Look Around, its Street View-like feature.
LastPass website on a laptop.

The massive LastPass hack from 2022 is still haunting us

The LastPass data breach happened back in 2022, but the ramifications of it are still playing out today.
The IPVanish Windows app is open on a PC monitor.

IPVanish review: an unlimited-device VPN with a few flaws

I reviewed IPVanish's VPN service, and weighed the value of subscription tiers against the features to find out if it's a good solution for you.
The Dell G16 7630 gaming laptop on a white background.

The Dell G16 gaming laptop with RTX 4070 is $450 off right now

The Dell G16 gaming laptop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card and 16GB of RAM is on sale at $450 off from Dell, bringing its price down to $1,300.
The openAI o1 logo

OpenAI opens up developer access to the full o1 reasoning model

When OpenAI first introduced its o1 reasoning model, developers could only use the o1-preview model through the API. That's no longer the case.
ChatGPT and OpenAI logos.

ChatGPT Plus vs. Pro: Is it worth the upgrade?

OpenAI's Pro subscription tier costs a jaw-dropping $200 per month. This guide will help you decide if that much generative compute power is really necessary.
A hand grabbing MSI's RTX 4090 Suprim X.

We might see a new version of DLSS next month

A press release from Nvidia board partner Inno3D suggests we'll see new AI-accelerated capabilities on GPUs next month.
The PNY RTX 4080 XLR8 installed in a PC.

Nvidia’s RTX 5080 may be better than the RTX 5090 in one small way

A new report claims that Nvidia's RTX 5080 may have one leg up over the RTX 5090 -- but there's a lot of conflicting information, too.
The most Innovative awards graphic.

The most innovative tech products of 2024

We reviewed almost 400 tech products throughout this year, and in terms of innovation, these were the standouts.
Waymo Jaguar I-Pace

Waymo is taking its robotaxis overseas for the first time

Waymo is heading overseas for the first time, with its robotaxis about to hit the streets of one of the world's busiest cities.
Google's Whisk AI tool being used with images.

I tried out Google’s latest AI tool that generates images in a fun, new way

Google's new AI tool, Whisk, generates images using only other images without requiring text prompts.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x front view showing webcam.

Windows 11 to finally address this webcam deficiency

A new Windows Insider build now allows multiple apps to use your camera feed at the same time.
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 gaming monitor on a white background.

Upgrade to this Samsung OLED gaming monitor while it’s $300 off

The 27-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 gaming monitor is an excellent screen for playing PC games, and you can get it with a $300 discount from B&H Photo Video.
The iBuyPower Y40 gaming PC with a keyboard and mouse.

This gaming PC with RTX 4070 is on sale for less than $1,000

The iBuyPower Y40 gaming PC with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card is currently on sale for less than $1,000 from Walmart following a $601 discount.
The Nvidia app on the Windows desktop.

No, the Nvidia App isn’t killing your PC’s performance

News is making the rounds that the Nvidia App could reduce your PC's performance, but there's more to the story.
The ChatGPT Search icon on the prompt window

You can now try out ChatGPT Search for free

ChatGPT Search, OpenAI's Perplexity AI replication, is now free to use for everybody, not just paid subscribers.
Veo 2 on VideoFX

Google strikes back with an answer to OpenAI’s Sora launch

Google's DeepMind unveiled Veo 2 model on Monday, a video generation model able to create clips up to two minutes in length at 4K resolution.
The RTX 4090 graphics card sitting on a table with a dark green background.

A popular GPU brand just confirmed RTX 5090 details

We've seen a ton of speculation about the RTX 5090, but GPU brand Zotac just confirmed several details.
Crucial MX500 250GB SATA SSD

The SSD I’ve been recommending for over 5 years is reaching its untimely end

The Crucial MX500 is a certified legend in PC hardware, but its life is unfortunately coming to an end.
Logo on the RTX 4060 Ti graphics card.

Nvidia may not budge on its VRAM choices

New claims about the specs of Nvidia's RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 have emerged, and it seems that Nvidia is sticking to its current VRAM strategy.
ChatGPT on a laptop

ChatGPT o1 vs. o1-mini vs. 4o: Which should you use?

There are more than a half-dozen versions of OpenAI's various large language and reasoning models. Here's what you need to know about each to get the most out of the popular chatbot.
Rear and front view of Apple Magic Mouse.

Apple is fixing the laughably bad Magic Mouse charging port

The Magic Mouse is infamous for its terrible underside charging port position and poor ergonomics. Apple's next design overhaul could finally atone for the sin.
An AMD graphics card sitting on a pink background.

AMD is finally turning the corner with FSR 3

We've had AMD's FSR 3 tech for more than a year, but it finally feels like the upscaling and frame-generation tool is hitting its stride.
Perplexity on Nothing Phone 2a.

ChatGPT vs. Perplexity: battle of the AI search engines

ChatGPT Search and Perplexity stand at the forefront of AI-enhanced web search, but which one is best?
A photo of the Snapdragon X Plus CPU in the die

Qualcomm Snapdragon X vs. Intel Core Ultra Series 2: the better laptop chip?

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X and Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 are intended to make Windows laptops more competitive with Apple MacBooks. Which is more successful?
A digital image of Elon Musk in front of a stylized background with the Twitter logo repeating.

​​OpenAI spills tea on Musk as Meta seeks block on for-profit dreams

OpenAI has release a trove of communication that alleges Musk was chasing a peice of the non-profit pie, while Meta is urging the government to intervene.
Fingers holding an Intel 285K.

As a PC gamer, 2024 just made me sad

As a PC hardware enthusiast who is also a gamer, this year didn't turn out the way I thought it would -- and that's a disappointment.
Dell XPS 14 laptop on its side

Save $400 on the ever popular Dell XPS 14 laptop right now

The Dell XPS 14 is a great laptop for many people, and a model with a dedicated graphics card is currently on sale at $400 off at Dell.
The Surface Laptop shown in front of a Copilot+ sign.

Intel strikes back, calling out high return rate of Qualcomm laptops

Intel's co-CEO says retailers are extremely concerned about how many Qualcomm Snapdragon PCs are getting returned by customers.
F-Secure Total antivirus app is open on a PC monitor.

F-Secure Total review: affordable antivirus solution lets you build custom plan

I went hands-on with F-Secure Total, a low-cost customizable antivirus solution to find out how well it protects your computer from malware.
Leaked image of the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S in black.

This may be the first SteamOS handheld not made by Valve

Leaked images of the upcoming Legion Go S suggest a new SteamOS-powered handheld.
ChatGPT Projects

ChatGPT has folders now

On the seventh of its 12 Days of OpenAI, the company has released Projects for ChatGPT to organize your documents and chat history.
AIO tubes on the HP Omen 45L.

A game-changing desktop chip may be coming from an unlikely company

A new rumor says that Qualcomm is testing a desktop chip that sounds like it's meant for a gaming PC.
Senior Editor, Computing

Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, Macs, monitors, PC hardware, and peripherals. Around here we call it “computing,” but here’s a good rule of thumb: If it’s a computer or something that plugs into a computer, you found your guy. Oh, and these days, AI too. So much AI.

After getting a degree in music from the University of Oregon, Luke started his career in media hoping to get into music journalism. But when the opportunity arose, he landed in tech and hasn’t looked back since. He has over a decade of tech journalism experience, first joining Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a tech media company that called his city home. Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN, TouchArcade (RIP), and The Oregonian.

In his years at Digital Trends so far, Luke has covered high-profile industry events such as CES, IFA, and Microsoft Build, delivering on-the-ground coverage, breaking news, and first-hand reporting. He’s hosted countless YouTube videos, made podcast appearances, and written over 600 articles.

Some of his earliest tech memories include learning HTML through his MySpace account and trying to play Baldur’s Gate II on his parents’ dusty old beige box. These days, his obsession with technology is in telling stories with tech — in finding the narratives that ebb and flow through both technological advancement and product design, trickling right on down to our day-to-day experience of it. He is convinced that we all spend too much of our time using technology and not enough time thinking about it — cue a healthy dose of navel-gazing and philosophizing.

When he’s not endlessly debating what the best laptop is, Luke spends his days being a dad and a husband. Oh, and when there’s time (which there isn’t), he’s an avid fiction writer, player of designer board games, and still occasionally makes some music.