I tried to build a PC to beat this $440 Core i9-12900H laptop and failed miserably — this is truly the best PC deal of 2025

If you don’t mind an obscure Chinese brand, the Hasee X5 15.6 laptop is better than any PC in this price range

10 storage technologies that want to replace hard drives

From enterprise flash to experimental archival media, these are ten technologies looking to replace traditional hard drives… one day.
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24TB Seagate external hard drive drops to $279.99 — perfect for huge backups and big data lakes

With an impressive 24TB capacity, you can grab a great deal on Seagate’s Expansion desktop hard drive

This £315 Core Ultra 7 PC has 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD — Yes, this is probably the best PC deal of 2025 (yes, even for Pros)

I tried to find a deal that’s better than this one but I couldn’t find anything that’s remotely competitive pricewise
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Scammers hit Christmas cheer with fake wine and festive gift emails – here’s how to stay safe

Holiday-themed emails increasingly carry scams using loan forms, fake order confirmations, and credential harvesting to collect sensitive personal and financial information.
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Fujifilm’s epic 40TB tape cartridge is here – despite what Elon Musk says, the future of offline data storage looks very bright

Fujifilm’s 40TB LTO-10 tape reinforces offline storage relevance as enterprises balance ransomware risk, regulatory demands, and growing AI driven archival volumes.
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What a knob! Startup shoves circular controller in tiny laptop dock to create perfect desktop companion — shame you have to wait four months to get it

HubKey Pro 2 is a crowdfunded circular controller with fully customizable keys and a dual-4K multi-functional hub.

Acemagic just launched one of the weirdest-looking Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PCs to date – Tank M1A Pro+ supports 24TB storage, quad 8K screens and claims to match the RTX 4070M laptop GPU

Acemagic’s Tank M1A Pro+ joins the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC wave with support for four 8K screens, 128GB memory and up to 24TB SSD storage.
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Intel sells the fastest sub-$200 CPUs that you can buy right now and AMD can barely keep up, even with a Ryzen 9 5900XT — so I have to ask, is Intel the new AMD?

Intel’s cheapest desktop CPUs are now faster than AMD’s, and Team Red is feeling pressure across the sub-$200 market.
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Time to switch to eSIM? South Korea will now make consumers scan their faces to buy a SIM card and cut down on scams

South Korea now requires facial scans for SIM registration following data breaches which used fraudulently activated mobile phone numbers.
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