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    The best cheap gaming PCs of 2024: Expert tested and recommended

    While building a gaming PC can be a great way to save money, brands like HP and Lenovo offer budget-friendly prebuilt rigs that don’t force you to choose between price and performance. Many budget gaming rigs still offer great components like RTX 30 or 40 series graphics cards, 13th-generation Intel Core processors, and high-capacity storage drives for large game files or entire Steam libraries. Also: The best gaming PCs you can buy: Expert testedWhat is the best cheap gaming PC right now?As an avid gamer myself, I rounded up the best gaming PC models on the market that won’t cost you an arm and a leg, with my pick for the best cheap gaming PC overall going to the HP Omen 40L More

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    This ThinkPad checks all my boxes for a solid work laptop. Here’s why it stands out

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways Lenovo’s sixth-generation ThinkPad T14s is available now, starting at $1,598. It’s is a powerful workhorse thanks to the new AMD Ryzen AI chipset and support for the speedy Wi-Fi 7 standard. Its display, on the other hand, isn’t all that impressive considering its price tag. –> Whenever Lenovo isn’t pushing the […] More

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    Threads just got a little more like Bluesky with new curated collections feature

    Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images The rivalry between Threads and Bluesky continues to heat up as Meta steps into Bluesky’s territory to reveal a new feature.  On Thursday, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced that Meta, which owns Threads, is testing a feature that enables users to “find and easily follow collections of profiles that post about popular topics on […] More

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    This cordless stick vacuum beats my Dyson in one meaningful (and flashy) way

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Tineco Pure One Station 5 vacuum cleaner is available for $459. It’s a powerful cordless vacuum with a self-emptying base station, perfect for pet owners and parents. Some parts can be finicky, like lining up the floor brush on the base station, or its accessories getting stuck and not easily […] More