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A laptop feature that often gets overlooked is its cooling system. Processors, graphics cards, RAM, NPUs, and more demand a lot of energy, and all this energy results in a lot of heat. Ask anyone with a gaming laptop — they’ll tell you how uncomfortably hot it can get. Also: The best gaming laptops: Expert testedUnfortunately, you can’t prevent your laptop from generating heat, but you can mitigate it with a laptop cooling pad. These devices sit underneath the laptop and not only absorb the heat created but actively cool the device with a combination of high-speed fans and clever airflow engineering. What is the best laptop cooling pad right now?We tested some of the top laptop cooling pads on the market. Taking the crown as ZDNET’s best laptop cooling pad overall is the Targus Laptop Chill Mat Plus More

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale kicks off next month, so big deals on laptops are on the horizon. But some early deals are already starting to pop up. We’ve rounded up some of the best early sales that caught our attention on machines by Apple, Asus, Lenovo, Acer, and more that are live right now.Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowFrom Apple’s industry-leading MacBook Pro to light and accessible Chromebooks, these are the most impactful early deals we’ve seen. Although Prime Day doesn’t officially kick off until Oct. 8-9, some solid deals are live now so you can get ahead of the crowds.Our favorite early Amazon October Prime Day laptop dealsApple MacBook Pro M3 14-inch More

Download a lifetime license to Microsoft Office at a deep discount with this deal. Stack Social If you need access to Microsoft Office but don’t want to pay the yearly fee to access Office 365, you’re in luck: Stack Social is offering a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac, starting […] More

bgblue/Getty Images When a Windows 11 application hangs, the normal recourse is to open up the Task Manager, dig through the list of running processes, and use the End Task option in that utility. But there’s another way. I’ll show you how to add an End Task menu item to every running task on your […] More

simonkr/Getty Images People in Linux circles were getting worried this week.  On Monday, Italian programmer Simone Margaritelli, who goes by the handle @evilsocket, claimed that there was an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 9.9 that could be used against all Linux systems.  Also: 5 Linux terminal apps that […] More

Alexandra D Syphard/Getty Images Have you decided what to do with your Windows 10 PCs when they reach their official end-of-support date just over a year from now? Also: Why Windows 11 requires a TPM – and how to get around that I know some people who are convinced that Microsoft will back down at the […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The MW75 Neuro headphones are available to purchase for $699. They provide an interesting way for your headphones to add value to your everyday life. In the technology’s early stages, there are only a few pockets of people that will find these useful. –> You’ll often hear me say that a […] More

Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images I am not at all religious, but when I discovered this tool, I wanted to scream, “This is the devil’s work!” When I played the audio included below for you to my editor, she slacked back, “WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?” I’ve worked with her for 10 years, during which […] More