Operating Systems

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• The Best Cheap Laptops for 2024

  These low-cost Windows laptops and Chromebooks make short work of everyday computing (and sometimes more), and some ring up for less than $500. See the best we've tested.

  1 week, 4 days By Brian Westover, Tom Brant

  
• The Best Apps in the Windows 11 Store for 2024

  You'll be surprised by how much excellent software is in the Microsoft Store, and the selection keeps growing. These are the best Windows 11 apps, or at least the ones you should install first.

  1 month By Michael Muchmore

  
• The Best Outdoor Smart Home Devices for 2024

  Whether you're looking for a robot to mow your lawn or a camera to keep an eye on your property from afar, bring the technological comforts of home to the great outdoors with the best smart backyard gadgets we've tested.

  1 month, 3 weeks By Will Greenwald, Angela Moscaritolo

  
• The Best Cheap Keyboards for 2024

  Can't spend a pile to upgrade the basic keyboard that came with your PC? Check out the best budget keyboards we've tested for money-minded typists of all kinds.

  1 month, 4 weeks By Zackery Cuevas

  
• The Best Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, or ChromeOS?

  We compare the top desktop OSes based on availability, interface design, and ease of use, plus the apps and games you can run on them.

  7 months, 1 week By Michael Muchmore

  
• Apple macOS Sonoma

  MacOS gets a nice polish, with extra goodies for Apple silicon

  9 months, 3 weeks By Edward Mendelson

  
• Apple iOS 15

  The most polished smartphone OS

  2 years, 4 months By Michael Muchmore

  
• Apple iPadOS 15

  Apple’s tablet OS gets even smarter

  2 years, 9 months By Michael Muchmore

  
• Apple iOS 14

  More Apple product tie-ins for your iPhone

  2 years, 10 months By Michael Muchmore

  
• Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

  A Linux distro that puts usability first

  3 years, 2 months By Ben Moore

  
• Apple iOS 13

  Apple's stellar iOS 13 mobile OS updates visuals and adds new privacy features to iPhones, with Dark Mode, improved efficiency, and a healthy dollop of machine learning on top.

  3 years, 10 months By Michael Muchmore

  
• Google Rolls Out Android 'TalkBack' Braille Keyboard for Visually Impaired Users

  The keyboard uses a standard six-key layout in which each key represents one of six braille dots.

  4 years, 3 months By Stephanie Mlot

  
• Google Stops Selling the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

  Both phones disappear from Google's store due to there being no stock left and no more being manufactured.

  4 years, 3 months By Matthew Humphries

  
• While US Fights COVID-19, 83 Percent of Healthcare Systems Run Outdated Software

  Healthcare systems will be maxed out while battling the coronavirus pandemic, but a new study shows that 83 percent of hospital infrastructure is running outdated software vulnerable to attack.

  4 years, 4 months By PCMag Australia

  
• Purism Unveils Librem Mini Privacy-Focused PC

  It's smaller than a Mac mini, runs PureOS Linux, and is focused on providing 'freedom, privacy and security.'

  4 years, 4 months By Matthew Humphries