Dell’s premium ultrabooks rarely dip under $1,000, especially ones with the XPS name attached. Right now, the brand has knocked $350 off the Dell XPS 13, bringing the price down from $1,300 to $950.

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Google has released an emergency zero-day patch update to address the 2026's first active exploit of its Chrome browser.

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Moving from Windows to Linux doesn't require much of a learning curve and brings some real benefits, but you need to accept a few compromises. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 ...