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17 Best Chromebook Games You Should Play in 2025
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ChromeOS has transitioned into a fully-fledged operating system and a lot has changed since its inception like Google adding the ability to run Android apps, Linux, and even Steam on supported Chromebooks. Some of the best games you can play on a Chromebook are Half Life 2, Hades, Dead Cells, Kandria, and Minecraft among others. You can also use Cloud Gaming platforms such as NVIDIA's GeForce NOW or Boosteroid to play games directly from a browser on a Chromebook.
10 Best Email Clients You Can Use on Windows 10 (Free & Paid)
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We have curated a list of 10 best email clients for Windows 10 that offers excellent features, tight security including encryption, and integration with many cloud storage providers. From eM Client to Mailbird, the new Outlook, and Zoho Mail, we have covered all the latest apps in this article. Go through our list to find a suitable email client for your Windows 10 PC.
10 Best Linux Text Editors You Must Try in 2025
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There's no shortage of text editors on Windows and if you think Linux is any different, you'd be wrong. Some of the best text editors on Linux are Visual Studio Code, Sublime, IntelliJ IDEA, Kate, Geany, and more mentioned in the article.
50+ Essential Linux Commands You Should Know
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The Terminal may appear intimidating to many users, but it is a powerful tool that lets you do a plethora of tasks with ease. Let's look at some of the most important Linux Terminal commands that every user should know.
How to Take a Screenshot on Android
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While the basic method to take a screenshot on an Android device has remained the same, there are other ways to take screenshots on Android. Some of them are three-finger swipe gestures, double tap, Quick Assist ball, using Gemini, and taking scrolling screenshots.
How to Take Scrolling Screenshots on Any Android Device
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Capturing long or scrolling screenshots can come in really handy especially when the length of the content on the screen is too long to fit into one screenshot. Most Android UIs come with built-in scrolling screenshot feature, but if your device is old, you can use a third-party app called LongShot.
How to Update Your Chromebook Easily
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Updating a Chromebook is a fundamental thing but it solves a myriad of issues and also brings new features. The most basic method is to update ChromeOS from settings and then move on to updating the Linux container.
How to Export Bookmarks on Google Chrome
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There are two ways to export bookmarks from Chrome — as an HTML file to later import it manually or by importing bookmarks automatically on your new browser. The latter is easier but exporting manually is a universal method that works regardless of whether your new browser supports importing from other browsers.
10 Best Custom ROMs for Android You Can Install
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A custom ROM is one of the ways by which you can revive your old Phone that's no longer supported by the manufacturer. For starters, the new Evolution X, Derpfest, and Project Elixir are all great ROMs with endless customization options. However, if you want to avoid Google services and its data tracking, you could give GrapheneOS a try.
The Legion Go S is the first third-party console to run the official SteamOS and comes with meaningful upgrades. It comes with Ryzen Z2 Go made in partnership with AMD and is a direct competitor to the Steam Deck. Lenovo's asking $499 for the base 16 GB + 512GB variant.
CES 2025: This Wearable AI Orb Listens to Your Thoughts at All Times
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Omi is a small orb-shaped AI device that listens to conversations to summarize or obtain more information about them. It currently lacks the ability to read brains but the feature will ship sometime in Q2 of 2025. The device costs $89.
CES 2025: Xreal Unveils One Pro AR Glasses with Enhanced Optics and Hardware
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Xreal has introduced the One Pro at CES 2025 and it comes with better overall specifications like a larger 57-degree FoV, larger spatial screen of 171-inches, and a 100 nits brighter display. The device is available for pre-orders for $599 and will start shipping in March this year.
Valve Officially Bringing SteamOS to More Handhelds Soon
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One of Valve's lead designers Pierre-Loup Griffais has revealed that the first SteamOS beta for other handheld devices will arrive in "March sometime." While we're not sure what all handhelds Valve will end up supporting, it's confirmed that the Ally and Legion Go are some of them.
AMD Unleashes Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 16 Cores, 5.7GHz Boost to Target Intel’s Crown
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AMD has released the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and claims it is the world's best processor for creative work and gaming. It has 16 cores and a total of 144MB cache. AMD claims the processor offers 64% better performance thanthe Core Ultra 9 285K. It's also 54% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
CES 2025: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Is a Rollable Laptop That You Can Purchase Soon
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enovo's Rollable concept laptop was showcased in CES 2025 and it's launching as ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 soon. Upon opening the lid, it looks like any other 14-inch machine with a 2K resolution. But upon pressing a dedicated key, the Rollable screen unrolls and becomes this giant wide tablet-like aspect ratio with a higher resolution of 2000 x 2350.
A New Snapdragon X Chip Is Here for Budget Laptops
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The Snapdragon X is geared more toward mainstream and budget offerings. Unlike X Elite and X Plus, X has only one SKU on offer which is the X1-26-100. Considering the slightly watered down specifications, we expect Snapdragon X1-26-100 powered laptops to be included in laptops that cost $500-$600.
AMD’s Z2 Chips for Handhelds Are Here But Which Devices Will Use Them?
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AMD claims the Z2 series has more to offer across all fronts, and that will certainly be put to test. The Z2 Series consists of the vanilla Z2, the Z2 Extreme, and a Z2 Go. There are currently no handles slated to launch with the Z2 series, but that could change in a few days.
Acer Launches Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11 Handhelds and The Latter Is Just Absurd
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The Nitro Blaze 8 and 11, as the names suggests, are 8.8-inch and 11-inch handhelds with the latter being the largest screens on handhelds yet. One of the major upgrades on the 11-inch from the previous year's Nitro Blaze 7 is the detachable joysticks, but most of the other specifications remain the same.
Samsung has confirmed the date of the first Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 will take place on January 22 at 6PM GMT. The Korean giant is expected to reveal the Galaxy S25 series — the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra.
LG’s New G5 and Other OLED TV Series Unveiled at CES 2025
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LG's kick-starting the year with its latest G5, C5, B5, and M5 OLED TVs at CES 2025, and here is everything you need to know about them.
CES 2025: Yukai’s New Adorable Mini Robots Can Cool Food and Steal Hearts
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Yukai Engineering has revealed their two small robots at CES 2025. Nékojita FuFu is made for people who have low tolerance for hot food, whereas Mirumi can surprise people by turning its head toward them. It rotates head in several ways, and does it using motion and proximity sensors.
CES 2025: Aurzen Shows off ZIP, a Foldable Projector That Streams Wirelessly
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Aurzen's tri-fold projector called the ZIP has been showcased in CES 2025. It's a projector that folds thrice and uses a DLP Microchip (digital light processing) to project a 720p image. Aurzen will soon start a Kickstarter campaign for the ZIP portable projector.
CES 2025: Circular Ring 2 Debuts with ECG, 8-Day Battery, and More
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Circular claims that it's solving two major complaints with the Ring 2 — First being the build quality and second health tracking. The Ring is now made of Titanium and the firm claims the "enhanced sensors" add things like ECG with Atrial Fibrillation detection which is FDA-certified
LG’s StanbyME 2 Blurs the Line Between TV and Tablet
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StanbyME 2 is a 27-inch display that can be used as a standalone TV but at the same time, it has a built-in battery and can be used as a wireless smart display for around 4 hours on a single charge.
Xiaomi Tightens Grip on Bootloaders with a Major Restriction
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Xiaomi has changed its bootloader unlock policy. The new policy restricts it to only one device a year, per account. This was previously 3 devices per year, per account. The new policy could immensely slow down the development process and lead to developers prioritizing some devices over others.
OnePlus Watch 3 Could Feature New Health Sensors to Challenge Galaxy Watch
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Apple and Galaxy Watches have had the ability to measure ECG for a few years now, and OnePlus could finally catch up with its upcoming OnePlus Watch 3 and 3 Pro. OnePlus' latest OHealth app version 4.30.11 comes with a handful of new features such as a 60-second checkup, Wrist temperature, and ECG.
What Pixels Did Right in 2024 and What I Want to See in 2025
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From a new form factor to an improved software experience, there's a lot that Pixels did right this year, but there were a few things I was expecting from them that didn't happen. Things like better charging speeds, better performance, improvements to Pixel Watch's Fitbit integration, etc. Here are all the improvements I want in Pixels in 2025.
2024 Was the Year I Switched to YouTube Music and I’m Here to Stay
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I switched to YouTube Music in 2024 and have thoroughly enjoyed using it. The best part was, hands down, the music recommendations which helped me discover over 100 new music. Besides, the User Interface also received much needed improvements this year, alongside features like custom thumbnails, collaborative playlists, and AI-powered hum to search.
From Natlan to Snezhnaya: How Genshin Impact Can Win Back Players in 2025
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Natlan has been underwhelming so far, and I'm sure a lot of players agree with this sentiment. As a long-term player whose experience with the game has been nothing short of extraordinary, I had high hopes for the region. While the overall story and many aspects of the map failed to impress, here's how HoYoverse can make Snezhnaya a better experience.
OxygenOS 15 Review: A Visual Feast with Room for Refinement
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OnePlus has made some interesting design choices in OxygenOS 15, and the overall OS, on paper, feels like a considerable update over OxygenOS 14, but is that really the case? I've been using OxygenOS 15 on my OnePlus 12R, and here's my review.
Qualcomm Scores Legal Victory Against ARM’s Licensing Lawsuit
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The jury in the United States District Court of Delaware determined that Qualcomm didn't breach its licensing agreement with ARM. However, the jury couldn't reach a verdict on whether Nuvia was really at fault for breaching the agreement with ARM. ARM's accusations came after Qualcomm launched a custom Oryon CPU for Smartphones and Windows laptops.
How to Install Android Apps on Windows 11
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Microsoft will soon discontinue it in March 2025. However, for those who still want to use Android apps on Windows, there are many ways to do so other than WSA. You can download the Play Games Developer Emulator, use Phone Link to stream apps directly from your phone, or use WSABuilds project till WSA remains up and running.
How to Connect AirPods to Your Chromebook
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Some Apple products like the AirPods work like any Bluetooth accessory on any Bluetooth-compatible device, including Chromebooks. If you have a pair of AirPods or AirPods Pro, you can connect them to a Chromebook, just like you'd connect any Bluetooth accessory.
This New Android 16 Feature Lets You Unlock Your Pixel 9 Faster
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Google has added an option in Android 15 DP 2 to unlock using their Pixel 9's fingerprint sensor even when the screen is off. There's a new toggle on the Fingerprint Unlock page "Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock" with the description "Use Fingerprint Unlock even when the screen is off."
Nothing OS 3.0 Stable Rollout Begins for Phone (2) and (2a)
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Nothing is rolling out stable Nothing OS 3.0 to the Phone (2) and (2a). The update is gradually rolling out to users and brings Android 15, new lock screen customizations, new productivity and shared widgets, revamped Quick Settings, and a lot more.
OnePlus 13 Series Launch Date Leaks, Coming Early Next Month
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The OnePlus 13 series including the OnePlus 13 and 13R will launch on January 7, 2025, at 4:30 PM CET. Besides smartphones, OnePlus is also expected to reveal its latest wearable, the OnePlus Watch 3 which will is expected to come with WearOS 5.
Android 16 May Help Tame Your Notification Chaos with Gmail-Style Categories
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Bundled Notifications on Android will silence and group notifications with similar themes will for a quieter and cleaner experience. Notifications will be categorized just like Gmail categorizes emails across — Promotions, Social, and Recommendations.
Google Messages May Soon Support Satellite Messaging on Android 15
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When Satellite Messaging is available, a "Connect to satellite to send and receive messages" prompt with a Connect option will appear. This prompt will also stay during chats just above the text box, essentially reminding you to connect to Satellite messaging. Ideally, these options should only appear when there's no internet and cellular network.
Chromebooks Get a New Safety Reset Feature in ChromeOS M131
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Google is rolling out a new feature in ChromeOS M131 called Safety Reset. Using it will reset Chrome settings and shortcuts, disable extensions, and delete cookies. Although, Bookmarks, History, and Saved Passwords won't be affected.
The new Bixby LLM, which is already present in select Samsung phones in China (W25 and W25 Flip), will be released with the upcoming Galaxy S25 series, which is right around the corner. Much like Gemini Nano, the new Bixby should bring many on-device generative AI capabilities.
Hands-on with Phone Link Start Menu Companion: Why Does It Even Exist?
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You can enable the Phone Link Start menu companion from Settings > Personalization > Start. Once enabled, the companion should appear when you launch the Start menu. It will show you quick shortcuts to messages, calls, and photos, alongside recent calls, messages, and photos.
Google Announces Android XR OS, Teams Up With Samsung for “Project Moohan”
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Google has finally unveiled its entry into the emerging market of virtual and augmented reality with Android XR OS. The new and upcoming OS will be powered by Gemini and will have a variety of Google apps. Android XR OS is a product of Google's collaboration with Samsung and Qualcommm.