Apple is planning an update to its MacOS Catalina operating system that could potentially allow the battery in your MacBook Air and MacBook Pro to last longer. The update brings a new feature called Battery Health Management that is currently in testing by developers. And if all goes according to plan, the new MacOS 10.15.5 update will make onto a Mac near you before the end of the year, according to CNET. Rather than monitor how app usage can affect battery life in between charges, Apple’s...

It’s a wonderful time for laptop gaming. With the launch of new silicon from Intel and Nvidia, a number of manufacturers are refreshing their gaming notebooks to include Intel’s 10th-gen H-Series processors and Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX Super mobile graphics cards. The result? Acer, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, and Razer are all launching new, slim gaming laptops that pack in better performance for playing games, creating content, and staying productive on the go. Of the dozens and dozens of refreshed...

Even though a number of laptops have launched with AMD’s powerful Ryzen 4000 mobile processors, Origin PC is bringing desktop performance to its new EON 15-X gaming laptop and NS-15 mobile workstation by packing AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900 desktop processor inside. The desktop silicon gives these mobile powerhouses a chip that supports 12 cores and 24 threads, rather than the eight-core design of the mobile CPU variant. Origin PC is also pairing AMD’s processing power with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2070...

Microsoft is redirecting its energy into optimizing its upcoming Windows 10X operating system for single-screen devices, rather than novel form factors that would have spanned dual-screen and foldables. If the report is accurate, then Microsoft may have just dashed the hopes of Windows faithful who may have hoped to see Microsoft’s new dual-screen Surface Neo tablet debut as promised before the end of this year. Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley revealed the findings from contact over at...

AMD is heating up its battle with Intel with a slew of high-performance-driven processors. Targeting enthusiasts who don’t want to compromise on performance, AMD unveiled its third-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors, which tops out with a massive 32-core, 64-thread design. This year, there will be two models in the Threadripper powerhouse family: The Ryzen 3960X and the Ryzen 3970X. Like AMD’s recent CPU and GPU announcements, the 3rd-Gen Threadripper family will utilize AMD’s 7nm Zen 2...