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Considering a Chromebook? Acer and Lenovo have some new options you might want to check out. Acer today unveiled two new Chromebooks: the convertible Chromebook Spin 11 and the durable Chromebook 11 C732. Not to be outdone, Lenovo tipped several Chromebooks, including...

Do you ever get the feeling that advertisers are trailing you online? They are, but Google users will now be able to mute the ads that annoy them most. Google is rolling out an option over the next few days that will let you silence "reminder ads" that follow you...

Apple's fleet of self-driving vehicles has grown. Bloomberg, citing the California Department of Motor Vehicles, on Thursday reported that Cupertino has registered 24 additional autonomous Lexus Rx450h sport-utility vehicles in the Golden State since first receiving a...

Malware is increasingly developing an appetite for cryptocurrency mining. One newly discovered strain has tried to infect millions of Windows machines, all in an effort to siphon their computing power and possibly sell it for mining purposes. The operation has been...

The first Intel chips with built-in protections against the Meltdown and Spectre threats will start arriving later this year. The protections involve "silicon-based changes" to the company's future processors, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in a Thursday earnings call....

Windows Insider Program participants will now be able to view and manage their Microsoft accounts via a newly released, diagnostics-based privacy dashboard. Dubbed "The Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer," the new dashboard (which is still in beta) gives Microsoft Windows...

Searching for a new job? Apple has some sweet work from home opportunities you might be interested in. The Cupertino tech giant is currently looking to hire a number of full- and part-time At Home Advisors who will answer questions about Apple's products and services,...

The reboot problem affecting Spectre/Meltdown-patched systems is more widespread than initially thought, Intel announced Wednesday. Last week, Intel revealed that "a few customers" have experienced higher-than-usual system reboots after applying the firmware updates....

Prefer your Instagram addiction to be kept under wraps rather than revealed to people? You'll need to take action. Instagram has a potentially embarrassing new feature that shows people the last time you used the app. The new activity status feature, which is enabled...