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This Streaming Service Is Raising Prices After 10 Years: How to Get Around It

Plex Pass monthly, yearly, and lifetime subscriptions are getting a price hike on April 29 for the first time in a decade. But you can lock in a fixed lifetime rate now.

By Emily Forlini
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Musk May Use Starlink Profits to Target Moderate Republicans, Senator Warns

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she won't stop criticizing Trump's methods, despite Elon Musk potentially using Starlink revenue to fund primary challengers against her and her colleagues.

By Michael Kan
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Assassin's Creed Shadows: Can Your PC Handle the Ninja and Samurai Action?

Ubisoft's stealth saga finally tackles Japanese history on March 20, so prepare to slice and dice enemies with these minimum and recommended system requirements.

By Jordan Minor
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Watch March Madness (and More) With a New TV From Amazon's Early Spring Sale

The big seasonal sales event kicks off officially on March 25, but before then, we've scouted massive discounts on top-reviewed televisions from top brands like LG, Hisense, and more.

By K. Thor Jensen
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BYD's 5-Minute 'Flash Chargers' Make Tesla Superchargers Look Archaic

An EV charging breakthrough from China's BYD is more bad news for Tesla amid growing Elon backlash and tumbling sales numbers. But a hit to its technical chops might hurt the most.

By Emily Forlini
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Microsoft Emails Windows 10 Users Urging Them to Upgrade, Recycle Old PCs

With Windows 10 security upgrades ending in October, Microsoft ramps up its Windows 11 marketing campaign, encouraging people to give its newest OS a look—or else.

By Michael Kan
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iPhone 17 Air and Pro Max? All the iPhone 17 Rumors We've Heard So Far

A top Apple exec says the 2025 iPhone launch will be its 'most ambitious' to date. With 15+ years of covering the iPhone under our belts, here's what seems most likely for the iPhone 17.

By Jibin Joseph
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Nintendo Switch 2: All the Rumors and Everything We Know So Far

Here's what has been confirmed, plus our experts' best guesses for what will be revealed at Nintendo Direct on April 2.

By Jordan Minor & Will Greenwald
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Nostalgic for 2012? Pebble Smartwatches Are Back With New 'Core' Features

After a rollercoaster rise and decline that started with Kickstarter and ended with Fitbit kicking the Pebble brand to the curb, co-founder Eric Migicovsky launches new 'Pebble-like' devices.

By Emily Forlini
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No mmWave, No Problem? iPhone 16e Keeps Up With iPhone 16 in Speed Tests

Even without millimeter-wave 5G, the iPhone 16e holds up against the iPhone 16 in download speeds and trumps it in upload speeds, according to Ookla Speedtest data.

By Jibin Joseph
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Apple Quietly Fixed a Passwords App Bug That Exposed Users to Phishing Attacks

The app used the HTTP protocol instead of the safer HTTPS protocol for three months.

By Jibin Joseph
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T-Mobile Claims New 5G Download Speed Record

The carrier’s test combined carrier aggregation with Qualcomm’s latest 5G modem to hit 6.3Gbps.

By Rob Pegoraro
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Congrats, You Filed Your Taxes! Now Tell Us Which Tax Prep App Is Best

How do you file income taxes? Whether for personal taxes or a business, grade the software you use, and you'll be entered to win $250 to spend at Amazon.

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Business Choice 2025: The Top Mobile Carriers, Phone, and Tablet Brands for Work

The right mobile tech is key to keeping your business continually productive. These service providers and device manufacturers come highly recommended by our readers.

By Eric Griffith
Business Choice 2025: The Top Phones and Carriers for Work

Readers’ Choice 2025: Your Favorite Mobile Carriers, Phone, and Tablet Brands

After surveying thousands of PCMag readers, these are mobile device makers and cellular providers that earn the highest accolades.

By Eric Griffith
Readers’ Choice 2025: Phones and Wireless Carriers

Get Your Hands on the Best Tablet Deals at Amazon's Early Spring Sale

Ditch the keyboard and play games, watch movies, and catch up on work on the go with deep discounts on top-rated tablets from Apple, Amazon, and Google, right now.

By K. Thor Jensen
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Tell Us About the Desktop PC on Your Desk at Home or Work: You Could Win $250

Towers, mini PCs, AIOs, high-end gaming rigs: They're all fair game in our latest survey. Rate yours now, and you'll be entered in a $250 sweepstakes.

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What Is Nvidia's DGX Station? A New, Specialized Desktop Line for AI Work

AI researchers and developers can look forward to these prebuilt towers, announced at GTC 2025 and coming from Nvidia and its partners, for extraordinary AI power at their desks. Also: Nvidia's taking reservations for its DGX Spark mini PC, formerly known as "Project DIGITS."

By Michael Kan
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To Make AI Scalable for the Data Center, Nvidia Unveils 'Rubin' GPU Architecture

The chip giant is preparing new "Rubin" and "Feynman" architectures to help companies address generative AI's skyrocketing costs and energy demands.

By Michael Kan
Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote

Save Big $$$ on Laptop and Desktops With These Early Amazon Spring Sale Deals

Before the event officially starts, we've already discovered some serious price cuts on PCs that will dazzle you with performance and their new price tags.

By K. Thor Jensen
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