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Best Buy loves to sell a laptop at a great price for a single day, so if you’re in the market for one, the Deal of the Day page is great. For example, today it’s featuring a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 laptop with a Ryzen processor, big touchscreen, and 16GB of RAM, all for just $419.99. That’s an incredible deal, but you need to move fast to get it. When we reviewed this laptop just a few months ago, reviewer Chris Hoffman said the IdeaPad Slim 3 is decent but priced way too high, so it “could be a great deal on sale.” Well, here it is. Note that the version he reviewed was an Intel variant, but otherwise it’s the same design—and the Ryzen 7 5825U is arguably the better pick if you want to do some light gaming. 512GB of storage, 16GB of RAM, and a touchscreen that’s not often seen at this price point are also great inclusions. The laptop scored low on battery life with just three cells, but its port selection is solid with one USB-C, two USB-A, full-sized HDMI, and a standard SD card reader. It’s fairly middle-of-the-road for a 15-inch laptop in terms of portability with a 3.56-pound weight, but I’m glad to see both an IR camera for face unlock and a physical privacy shutter over the webcam—two more features you don’t often see below the $500 mark. This Best Buy deal expires today (Friday, September 5th) at midnight Central US time (1 AM Eastern on Saturday), so get an order in quickly if you want one. There may be a demo unit available at your local Best Buy retail store, too. If this one doesn’t strike your fancy, then check out PCWorld’s picks for the best laptops on the market. Get a Ryzen touchscreen laptop with 16GB RAM for $420, today onlyBuy now from Best Buy Read...

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DuckDuckGo is now expanding its paid subscription with access to several of the most advanced AI models on the market. Subscribers can now access OpenAI’s GPT-4o and GPT-5, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4, and Meta’s Llama Maverick via the Duck.ai service. To protect privacy, Duck.ai hides the user’s IP address from the AI model providers, and chat logs are saved locally and aren’t used to train the AI models. In addition, there’s a special “Fire Button” that lets users instantly delete previous conversations and chat histories. The price of the subscription remains unchanged at $9.99/month or $99/year. In addition to the new AI features, the subscription also includes a VPN service, tools to remove personal information from the web, and identity theft assistance. The free (basic) version of Duck.ai remains unaffected and can still be used without logging in or paying. Read...

With the content we create now reaching a global audience, it’s essential that local languages are used if you want your message to be understood. Up until recently, this has required using professional translation services which take time and money. But, thanks to the powerful AI capabilities of Adobe Firefly, you can quickly and easily turn your English-speaking audio into Spanish, French, Chinese or many other languages with only a few clicks. Here’s how Adobe Firefly can make sure you’re heard all around the world. What is Adobe Firefly? Firefly is Adobe’s generative AI solution, which allows users to create or enhance images, videos and audio, as well as translate languages. It’s found as a component in many of the Adobe apps – such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Express – but also works as a standalone app and can be accessed via the web. The hallmark of Adobe Firefly is its simplicity, as the software features an intuitive interface that makes it a great tool for those who don’t want a huge learning curve to be able to access its incredible features. How Adobe Firefly can help you speak to an international audience While video and images are often universal, audio has a far more localised focus. It’s true that much of the world speaks English, but there are many places where that isn’t the case. Also, it’s better to speak to people in their own language rather than expect them to understand yours. With this in mind, Adobe Firefly’s translation capabilities are an excellent way to create promotional campaigns, YouTube content, TikTok videos or in-house training material that can be delivered to audiences in their native tongue. All you need is an existing video with the audio recorded in a single language. Simply visit the Adobe Firefly web app, select the Translate Video option, upload your content, choose the language (you can have up to five at a time) you want it translated into, then Firefly will take care of the rest. Adobe One of the best features, is that you don’t just get a generic voice in the translation, as Firefly uses its AI technology to keep the tone, cadence and emotions of the original vocals, ensuring that the finished video sounds authentic and natural. Accompanying the audio is also a transcription, which is written in the appropriate language so you don’t have to find another way to translate that as well. With over 20 languages currently available, Adobe Firefly is the fast and simple way to bring an international feel to your content, without the additional costs of translation or localisation that would make this impossible for many creators. Try Adobe Firefly today Adobe Firefly is a powerful way to ensure your message is understood all across the globe. To start using the translation service you can sign up to the Firefly Standard tier that costs $9.99/£9.98p/m and lets you translate up to six minutes of audio or video. If you need more, then there’s the Firefly Pro tier, which gives you 23 minutes of translation for $29.99/£28.99 p/m.  Try out Adobe Firefly Today! With the world being more in touch than ever, Adobe Firefly is the low-cost, low-effort way to expand your audience and reach people that would have been forever locked behind the barrier of language. Now, they’re only a few clicks away. Read...

A few days ago, Microsoft released a new update for its Edge browser that provides an interesting new feature: playback of video content in the background. This means you can now use Edge to play YouTube videos in a minimized tab and still have it going in the background. This may not seem like a big deal in itself, but Edge also has built-in ad blocking. Combine the two together and you get a pretty potent combo: you can watch YouTube videos in the background (a feature that’s only available to YouTube Premium subscribers) without any ads (also restricted to YouTube Premium), all free of charge. Android Authority first discovered this feature in Edge Canary, which is the most cutting-edge version of Edge with the latest features and developments. Note, however, that Edge Canary is unstable, may crash, and may not work properly on all devices. If you want to try it out, you can download it on the Google Play Store. Background playback with no ads To activate the ad blocker in Edge, go to Settings and then Site settings. Then select Block ads and activate Adblock Plus. This is a built-in feature. No need to download an additional extension. To activate background playback, you need to enter edge://flags in the Edge address bar. This will take you to the experimental features that are still under development. Here, search for Video Background Play and toggle it to enabled. Restart the app and you’re good to go! Not a full replacement, but close enough Strictly speaking, with background playback and no ads, you still don’t get the full-blown YouTube Premium experience. The $13.99/month subscription also grants access to YouTube Music and the ability to download videos to watch offline. If you want all of YouTube Premium’s features, you can try this free app. Nevertheless, it’s nice that Microsoft offers the possibility to bypass some of the barriers that YouTube has put up with its premium subscription with two simple features in the Edge browser—and this despite the fact that ad blockers are actually a thorn in the sides of many providers (some even want to ban ad blockers completely). Curiously, this isn’t the first time Microsoft has inadvertently provided a workaround to watch YouTube videos without ads. Earlier this year, there was a bug in Microsoft’s Bing Search that also made it possible to bypass ads on YouTube videos. Edge isn’t the only browser that allows video content to be played in the background, by the way. Brave and Samsung Internet also have this option. However, it remains to be seen whether the changes will make it into the live version of Edge before YouTube complains. Important: Remember that YouTube creators live off advertising revenue. So if you don’t want to support your favorite channels directly, for example via channel memberships or donations, you can do so indirectly by watching ads on their videos. Further reading: I block every ad on YouTube and I’m not ashamed Read...

Microsoft 365 users will now have access to a few more Copilot AI features, as highlighted in this Microsoft OneDrive blog post. Among other things, it will now be possible to summarize the contents of files and documents that you store on the OneDrive cloud storage platform. You can also ask Copilot questions about the content of a file, compare the contents of different files, and even generate an FAQ (frequently asked questions). To use the file comparison feature, you’ll need to select the files within File Explorer, and you can compare up to a max of 5 files at once. All the other features are accessible via OneDrive. Note that these new AI-powered features currently only work with Office documents (such as DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, and XLSX), common file formats (PDF, TXT, and RTF), web files (HTML, HTM), and OpenDocument formats (ODT, ODP). As of this writing, the features do not support images, screenshots, videos, etc. Read...

If you’re a person of a certain age (oh boy), you might remember that basic calculators used to run on handy little solar cells and almost never ran out of power. Logitech has tried this for wireless keyboards a few times—most recently the K750—but a leaked retail listing shows that a new one is on the way with an even sleeker design. An Amazon Mexico listing was briefly spotted by Tom’s Hardware for the “Logitech Signature Slim Solar+.” According to the now-deleted listing, this variant features a full-sized layout (that means it has a 10-key number pad), a sleek body made from 70 percent recycled plastic, and a shockingly light 700-gram (1.5-pound) weight. Its internal battery can last for up to 10 years recharging via the solar panel above the key area, which can get its juice from natural or artificial light. It’s packing the usual features for a Logitech keyboard these days, including connectivity with up to three wireless devices simultaneously, at least some programming options via the Logi Options+ software, and a USB-C dongle in the box. Pricing for this new design isn’t currently known, but if an Amazon listing was prepared before being scuppered, it can’t be too far away from a release. Read...

The big smart home manufacturers have been leaking like sieves as of late, giving us juicy early previews of their super-secret upcoming releases. Philips Hue recently fell victim to its own leak that revealed its entire fall product lineup, and now Google appears to have unwittingly shared images of its new Nest cam hardware.  First, a quick recap: Google had already teased—intentionally—a new Gemini smart speaker during its Pixel event a couple of weeks back, and just days ago it promised an upcoming Google Home update on October 1, complete with a partial image of what appears to be a new Nest camera.  Those hints at new Google Home products aren’t the leaks we’re talking about now, though. Instead, it seems Google may have inadvertently left images of its new Nest hardware in the Google Home app following a recent update.  The images, which were spotted by Android Authority and appear to have been subsequently yanked from the app, don’t reveal anything startlingly new about the new Nest cams, aside from the fact that they exist.  Android Authority In total, we’re talking three new Nest cams, including a second-generation Nest Cam Outdoor, a third-generation Nest Cam Indoor, and a third-gen Nest Doorbell, all of which are wired models.  Aside from the images themselves, which look nearly identical to the old models, the Google leak also reveals codenames for the cameras. The new Nest Cam Outdoor, for example, is codenamed “lionesa,” according to Android Authority, while the next-gen Nest Cam Indoor has the internal name “ustica” and the Nest Doorbell was dubbed “rhodes.”  Other details about the new Nest cams were previously unearthed by Android Headlines, which said that the cameras will offer 2K resolution, up from 1080p on the previous models. Other new features include “zoom and crop” capabilities, along with expanded three-hour video previews, an hour of local video storage, and a range of new colors.  All our lingering questions about the new Nest hardware should be answered soon, with Google tweeting on X earlier this week that “Gemini is coming to Google Home” and teasing that we should “come back October 1st,” with a link pointing to the Google store.  It’s been four long years since Google refreshed its Nest Cam line, and even longer since we got a new Google Home smart speaker. Many were left to wonder whether Google was poised to give up on releasing new Nest devices, but Google has been clearly signaling that it’s not done with making its own smart products.  This news story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best home security cameras. Read...

At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Extremely easy to use Affordable pricing Supports popular operating systems and browsers Cons Weaker security settings than similar rivals Windows app feels clunky at times Standout feature falls flat Our Verdict RoboForm puts heavy emphasis on simplified password management. If you use its browser extension, web interface, or mobile apps, the experience of letting it handle your logins is polished and easy. But its default security settings lag behind its rivals, and even moderately advanced usage breaks the seamlessness. Basic users can get a lot of value from this service, but be prepared to apply a little elbow grease when first setting up. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today The devil is in the details, and especially so for password managers. Services worth their salt have to nail the major basics. Good security and a friendly interface are non-negotiable minimums. And on this front, RoboForm ticks those boxes. How a company delivers its experience separates the field, though. Feature lists add just a portion of weight to the scales; execution serves as counterbalance. And cost is yet another factor in the mix. RoboForm stakes its position on the lighter end of the scale—fewer features with equally lower cost. And its high polish initially makes it an ideal fit for anyone seeking a simple, seamless experience. But if you poke at it, flaws appear, including those that quietly undermine RoboForm’s security. Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best password managers for comparison. RoboForm in brief Cost: $30 per year (annual rate) Family plan available? Yes ($48 per year, annual rate) Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge Apps: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS Passwordless login: Yes Passkeys supported: Yes 2FA TOTP supported: Yes Account recovery possible? Yes What are RoboForm’s plans and features? RoboForm / PCWorld RoboForm offers Free, Premium, or Family plans, with heavy restrictions on its free tier. The Free plan is better thought of as an ongoing limited trial for RoboForm—though when you first sign up, you’ll get an actual 30-day trial of Premium. Making the downgrade after that first month all the more painful because of that initial taste of the full-fat experience. To its credit, RoboForm allows unlimited saving of passwords and passkeys on the free plan, an increasing rarity among password managers. It also checks data leaks for your passwords and supports more advanced forms of two-factor authentication for login, including hardware keys (e.g., YubiKey). But you’re limited to just one device for use, with no web access. Subscribing to the Premium tier opens up RoboForm’s full feature set, including its single standout feature. Its “local-only” mode is a rarity among password services these days, as most rivals have moved away from supporting offline apps. Your vault and your backups get saved only to your device. The remaining Premium features are more usual. You can access your data from an unlimited number of devices (and the web), generate one-time (TOTP) codes for two-factor authentication on other services, set up emergency access for others to your account, and securely share items. RoboForm will also monitor data breaches for up to five email addresses. Email support around the clock (24/7) becomes available, too. RoboForm platform support RoboForm supports multiple platforms. In addition to browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, you can also download and install apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.  Your first exposure will be through the browser extension if you sign up on the website—the sign up form pushes you to download it. To sign up via Windows app, you’ll have to download and install it first. You must download an app for offline access. How does RoboForm perform? For this review, I used RoboForm’s desktop app for Windows 11, browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox in Windows 11, and the Android app. I also looked briefly at the iOS app. RoboForm sign-up RoboForm’s sign-up process is fluid and fast—as long as you follow the typical flow. Most people will create an account by using the website, which points you to the browser extension. Install that and fill out the form, and you’re off to the races almost instantly. You can generate a passkey during account creation, too. Combined with RoboForm automatically enabling two-factor authentication for your account (via email), new users start with a strong level of security and convenience out the gate. The only missing piece? Passwordless-only login isn’t an option. PCWorld For advanced users, the sign-up process feels more convoluted. Download the Windows app as your starting point, and RoboForm will first push you to the browser extension for account creation or sign in. (On my test PC, which has several browsers installed, I had different windows popping into focus to auto-load tabs.) You also have to wait to enable more secure forms of two-factor authentication—to activate an authenticator app, passkey, or SMS, you have to dig into the settings. Most disappointing, you can’t start out the gate with local-only access. The vast majority of RoboForm users will prefer the simplicity of the normal sign-up process. But for anyone hoping to dive straight into RoboForm’s most unique feature, the local-only data experience isn’t seamless. The interface on PC can become almost confusing if you use the desktop app, given the bouncing between the program and the browser extension. Is it easy to import passwords into RoboForm? RoboForm allows you to import passwords from your browser or another service, with good accuracy—and instant flagging of common weak passwords. For my sample set of imported passwords (about two dozen), saved to CSV, the data came through intact. RoboForm also immediately marked entries with bad passwords like “password” and “123456” with red warning symbols. For direct importing, RoboForm can pull from LastPass, Bitwarden, Dashlane, 1Password, Keeper, NordPass, True Key, Enpass, Kaspersky, Proton Pass, and Myki. For all other services and apps, you can export to CSV and then import that file into RoboForm. How easy is RoboForm’s interface to use? Within the browser extension and mobile app, the layout of entries and settings feels intuitive. The look on Android may feel a bit plain, however. The Logins view within RoboForm’s browser extension.PCWorld In the browser extension, categories for your stored data and often-used features like a password generator and sharing options live in a left sidebar. The main window shows your saved entries for passwords and other items. You can access other settings in a drop-down menu by clicking on your account info in the upper-right of the screen. The mobile apps take a similar approach, but with a top navigation bar under a search bar, and the entries within the main portion of the screen. Settings live within a three-dot menu at the top of the screen. Everything feels straightforward. For both of these interfaces, capturing and filling in passwords for login pages and apps works well. Clicking on an entry will initiate the entire login process for many sites—no further input needed from you. It feels very smooth. The Windows desktop app for RoboForm.PCWorld Power users will again run into minor headaches, however. For starters, RoboForm won’t allow the creation of manual entries for passwords without complete data. You must enter data into each field to save. For users who want to store a password without tying it to a website or user ID (without having to fill in extra nonsense or placeholder text), the option doesn’t exist. The Windows app also feels more convoluted to use. RoboForm acknowledges that the user interface is more dated, which is fine—the layout is still clear. But the required tie-in with the browser extension feels cumbersome. Its one-click login won’t work unless the browser extension is installed, for example. You also can’t change any options for the Windows app. And for local-only storage of your data, you’ll have to first change your sync settings before adding any data to your vault, if you truly want to keep everything offline from the start. Making the switch isn’t intuitive either. You have to uncheck the setting for automatic sync, which then opens a dialog box stating that you can manually synchronize with RoboForm’s servers. I disliked this approach; it could be much clearer. I would prefer a sync option for “Local storage only” and a message box that explains where the data is stored and how backups work. Such info would be more helpful to both less experienced and advanced users. How well does RoboForm manage passwords and passkeys? During daily use, RoboForm matches its best rivals in behavior. It smoothly fills in saved passwords and passkeys on recognized sites. For logins not yet saved, it asks to capture the details after you fill them in. You can also choose between two levels of autofill (automatic or suggested), or disable it all together. Creating logins feels slightly more manual but still is a smooth process. By default, RoboForm generates passwords of 22 characters long, with a maximum of 512 characters. That maximum length is definitely among the highest available for creation, though at this point in time, just a wee bit of overkill. (Many sites that don’t offer two-factor authentication—one of the main reasons to use a very long password—have far shorter password length limitations.) I did try 512 characters. The resulting password is pretty comical on screen. (Not shown here so you can still see the other settings.)PCWorld For organization, RoboForm offers folders for you to sort your entries into. Doing so from the browser extension and web interface requires first selecting All from the left navbar, then clicking on the plus symbol. In contrast to other features, the Windows app is the most straightforward for finding the option to make new folders. (The icon is visible at all times.) How easy is it to share passwords in RoboForm? You can share individual items and whole folders with other RoboForm users. Accessing the Sharing Center hub will show the items you’ve shared (if you’re a paid subscriber), as well as those that have been shared with you (all users). If you share an entry or folder with another user who hasn’t yet signed up for RoboForm, you’ll be notified that they will be required to create an account. Accepting these terms will send an invite to the email you’ve entered. Users signing up for RoboForm to see your shared entries must verify their email addresses before they’ll see the items. But confusingly, they can accept the pending shares before verification. PCWorld (Tip: If the person you’ve shared with can’t see any of those entries, and can’t recall if they performed email verification yet, have them create a login and then try to share it with you to trigger the verification process.) When sharing folders, you have the option of three permission levels: Log In Only, Read and Write, and Full Control. Choosing Read and Write allows others to edit the entries, while Full Control lets the other users control permissions and sharing. What else does RoboForm let me do? Through Emergency Access, you can designate other RoboForm users allowed to access your saved credentials, notes, and identities. This feature allows friends, family, and/or other trusted individuals to use your accounts if you’re incapacitated, deceased, or otherwise unavailable. If your emergency contact accepts the invitation, they can import your saved data to their account after making a request. Anyone with immediate access will instantly gain access. For other waiting periods (ranging from 12 hours to 30 days), you will receive a notification allowing you to grant, deny, or wait on deciding your permission. If you do not take action, your contact will automatically gain access to your vault. You can change the length of the waiting period or revoke access at any time. The latter option keeps the link between your account and theirs, but they’ll have to request access to your data. You can also remove the emergency contact all together. When I tested this feature, permissions changed instantly. Request notifications were inconsistent in timing for when they appeared, though mostly prompt. PCWorld How is RoboForm’s security and privacy? RoboForm encrypts data using AES256 bit encryption with PBKDF2 SHA256, with a default of 100,000 iterations. This default makes RoboForm less secure than popular rivals like Bitwarden and 1Password, which use 600,000 and 650,000 iterations (respectively)—a number based on the Open Worldwide Application Security Project’s current recommendations.  Even LastPass now sets its default to 600,000—a move it eventually took after being lambasted for its low iterations. (This lapse in increasing iterations on all accounts is likely a strong contributing factor to hackers successfully breaking into user accounts after stealing LastPass vault data.) A higher number of iterations increases the difficulty for a hacker to crack the protection on your saved, encrypted passwords, should that data ever get leaked or stolen. You should manually increase this number higher, ideally to at least 600,000.If for some reason you own a device so old that it can’t decrypt your data in a timely fashion, you can reduce the number of iterations back down, but even a semi-modern PC or phone should be able to handle this current standard. By default, this number in RoboForm is 100,000. I’ve changed it here to 600,000, the current minimum recommended by security experts.PCWorld Another oversight is the inability to set an automatic period for clearing your PC’s clipboard if you copy a password via the Windows app, a browser extension, or the web interface. Only the mobile apps let you choose to clear the clipboard. (You cannot set the length of time, however.) RoboForm shines much brighter when it comes to checking passwords for any obvious weak or compromised passwords. It instantly flagged the egregious examples I added to entries in my vault (e.g., password). The Data Breach Monitoring wasn’t as proficient in its screening—it flagged only a few breaches for an email account that’s been part of many more leaks. While slightly disappointing, I never trust these two types of features completely—the number of data leaks and breaches generally exceeds the ability for a single service to accurately catch every vulnerable password or service, much less quickly. But RoboForm is a decent addition to an overall network of different services and methods that keep you apprised about compromised info. Is RoboForm worth it? For people who want to never think about online security, RoboForm can provide an extremely seamless experience. Its interface has thoughtful polish, obviously designed to take the burden off people who find password management cumbersome. But you can’t completely shut off your brain and lean on RoboForm. I dislike that all users should immediately adjust their encryption iteration settings upon account creation—someone who hates thinking about password security won’t know to check this setting, much less make the change reflexively. I have a similar opinion about the lack of clipboard clearing if you ever copy a password within Windows—people seeking a simple experience won’t think to manually clear their clipboards. Meanwhile, advanced users should look elsewhere for a better experience. The interface on PC can become almost confusing if you use the desktop app, given the bouncing between the program and the browser extension. The local-only experience feels similarly clumsy, too. For its price, RoboForm could be the right match if you like its easy interface and can accommodate its weaknesses. However, you could also pay about the same for a rival that has plans with richer features, less hidden clunkiness, and stronger security out the gate. Read...