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ZDNET’s key takeaways Torras’ MiniMag Power Bank is available now for $45. The MiniMag bank’s 0.3-inch thickness makes it uber-portable while supplying 5,000mAh via 18W USB-C charging or 7.5W wireless charging. However, if you’re looking for larger pack capacities or kickstands or grips, you’ll be better off looking elsewhere. Testing MagSafe battery packs is one of the larger parts of my job at ZDNET. Over the last year, I’ve gone hands-on with over a dozen…

Sandisk/ZDNET Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales event is about a month away, and we’re already seeing great deals on storage drives. Right now, you can snag Sandisk’s Extreme Pro Portable 2TB SSD for yourself or a loved one for $40 off its original price. Sandisk’s range of SSD models is high-quality but notoriously pricey. The 2TB Extreme Pro model usually costs $250, but Amazon currently has it listed at $210. Amazon is also…

Sandisk/ZDNET Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales event is about a month away, and we’re already seeing great deals on storage drives. Right now, you can snag Sandisk’s Extreme Pro Portable 2TB SSD for yourself or a loved one for $40 off its original price. Sandisk’s range of SSD models is high-quality but notoriously pricey. The 2TB Extreme Pro model usually costs $250, but Amazon currently has it listed at $210. Amazon is also…

Dyson/ZDNET If you’re looking to add a Dyson cordless vacuum to your home without breaking the bank, you’d do well to look into the Dyson V7 Advanced. This cordless vacuum is lightweight enough to clean everywhere but powerful enough for all your cleaning needs — and it’s down by 35% at Walmart. Also: The best robot vacuum deals: Save on Roomba, Roborock, and more The Dyson V7 Advanced cordless vacuum cleaner is typically priced at…

Dyson/ZDNET If you’re looking to add a Dyson cordless vacuum to your home without breaking the bank, you’d do well to look into the Dyson V7 Advanced. This cordless vacuum is lightweight enough to clean everywhere but powerful enough for all your cleaning needs — and it’s down by 35% at Walmart. Also: The best robot vacuum deals: Save on Roomba, Roborock, and more The Dyson V7 Advanced cordless vacuum cleaner is typically priced at…

Qi Yang/Getty Images I have at least a half-dozen Windows PCs, physical and virtual, at any given time. At least half of those machines typically run the latest Insider preview releases of Windows 11. But running pre-release code comes with its own challenges and occasional hiccups. While running an Insider build from the Release Preview channel, I ran into one of those annoying low-grade bugs that are inevitable when you live on the leading edge….

NguyenDucQuang/Getty Images Windows 11 is heading into its fourth year and runs on hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. When it debuted in 2021, the new version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system was arguably an incremental change to Windows 10, with a fresh look and feel on top of core code that was practically identical to its predecessor. The more important change, it turned out, was a new set of hardware compatibility requirements that made…

What is the best Android VPN in 2024? NordVPN is our top pick for the best Android VPN right now. It offers capabilities beyond basic VPN services with a high level of security and great speeds. It’s popular, and with a 30-day money-back guarantee, it’s worth a try.  There are other great VPNs for Android you could consider. ZDNET authors have tested VPNs for years, during which we’ve compared over a dozen VPNs on their speed, security, the usability…

Raspberry Pi 5 kitted out with an M.2 HAT+ and SSD.  Raspberry Pi Looking for high-performance storage for your Raspberry Pi 5 project? You’re in luck because the Raspberry Pi Foundation has released SSDs and SSD kits for its latest single-board computer.  The SSDs — which can work in other hardware that uses of M.2 drives — are high-performance PCIe Gen 3-compliant SSDs capable of fast data transfer and are available in 256GB or 512GB…

Raspberry Pi 5 kitted out with an M.2 HAT+ and SSD.  Raspberry Pi Looking for high-performance storage for your Raspberry Pi 5 project? You’re in luck because the Raspberry Pi Foundation has released SSDs and SSD kits for its latest single-board computer.  The SSDs — which can work in other hardware that uses of M.2 drives — are high-performance PCIe Gen 3-compliant SSDs capable of fast data transfer and are available in 256GB or 512GB…