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Though the phone may be central to social life, for most college students, the laptop is the primary academic tool. It's also likely to be one of the most significant investments -- aside from tuition, room and board.   You can now get an entry-level laptop for $200 to $400. But we think it's worthwhile to spend at least a few hundred more to get a machine that will last longer and perform better. This list, which represents our top choices for college, university and even high school students, is based on our own hands-on use and benchmark testing. Most of these laptops cost around $500 or more. If you're looking for something less expensive, we'd recommend checking out our list of the best Chromebooks. They're inexpensive and great for basics like email, getting on the internet, creating documents or working with spreadsheets -- especially if you're already working with Google's apps.  Disclaimer: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products … [Read more...] about Best 2019 laptops for college students

Feuds It's Feud Week at Gizmodo. We're exploring spats, gripes, and fights in tech, science, and entertainment. Hurricane Sandy was one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history. But beyond the catastrophic losses of life and property, the storm also dealt a blow to the American weather modeling community. The American weather model whiffed on the initial forecast, but its European counterpart was dead on. Nearly six years later and the phrase “the Euro nailed Sandy” is still a running joke in the meteorological community, shorthand for both the continued superiority of the European model’s ability to predict major weather events like hurricanes while also mocking people who obsess over a model that has its own deficiencies and occasional high profile whiffs. Behind the scenes, though, the weather modeling arms race is heating up with the American model getting a major upgrade early next year. This competition about more than model supremacy: Lives and … [Read more...] about How a Battle to Build the Best Weather Model Impacts Everyone on Earth

Welcome to CNET's 2018 directory of password managers. This is our one-stop home for the overview of the best password managers, which can be used to tame the chaos of all those accounts and passwords. And -- let's be honest with each other -- "chaos" is an accurate description. The use of user IDs and passwords for account authentication is a fundamentally flawed security mechanism. User IDs are often guessable, derived from the account holder's name or other characteristics. Complex passwords are difficult to remember, so many users have defaulted to passwords like "password," "abc123," their pet's name and other easily guessable or breakable naming conventions. And in a world where the size of password breaches can number in the hundreds of millions or more, it's plausible that your passwords may already be floating around the seedier corners of the internet. The entire category of password managers, therefore, exists because we have yet to create a more universal and secure … [Read more...] about The best password managers for 2018