In the past two decades, laptops have become faster, smaller, longer-lasting and incredibly more usable. You now can record a hit song, design a skyscraper or program the human genome with a laptop.

Shutting down your laptop is good for the environment and for your laptop (and for your mental health). Shut down as many digital devices as you can. In the US, up to 20% of electricity is "vampire ...

As someone who writes about consumer technology for a living, it’s strange to admit that I’m fundamentally detached from the tools I use every day. Not because I don’t care about them or think about ...