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Prefer full-size headphones to earbuds? These are the best over-ear cans, according to CNET's headphone expert.
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 On its quarterly earnings calls, Apple provides informal financial guidance that helps set expectations for investors and Wall Street analysts. On its latest earnings call yesterday, however, Apple mentioned something that it had not before.
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The WEI was introduced in Windows Vista. It provided a numerical assessment of a computer's hardware and software performance on a scale of 1 to 10.
While the direct display feature for the WEI was removed in Windows 8.1, the tool still exists in Windows 11, and you can access it the way I'm going to show you below.
Why would you want to use it? Well, figuratively speaking, it lets you put on your system administrator's cap and analyze the performance of components like your CPU and storage drive. With the numerical performance values you get, you can more easily decide whether you need to upgrade anything.
Interpreting the WEI is easy: Scores closer to 10 indicate a faster and more responsive PC. It's very difficult to get 10/10, so you should consider anything in the 9s as exceptional.
What to do:
In Windows 11 Search type CMD, to access the command prompt.
Now type the command winsat formal. You should see a process run that indicates the PC is analyzing the system hardware. If it doesn't, retype the command.
Now navigate to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore and open the html file with today's date.
Find WinSPR in the data listed in the html file and view the WEI info below it.
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Japanese band Kroi's latest music video for the "Method" single was recorded using 40 iPhone 16 Pro models, according to Apple.
— Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) August 1, 2025
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I test and review a lot of laptops and have been doing so for decades. These are my favorites for August 2025.
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I've tested dozens of noise-canceling headphones. These are my current top picks at a variety of prices -- from high-end to budget models.
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Taking an internet speed test is quick and easy. Here's how to know if you're getting the speeds you're paying for.
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The order will take effect on August 29 at midnight, on goods that enter the country or are withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption.
The de minimis exemption allows goods valued under $800 to be imported to the United States without being tariffed. Put another way, it's a way for consumers to buy an item or two from Amazon, Shein, or another site without having to pay a tariff on top of sales tax. With the revocation of the exemption, you'll pay tax and tariffs, both — which are largely the same thing, anyway.
Trump filed the order on Wednesday. In April, Trump "declared a national emergency with respect to underlying conditions indicated by the large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits," but left the de minimis exception in place. Trump said at the time that the Department of Commerce could not adequately process the tariffs on small items.
Trump's order said that the Secretary of Commerce reports that those systems are now in place, and that tariffs will be applied.
Trump had levied tariffs on China and Hong Kong in response to what he had said was the unlawful import of opioids. In his order, Trump declared that there are still "unusual and extraordinary threats" that exist in whole or in part outside of the United States, and that those threats justified suspending the de minimis exemption.
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