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Logitech’s sleek MX Keys Mini keyboard is a rare 40% off right now
Logitech’s MX Keys keyboards are some of the best out there, seen as the Windows alternatives to Apple’s Magic Keyboard. The MX Keys Mini is normally $100, but today you can pick it up for just $59.99 from Woot—if you hurry. Supplies might not last on this hot item. The MX Keys Mini is a tiny, super-thin design with a 60% key layout (plus full arrow keys), triple-device Bluetooth, and a battery that recharges via USB-C. That makes it great for throwing in a bag for your tablet or phone. It’s also backlit, though with just white adjustable lighting it’s not going to impress RGB gamers. I put this design through a full review on PCWorld and it earned 4.5 stars and our Editors’ Choice award. Amazon subsidiary Woot is selling this with a “new, open box” discount, but since it has a 90-day warranty, I would assume that this means it’s actually refurbished. Considering the discount, I’d say it’s worth it. The price is already pretty good at $65, but if you act fast, you can apply an extra LOGITECHFIVE coupon code at checkout for an additional $5 off. This promo is only good for today, until midnight Central US time. This isn’t one of Woot’s primary one-day deals, so the actual $65 price will remain for an additional 12 days… but that’s assuming the stock doesn’t run out, which might happen since discounts this deep on Logitech MX designs don’t come around too often. Get a Logitech MX Keys Mini keyboard for a rare 40% offBuy now via Woot

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This new single-slot RTX 5090 is tiny, but needs custom cooling
Graphics cards have gotten really freakin’ big… so big, in fact, that one of the most interesting things about the new RTX 50 series is that some of the reference cards can fit in “just” two PCI expansion slots. But the newest versions of the RTX 5080 and 5090 are tiny and considered small even for single-slot cards. Unfortunately, to shrink those super-powered GPUs down, you’ll need a custom liquid cooling loop. VideoCardz reports that the Inno3D RTX 5090 iChill Frostbite Pro is just 223mm long, 134mm high, and 20mm thick. (That’s 8.8 x 5.3 x 0.79 inches for those of you who insist on measurements that were outdated two centuries ago.) It’s about a third of the size of the Nvidia Founder’s Edition version of the card, which is already pretty darn small for a modern GPU. An RTX 5080 version is also available and it’s just 187mm x 110mm. Check out that sleek carbon fiber back plate! But if you’ve been building gaming PCs for a while, you know what’s coming next: both cards use custom-made water cooling blocks, and in order to install one you’ll need to build a custom loop system connected to a radiator, reservoir, and pump. And if you’re doing that anyway, odds are pretty good that you’ll add in a block for your CPU at the very least, with some pretty ridiculous hardware on top of everything. Inno3D says you’ll need a minimum of a kilowatt power supply to handle the 5090 and all its extras, and I’d be surprised if something like this ever goes into a desktop cheaper than $4,000 USD. Not that we know how much the GPU will actually cost, since there’s still no price for the card despite early listings pointing to availability in the near future. I’d say that if you’ve had to check your bank account balance at all this year, you might as well keep dreaming. For the sake of comparison, you can check out MSI’s liquid-cooled RTX 5090, which isn’t anywhere near as sleek but comes with an AIO cooler so you don’t need to build your own.

Microsoft mysteriously offers Windows 11 upgrade on incompatible PCs
So many people haven’t been able to upgrade their older Windows computers to Windows 11 because of the latter’s TPM 2.0 hardware requirement. Learn more about why you need TPM 2.0 for Windows 11, why TPM 2.0 makes PCs better, and why Microsoft is adamant about not letting older PCs without TPM 2.0 run Windows 11. Some users, however, are saying that they’ve been offered upgrades to Windows 11 on older PCs that don’t meet the TPM 2.0 hardware requirements, reports Neowin. It’s a bit of a head-scratcher since Microsoft hasn’t announced anything official about lowering the system requirements for Windows 11, but this isn’t the first time the company has offered Windows 11 upgrades on incompatible computers that don’t meet the requirements. It’s highly likely that this is a bug or an exception. Some users have reported that their system theoretically had TPM 2.0 but was manually disabled it before the update was offered. Whether Microsoft makes a distinction here, however, is questionable. So far, Microsoft has not deviated from its strict hardware requirements for Windows 11. However, users who want to receive an additional year of security updates on Windows 10 can now sign up for the ESU program. If we hear anything official about relaxed requirements, we will inform you accordingly. Until then, however, you should assume that TPM 2.0 will continue to be a requirement for all Windows 11 PCs.

I bought this super-light Asus laptop on sale, and today it’s $400 off
I wanted the Zenbook A14 ever since I saw it at an Asus press event. I finally pulled the trigger earlier this month when it went on sale for $650, and I’ve been having a blast using it as a writing machine that can go days without a recharge. Today you can get an even better deal, because it’s on sale for $600 over at Best Buy. The Zenbook A14 is Asus’ take on the MacBook Air, using a feather-light “Ceraluminum” alloy with a wonderful stone-like texture to get the weight under one kilogram (2.16 pounds). Despite being so light and just .63 inches thick, its Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor combines with a 709 watt-hour battery for incredible longevity. I’ve clocked mine at just about 24 hours of streaming video. And that video looks fantastic on the 14-inch OLED screen. With an Arm-based processor and 16GB of RAM, this thing isn’t going to beat out bigger laptops for raw power, and good luck running anything but 2D games. 512GB of storage is fine, not amazing, and some might balk at this laptop’s lack of a touchscreen. But for basic tasks and incredible portability, I’m really pleased with my purchase. I also love the sandstone color, which makes it stand out from the pack. For more details check out Chris Hoffman’s full review, but keep in mind that’s a slightly more powerful version with more RAM. Today Best Buy is offering $400 off the regular price, but there’s no indication of how long the sale will last. Since this is the second time it’s gone on sale this month, I’d say it’s likely to return at some point. For more options, you can peek at PCWorld’s best picks for laptops. Get an Asus Zenbook A14 laptop for just $600View Deal