Nicholas De Leon

Tucson

Senior Reporter at Consumer Reports

Podcast Host at Freelance

Sr Reporter @ConsumerReports re: laptops, WiFi & other stuff. Into 🎮 ⚽ ⚾. Opinions my own. [email protected] 🇺🇸 🌵

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Should You Cover Your Laptop Camera When It’s Not in Use?

2 months ago | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon

A strip of tape may be the simplest cybersecurity tool you'll ever use April 26, 2025 When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more. Illustration: Joseph Carrington You’d be hard-pressed to find a laptop that doesn’t have a built-in webcam nowadays.
Should Your Next Laptop Be an AI PC?

Jan 24, 2025 | msn.com | Nicholas De Leon

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Should Your Next Laptop Be an AI PC?

Jan 24, 2025 | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon

Despite all the buzz, there's no need to rush out and purchase neural processing. Not yet, anyway. January 24, 2025 When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more.
Top Picks in Tech for 2024

Oct 23, 2024 | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon |Courtney Lindwall |Allen St. John |James Willcox

CR experts pick the year's best TVs, laptops, headphones, and more from top brands like Apple, Bose, LG, and Samsung October 24, 2024 When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more.
How to Get Rid of the Ads and Other Shortcomings in Windows 11 - Consumer Reports

Oct 20, 2024 | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon

Four quick ways to restore lost functionality and make the operating system less onerous October 21, 2024 With just a few clicks, you can restore functionality and halt the ads on Windows 11. Source: Microsoft, LG While researching a recent Consumer Reports article, I had to create a brand-new Windows 11 user account on my gaming PC. Hoo boy.
Using Starlink to (Finally) Get Fast Internet at Home in Rural Arizona - Consumer Reports

Mar 24, 2024 | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon

After buying a satellite dish and signing up for a $120-per-month plan, my friend, a retired veteran who lives beyond the reach of cable or fiber connections, now has a 115-Mbps connection March 25, 2024 Illustration: Lacey Browne/Consumer Reports About 45 minutes north of downtown Tucson, and a million miles from the densely populated Bronx neighborhood where I grew up, lies Catalina, Arizona.
Best Mesh Routers of 2024

Jan 19, 2024 | flipboard.com | Nicholas De Leon

1:401 day agoChinese Lab Creates Mutant COVID Strain With 100% Kill RateUnbranded - unbranded - Newsworthy • 1dChinese scientists created a mutant strain of COVID-19 that has a 100% kill rate when tested on “humanized” mice. The virus, GX_P2V, had devastating effects on mice that were engineered to reflect a genetic makeup similar to humans, per a Beijing study. The mutated strain is a version of GX/2017, a cousin of the coronavirus reportedly discovered in Malaysian pangolins in 2017.
Best and Worst WiFi Extenders

Dec 28, 2023 | consumerreports.org | Nicholas De Leon

By Nicholas De Leon December 29, 2023 When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more. WiFi extenders like these versions from Netgear and TP-Link can be easy to set up. Photo: Netgear, TP-Link WiFi extenders are useful but they’re not a foolproof solution. The biggest problem is that they cut the speed of your WiFi in half.
La línea iPhone 15 de Apple ofrece pequeñas pero importantes mejoras

Nov 1, 2023 | laopinion.com | Nicholas De Leon

La función Dynamic Island heredada de los modelos iPhone 14 Pro podría convertir al iPhone 15 básico en la actualización más atractiva. Apple iPhone 15 Pro MaxBy Nicholas De LeonAsí como el año pasado, si estás pensando en actualizarte comprando uno de los nuevos modelos iPhone 15 de Apple, las opciones son bastante claras. Si quieres las últimas características, querrás un iPhone 15 Pro o un iPhone 15 Pro Max.
El iPhone 15 Pro Max pasa la prueba de caídas de CR

Oct 11, 2023 | laopinion.com | Nicholas De Leon

Los videos virales afirman que el nuevo teléfono insignia de Apple se rompe fácilmente. Eso no es lo que encontraron los laboratorios CR. Consumer Reports utilizó la máquina de prueba de compresión Instron para someter a presión al iPhone 15 Pro Max.