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A TSA worker loads suitcases at the checked luggage security screening station at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, US. (Reuters)

Washington Studying Banning Laptops on International Flights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | World

Washington – US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced on Sunday that authorities are studying the possibility of banning laptops on international flights into and out of the country. Kelly said the move would be part of a broader airline security...

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Customers at a Best Buy in Augusta, Ga., in 2014. CreditSara Caldwell/The Augusta Chronicle, via Associated Press

When a Basic Laptop Will Do: Our Top Budget Picks

by DAMON DARLIN | May 16, 2017 | Technology

Ever since the advent of the iPhone and iPad, some people have been using their laptops a lot less. It made me wonder if I need one at all. So I asked Kimber Streams, who tests laptops at The Wirecutter, a product reviews website owned by The New York Times, for some...

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The aftermath of the attack on Westminster Bridge. (AP)

Travelling Without My Computer

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 27, 2017 | Opinion

The days when traveling by plane was a beautiful personal experience are gone. We used to welcome loved ones and bid them farewell at the airport gates and even, in some airports, at the plane’s door. Airports of today are like military barracks packed with armed...