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HP Labor Day sales bring big savings to laptop deals and all in one desktops

The HP Labor Day sales have begun and we’re bringing you all the best laptop deals as well as big savings on all in one desktops and accessories. That means whether you’re after a light and portable machine for work on the go, or you want to upgrade your desktop PC, there’s plenty of cash…

The HP Labor Day sales have begun and we’re bringing you all the best laptop deals as well as big savings on all in one desktops and accessories. That means whether you’re after a light and portable machine for work on the go, or you want to upgrade your desktop PC, there’s plenty of cash to be saved. 

We’re seeing cheap HP laptops drop by as much as $230 this week, with the cheapest model coming in at $509 (was $659.99). You’re still picking up the latest 10th generation of Intel processing in here, as well as a massive 1TB hard drive making this an excellent pick if you’re after big storage. However, if you’re shopping in the more premium end you’ll also find the HP Spectre Folio available for just $1,099 (was $1,299), offering up a powerful i7 processor and a speedy 256GB SSD as well. 

best Labor Day sales from around the web right here on TechRadar as well as the latest cheap laptop deals. You’ll also find more laptops on sale in the Best Buy Labor Day sales as well. 

  • Check out all the latest Labor Day sales at HP

The best Labor Day sales at HP

HP 15.6-inch laptop: $659.99 $509.99 at HP
You’re paying just over $500 in this HP laptop deal and grabbing some fantastic specs if you’re looking for more storage and don’t mind sacrificing a little speed. There’s a massive 1TB hard drive in here which, when taken with the latest 10th generation i5 processor and 8GB RAM, makes for excellent value for money.
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HP 15.6-inch laptop: $789.99 $549.99 at HP
Save $230 on this full sized 15.6-inch HP laptop this week. You’re getting a fantastic 12GB RAM for that price, as well as a 256GB SSD and the latest 10th generation i5 processor. All of that with Intel Ultra-HD graphics and even free shipping.
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HP all-in-one desktop setup: $799.99 $699.99 at HP
If you’re looking for an all-in-one solution, you’ll find this HP desktop offers everything you could need for a powerful setup at home. The PC itself offers a 10th generation i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD paired with 1TB of hard drive space. Plus, you’re also picking up a 23.8-inch HD display with internal speaker and keyboard and mouse combo.
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HP Spectre Folio 13.3-inch laptop: $1,299.99 $1,099.99 at HP
There’s a powerful 10th generation i7 processor sitting inside this HP Spectre Folio laptop deal in HP’s Labor Day sales. That means big power for $200 off right now. You’re also picking up 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD as well.
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HP Spectre x360 15.6-inch laptop: $1,499.99 $1,399.99 at HP
The HP Spectre x360 is on sale for $100 off in HP’s latest laptop deals. You’re picking up a pretty powerful configuration here, with a 10th generation i7 processor at the helm, 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD, as well as Nvida GeForce MX330 graphics as well.
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More HP laptop deals

We’ve found the cheapest machines in the latest HP laptop deals, so if you’re shopping in the UK, or if you’re after more options, you’ll find all the lowest prices from around the web right here.

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More Labor Day sales

  • Amazon – big savings on the latest tech deals, Amazon devices and more
  • Amazon – save on school supplies, learning, and backpacks
  • Amerisleep – $200 off any mattress
  • Apple – $280 off a new iPhone with trade-in, plus free AirPods with MacBooks and IPads
  • Best Buy – discounts on laptops, cell phones, and 4K TVs
  • Bear – 20% off sitewide mattresses, plus 2 free pillows
  • Bitdefender – up to 60% off Antivirus Plus 2020
  • Casper – up to 50% of accessories and mattresses
  • Cocoon by Sealy – 35% off the Chill mattress, saving up to $400
  • Dell – 10% off sitewide prices with promo code SAVE10
  • Dreamcloud – Get $200 off a mattress, plus free accessories
  • Dyson – up to $100 off select vacuum cleaners
  • Home Depot – up to 40% off tools, appliances, and home items 
  • HP – up to 30% of printers, laptops, desktops and more
  • IPVanish – up to 65% off VPN plus SugarSync cloud storage
  • Lenovo – up to 58% off select laptop deals
  • Lowes – up to 37% off a wide array of furniture, tools, and garden items
  • Microsoft – save up to $450 on gaming laptops
  • Mattress Firm – up to 50% off top branded mattresses
  • MixBook – 50% off plus free shipping on orders over $50 with code BESTDAYS
  • Nectar mattress – $399 of free accessories with every mattress
  • Purple mattress – Up to $350 off mattress and sleep bundles
  • Saatva – $200 off all orders over $1,000
  • Serta – up to $400 off select mattresses
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Bitdefender Family parental control review

If you’re looking for a comprehensive online security suite for your family that also includes parental controls, Bitdefender is one of the best options right now. It’s a well-known security provider offering an award-winning antivirus program, along with a password manager, VPN, and identity theft protection. But does its parental control offering, which is bundled

If you’re looking for a comprehensive online security suite for your family that also includes parental controls, Bitdefender is one of the best options right now. It’s a well-known security provider offering an award-winning antivirus program, along with a password manager, VPN, and identity theft protection.

But does its parental control offering, which is bundled with its Family plans and not available via a standalone subscription or even a dedicated app, compete against the best parental control apps?

Read on as we dissect the various parental control features it offers, what they cost, how easy the dashboard is to use every day, and what the top competitors offer.

    Bitdefender Premium Security Family subscription options:

  • $99.99/year at Bitdefender

Bitdefender parental control review: Plans and pricing

Bitdefender no longer offers its parental control features as a standalone subscription. You’d have to get one of its four family plans. But note that its entire suite of parental control features is available with each of these four plans.

The Total Security Family plan starts at $79.99 for the first year and covers up to 25 devices across five family members. At this price, the cost boils down to around $16 per member per year, which is more affordable than many other parental control applications. Not to forget that, for the price, you also get 24/7 real-time antivirus protection for up to 25 devices, as well as a password manager.

Bitdefender Family pricing

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Next is the Premium Security Plan, which costs $99.99 for the first year and also comes with scam protection, AI-based scam protection, and a VPN with 4,000+ servers in 50+ countries. The Ultimate Security Family Plan and the Ultimate Security Plus Family Plan cost $119.99 and $199.99 for the first year, respectively.

The former comes with dark web monitoring and identity theft protection features such as an identity protection score and real-time breach notifications, while the latter also includes $2 million in identity theft insurance, three-bureau credit monitoring, and other bank, credit card, and investment alerts.

Bitdefender parental control review: Features

One of the standout Bitdefender parental control features is the ability to set screen-time schedules for your children, who would only be able to access their devices during the allowed time intervals.

Along with this, Bitdefender also offers several preset routines: Focus Time, Family Time, and Bedtime, which you can customize as per your child’s daily activity and schedule.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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There’s also a pretty handy internet time management feature, which allows you to control how much time your child spends on the internet during a day. A nice addition is the ability to reward extra screen time for your children for responsible online use.

In addition to internet scheduling, parents can also choose to cut off internet access directly on their child’s device using Bitdefender’s Stop Internet feature.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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Bitdefender also offers predefined age-appropriate filtering categories to help you filter out inappropriate content such as porn, betting, or online gaming for your children. As with screen time, you can also fine-tune these filters to better suit your child’s day-to-day use.

Apart from category-level filtering, parents can also allowlist or blocklist specific URLs individually, in case you want to go beyond the category selection.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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Parents can set up to five child profiles, each with the child’s name, photo, and birth date. Bitdefender automatically applies age-appropriate filtering as soon as the profile is created, which parents can then edit as per their needs.

Along with this, there’s also location tracking, which helps you know where your child is on an interactive map at all times.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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Lastly, there’s Safe Search, which lets you remove explicit and harmful results from search engines, as well as YouTube restrictions, which ensure your child only views age-appropriate videos on the platform.

However, note that content filtering and safe browsing require an active VPN connection to function, as per Bitdefender’s listing on the Google Play Store.

Bitdefender parental control review: Interface and in-use

Bitdefender parental control works across Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS. That said, Windows and Android get full, unrestricted enforcement of every feature, whereas macOS and iOS are noticeably more limited, largely due to Apple’s own platform restrictions.

For instance, iOS content filtering runs through Apple’s Screen Time and not Bitdefender’s own engine. Parents have to create a child account through Apple ID, then Bitdefender’s app hooks into Apple’s Screen Time restrictions rather than doing its own independent content filtering.

However, the setup is pretty simple. You just have to download the app on your child’s own device. Unlike other parental control applications, you can’t download the app on your child’s phone remotely – you’ll need physical access to the device to do so.

One thing worth noticing is that, after the 2025 overhaul, parental control is no longer configured within the Bitdefender Central mobile app, but from the Bitdefender Central web dashboard, which can still be accessed through the mobile application.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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Once you’re on this dashboard, day-to-day use is genuinely easy. Bitdefender’s Activity Dashboard is filled with several graphs and charts, which allow you to check your child’s phone activity at just a glance.

For example, there’s a bar chart showing their daily internet time over the past few days, as well as a pie chart showing their current day’s internet usage along with their remaining time. The dashboard also gives parents visibility into what’s actually being blocked and when.

Bitdefender parental control dashboard

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The Prevented Content Access panel is a running log of every link blocked on the child’s device over the past 7 or 30 days. This allows you to see whether your filtering settings are actually able to catch anything, or whether your child is repeatedly trying to search for restricted websites on their device.

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Watch out for this fake Face ID Apple Pay pop-up scam

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