The best way to describe what we want cloud gaming to be — or how people think about it — is to compare it to the Netflix model. Games live on remote servers and stream to you in real time. But despite some of the biggest tech companies working on improving it, including Google, Amazon, …
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Digging through Mac rumors can be a thankless task. They tend to be filled with as much idle speculation and projected wish-fulfillment as genuine information. But some Mac leaks and rumors are worth paying attention to. Earlier this month, just as CES 2021 was wrapping up, both Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed new MacBook Pro laptops were coming in …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When we look back on the virtual CES 2021, we’ll mostly think about what didn’t happen. No memorable Las Vegas meals, no celeb sightings in the convention center, no crazy in-person demos of fantastic new prototypes. Instead, what we saw through …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2021 is just starting, but many PC companies have already announced new laptops, tablets, desktops and two-in-one PCs. Microsoft doesn’t typically introduce new computer hardware during CES, but it’s jumping into the mix this year with the Surface Pro 7 …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2021 is going to look a lot different in 2021, going entirely virtual for the first time. Many of us radically changed the way we work in 2020 too, leaving the office behind and working primarily from home. The idea of …
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It should come as no surprise that battery life is one of the key things we look for in a laptop computer. What is surprising is which laptop brands and models take the top spots when it comes to battery life. They’re not always the usual suspects. Why are we so obsessed with battery life? More than screen size, processing power, …
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Maker culture is alive and well, thanks to an army of creators who have a passion for making things by hand. My interest in 3D printing started back in 2018, when I got pretty deep in the weeds, creating everything from phone stands to tabletop game accessories to a sweet mini Millennium Falcon. Since then, I’ve doubled down, getting into 3D scanning and …
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“This is the most innovative thing I’ve seen all year.” That was what my wife said when I demoed the Lenovo X1 Fold and all its tricks and extras. She’s a former tech and games journalist, so she’s seen a thing or two. She’s not one to be taken in by hype. But that reaction is warranted, especially in a …
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Video games have seemingly always been big, and tabletop gaming is enjoying a healthy renaissance, thanks to decidedly nondigital games from Gloomhaven to Arkham Horror. But combining the two has long been a holy grail for some gamers. We’ve seen iOS and Android helper apps for board games, virtual recreations of board games (Tabletopia, Tabletop Simulator and so on), and …
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Dec 2020 Nov 2020 Going hands-on with the new M1-powered Apple MacBook Air feels very different from using any previous MacBook Air, even the early-2020 Intel version I tested alongside it. But that mostly comes from the new MacOS Big Sur experience, more than the hardware changes inside. Big Sur is a huge change for the Mac, with new visual …
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