Lori Grunin

Canon woos pro photographers with EOS

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. It’s an Olympic year: must be time for an update to pro cameras. Canon’s newest model in its EOS-1D series of big-bodied DSLRs for shooting sports, the EOS-1D X Mark III, may look much the same …

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Wacom One newbie pen display connects to Android as well as Mac and PC

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Wacom‘s known for its great — and expensive — pressure-sensitive drawing tablets and Cintiq pen displays. At CES, the company showed off the Wacom One, its new 13-inch entry-level pen display intended to appeal to artists and annotators who want to …

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Samsung’s updated gaming monitors curve deeper, hit 240Hz

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung’s finally separating its gaming monitors from the herd under its lesser known Odyssey brand, starting with updates to its high-end 27-, 32- and 49-inch QLED models being launched for CES 2020. The new 49-inch G9 and 27- and 32-inch G7 …

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Lenovo ThinkVision Creator Extreme monitor meanders into pro territory

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. At the moment, there are only two pro monitors available incorporating Mini LED technology, both 32 inches: the $5,000 Apple Pro Display XDR and the $4,000 Asus ProArt PA32UCX. Asus’ even more spectastic PA32UCG is on deck, likely with a price …

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The $830 Samsung Galaxy Flex Alpha is a cheaper 2

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Following the Galaxy Book Flex announced in October, Samsung is launching its less expensive $830 sibling for CES 2020. The Galaxy Book Flex Alpha is slated to ship it by June. (Sorry, it’s “Galaxy Book Flex α” because we all use the …

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Alienware 25 monitor ups its game to 240Hz IPS for CES 2020

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. 27-inch IPS gaming displays with 240Hz refresh rates began shipping earlier this year, including the Alienware 27 gaming monitor. Now you can expect to see a spate of 25-inch versions, beginning with the AW27’s little brother, the 1080p Alienware 25 (AW2521HF), …

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Best gifts for gamers going back to school

For students who are looking forward to Borderlands 3 more than hitting the books imminently, you can send them off with some great gaming gear to cushion the blow. (Only to use in their spare time, of course!) At a loss as to what will thrill them? Here are some suggestions to get you started, no matter how little — …

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Sure, a Mac Pro setup can cost $53K, but here’s why that’s not as crazy as it sounds

There’s been some freakage over the fact that you can max out Apple’s new, long-awaited tower Mac Pro at roughly $53,000. But aside from the custom $400 wheels, it’s laughable that that price has made headlines. Here’s the truth: For a workstation, it’s nothing. You can gear up HP’s top-end Z8 G4, for example, with dual 28-core Xeons, dual Nvidia …

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AMD RX 5500 XT arrives at $169 to battle the Nvidia GTX 1650 Super

The Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card closes out 2019 for that most desirable of gaming segments, reasonable-quality AAA 1080p play or fast 1080p for esports at a reasonable price. AMD’s twist in its competition with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super is the ability to buy it configured with 8GB memory; that lets you pay a little less than …

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AMD Threadripper 3990X’s 64 cores promise monster rendering

Rumors had AMD planning to announce its new flagship consumer processor, the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, at CES in January. But the company decided to drop a little information in advance, essentially confirming that it will have 64 cores, 288MB of cache and designed for a 280-watt power draw. “More to come in 2020” probably means CES. I’d say that’s pretty …

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