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Apple may release AirPods 2 on March 29… or not

Apple’s update to its wireless earbuds, which are expected to be called the AirPods 2, is due for an update since its original launch in 2016. While the general consensus expects Apple to unveil them in September, a new rumor reports that they may come much sooner, on March 29. Now playing: Watch this: Apple …

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Lightroom AI boosts image quality 30 percent, Adobe says

After training an AI system on a billion photos, Adobe has reworked a fundamental part of digital photography for a 30 percent increase in image quality in its Lightroom software. The improvement comes in new Lightroom releases Tuesday with an option called “enhance details” that can break past ordinary image-quality limits in areas with lots of fine details. It’ll take …

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Dell President’s Day deals: LG 86

Dell has kicked off its annual President’s Day sale a bit early — it’s not even Valentine’s Day yet — with discounts on a variety of hardware. Some of the discounts are bigger than others, but if you were already considering buying a gigantic TV, laptop or other device, there are a bunch of deals here worth a look. Many …

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Best battery life laptops

One of the first things every laptop shopper should think about in a new purchase is battery life. After all, you don’t want your PC shutting down in the middle of a big meeting or halfway through a cross-country flight.  Based on the extensive battery testing conducted in the CNET Labs, these are the laptops with the longest battery-life scores …

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Two Lenovo IdeaPad laptop deals you won’t want to miss

At the risk of repeating myself, the single most important feature to look for in any new laptop is a solid-state drive. Sure, you’ll likely end up with a higher price and less overall storage space than you’d get from a system with a mechanical drive, but trust me when I say it’s worth the trade-off. Why? Performance. SSDs run …

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Backblaze raises online backup prices $1 a month, but still cheaper than rivals

Online backup specialist Backblaze raised monthly prices from $5 to $6 on Tuesday — its first price increase since launching in 2008 with unlimited data storage. That’s a bummer if you’re already absorbing price increases for Netflix or Amazon Prime or choosing to pay for services like Apple’s iCloud and Google Photos. But the company has to fund the development …

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Senate Democrats urge regulators to put kibosh on T

Nine Democrats in the Senate, including a few presidential hopefuls, sent letters Tuesday to the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission asking the agencies to reject T-Mobile’s proposed $26 billion deal to buy Sprint. The letters addressed to Makan Delrahim, head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai urge the regulators to put the brakes …

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