Acer announced four Chromebooks as part of the company’s global Next@Acer event on Wednesday. The new models include 14- and 15.6-inch clamshells — the Acer Chromebook 515 and 514 — as well as two 14-inch two-in-ones, the Chromebook Spin 514 and Spin 314.  Shipments of Chromebooks exploded in 2020 from the pandemic and remained strong through the first half …

A year after Facebook released its Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, and weeks before Facebook’s VR and AR-focused Connect conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook CTO-to-be Andrew Bosworth showed off prototype VR headsets on social media. Whether these are anything related to products to come remains to be seen. I spent the day with the Facebook Reality Labs research team in …

Some Visible customers this week reported in posts on social media that their accounts appeared to have been hacked, with account information changed and in some cases new phones ordered using their payment information. On Wednesday, the Verizon-owned prepaid carrier confirmed that some customers’ accounts were breached.  “We’re aware of an issue in which some member accounts were accessed and/or …

Facebook is reportedly trying to reduce insider leaks by making some of its internal online discussion groups private instead of public. Facebook told employees on Tuesday that it’s limiting who can view and participate in some “Integrity” groups focused on platform safety and protecting elections, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The move comes after Frances Haugen, a former Facebook …

Acer’s Next@Acer fall product launch event, themed “Made for humanity,” highlighted “how Acer is helping make the ways we work, learn and play better for humanity and the environment.” Those ways include an expansion of its eco-friendly Vero line, which began with the Aspire Vero laptop, to more systems, plus four Chromebooks, a new Predator Orion 7000 gaming tower with …

Palm appears to be waking from its slumber to release some new hardware, according to a tweet the phone maker posted Tuesday. An accompanying image seems to show the outline of several wireless earbuds, with overlaid text that reads, “We’ve been busy.”  The new product will apparently be unveiled on Oct. 26, according to the tweet, which also reads: “Get …

Amazon has the latest HP Chromebook x360 for $360, which is $44 less than Walmart’s price on a nearly identical model, making it the best deal you’ll find for this Chromebook today. This is a two-in-one model that flips into tablet mode to suit your work style. It also has a 14-inch touchscreen. See at Amazon CNET hasn’t reviewed this …

Acer is growing its eco-friendly Vero product line to include new PCs and accessories made from recycled plastics and packaged in recyclable materials. The product announcements, part of the company’s global Next@Acer event on Wednesday, follow the recent release of the Aspire Vero laptop, which was announced at Acer’s last global event in May, and coincided with the launch of …

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