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Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, a bargain tablet you may never see

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi makes some excellent products, such as the new Mi 8 phone. Now it’s released the Mi Pad 4, an 8-inch tablet that starts at 1,100 yuan (about $170, £130 or AU$230).  The Mi Pad 4 comes with a neat list of features that includes: 1,920×1,200 display (16:10) at 283 ppi Snapdragon 660 processor 6,000-mAh battery Face unlock …

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Microsoft’s giant honking Surface USB

Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay said it would be a dongle for “people who love dongles,” and boy howdy was he right. The brick pictured above is NOT an entire docking station. It’s the dongle that Microsoft built to add a single USB-C port — yes just one — to a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, Surface Book or Surface Laptop for data …

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