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Chromebook instant tethering now works beyond Google’s laptops and phones

Lots more Chromebook owners now can quickly get online even when there’s no Wi-Fi. A feature called instant tethering previously let people with Google’s own Chromebooks and phones quickly get online using their phone’s mobile network. Once it’s set up, it’s just a matter of by tapping a notification to connect. Now instant tethering is …

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New Nvidia RTX gaming laptops are blazing fast, and here’s the proof

In the biggest update to mobile gaming graphics since 2016, versions of Nvidia’s new RTX 20-series GPUs are launching in laptops today. Originally announced at CES 2019, this represents a generational leap over the previous GTX models. Sarah Tew/CNET The first RTX laptop tested at the CNET Labs is the Asus Zephyrus GX701, the latest in that thin-and-light Asus series. …

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Acer looks to boost education sales with new Chromebooks

Acer is introducing four new Chromebooks for students.  On Wednesday, the computer maker unveiled a new suite of 11.6-inch laptops for education customers: the Chromebook Spin 511, the Chromebook Spin 311, and two called the Chromebook 311 (one featuring an AMD chip and the other powered by Intel). Acer designed the laptops to be extra durable, for students at K-12 …

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Lenovo pencil

Microsoft showed off affordable Windows 10 S-mode laptops at its annual education-focused event at the Bett show in London on Tuesday. Laptops on display are mostly updated and priced below $300, which converts to about £230 or AU$420. They include a Windows version of the Lenovo 300e two-in-one Chromebook, which lets you write on the screen with a traditional graphite pencil as …

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Samsung Notebook Odyssey, with RTX 2080 GPU, revealed at CES 2019

Samsung’s new high-end gaming laptop might just be a contender against other mainstream models from Dell, Lenovo and Acer.  The Notebook Odyssey was announced alongside Nvidia’s latest mobile graphics cards and will feature the GeForce RTX 2080 GPU paired with a six-core Intel Core i7 processor. Performance wasn’t the big issue with Samsung’s last Odyssey, though, it was the design …

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CES 2019: Everything we saw, from 8K TVs to amazing fake burgers

TVs that rise out of a credenza. Robot legs that help you walk. A wand that “erases” skin blemishes. A tasty burger with no meat — and, of course, a smart toilet. We saw all that and more in Las Vegas last week as CES 2019, the world’s biggest technology show, took over the city.  CNET spent a full week …

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CES 2019: Our 10 favorite products of the show

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. We came, we saw, we chose. From the coolest products to the weirdest, we’ve spent a week sampling the technological wonderland that CES 2019 has to offer. And now, it’s time to present CNET’s picks for the best of CES. There’s a TV that magically …

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Laptops get bigger, and smaller, at CES 2019

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Laptops were big business at CES 2019, not a surprise to anyone who has followed the show over the past several years. It’s usually a very popular category with dozens of new products, but I’ve rarely seen a year so packed …

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CES 2019: AMD’s Radeon 7 pushes PC gaming to ‘the bleeding edge’

CES 2019 marks the first time AMD has ever given a keynote at the international trade show — so naturally, you’d expect the company’s debut conference to be packed. On Wednesday morning, AMD President and CEO Lisa Su didn’t disappoint, talking up the company’s upcoming third-gen Ryzen desktop CPUs, the new Epyc Rome chips for data centers and how, in …

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Chromebooks show they’re ready for prime time at CES 2019

Google was as visible as any company at CES in 2019, with loads of promotion, integrations with other companies and product announcements of its own. Its Chrome operating system got some love, too, featured in a handful of new laptops and convertibles from Acer, Asus and HP. Marking one of the most significant milestones for the operating system in years, AMD announced …

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