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Arm’s new chip architecture boosts security, speed for billions of processors

Arm, whose chip technology reaches every smartphone and just about every corner of the computing industry, announced a new processor architecture Tuesday designed to significantly improve security and performance. The architecture, called Armv9, should make its way into an estimated 300 billion processors starting this year through the next decade, the UK company said. Armv9, …

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Adobe bundles mobile Photoshop, Illustrator, Spark and Fresco for $15 a month

Adobe has a new way to sell you Photoshop for iPhones and iPads plus three other mobile apps. For a monthly cost of $15, the new Design Mobile Bundle that Adobe announced Tuesday combines the image editing app with Illustrator for design tasks, Fresco for drawing and Spark for short punchy videos. Years ago, Adobe cemented its dominance by bundling …

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Apple Maps adds COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Traveling during the pandemic has been an uncertain process, with airports taking different measures to minimize the danger of COVID-19. Apple Maps is making it easier by displaying local airport health requirements like face coverings, health tests or screenings directly on airport place …

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OnePlus 9 Pro review: A classy phone with good enough cameras

There’s no question that the OnePlus 9 Pro is the best phone OnePlus has ever made, but that doesn’t mean it’s the one you should buy. The standard OnePlus 9 with its much more appealing price might actually be the right OnePlus for you. But there’s a lot I really like about the 9 Pro, and there are some great …

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Oculus Rift, 5 years on: Things are a lot different now

Believe it or not, it’s been five years since VR seemed like the technology of the future. But then, it’s always seemed like the technology of the future. In the 1990s, I read about metaverses and tried VR in mall arcades. Then, in 2013 in a hotel room in Las Vegas, I was blown away by a demo of VR …

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Save $100 on the Xgimi Mogo Pro, a stellar portable 1080p projector

Most portable projectors are a master class in feature compromises, image quality and disappointment. Every once in a while, though, one comes along that blows away all expectations and delivers a great image and good sound and works the way it should. That’s the Xgimi Mogo Pro, which usually sells for $549. But today only (Sunday, March 28), you can …

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Last chance to treat your ears to the JBL E55BT Wireless Over

There are a lot of wireless headphones out there, and that means there’s a lot of competition for your headphone dollars. In CNET’s latest roundup of the best wireless headphones, David Carnoy assembled a veritable trophy case of awesome headphones like the Sony WH-1000XM4, Apple AirPods Max and Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. But while they’re all worthy audio gear, …

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Apple Watch may get ‘Explorer Edition,’ a rugged, extreme

Apple may be working on an all-new variation of its industry-leading Apple Watch, which could include a more rugged casing that’s designed specifically for people who indulge in extreme sports such as rock climbing. That’s according to a Saturday report from Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter. The new Apple Watch variant is sometimes called the Explorer Edition …

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Apple patches iPhone, iPad security flaw with updated iOS 14.4.2

Apple on Saturday released updates to its iOS mobile operating system intended to patch a security flaw that could expose iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users’ personal information to potential hackers. The update is in response to the discovery of a vulnerability that would let hackers insert malicious code onto affected devices, granting them access to users’ private data — …

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Apple Pay Cash on your iPhone is easy to use and set up

If you’re using Apple Pay on your iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) or Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), you might wonder about the tiny black Apple Pay oval at the bottom of your Messages app. Or perhaps a friend sent you money with Apple Cash and you want to know what you can do with it. I’m going to walk you …

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