During Apple’s third online-only virtual event since September, the tech giant announced three more new products: the MacBook Air, the Mac Mini and the MacBook Pro. Available in stores Nov. 17 with preorders open now, the computers mark a new era in Apple hardware, because they’re all equipped with the company’s new proprietary M1 processor. …
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In Apple’s third major product launch event in as many months — it follows the new iPad in September and the iPhone 12 line in October — the company Tuesday revealed much-anticipated laptops based on its homegrown 5nm silicon, the M1 chip, along with a Mac Mini refresh that also incorporates the new internals. And like the laptops, aside from Apple’s claimed …
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With its “One More Thing” Mac event Tuesday, Apple moved its MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini onto its new M1 chip, but its higher-end computers are keeping the old Intel chips for the time being. The 16-inch MacBook Pro, the iMac, the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro are available only with Intel chips, which Apple has used for …
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Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro joins the new MacBook Air laptop and Mac Mini desktop as the first Macs to make the move from Intel processors to the company’s own M1 system-on-a-chip. The M1 will give the new 13.3-inch Pro nearly three times the CPU performance than the latest Intel version, Apple said. Its integrated graphics will be five times faster as well. …
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Apple’s MacBook Air has always had an Intel CPU inside since it first rolled out in 2008. That ended Tuesday with Apple’s announcement that the MacBook Air would be one of the first laptops to run on the company’s homegrown system-on-a-chip, the M1. The M1 will give the new 13.3-inch Air more than three times the CPU performance than the …
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Next year, 5G won’t just be for pricey handsets, thanks to a push by the companies making chips for the devices. MediaTek on Tuesday joined Qualcomm in introducing 5G processors for less expensive smartphones. The Taiwanese company’s Dimensity 700 will enable 5G phones that cost less than $250. And it likely will address an important market: prepaid smartphones in the …
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USB has come a long way since its humble origins as a better port for plugging your mouse or printer into your PC. Now, the latest generation of the technology standard, USB 4, is starting to show up in the wild. On Tuesday, Apple unveiled a portfolio of new Macs that feature USB 4 ports as it transitioned to computers …
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Nielsen, the television ratings giant, is making a change to its rules that may mean the commercials you watch on TV start to feel like the ones in your Facebook feed: better targeted to you and your interests. But advancements in ad targeting bring questions about the privacy of your data, and TV’s data practices are still developing. “Typically, when …
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Apple’s next-generation Macs will use a new chip called the M1, a big brother to the A14 chips in its iPhone 12, that Apple says will bring new power and battery life to its personal computers. The same M1 chip now powers new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini models. The company’s goal with the chip is to achieve …
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The iPhone 12 Mini doesn’t officially go on sale until Nov. 13, but we now have some additional details on its MagSafe charging capabilities, courtesy of a new Apple support document. According to the document, the smallest iPhone 12 will be limited to 12 watts of power delivery compared to the 15W that can be delivered to larger iPhone 12s …
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