Making its debut at the IFA 2018 conference in Berlin is a fresh line of Yoga PCs from Lenovo, which now includes a premium Chromebook and a traditional clamshell laptop. The highlight is no doubt the innovative dual-screen Yoga Book C930. This second-gen model arriving in October starting at $1,000 has a 10.8-inch 2560×1600-pixel resolution display and an E Ink display that …
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The next generation flagship of PC gaming graphics is here, and it’s called the Nvidia RTX 2080. Unveiled at the annual Gamescom video game industry trade show in Germany on Aug. 20, the RTX 2080 (and 2080 Ti) are coming Sept. 20, with a less-expensive version, the RTX 2070, coming in October. And by less expensive, we mean around $500, …
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The “Intel Inside” marketing campaign has put an Intel sticker on millions of personal computers since it launched in 1991. But your next laptop could have Intel outside if rival chip designer Arm gets its way. Arm’s chip technology is used in nearly every iPhone and Android phone in existence, though other companies like Apple, Qualcomm and TSMC actually design …
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Keeping your phone safe from malicious apps is hard enough, with Google stamping out hundreds of thousands of bad apps every year. Your phone makes for an attractive target. Apps open up a lot of access to your devices, reaching into your contacts, your location, your data usage, among the many private details you share with your phone. So you …
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Just a few weeks ago, Sprint unveiled a pretty tempting (and short-lived) offer on the iPhone 8: $8 per month when you sign up for a Sprint Flex plan. Today, the carrier has a similar deal lined up for Apple’s best phone (for now): The iPhone X for $5 per month. Once again, that’s with an 18-month Sprint Flex plan …
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Fortnite is finally here for Android users. The announcement came alongside Samsung’s unveiling of the Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy Home. The release of Fortnite is currently in beta, and available only for Galaxy users for a short time. How long exactly? That hasn’t been announced. You can sign up for a beta invite to Fortnite on …
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Double the cores, double the fun! AMD’s highest-end processor jumps from 16 to 32 cores in the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, based on AMD Zen+ architecture, slated to ship on Aug. 10. At the end of August, the current 16-core flagship, the 1950X, gets its 2nd-generation upgrade to the 2950X but a demotion to middle-of-the-line of AMD’s high-end processors. For …
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Google on Monday announced the official release of Android P — now officially dubbed Android Pie — for users of its Pixel phones. There are plenty of new features in Android Pie, some of which you may think makes the latest flavor so appealing. Here are nine reasons you’ll want a piece of Pie. Now playing: Watch this: Android P: …
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In June 2012, Microsoft announced its first Surface hybrid tablet. Not only was it the first of its kind, but the first hardware designed, built and sold by Microsoft to work seamlessly with the software giant’s Windows operation system. Since then the company has built out its Surface hardware lineup to meet the needs of students and home and professional …
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Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). Nearly all the deals featured below have now expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Our original story continues below: There are still a few hours to go until the close of Amazon Prime …
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