This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday is approaching, but you don’t have to wait for great savings to hit the shelves: Many retailers are offering extra savings throughout the season. Office Depot is cutting prices all season long with their Holiday Deals of the …
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Microsoft’s trying to shoulder Google out of the way for a spot at the education trough — again — with a low-end Surface sibling. The Surface Laptop SE is a clamshell laptop priced between $249 and $329, depending on the configuration, which will sell via education suppliers. It’s designed to run only Windows 11 SE, the company’s new pared-to-the-bone operating …
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If the new Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED is any indication, it looks like OLED laptops may finally be inexpensive and power-efficient enough for mainstream laptop use. Prized for their color performance and high contrast, organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, panels are typically available on only premium models. But this year we’ve seen them popping up on more affordable laptops …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Looking to upgrade your monitor or laptop? Amazon has good news for you. The mega-retailer is highlighting a wide assortment of both on its pre-Black Friday “Epic Deals” page from a nice array of brands, including Acer, Dell, ViewSonic, LG, Asus and Philips. See at …
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This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. Google said Thursday that it’s adding more “human-sounding” voices to its Select-to-speak feature on Chromebooks. Select-to-speak lets Chromebook users hear selected text on their screen spoken aloud. The new voices are aimed at making that …
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Black Friday is still weeks away, but that doesn’t mean that retailers like Office Depot aren’t trying to get a head start. With the current shortages caused by supply chain issues, it may not be a bad idea to do your holiday shopping a bit earlier. We’ve scoped out some of the best deals this week at Office Depot, like …
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Following Asus’ launch in early September of its 4K UHD ProArt Display OLED PA32DC, it looks like LG might be using the same panel for its new 4K UltraFine OLED Pro (32EP950-B), given that it has very similar specs. LG’s is DisplayHDR 400 True Black-certified (it’s not clear if Asus’ is) and supports hardware calibration profiles, though it doesn’t have …
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Update, Sept. 21: The iPhone 13 lineup has arrived. Read CNET’s reviews of the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, and the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Original story follows. Apple’s rumored new iPhone 13 will likely get its big reveal at Apple’s event later today with the Apple Watch 7 and iPad Mini 6, and as such it’s a good time to …
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During its Create the Uncreated fall product reveal on Thursday, Asus launched a host of notable new products and technologies, along with the usual refreshes. Headlining the announcements: the first 32-inch OLED monitor, the Asus Dial secondary input integrated into its StudioBook line of pro creator laptops and the virtual Asus DialPad on the touchpad of its new Vivobook Pro …
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Motorola is revealing the new Motorola Edge for 2021 Thursday, updating its higher-end phone as part of an in-person event at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Edge (not to be confused with the U2 guy, of course) will cost $700 in the US, a price that roughly converts to £515 or AU$975. For that sum, Motorola is including impressive …
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