After years of swearing you didn’t need a printer at home, well, here you are. Now that everyone’s been officing-in-place for going on a year, sometimes you just need to print something out. But, based on my own history (and corroborated by many of my peers), the one thing almost every printer has in common …
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AMD is bringing us a new affordable graphics card, the RX 6700 XT. It’s a followup to the October launch of its Radeon RX 6000-based GPUs, the RX 6800, 6800 XT and 6900. The launch comes just after Nvidia launched an entry-level card incorporating its latest Ampere architecture, the GeForce RTX 3060. AMD’s new card seems more of a competitor …
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Back in 2016, VR was suddenly a Big Thing. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive promised immersive trips to other worlds on PCs. That same year, Sony released the PlayStation VR for the PS4, bringing reasonably priced virtual reality to a living room game console. Five years is a long time, but Sony has announced a follow-up to its VR …
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HP on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire gaming accessory maker HyperX from Kingston Technology for $425 million. “HyperX is a leader in peripherals whose technology is trusted by gamers around the world and we’re thrilled to welcome their outstanding team to the HP family,” said HP CEO Enrique Lores in a release, adding that the company sees ” …
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Comparing Raptic’s Titan XL to an ordinary power bank reminds me of the “That’s not a knife…” line from Crocodile Dundee. The Titan XL is a 13-pound, 14-inch-long power station that has a capacity of 497 watt-hours. It’s the next best thing to having a gas generator. And though it usually retails for $500, right now you can get the …
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After nearly a year of laptop scarcity and high prices, we’re finally starting to see more availability and better deals. If you’re on the hunt for a K-12-friendly machine, I’ve got one for you — though I’m going to restate my fondness for Neverware CloudReady, which can turn just about any old laptop into a capable Chromebook. It’s totally free. …
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How’s the home office these days? Are you tired of hunching over a 13-inch laptop screen? Or maybe feeling like a second screen would help your productivity? Presto: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the HP 27f FreeSync Monitor for $150, with free shipping or curbside pickup (where available). The regular price is $250, and …
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The Acer Swift 3X might not look all too different from the PC maker’s regular Swift 3, and that’s because it isn’t. The X in the name is to let you know what’s inside: Intel’s Iris Xe Max, its first discrete graphics processor in more than 20 years. Combined with its 11th-gen Intel Core processor, the Swift 3X is elevated from …
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Even though Razer’s laptops are generally built for gaming, we regularly recommend them to anyone looking for a high-performance Windows laptop with MacBook-like design and build quality. The Razer Book 13 takes the Razer design we love but skips the gaming vibe altogether (well, almost) and aims for office and school use instead. Not that you couldn’t open up a …
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Digging through Mac rumors can be a thankless task. They tend to be filled with as much idle speculation and projected wish-fulfillment as genuine information. But some Mac leaks and rumors are worth paying attention to. Earlier this month, just as CES 2021 was wrapping up, both Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed new MacBook Pro laptops were coming in …
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