This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Like peanut butter and jelly or Converse and high socks, Android and other operating systems will soon be a perfect fit. That’s Google’s plan, anyway. At CES, Google shared its 2022 vision and laid out how …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. We’ve all lost or misplaced something at some point in our lives. It can be so frustrating to be in a hurry to get out the door, only to realize your keys are nowhere to be found. Now you can take the stress out of …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Giving someone a computer gift can be challenging unless you know how they’re most likely to use it. For example, a student who is using their device for word processing or streaming has way different needs and expectations than a PC gamer. Our recommendations take …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The good news: Staples’ Black Friday deals, which the company flagged via an early ad scan, are now live. The bad news? At least two of the highest profile “deals” should actually be avoided. Staples is selling the Apple Watch SE for $229, but you …
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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 Week, which go live every …
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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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Nov 2021 The Dell XPS 13 9310 is an undeniably impressive laptop. Dell has whittled down the size of this 13.4-inch laptop to the point where it’s roughly the same size as an 11.6-inch model and it still has spritely performance and relatively long battery life. Dell added the option to configure the XPS 13 with an OLED display (organic …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Looking for a new Chromebook? Best Buy has a new deal that may be worth your attention. The big-box retailer is offering a $200 discount on an 11-inch HP Chromebook x2 11, dropping it from $599 to $399. The Chromebook, which has 8GB of RAM …
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Nov 2021 The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is not your average Pavilion laptop, a product line that is decidedly average. For HP, Pavilion is its everyday line with a focus on value, while its Envy and Spectre lines are the midrange and premium models, respectively. But wow, HP packed a lot of value into the Aero 13: Eye-pleasing magnesium-aluminum chassis, …
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How good can VR look? That answer has a sliding scale. Most everyday headsets like the Oculus Quest 2 look sharper and better than ever; others, like the HP Reverb G2, take another leap for simulation accuracy. Then there’s the Varjo Aero, a $1,990 headset arriving by the end of this year — where image quality (and price for the non-business …
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