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Surface Pro 8 review: A familiar companion for Windows 11

If Windows 11 has a flagship launch day companion device, it’s the Surface Pro 8. The Surface Pro has always been the lead ship in Microsoft’s PC hardware armada, which has grown in recent years to include budget laptops, ARM-powered hybrids and even a dual-screen phone.  I’ve always liked the Surface line, partly because it’s …

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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio review: The screen is all

Microsoft goes for sleeker and more sensible rather than ground-breaking with the 14-inch Surface Laptop Studio, replacing the dated docked-tablet of its Surface Book 3 and its 2015-era design. Still targeted at creators and gamers, the Laptop Studio’s distinguishing feature is its three-position 120Hz display: In addition to a standard clamshell, typing-oriented position, you can pull it out to angle …

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Intel’s Loihi 2 speeds effort to make neuromorphic chips like human brains

Intel unveiled its Loihi 2 chip on Thursday, the second generation of a processor family that marries conventional electronics with the architecture of human brains to try to inject some new progress into the computing industry. On top of that, the chip also helps Intel advance its own manufacturing technology. Loihi 2, an example of a technology called neuromorphic computing, …

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This new Plugable hub comes with the latest USB

Accessory maker Plugable began selling on Thursday a compact USB-C hub that will address a problem many PC users have experienced: more peripherals than ports. The TBT4-HUB3C hub, which sells for $189, includes three connections for storage systems, external monitors and other peripherals and a fourth connection to link to your computer. The hub supports USB 4 and Thunderbolt 4, …

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Microsoft Surface event 2021 rumors: Every announcement to expect today

Microsoft is holding its annual Surface announcement event on Wednesday, Sept. 22, and you can follow along with our live coverage of the Microsoft event, which starts at Sept. 22 at 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET). We could see the new Surface Duo 2, Surface Pro 8, Surface Go 3 and more. Read more: Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio is all about the …

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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio is all about the screen

Laptop designs have changed significantly since Microsoft debuted its Surface Book, a laptop with a tablet that detached from a keyboard base with discrete graphics for more power. It awkwardly straddled the two-in-one (with displays that rotate around 360 degrees, like the HP Spectre x360) and detachable (where the keyboard snaps onto the tablet, as with the Surface Pro 8) categories. …

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Microsoft Surface Pro 8: Larger, faster and still doesn’t come with the keyboard

The Surface Pro 8, announced at the Microsoft Surface event on Wednesday, brings Microsoft’s top two-in-one up to par with its competition just in time for Windows 11. Also announced at the event was the Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Duo 2, Surface Slim Pen 2, Surface Go 3 and some new accessibility features. The Surface Pro 7 hit the market in Oct. …

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How to preorder new Microsoft Surface tech: Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio and more

Microsoft unveiled its latest Surface PCs to the world today, delivering a nearly total revamp of the line. including the Surface Pro 8, the Surface Pro X, the Surface Duo 2 dual-screen phone and the all-new Surface Laptop Studio. The latter product has an impressive hinged screen that resembles Apple’s Magic Keyboard for iPad. All of these new products are …

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HP’s fall 2021 all

It’s been four years since HP upgraded its 34-inch Envy AIO, one of the few all-in-one PCs I’ve really liked over the years. The company released a 32-inch model in 2020 that was solid, but because of the usual cram-it-into-the-display design, like most AIOs it incorporated low-power mobile components. This newest incarnation of the PC looks like a pretty nice …

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HP Spectre x360 16 finally gives us a webcam and display worthy of a premium 2

HP on Tuesday announced its latest premium two-in-one, the HP Spectre x360 16 — and it’s starting to look like the days of the 15.6-inch laptop display are numbered. The 16-inch two-in-one can be configured with up to a 3,072×1,920-pixel resolution OLED display with a 16:10 ratio. The display also covers a 100% sRGB color gamut and will ship calibrated, …

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