This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. How goes the holiday shopping? I won’t say everything here today is gift-worthy, though I certainly wouldn’t mind being on the receiving end of any of these items. (If you decide to get me that Star Wars game bundle, though, …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Need a new laptop? If it’s for working from home, here are my basic-spec recommendations: Intel Core i3 processor or better 8GB of RAM or more SSD (solid-state hard drive) 15.6-inch full-HD display (because anything smaller starts to feel cramped for full-time work) Two of …
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Adobe on Tuesday released a version of its popular Lightroom photo editing program adapted to Apple’s new M1 Macs, a key addition to the catalog of software needed to make the recently introduced machines more useful. The Lightroom updates also support Apple’s new ProRaw format for photo enthusiasts who want more editing control over shots taken with the iPhone 12 …
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Apple is working on new Mac processors that would top the performance of even Intel’s best chips, Bloomberg reports. Apple’s new processors could arrive as soon as next year, according to the report published Monday. Apple is said to be testing chips that have as many as “32 high-performance cores” with higher-end desktops expected “later in 2021” and a new Mac …
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The 15.6-inch Lenovo Yoga 9i is not exactly what it might seem. It looks like a premium two-in-one for productivity — from its clean, metal body to its webcam privacy shutter and fingerprint reader to its full number pad topped with media controls. But then you add in the DisplayHDR 400 display (available in FHD or UHD resolutions), the 360-degree …
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor won’t support a much ballyhooed video compression technology developed by Google, Netflix and other technology giants, dealing a blow to data efficiency and streaming quality improvements for the next-generation of Android phones. Judd Heape, a Qualcomm vice president for product management, says the mobile chip leader couldn’t include AV1 technology in the new chip because …
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Razer revealed its Tomahawk Gaming Desktop at CES 2020, the company’s first foray into selling desktop PCs in addition to its line of laptops. Now, almost a year later, its PC with a modular, 10 liter eGPU-like design will finally ship — or at least begin preorders today — with prices starting at $2,400. As ideas go, it’s pretty ingenious. It’s …
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Intel unveiled on Thursday its Horse Ridge 2 processor for controlling quantum computers, an important milestone in making the potentially revolutionary machines practical. The Horse Ridge 2 isn’t a quantum processor itself but is designed to solve the challenges of communicating with future quantum processors with thousands or more qubits. The processor is the second generation of a family that …
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Coming in at the same $399 (£369, about AU$570) price as the RTX 2060 Super it replaces, Nvidia’s RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is a great 1440p and decent 4K (at lower-quality) graphics card for the money. It delivers roughly the same performance as the RTX 2070 Super at the price of the 2060 Super, in keeping with Nvidia’s typical update …
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If you look at Apple’s new lineup of iPhones and Macs, you’ll probably struggle to see the difference from last year’s models. They’re roughly the same size and shape. This year’s iPhone 12 family is a bit boxier than 2019’s iPhone 11, though there is a new, smaller iPhone 12 Mini. The same goes for Mac exteriors. It’s hard to pinpoint …
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