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Apple, Google, LG join industry group working on 6G

The first 5G phones from Apple and Google may only just be hitting the market, but that hasn’t stopped those companies from working with others on developing what 6G might look like.  As spotted by Mobile World Live, tech giants Apple, Google and LG have joined the industry group “Next G Alliance,” whose goals include …

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Apple’s new MacBook and Mac Mini could change PCs as we know them

On Tuesday, Apple announced its first personal computers powered using chips that are more like those in an iPhone than those in a typical PC. The machines are the $999 13-inch MacBook Air, the $699 Mac Mini and the $1,299 MacBook Pro. That alone is exciting to tech fans, but it’s also a sign of what’s possibly to come, whether you buy …

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Here’s how to still get an Intel MacBook Air

When Apple first announced its plans to switch from Intel CPUs to its own Apple Silicon chips, the company said the transition would take place over two years. After all, there are millions of Intel MacBooks out in the wild, and they remain incredibly popular with students, creative types and remote workers.  With Apple’s announcement of the new M1-powered MacBook …

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MacBook Air and Pro with M1 opens the door to 5G. It can’t come soon enough

Apple on Tuesday spent 45 minutes breathlessly describing the benefits of the custom-designed chip, the M1, powering its newest Macs. Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, talked up the power-saving benefits, which allow for the longest battery life ever for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. He also talked up how quickly the computers would boot up and …

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Apple’s new MacBook Air has up to an 18

Gone are the days when a laptop charge would only last a few hours. Apple on Tuesday said that its new MacBook Air will have 15 hours of battery life for wireless web browsing. For video playback, the battery will last 18 hours. And the battery life on video calls will be twice the rate on current MacBook Air computers. …

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Dell Latitude 9510 review: Incredible mobility with a big screen

The Dell Latitude 9510 is a rare business laptop that will be able to meet your work needs even if they change next week or a year from now. Maybe right now you’re working from home and you want a laptop with lots of connections, good audio for crystal-clear conference calls, a larger display and seamless background updates to your …

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Mac Mini with M1 update comes with a $699 entry price

In Apple’s third major product launch event in as many months — it follows the new iPad in September and the iPhone 12 line in October — the company Tuesday revealed much-anticipated laptops based on its homegrown 5nm silicon, the M1 chip, along with a Mac Mini refresh that also incorporates the new internals. And like the laptops, aside from Apple’s claimed …

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Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro joins the new MacBook Air laptop and Mac Mini desktop as the first Macs to make the move from Intel processors to the company’s own M1 system-on-a-chip. The M1 will give the new 13.3-inch Pro nearly three times the CPU performance than the latest Intel version, Apple said. Its integrated graphics will be five times faster as well. …

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Apple Store is down ahead of ‘One More Thing’ Mac event

The Apple Store went offline Tuesday, just hours before the “One More Thing” Mac launch event is set to kick off. This is the third Apple event in three months, following September’s iPad event and October’s iPhone launch. Like the others, this event will be fully online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Apple is expected to announce its next generation …

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Apple’s higher

With its “One More Thing” Mac event Tuesday, Apple moved its MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini onto its new M1 chip, but its higher-end computers are keeping the old Intel chips for the time being. The 16-inch MacBook Pro, the iMac, the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro are available only with Intel chips, which Apple has used for …

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