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The current version of Acer’s AMD-based Chromebook Spin 514 is good but there’s definitely room for improvement. In fact, for a recently released Intel-powered version of the 14-inch convertible Chromebook, Acer overhauled it with 11th-gen Intel processors and upgrades. Those upgrades include a 1080p webcam, dual mics and stereo speakers flanking the keyboard. Dual USB-C …

What’s happening Today is World Password Day. The event was created by Intel in 2013 to encourage people to better secure their online accounts. Why it matters Weak passwords put personal information at risk. Even worse, people use the same bad passwords for multiple accounts, which means if one get compromised others could also fall. What’s next Check out CNET’s …

What’s happening Nvidia is releasing a new chip, the H100 “Hopper,” that has the potential to speed up artificial intelligence that’s sweeping the tech industry. Why it matters The chip helps cement Nvidia’s lead in technology that’s revolutionizing everything in computing from self-driving cars to translating language as people speak. Nvidia will begin selling a new AI acceleration chip later …

Apple’s iMac all-in-one desktop is a marvel of minimalist design. But it’s so minimalist, sometimes you might want a few extras. For example, I see people store tons of stuff on the iMac’s curved foot all the time, from hard drives to USB hubs to notepads.  Accessory maker Twelve South thinks you might need an extra shelf attached to the …

Meteor Lake, a radically redesigned Intel processor due to ship in PCs in 2023, now can run Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. It’s a notable achievement for a complicated new approach that combines many “chiplets” into one more capable processor. “We have officially powered on our first disaggregated product: Meteor Lake,” tweeted Michelle Johnston Holthaus, head of Intel’s PC processor …

Following the announcements Dell made earlier this month, the company expands the Precision mobile workstation and Latitude business laptop lines with additional models incorporating notable new technologies: a “collaboration touchpad,” Intel’s rumored 55-watt H series mobile processor and the company’s semi-proprietary CAMM, which stands for compression attached memory module, as an alternative to SODIMM. They all come with the updated …

Dell’s popular starts-under-$1,000 gaming laptop, the G15, continues its trajectory away from inconspicuous and moving toward looks-like-Alienware with its 2022 AMD Ryzen-based model. It joins AMD updates of the Alienware M series laptops and Aurora desktop PC updates announced at CES 2022 which also began shipping today. Though the 15-inch G15 essentially retains essentially the same exterior design as last year’s …

Samsung announced the US availability of the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 on Friday. First announced at the end of March in the UK, the two-in-one is a successor of sorts to one of the company’s best Chromebooks, the Chromebook Plus V2 (it’s actually still available, despite being released in 2018).  The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 was designed with students in …

After Apple made its own operations carbon neutral in 2020 to combat the release of greenhouse gas emissions, Apple’s suppliers are now headed the same direction, the electronics giant said Thursday. A total of 213 of them in 25 countries have pledged to power their Apple component production with renewable power. Over the last year, its suppliers more than doubled …

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 for 2022 was the first system announced that would adhere to the 2022 version of AMD’s Advantage design framework, as the original G14 model did when it launched in 2020. That means it uses AMD’s latest technologies. This year, much of AMD’s chip updates aim to increase the battery life of gaming laptops while boosting performance by …