There’s been some freakage over the fact that you can max out Apple’s new, long-awaited tower Mac Pro at roughly $53,000. But aside from the custom $400 wheels, it’s laughable that that price has made headlines. Here’s the truth: For a workstation, it’s nothing. You can gear up HP’s top-end Z8 G4, for example, with …
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Quantum computers are getting a lot more real. No, you won’t be playing Call of Duty on one anytime soon. But Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Rigetti Computing and IBM all made important advances in 2019 that could help bring computers governed by the weird laws of atomic-scale physics into your life in other ways. Google’s declaration of quantum supremacy was the most …
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Apple’s new Mac Pro is available to order Tuesday. Though the price of the entry-level configuration is $5,999, if you go with all the many upgrades, the powerhouse computer tops out at more than $50,000 — and that doesn’t include software or a display. The beastly Mac Pro, along with its $5,000 6K Pro Display XDR monitor “accessory,” stole the …
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The day before Qualcomm kicked off its Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii, rival Intel invited reporters to take a short drive. It had rented a $2,500-a-night villa in a nearby hotel, and it wanted to show how computers using its chips compared to those with Qualcomm processors. Intel had demos running in one of the rooms, showing how much faster …
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Apple is reportedly planning to use Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic fingerprint reader in its future iPhones. The tech giant is partnering with Taiwanese touchscreen maker GIS to develop an iPhone for 2020 or 2021 that can use the under-display tech, according to MacRumors citing Economic Daily News. Qualcomm unveiled its new 3D Sonic Max ultrasonic fingerprint reader earlier Tuesday during its …
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Cyber Monday has morphed into Cyber, uh, Week, and we’re still seeing some legitimately great laptop deals. With price cuts this good, products are selling out fast, so we’ll keep updating this list throughout Cyber Monday as laptop deals come in and out of availability. This article will be kept up to date with the latest and greatest offers, with more …
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As we turn the page from Cyber Monday, Newegg keeps it coming with some excellent new deals. (In fact, its official Cyber Week sale is scheduled to run through Dec. 8.) Right now, there are some big discounts on older Surface devices — including this first-generation Surface Laptop with heavy-duty components selling for $949. And you can still get the LG C9 …
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Black Friday is over and the US is back at work, but the deals are still going strong as Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, GameStop, Sam’s Club and Newegg slide into Cyber Monday mode. And while there are major savings to be had on TVs, speakers, smart home gadgets and gaming devices, it can be difficult to track what’s actually worth buying. …
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Amazon Web Services has announced three quantum computing services that’ll bring the super-futuristic supercomputing technology within reach of everyday folks, as reported Monday by CNET sister site ZDNet. During its annual AWS re:Invent conference, it unveiled Amazon Braket, the AWS Center for Quantum Computing and the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab. AWS noted in its announcement that it had joked 10 …
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Nevermind Black Friday, Target is rocking Cyber Monday with great deals on Apple’s iPad 10.2 and Nikon’s D3500 dSLR bundle, plus major price cuts on Beats Solo3 Wireless headphones, and even more rewards for Target RedCard and Target Circle holders. Target’s Black Friday ad came out a while ago, giving us an early glimpse into likely Cyber Monday deals. And now the giant red bull’s-eye …
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