We knew we’d get a bunch of new laptops at Microsoft’s Surface event on Tuesday. What we didn’t know is we’d also get a new Microsoft processor, a Qualcomm-derived chip called the SQ1. That chip in the new Surface Pro X carries a message from Microsoft: It’s time for laptops to get phone-like all-day battery …
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With its newest Surface devices unveiled at its Surface event in New York Wednesday, Microsoft has returned to the Arm chip family for power-sipping laptops. And it’s not just any Arm chip, but Microsoft’s own SQ1 design that the company engineered in partnership with Qualcomm. The event also saw the launch of the Surface Neo dual-screen tablet and Surface Duo dual-screen …
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It’s been hard for Windows devices to break free of Intel’s gravity, but Microsoft’s giving it another shot with the new 13-inch Surface Pro X, a tablet running Windows on an Arm processor. The company announced it Wednesday at its annual Surface hardware event in New York. It incorporates the Microsoft-custom version of a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the SQ1 Arm chip. …
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Good news if you’re into games or video editing: Intel is whacking the prices of its high-end i9 processors as it refreshes an aging design. For example, last year’s top-end Core i9-9980XE processor costing $1,990 at retail is replaced by the $979 Core i9-10980XE. The new chips are due to arrive in November. “People were stuck in the top part …
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Microsoft is expected to debut the Surface 7 on Wednesday, but a new leak appears to offer a glimpse of the hybrid tablet before its launch event. If the images are legit, the next Surface will be thinner than previous models and have a smaller bezel for a much bigger display. Noted tech leaker Evan Blass, also known as @evleaks, tweeted out Monday …
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If you’re an athlete, sponsor, journalist or volunteer at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, you’ll be using a facial recognition system from Japanese electronics giant NEC and chipmaker Intel to get where you need to be. Intel is collaborating with NEC to provide “a large-scale face recognition system for the Olympics,” said Ricardo Echevarria, general manager of Intel’s Olympics program. …
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A convertible Asus Chromebook is at its lowest price ever on Amazon, while two Chromebooks from HP and Lenovo on sale at Best Buy have dipped to all-time lows. The Asus and Lenovo models are at the luxury end of the Chromebook spectrum with aluminum enclosures instead of plastic, full HD touch displays and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. …
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Every manufacturer shaves a few millimeters off its laptops and boasts about a size reduction. With its new 13-inch Spectre x360 update, HP has shrank the bezels on the display and somehow managed to carve almost an inch off the laptop’s depth (23mm). HP also boosted the network throughput by doubling the antennas, allowing it to use LTE and Wi-Fi 6 simultaneously, …
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Microsoft will reportedly unveil a low-end Surface 7 tablet this week, along with a Surface Pro 7 and a Surface Laptop 3. And instead of Intel on the inside, the Surface 7 — codenamed Campus — could instead run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC, Wccftech reported Saturday, citing French tech blog Frandroid. Microsoft is set to host a Surface …
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HP has unveiled its refreshed Chromebook x360 laptops, with the 12- and 14-inch models getting thinner and lighter. They also now offer USI (Universal Stylus Initiative) pen compatibility. They’ll be available later in September for $359 and $379, respectively, with HP’s rechargeable USI Pen launching in November at a cost of $70. Dubbed by HP as “the best of Chrome …
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