Solid state drives are way faster than traditional hard drives for storing data on laptops, but they still can’t match the old technology when it comes to cost and capacity. But Intel promises to help improve SSDs with new technology that squeezes more data into each memory cell. SSDs use flash memory, a type of …
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It’s been a busy time in quantum computing: IBM announced its biggest quantum computer so far, and Google reportedly has cracked a problem with its quantum computer faster than a conventional computer could. Now D-Wave, a rival with a different approach to the technology, has announced that nuclear weapons research site Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is the first customer for …
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Google is expected to reveal its Pixel 4 phones at an Oct. 15 event in New York, but we also have hints about an upcoming laptop. The Pixelbook Go, which the company hinted at back in April, will have a 13.3-inch, 16:9 screen and come in 1080p and 4K models, 9to5Google reported Monday. The higher-end 4K option will have the same “Molecular …
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IBM’s 14th quantum computer is its most powerful so far, a model with 53 of the qubits that form the fundamental data-processing element at the heart of the system. The system, available online to quantum computing customers in October, is a big step up from the last IBM Q machine with 20 qubits and should help advance the marriage of …
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The new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max have certainly turned a lot of heads at Apple’s September event, not least because of the controversial new green color options. But I’d wager that a briefly mentioned update to the entry-level iPad will be a bigger leap for more people. The iPhone updates are largely centered on camera hardware, …
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In the market for a new laptop? The single most important feature, in my humble opinion: a solid-state drive, which will help the system boot and load programs so much faster than you’re accustomed to. Sure, a traditional hard drive will give you more storage space (1-terabyte drives are pretty standard these days), but how much do you really need? …
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If you’ve ever reached for your phone instead of your laptop simply because it’s faster to wake up, unlock and start working, new laptops like Lenovo’s Yoga C940 might change that. The company’s flagship 14-inch two-in-one is one of a handful of Intel Project Athena devices announced at IFA 2019 aimed at making laptops perform more like your phone. The …
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Gamers can gear up and save this week during Intel Gamer Days. The sale includes a variety of systems, components and peripherals from a number of manufacturers and retailers — from Alienware and Amazon to Velocity Micro and Walmart — and ends on Sunday, Sept. 8. You can check out all of the Intel Gamer Days product deals here. Below …
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It was an odd IFA for laptops. IFA is normally a very mainstream show known for announcements like “world’s thinnest laptop.” And while there were a lot of new releases for general-purpose laptops from companies like Acer, Asus and Dell, the majority fell into the ho-hum-Comet-Lake-refresh category — existing designs incorporating Intel’s less-interesting 10th-generation CPUs. Instead the big debuts were …
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Well that didn’t take long. Just hours before Asus announced its Zephyrus S GX701 will be its first gaming laptop available with an amazingly fast 300Hz display, Acer slipped into its IFA 2019 press conference that the slim Predator Triton 500 will have a 300Hz 15.6-inch display of its own. A laptop display with a refresh rate that fast is …
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