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Apple has reportedly put a stop to its walkie-talkie project for the iPhone, which would have allowed people in the same area to send messages without cell coverage. The reasons for shelving the project aren’t yet known, The Information reported Monday, citing two sources. The company already has a Walkie-Talkie app for the Apple Watch. …

Chromebooks — laptops that run on Google’s Chrome OS — are a growing part of the global PC market. The devices have consumed a large part of the education market in the past few years and have steadily pushed into the business world. Dell announced Monday the world’s first Chromebook Enterprise two-in-one and laptop to help solidify Chrome OS’ business presence. …

The new Galaxy Note 10 and 10 Plus may have been the stars of the show at Samsung’s recent Unpacked event in Brooklyn, but they weren’t the only new hardware introduced. In fact, the other major product promises to beat the Note 10 by a mile in one very important category — at least on paper. The Samsung Galaxy Book …

Enough with the doom and gloom about Moore’s Law. Computing progress charted by the famous 1965 observation, along with other chip improvements, will keep our digital devices humming ever faster, said Philip Wong, head of research at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. “Without any doubt, Moore’s Law is well and alive. It’s not dead, it’s not slowing down, it’s not even …

Intel is stealing a page from the mobile industry’s playbook, developing a new processor code-named Lakefield that breaks new ground when it comes to squeezing significant performance into a tiny package. Lakefield uses a new Intel technology called Foveros that lets the company stack different chip parts onto different layers. That lets Intel build a chip that’s getting closer to …

Although IFA 2019, Europe’s largest consumer tech show, doesn’t start until Sept. 6, Dell is already getting its big news out. The company’s top ultraportable laptop, the XPS 13, will be updated with Intel’s 10th-gen 14nm processors, including a six-core Intel Core i7-10710U. In fact, most of Dell’s Inspiron lineup will be flipped to the new chips as well.  To be …

Oh, i7-8656U we hardly knew ye. So much water under the bridge — all those lakes — since we first tested you a mere eight months ago in the Razer Blade Stealth and already you’ve been replaced by a younger model who looks very, very much like you. The new Comet Lake-architecture CPUs don’t promise any of the advances of …

Asus on Wednesday unveiled the limited edition ZenBook 13 Edition 30, a pearl white laptop featuring a genuine Italian leather lid cover. The product is in celebration of the company’s 30th anniversary.  ZenBook Edition 30 also comes with a set of matching accessories, including a leather sleeve and a pearl white mouse. The laptop includes ScreenPad 2.0, a phone-size screen that …

All the way back at CES 2019 in January, Alienware rolled out what the company said was the world’s most powerful gaming laptop, the Area-51m. The result of several years of design and engineering work, the new laptop overhauled the outside as much as the inside with a new industrial design named Legend. And what started with that laptop is …

Every major PC maker has an entry-level gaming laptop line starting under $900. The Dell G5 15 5590 and Lenovo Legion Y540 are two of our favorites mostly because they deliver good performance for the money, but also for their designs since neither necessarily looks like a “gaming” laptop. However, if you do want a laptop that looks more aggressive, Lenovo …