Attention, back-to-school shoppers! Best Buy continues to offer discounts on some admittedly older Lenovo Yoga two-in-one laptops, including the Yoga 730 and Yoga C930 — two of the better convertible laptop/tablets on the market. You can save up to $200 on a Yoga 730 and $150 on a Yoga C930. And students can save an extra …
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For a long time, Apple laptops were expensive, premium products that were rarely discounted. You might find a modest deal on an older model or a retailer might sweeten a sale with a gift card. But that’s changing — we’re seeing significant, sustained price breaks on an almost daily basis. Some of those lower prices come from back-to-school discounts — …
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Samsung surprised us with a new laptop at Wednesday’s Unpacked event for the Galaxy Note 10. The Galaxy Book S is an ultrathin, ultralight laptop with a 13.3-inch touchscreen that runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx compute platform. Like past Qualcomm-based PCs we’ve seen, the Galaxy Book S sips power and is capable of 23 hours of continuous video playback on a …
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Some gaming laptops go for heft and size, hitting us up with more power than any (current) game needs. The Alienware Area-51m and Origin PC Eon17-X comes to mind, as does the upcoming Asus Mothership. Others go for portability, sacrificing screen size and muscle for a smaller footprint, like the Dell G5 15. But what if we could get the …
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Update, Nov. 13, 2019: Apple has introduced a new 16-inch MacBook Pro with a larger screen and improved keyboard. It completely replaces the previous 15-inch model. Apple will begin production on its rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro in September, Forbes reported Tuesday, citing IHS Markit, and could result in the 15.4-inch laptop being canned. An email from IHS Markit reportedly said production will start …
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A new hardware vulnerability bypassing previous Spectre and Meltdown protections has been found by Bitdefender researchers, CNET sister site ZDNet reported Tuesday. It affects all Windows systems with AMD or Intel processors since 2012 and can access protected memory. Spectre and Meltdown are vulnerabilities uncovered in the chips that handle sensitive data like passwords and encryption keys. Chips originally affected when the …
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Rakuten is saying thanks to its members today with a 10% cash back Member Appreciation Day sale. Don’t worry, you can sign up now to become a member and cash in on the savings on computers, accessories, phones and appliances. Membership is free — all you need is an email to sign up. The 10% cash back sale is today …
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Intel’s finally unveiled the mobile Core CPU product lineup based on its 10th-gen Ice Lake architecture, and suffice it to say that buying a laptop in the coming months probably just got a little more complicated. Expect to hear about the first models around the IFA show the first week of September and to be able to start shelling out …
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In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we recap the new features we’re expecting to see in Apple‘s next batch of iPhones in September, and discuss how Apple is betting big on 5G with its billion-dollar acquisition of Intel’s modem business. We also break down the latest rumors about the next MacBook Pro, Apple Watch and Apple’s mixed-reality headset. Now playing: …
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Over the past couple of weeks, practically all we’ve heard is how the tech industry is under pressure from lawmakers and regulators. The Department of Justice is opening an antitrust investigation into tech giants, reportedly including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. Then there’s the Federal Trade Commission investigation into Facebook. The scrutiny is just ramping up. But during Apple’s third-quarter …
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