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At 2.4 pounds (1.1 kg) and 11.9 mm thick (0.5 inch), the 13.3-inch Lenovo IdeaPad 730S is lighter and thinner than the current MacBook Air. Its quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, faster 2,400MHz memory and speedy Samsung PCIe solid-state drive give it better performance than the Air, too. Plus, it’s less expensive, starting at $825, although …

I’m swinging through Manhattan, shooting my web at flagpoles, buildings and — inadvertently — a tree branch. I gain a little speed and altitude and start flying through the city. It certainly beats taking the subway. Now playing: Watch this: Spider-Man VR lets you shoot webs with 5G 2:28 While this virtual world places me in New York, I’m actually …

I am at Microsoft’s headquarters to get a demo of the HoloLens 2. I’m led down a basement hallway. Large sliding metal doors separate rooms. As I reach my destination, I find a re-creation of an automotive workshop. It smells like rubber tires. In front of me, there’s an ATV on a pedestal. Tools and parts are spread around the …

Ask me to fix a broken car or motorbike, and you’d be out of luck. But that’s exactly what Microsoft wanted me to do. And the tool it gave me was its new mixed reality HoloLens 2 headset. After I slipped it on, a set of digital instructions popped up over an actual broken ATV, set up in a mock …

5G’s just getting started, but Qualcomm’s already talking up its third chip for the ultra-fast networking tech. And Samsung’s planning to use it in future Galaxy S devices.  Qualcomm on Monday at MWC in Barcelona unveiled its first processor that integrates its 5G modem technology with the Snapdragon applications processor that serves as the brains of a device. The first …

Move over, 5G phones. The ultrafast connectivity is also coming to PCs. Qualcomm on Monday at MWC here in Barcelona said it has paired its second-generation 5G modem, the X55, with its 8cx processor for computers that it unveiled in December. The new Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform will let computer-makers release devices later this year and early next year that connect …

Between high-end phones and international intrigue, you might have forgotten that Huawei makes laptops, too. It even makes from pretty good ones, such as the Mac-alike MateBook X Pro. One of my colleagues called the 2018 edition of that 13.9-inch laptop “the best little laptop you’ve never heard of.” The MateBook X Pro is back. It’s got the same name …

Lenovo’s newest IdeaPads announced today at MWC 2019 blur the line between its mainstream and premium slim laptops and convertibles.  The IdeaPad C340, for example, is a two-in-one available in 14- and 15-inch versions with a fiberglass top and slim bezels — a design touch once solely found on Lenovo’s high-end laptops. The same goes for its webcam-blocking Privacy Shutter and …

Intel won’t have 5G modem chips in phones until 2020, company executives said Friday, according to Reuters. That could mean Apple, which uses Intel modems, might not have a 5G phone until after some of its rivals.  Sample 5G modem chips will go out to customers this year, but there likely won’t be consumer products available until 2020, said Sandra Rivera, …

I had to look long and hard to find anything I didn’t like about the 2019 Dell XPS 13. Pressed to come up with a list, I’d say the woven glass fiber palm rest doesn’t look or feel as high-end as it should. The white backlight shining through white keys (on the white and rose gold versions) sometimes makes it …