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Even if you haven’t heard of Arm, you’ve known about its chip technology, because it powers just about every smartphone out there. Now with a new chip family called Neoverse, the UK company hopes every internet service your phone taps into will also be powered by Arm. Arm got its start as Advanced RISC Machines, …

At its annual Adobe Max conference, Adobe let loose with its new Creative Cloud cross-platform apps, highlighted by a preview of the long, long-awaited Photoshop for iPad.  It also previewed Project Gemini, which spins off the brushes and brush engine from Photoshop into a drawing and painting app and Project Aero, the AR-creation app that briefly debuted onstage during Apple …

Samsung’s making it possible to keep its premium Chromebook Plus V2 two-in-one online all time, wherever you are.  The electronics giant is adding an LTE version of the Plus V2 to its lineup, so you can open it up and start working without having to hunt down a secure Wi-Fi network first. And while Chromebooks are no longer complete paperweights without a …

The budding world of interactive TV may have just landed its biggest patron yet. And it’s… Walmart?  Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said Thursday that it’ll launch an interactive video joint venture with Eko, a startup with a long track record in the niche format. Walmart is investing $250 million, according to a report by Reuters. Walmart declined to comment on …

Apple made a deal to buy part of Dialog Semiconductor for $600 million, allowing it to license power management technology and acquire more than 300 workers. Cupertino, California-based Apple will pay the UK chip designer $300 million in cash initially for certain assets, and an additional $300 million for product delivery over the next three years. The deal is expected …

I watched Google’s reveal of the much-leaked Pixel Slate with great interest. This was a sharp-looking Chrome OS device, with a great screen and the promise of excellent front-firing speakers. Sure, $599 felt like a lot for a quasi-Chromebook (unless you’re the even-more-expensive PixelBook), especially one that starts with an Intel Celeron processor — but I firmly believe Chrome OS …

Without much fanfare, Asus has unveiled the new Chromebook C423, a lightweight, midrange Chrome OS laptop. The C423 appeared on Asus’ website over the weekend, where it was spotted by Reddit users. The Asus Chromebook C423 has a 14-inch screen and weighs under 3 pounds (1.34kg) with battery, making it easy to lug around. It’s powered by an Intel quad-core or dual-core …

One of the worst-kept tech secrets in recent history is officially out of the bag. Google has announced a new tablet, the Pixel Slate, alongside a handful of other new products including the Pixel 3 phone and Home Hub.  Google Pixel 2018 event Pixel 3, Google Hub and Pixel Slate: Everything Google announced Google Home Hub wants to finish the job …

Repeatedly calling it “the world’s best gaming processor,” Intel on Monday launched the ninth-generation Core i9-9900K, its flagship mainstream unlocked, overclockable CPU with eight cores, intended to appeal to gamers and that most nebulous of market segments, creators.  It’s joined by ninth-gen versions of the Core i7 and i5, an 18-core i9-9980XE for people who need workstation power but not …

Samsung really appears to be cashing in chips. The South Korea electronics giant said Thursday it expects to record its biggest operating profit ever in the third quarter, likely thanks largely to continued strong demand for its memory chips. The company said its operating profit will come in at around 17.5 trillion won ($15.8 billion), a 20 percent increase from …