As part of CNET’s job chronicling the best tech released every year, our team of expert reviewers spends time trying out dozens of the top products in consumer technology — everything from smartphones to Wi-Fi routers to gaming systems to TVs and wearable devices. That often means putting them through a variety of tests in …
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Adobe’s Lightroom photo editing tool is about to get way more useful on Apple’s iPad with the ability to import photos directly from a memory card. Apple’s tablet doesn’t have all the same features as Lightroom on a personal computer, but direct import is a crucial step for those who want to leave their laptops at home. Adobe is testing …
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The new Surface Pro X shows Microsoft is entering “the era of repairable tablets,” according to a teardown by iFixit posted Thursday. The report found the SSD is user-replaceable, and most components can be replaced independently because they’re modular. Microsoft’s Surface Pro X was announced in October and launched this month starting at $999. The 13-inch tablet comes with a …
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The Surface Pro X falls into a very small, very exclusive category of PC products. It’s one of only a handful of new releases every year that prompt colleagues to proactively email me, asking where, when and how to get one. It’s easy to see why it’s got some serious buzz. The standard Surface Pro 7 is the dictionary definition of a …
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Getting to know the Surface Pro 7 is like visiting an old friend. Usually around this time of year there’s a new collection of computer hardware from Microsoft, and whatever is new ends up being in my PC rotation throughout the rest of the year. In 2019, the same seems to be holding true so far, but there are a …
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Microsoft rolled out new Surface Pro tablets at its annual Surface hardware event in New York earlier this month. Apart from the addition of a USB-C port and updated processors, the new Surface Pro 7 models are very similar to last year’s Surface Pro 6. In fact, they look nearly identical and share the same 12.3-inch display. The biggest difference between …
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Google unveiled its second-generation Pixel Buds at its Pixel 4 event Tuesday. Google’s retooled earbuds will include hands-free access to Google Assistant as well as the ability to make calls, answer texts, use Google Translate and more — all in a sleek cordless design. The new Buds will be available to buy in Spring 2020 for $179. Along with the updated Pixel Buds, …
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Microsoft’s recent Surface Laptop 3 updates to its Surface Laptop line fall into two camps. The 13-inch model, an upgrade to the Surface Laptop 2, offers the bare minimum of enhancements (or less) it needs to compete in the crowded field of lightweights with prices in the $1,000-or-so range. It gets a bump to the 10th-gen Intel processor with the …
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Slim metal body, large touchpad, expansive 13.3-inch screen. Is it a MacBook Air? Or, a Surface Laptop? No, it’s a Google Pixelbook. Next to Google’s newest Pixel 4 phones, Pixel Buds earbuds and Nest products at Google’s fall hardware event, there’s also a new made-by-Google Chromebook in town. It isn’t a convertible tablet-hybrid or a snap-on-keyboard solution like last year’s Pixel …
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Update, Sept. 22, 2021: Microsoft held its 2021 Surface event on Sept. 22, and unveiled the Surface Duo 2. The new folding phone features a faster processor, better cameras and many other upgrades compared to the Surface Duo. Microsoft doesn’t want you to think of the newly announced Surface Duo as a phone. And the reasons are far from technical. …
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