Update, May 6, 2020: The Microsoft Surface Earbuds are now available to preorder, for less than previously announced: $200 (£200, AU$320). Our original story from October 2019 follows. Last year Microsoft released a pair of Surface noise-canceling headphones. This year it’s jumping on the true wireless bandwagon with its new cord-free Surface Earbuds. While we’re …
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With its newest Surface devices unveiled at its Surface event in New York Wednesday, Microsoft has returned to the Arm chip family for power-sipping laptops. And it’s not just any Arm chip, but Microsoft’s own SQ1 design that the company engineered in partnership with Qualcomm. The event also saw the launch of the Surface Neo dual-screen tablet and Surface Duo dual-screen …
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Microsoft is expected to debut the Surface 7 on Wednesday, but a new leak appears to offer a glimpse of the hybrid tablet before its launch event. If the images are legit, the next Surface will be thinner than previous models and have a smaller bezel for a much bigger display. Noted tech leaker Evan Blass, also known as @evleaks, tweeted out Monday …
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Sony isn’t playing games with its PlayStation Now streaming games service. Starting Tuesday, the monthly price for the service will be cut in half, to $9.99 per month. Sony says it’s taking the dramatic step in order to keep in line with competition. The new price, which drops from the $19.99 per month it costs now, will be “comparable to …
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Every manufacturer shaves a few millimeters off its laptops and boasts about a size reduction. With its new 13-inch Spectre x360 update, HP has shrank the bezels on the display and somehow managed to carve almost an inch off the laptop’s depth (23mm). HP also boosted the network throughput by doubling the antennas, allowing it to use LTE and Wi-Fi 6 simultaneously, …
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Microsoft will reportedly unveil a low-end Surface 7 tablet this week, along with a Surface Pro 7 and a Surface Laptop 3. And instead of Intel on the inside, the Surface 7 — codenamed Campus — could instead run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx SoC, Wccftech reported Saturday, citing French tech blog Frandroid. Microsoft is set to host a Surface …
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Facebook and its messaging tool WhatsApp will have to give UK police access to users’ encrypted messages under an upcoming treaty with the US, says a Saturday report by Bloomberg, which cites a confidential source. The treaty, which covers other US-based social media platforms as well, would require the sharing in regard to investigations of serious crimes, such as terrorism …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Microsoft’s open-source software aimed at protecting election is now available. The company released ElectionGuard on Tuesday on GitHub, saying election tech companies can begin integrating the software into their voting systems. In July, Microsoft demonstrated its ElectionGuard software aimed at protecting electronic voting systems from hack attacks. …
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Sony’s PlayStation has opened an online store so you can now buy PS4 consoles, accessories and games directly from the company. While PlayStation already had the PSN store for digital items, this store will be for physical products. The new store is part of the PlayStation.com website, and you can also purchase PS4 Pro and PS VR systems and bundles; headsets, …
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Apple’s TVOS 13 is out in the wild. The updated operating system for Apple TV streaming media devices launched Tuesday alongside updates to iOS 13 and iPadOS, bringing with it a new home screen, new screen savers, support for multiple users and expanded game controller support for Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox and Apple Arcade. Apple Arcade is Apple’s new …
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