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Lenovo shakes up business laptops at CES 2022 with the ThinkPad Z13 and Z16

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The ThinkPad business laptop line turns 30 this year and while ThinkPads aren’t quite the black boxy laptops they were decades ago, most don’t look strikingly different either. The new ThinkPad Z series, announced Tuesday at …

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The new Lenovo Yoga 9i laptop gets a comfy redesign, 4K OLED display and more

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. It’s a year of important laptop anniversaries for Lenovo. The ThinkPad business line turns 30 and its Yoga line of two-in-ones is now 10 years old. I’m not surprised the line’s lasted this long: It was the best two-in-one design to …

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Apple CEO Tim Cook earned over $98M last year, a huge bump from $14M in 2020

Despite his salary remaining the same over the last three years, Apple CEO Tim Cook’s total compensation saw a significant bump in 2021 compared to previous years.  When accounting for stock awards, which totaled over $82 million, other forms of compensation and his $3 million salary, Cook earned $98.7 million last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing …

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HP’s ultralight Elite Dragonfly laptop brings a Chromebook friend to CES 2022

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. If there’s one laptop marketing term you’re going to see a lot of this year, it’s “hybrid work.” With more businesses moving away from traditional office spaces toward hoteling and hot-desking mixed with remote work, PC makers are designing laptops to …

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AT&T will offer a free 6

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. AT&T is adding another game streaming trial to its stable of offers: Nvidia’s GeForce Now. On Tuesday the wireless carrier announced that it will be giving new and existing subscribers access to a six-month GeForce Now Priority membership.  The deal, which …

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The Metaverse Isn’t What You Think It Is Because No One Knows What It Is

This story is part of The Year Ahead, CNET’s look at how the world will continue to evolve starting in 2022 and beyond. Anyone who tells you what the metaverse will be is either guessing or kidding themselves. “The topic lately fills me with frustration,” says CNET’s Scott Stein, our resident expert on virtual worlds. “It’s not just about VR …

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TCL joins the race to create AR smart glasses, challenging Meta and possibly Apple

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. TCL, best known in the US for its value-priced TVs, is now looking to leap into lenses with a new smart glasses concept it announced ahead of CES 2022. The Chinese electronics maker joins tech giants like Facebook parent company Meta, Microsoft, …

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Qualcomm and Microsoft are partnering on chips for future AR glasses

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 AR headset already uses Qualcomm chips. Its future AR glasses will, too. Qualcomm and Microsoft on Tuesday announced a partnership at this year’s CES 2022 conference, pointing toward new custom chips for future AR glasses. Future products using …

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Nvidia at CES 2022: RTX 3050 desktop, RTX laptop chips, 3090 Ti B

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about the world in the past couple of years. Perhaps the most dramatic shift has been how our society has become even more reliant on technology. Desktop-class chips once considered relatively boring have become …

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Best Buy’s 24

Best Buy is ringing in 2022 with plenty of savings on the latest tech. Right now you can shop its latest 24-hour flash sale, which includes a return of the lowest price we’ve seen on the Apple Watch Series 7. With great deals on TVs, laptops and more, it’s a great time to snag some tech that you didn’t get …

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