Compared to the myriad streaming services they deliver, Roku’s streaming TV devices seem stuck in time. The original Roku Streaming Stick Plus, a longtime CNET favorite, has gone largely unchanged since it debuted in 2017. For four years it remained an affordable, easy way to get Netflix, Amazon Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max and the …
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Ergonomic keyboards are funny looking, a little on the expensive side and almost never light up in pretty colors. What they do well is keep your hands and wrists safe while you type, which is considerably more important than you might imagine. Microsoft has gotten good at making ergonomic keyboards over the years, and its Sculpt Wireless model is one …
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Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down the localized version of LinkedIn in China amid a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements.” The company said its new strategy in China will focus on matching professionals with jobs. LinkedIn plans to launch a new standalone jobs app, called InJobs, later this year in China. The app won’t …
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Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick Max is the company’s highest-priced and most powerful streaming stick yet. A step up from the $40 Streaming Stick 4K, the new Max runs $55 and packs a faster processor, support for Wi-Fi 6 and nearly all the latest playback standards from 4K, HDR10 and Dolby Vision to HDR10+ plus Dolby Atmos for audio. Spoiler: The Max is fast. For those who simply …
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Acer’s Next@Acer fall product launch event, themed “Made for humanity,” highlighted “how Acer is helping make the ways we work, learn and play better for humanity and the environment.” Those ways include an expansion of its eco-friendly Vero line, which began with the Aspire Vero laptop, to more systems, plus four Chromebooks, a new Predator Orion 7000 gaming tower with …
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Apple’s already had a busy fall, releasing the iPad Mini, Apple Watch Series 7 and iPhone 13. Now, it’s got “one more thing” to show us. The tech giant announced a new online-only event planned for Monday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. UK and 3 a.m. Tuesday AEST. Apple’s event will be streamed live via the …
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Magic Leap is still around, and the augmented-reality company is aiming a new headset at the business market to take on territory similar to Microsoft’s Hololens. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson (formerly with Microsoft) revealed the new headset during a CNBC interview and in a blog post on Monday. Johnson told news outlets earlier this year that a new headset would …
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Now playing: Watch this: That time Michael Dell almost had his PC company taken… 16:03 Michael Dell begins his new book with a story about a mediocre meat loaf dinner with the man who turned out to be one of his greatest business foes. The year was 2013, and Dell had convinced the board of the PC maker he started …
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Microsoft announced its latest premier two-in-one, the Surface Pro 8, at its Sept. 22 event and it’s now available to buy starting at $1,100. The Surface Pro hadn’t received a full update since October 2019, when the Pro 7 was introduced. That seems like eons ago — and even then it didn’t change much from the Surface Pro 6. Earlier this year, Microsoft …
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Yubico on Tuesday began selling two new hardware security keys called YubiKey Bio that incorporate fingerprint recognition to add an extra level of login security on a single device. The UBS-C key costs $85 and the USB-A key $80. Hardware security keys such as Yubico’s are often used in combination with passwords to bolster conventional login processes. A hacker with …
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