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Microsoft releases Xbox Series X specs, controller details

Update, Nov. 5: Read our reviews of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Microsoft plans to release the Xbox Series X later this year, and we’re getting some more details now about the next-gen console. The company on Monday released three articles about the Xbox Series X, looking at the upcoming console’s specs, its controller and reducing …

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Apple, Google, Amazon block nonofficial coronavirus apps from app stores

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Earlier this month, Apple started cracking down on apps related to the coronavirus outbreak. It reportedly rejected apps from at least four developers whose apps would’ve displayed stats about which countries had confirmed cases of the disease, which has since been labeled a pandemic …

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Pi Day sale at Microsoft: Save up to $314 or 31.4% on laptops, tablets, headphones and more

Pi Day is traditionally known for inexpensive pizza and science-themed fruit pies. But tech vendors are starting to flex their sales muscles at this time of year now as well. What do gadgets have to do with Pi? Um, math, I suppose? Nonetheless, Microsoft is ringing in the numerical holiday with savings up to $314 or up to 31.4% off …

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Microsoft moves Build developer conference online as coronavirus spreads

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. One of Microsoft’s biggest events of the year will be held online, following concerns about the novel coronavirus outbreak that’s been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Microsoft said it made the choice to move the event online following health and safety recommendations …

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Shadow cloud gaming PC service gets more affordable, more powerful plans

Shadow is riding the wave of cloud-gaming buzz generated by big players such as Nvidia (GeForce Now), Google (Stadia) and Microsoft (Project xCloud). It’s expanding in the US with new plans and pricing for its PC-in-the-cloud service and a forthcoming experiment with VR timed to coincide with Valve’s Half Life: Alyx. Shadow has also entered a strategic partnership with LG, because …

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Apple Stores said to reduce Apple Watch and AirPod try

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple Stores are taking steps to reduce exposure to the coronavirus. That, according to Business Insider, includes reducing try-ons of Apple Watches and AirPod headphones. The company isn’t eliminating its try-on process, Business Insider said, but rather no longer actively promoting it as …

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I got a peek at what your 5G

Standing in a holographic office space half-layered into the real room I was in, back in February, I lifted my hand to a wall full of faces of myself, pulled from Google. I dragged one across the room to where a group of people stood — some real and standing with me, others were avatars. Dragging my finger across a …

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Zoho offers free work

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As businesses look to reduce coronavirus risks by telling workers to stay home, there’s a definite need for work-from-home options — tech that allows everyone to communicate, collaborate and remain productive. Zoho Remotely is a new suite of apps designed precisely for that …

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Streaming video could be saddled with a new patent licensing cost

When Google, Amazon, Cisco, Microsoft and Mozilla announced their AV1 video compression technology five years ago, the allies were aiming to develop a way to shrink online videos while removing patent licensing barriers, which increase streaming video costs. Now, just as AV1 is set to arrive on mobile phones, a patent licensing company has detailed a vision for the technology …

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Top 5 laptop pet peeves

In its idealized form, your laptop is untethered, free to embrace its potential as a mobile computer, going from lap to desk to table at will. In reality, we’ve got to pause and plug these suckers in sometimes, which is where one of my top computer pet peeves comes from.  We’ve all figured generally where the space bar should be …

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