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Thunderbolt 4 arrives in 2020, but USB will remain the king of PC ports

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The first PCs using Thunderbolt 4 will arrive this year along with Intel’s new Tiger Lake processor, but it appears the all-purpose port won’t be any faster at transferring data than the 4-year-old Thunderbolt 3. There’s still …

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Lenovo’s E Ink laptop lid feeds your screen addiction even when your ThinkBook is closed

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Lenovo always seems to have a couple CES products that think totally outside the box, but this is more literal than I’m used to. On the cover of the 13.3-inch ThinkBook Plus is a secondary 10.8-inch E Ink display “on which …

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MSI intros 1,000

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Why should dual-screen laptop manufacturers have all the conceptual fun? At CES 2020, MSI is showing off its robot-head concept gaming desktop, the MEG Aegis Ti5, which takes the aesthetic of its Aegis compact desktops a little further out. It’s a …

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Alienware Concept UFO shows why portable games are better than streaming (for now)

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The Alienware’s Concept UFO has me extremely excited. Unveiled exclusively Monday on CNET’s live stage at CES, it’s essentially a thick, Alienware-branded Switch that plays PC games. Switch Thicc, if you like. The Concept UFO consists of two removable controllers on each …

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New Bluetooth will bring better music to your wireless earbuds

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Those wireless earbuds should sound better and their batteries should last longer with new audio technology coming to Bluetooth over the next year or so. The technology, called LE Audio, offers a better balance between sound quality and power consumption, industry …

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With Concept Duet and Ori, Dell brings dual

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Last year we got our first look at dual- and folding-display devices from Intel, Microsoft and others. Now Dell’s unveiled its entries at CES 2020, the Concept Duet and Concept Ori. The Duet, which is similar to Microsoft’s Surface Neo, is …

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5 ways to use your new 2

If you’re a proud new owner of a two-in-one PC — aka a convertible laptop — this story is for you. Two-in-ones have come a long way since the 2012 launch of Windows 8, but if you’ve never used one, it might not be completely clear how it might fit into your life.   Frankly, that’s totally understandable. It wasn’t …

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On sale today at Best Buy: Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 for $599 (Expired)

With just two days to go until Dec. 25, time is running out to get your shopping done. There’s quite a few good deals at Best Buy today — and many of them are still eligible for delivery ahead of Christmas —  including Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 for $599. It’s an entry-level configuration — equipped with an Intel Core i3, 128GB SSD …

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CNET Innovation Awards celebrate four products that gave us 2019 breakthroughs

CNET writers and editors strive to give you the best buying advice while keeping an eye out for technologies that will open up new possibilities for tomorrow. For two decades, our Editors’ Choice Awards have singled out the products you should spend your money on. This year, we’re fired up to launch our first Innovation Awards for the most groundbreaking …

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Vivaldi browser pretends it’s Chrome so websites don’t break

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: A lot of the web is built on a lie. That lie is a little bit of text called the User-Agent string that a browser uses to identify itself to websites. User-Agent strings are problematic — and to get around one of those problems, browser maker Vivaldi is adding another …

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