At its annual global press conference, Acer showed off new Chromebooks along with an entirely new line of computers for creatives, called Concept D. But some of the most interesting announcements were from the Predator Helios gaming line. The new Helios 700 looks and feels a lot like previous Helios laptops, at least at first. …
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Acer on Thursday morning held its annual showcase for new laptops, PCs and accessories, known as Next @ Acer. From the stage at New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard, CEO Jason Chen said the company chose the location for being “up-and-coming,” which is likely how the company would like to see itself. The company announced a dizzying array of products including a new …
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Android TV is now showing ads on some television home screens. Users are reporting seeing a row of “sponsored” apps or “promotional channels” on the Android TV home screen. So far, they’ve shown up on Sony smart TVs, Xiaomi’s Mi Box 3, the Nvidia Shield TV and others, according to XDA Developers. This Android TV sponsorship banner is pretty darn …
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There are two deals on two-in-one laptops at Best Buy worth noting right now. Both convertibles supply a roomy 15.6-inch touchscreen that can rotate a full 360 degrees to go from laptop to tablet mode and back. The HP model is a midrange configuration, and the Dell is a beast. Also, Echo Dots ($40 at Target) are on sale. Let’s …
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After your graphics card, your choice of monitor is the most important piece of the gaming puzzle in determining how enjoyable and lifelike your games appear. A monitor with a fast response time, speedy refresh rate and adaptive frame rate technology via either AMD’s FreeSync or Nvidia’s G-Sync can do wonders for making your gaming action smooth and tear- and …
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Samsung sells more TVs worldwide and in the US than any other brand, a position it has held for more than a decade. And it doesn’t look like 2019 will be any different. The TV behemoth has unveiled its full lineup for 2019 and, more than ever before, the televisions themselves are behemoths. Of the 41 new models, seven are …
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Nvidia’s new Creator Ready driver track finally acknowledges the hordes of GeForce owners who use its less expensive gaming-optimized consumer cards with professional applications. It’s mostly about “cadence”: Creator Ready is a slower, more stable driver update track than its Game Ready drivers, which update every time a popular new game comes out. It also sounds like Nvidia is placing …
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There’s a sale going on at the Microsoft Store. Check out its PC Sale and you’ll find deals on laptops, two-in-one convertibles and desktops. The biggest discounts to be found are with gaming laptops, but there are also a couple of two-in-ones that offer big savings along with a stellar MacBook ($445 at Amazon) clone. Check out the best deals below. …
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If you’ve got GeForce GTX graphics in your desktop or laptop, Nvidia’s got an update you’re going to like. The graphics chipmaker announced Monday at GDC 2019 it will enable DirectX ray tracing (DXR) on some of its older graphics cards with its Pascal architecture via a driver expected in April. DXR is one of the major features of its …
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Nvidia’s new Jetson Nano platform aims to make AI development more accessible to everyone. Announced Monday by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, the Jetson Nano comes in a $99 devkit for developers, makers and enthusiasts and a $129 production-module for mass-market edge systems. Living up to its name, the board measures 80 by …
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