The little Asus Chromebook CM3001DM2 is absolutely adorable. It’s a smaller Microsoft Surface style tablet with thin removable keyboard cover and magnetic rear kickstand cover. It runs the regular version of Chrome OS, not the …
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HP Chromebook Plus x360 Review: a 2024 convertible ChromeOS tablet PC
This year everyone’s adding “artificial intelligence” features to basically everything. Google is no exception with their new Chromebook Plus updates that bring a Gemini app as well as some other AI integrations, and today we’ll …
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Another new AI-powered laptop: Dynabook’s Portégé X40-M
With the new Intel Core Ultra series processors being available now, everyone is releasing new computers that make use of the new processors and their new Neural Processing Unit chips that are designed to help …
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Dynabook announces new Tecra A-Series AI-Powered laptops
Today, Dynabook announces new Tecra A-Series laptops with Intel Core Ultra processors that include neural processing units for improved local machine learning model processing. The new NPU helps with video conferencing camera effects and can …
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TECNO Camon 30 Premier 5G Review
TECNO has been working really hard to progress in the smartphone industry by providing some really innovative, well-designed, interesting smartphones at much more budget-friendly prices than the competitors. The TECNO Camon 30 Premier 5G is …
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Hands on with Google’s new 2024 Chromebook Plus
Everyone in tech is really busy trying to keep up with the Artificial Intelligence hellscape by adding all sorts of AI features to anything they can get their hands on. Google is no exception of …
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You’ll probably feel stupid for using Whatsapp, iMessage, and dozens of other messaging apps… after trying Spike.
The messaging mess is worse than ever these days. Everyone is falling for the proprietary messaging app scams that always follow the cycle of enshittification. These messaging apps are designed to collect a large user …
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Huion Kamvas Pro 19 Review
While consumer grade tablets like the iPad are great for larger screen couch pen computing, sometimes you really need the power and robust software capabilities of a real computer, but still with that precise pressure …
Continue readingIs my phone about to explode? Why the EU is right to mandate removable batteries.
For a long time now, smartphones have had glued-in non-removable batteries that you have to recharge, and it kind of sucks. I’m sure a lot of young people have never even had a smartphone with …
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If you think Airdrop is cool, wait until you try FTP
Sure, Apple’s AirDrop is great for making adhoc Wi-Fi connections between nearby devices and quickly transferring large files, but Airdrop has one major problem; it only works with Apple devices. That’s a huge disadvantage for …
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