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Acer’s Predator Triton 300 is its new entry-level gaming laptop

With waves of GPU upgrades and Intel processor refreshes keeping things interesting, gaming laptop competition has never been fiercer. In a bid to pick up gamers not quite willing to spend thousands of dollars on their rig, the Predator Triton 300 keeps the thin-and-light credentials of the series (this one is just 2.3kg), and ties together a 9th-gen Intel Core i7 with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650…
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Windows 10 will let you reinstall the OS from the cloud

To date, reinstalling Windows has meant using a local copy — either something already stored on your PC (and thus at risk of going bad) or something external. Soon, though, it might just be a matter of grabbing it online. On top of changing tablet mode, the latest Windows…
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Microsoft disables automatic tablet mode in the latest Windows 10 beta

Microsoft has always had a tablet mode for 2-in-1 Windows 10 PCs — including its own Surface products — but that could be changing. In the latest Insider 18970 beta release, Windows 10 no longer automatically offers to enter tablet mode when you remove a keyboard. While the finger-friendly square tile interface is still available, you need to manually activate it by going into the Action…
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Google and Dell team-up on the first Chromebooks made for business

The next time you get a laptop from your company’s IT department, you might be getting a Chromebook. Not that you couldn’t already get a Chromebook from your office, but these offer extra security and organizational features that might leave IT professionals more reassured. The Dell Latitude 5400 Chromebook Enterprise and Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 Chromebook Enterprise were born from a…
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HP CEO Dion Weisler will step down in November

Following four years at the helm of HP, CEO Dion Weisler will step down in November. The Palo Alto-based PC maker today announced that its Australian chief executive will be leaving his role due to “family health” reasons. Enrique Lores, the current president of HP’s…
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Lenovo’s Smart Clock becomes a more capable home hub

The Lenovo Smart Clock already won Best of CES 2019 and earned our approval, but it’s not done adding features. Today, Google announced a few welcomed updates that bring the device more in line with the Google Home Hub. Thanks to an automatic software update rolling out…
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iPhone Pro, new iPad and 16-inch MacBook Pro details emerge

As usual before the fall, Apple’s next batch of products are coming into focus. A Bloomberg report has given us our best glimpse yet at the new hardware, including “Pro” iPhones that’ll replace the XS and XS Max, refreshed iPads and iPad Pro models, and a larger 16-inch MacBook Pro. While we’ve seen rumors of the new iPhones having three cameras throughout the year, Bloomberg has…
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