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Chrome 78 arrives with new APIs, dark mode improvements on Android and iOS

Google today launched Chrome 78 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes the CSS Properties and Values API, Native File System API, new Origin Trials, and dark mode improvements on Android and iOS. You can update to the latest version now using Chrome’s built-in updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and…
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HP and Virtuix sponsor $100,000 VR esports tournament

Virtuix and HP have teamed up to stage a $100,000 esports tournament series featuring Virtuix’s Omni Arena virtual reality attractions. The Omniverse VR Arena is the latest version of Virtuix’s Omni treadmill, which lets you run around in VR with 360 degrees of freedom…
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Curated list of Mac screensavers includes iPhone and Apple Watch lookalikes

Podcaster Adam Garrett-Harris has put together a fun curated list of Mac screensavers, including a bunch of Apple-inspired ones. There is, for example, one which makes your Mac screen look like the Lock screen of an iPhone or iPad (above), and another which looks like an Apple Watch (below)… The collection is divided into nine categories: Clocks Apple Inspired Retro Sci-Fi Video…
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Latest macOS Catalina beta hints at new 16-inch MacBook Pro

Rumors have been circulating for months that Apple is readying a new, 16-inch MacBook Pro model — some reports claiming as early as this year — and we might have just gotten a first look at it, thanks to a new image hidden in the latest macOS Catalina 10.15.1 beta…
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Mark Hurd, former HP CEO, has died at 62

Mark Hurd, the now-former co-CEO of Oracle has died, according to CNBC. Oracle has yet to comment on Hurd’s death, and the email that the company sent to employees provides few clues. However, just last month, Hurd announced a medical leave of absence from the…
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Razer's first workstation laptop is cheaper than you'd expect

Razer has unveiled pricing for its top-end Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition with Quadro RTX 5000 graphics and it’s … actually not too bad? Equipped in the standard configuration, it comes with a 16GB Quadro RTX 5000 card, 32GB of dual-channel DDR4-2667 MHz RAM, a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD and a 15.6-inch OLED 4K touch display. All of that costs $4,000, compared to $3,300 for the top end Razer…
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Razer's Blade 15 Advanced gets an optical mechanical keyboard

We’ve seen gaming laptops with mechanical keyboards before, but Razer is taking things to a new level with the latest Blade 15 Advanced. It’s the first notebook to feature an optical mechanical keyboard, meaning it relies on light sensors instead of physical switches to register inputs. We first saw those switches on the Razer Huntsman Elite, and we weren’t too impressed. But…
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