Wireless earbuds are a huge trend. Apple, Google, and Amazon all have their own, but so do 60 other lesser known brands. Now, Razer is getting in on that action with its Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds for $100. The company is positioning them as ideal for gaming fans who want to drop all wires near and around their face. And that’s what I want to look at: Should you get these for…
Save up to $1,000 on Lenovo ThinkPad laptops ahead of Black Friday
November 22, 2019
With the exception of Amazon, most of the pre-Black Friday sales we’ve seen so far have been pretty tame. Not so with Lenovo’s early Black Friday sale. Not only can you get as much as 45 percent off one of the company’s laptops, which in some cases translates to more…
The way we play games is about to change. Or, at least, that’s the claim from companies with cloud-gaming services. Using Project xCloud or Nvidia GeForce Now, you can stream console-quality releases to any screen, including your phone. But how is anyone supposed to hold…
Dell’s Black Friday deals are here a week early. There are discounts on laptops, desktops, smart TVs and all of the accessories you might need. Dell says the supplies are limited, so if you spot a deal you want, it might be best to act fast. Here are a few of the best deals we spotted.
Dell UltraSharp 27 Monitor
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Dell’s UltraSharp 27 Monitor is one of our top monitor recommendations…
With Black Friday around the corner, now is the perfect time to purchase a laptop if you need a new one. Dell has discounted most of its laptops, including popular ones like the XPS 13. Act fast, however, as a couple of models have already sold out.
XPS 13
Dell has…
MacBook Pro 16-inch review: The ultimate Apple laptop
November 21, 2019
Talk to any true Apple fan, and they’ll tell you the last great MacBook Pro was the mid-2015 15-inch model. It had a wide array of ports, a great keyboard and an SD card slot. There was no butterfly keyboard or TouchBar to deal with. As the former Tumblr developer Marco…
Trump ‘opens’ Texas Apple plant that’s built Mac Pros since 2013
November 21, 2019
As planned, today Donald Trump took a tour of an Apple manufacturing facility in Texas alongside CEO Tim Cook. While impeachment hearings continued in D.C., the president tweeted that “Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America.” While Apple did claim in September that exemptions from tariffs the Trump Administration put in…
The 16-inch MacBook Pro has a mysterious 'lid angle sensor'
November 20, 2019
The 16-inch MacBook Pro still has some mysteries left after its initial teardown. Both MacRumors and iFixit have confirmed the presence of a “lid angle sensor” that appears to replace the usual Hall effect sensor (measuring the magnitude of a magnetic field) used to…
HP rejects Xerox buyout offer
November 18, 2019
HP has been receiving buyout offers as of late, but it’s not ready to lose its independence — at least, not yet. The tech pioneer has rejected a Xerox proposal to buy the company for $22 per share, arguing that the current offer “undervalues” HP and isn’t in…
President Trump will visit Apple's Mac Pro factory on November 20th
November 17, 2019
Apple is determined to win as as many tariff exemptions as it can, it seems. The White House has confirmed that President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory in Austin, Texas on November 20th, backing up rumors of an impending tour. It’s not clear if Tim Cook or other Apple executives will be present (we’ve asked Apple for details), but it wouldn’t be surprising given the optics.
