Tech / Product News & Reviews
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Dealmaster: Pre-Black Friday deals on home entertainment, Herman Miller chairs, and laptops
TVs, audio, headphones, and home entertainment take center stage in pre-Black Friday sales.
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Leap seconds could become leap minutes, despite pushback from Russians, Vatican
Already endangered, the leap second might have a practical successor soon.
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Matic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacy
Relying on local processing, Matic can see your home and suck up liquid spills.
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Intel’s failed 64-bit Itanium CPUs die another death as Linux support ends
Intel stopped selling the last Itanium processors in 2021.
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Why OLED monitor burn-in isn’t a huge problem anymore
Burn-in likelihood has to do with the user and OEM, not just OLED materials.
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Once again, neither Mac nor iPad sales grew in Apple’s latest earnings report
The company still made $89.5 billion, though.
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Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month
Number of devices you can stream from simultaneously is decreasing, too.
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Apple slides from 2013 skewer Android as “a massive tracking device”
But Apple also wanted to know what results users clicked on Google from iPhones.
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Google is moving Shopping List and other notes into one app to worry about, Keep
It's technically a reversal of a bizarre, annoying move they made in 2017.
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AMD starts bringing its own tiny CPU cores to new Ryzen 7040 laptop chips
AMD has already announced some of these chips without mentioning Zen 4c cores.
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Disney to buy out Hulu from Comcast for about $8.61 billion
The companies still have to settle on Hulu's worth.
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14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says
Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was "unacceptable."
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Apple’s cheaper Pencil is available to buy now, but it has some limitations
$79 Pencil lowers the barrier to entry for drawing on an iPad.
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Dealmaster: Big early Black Friday display sale, Apple deals, and more
Hot TV deals, laptops galore, Apple gear, and more ahead of Black Friday.
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Amid price hikes, ads, & crackdowns, Netflix finally cuts subscribers a break
Ad-tier improvement is rare good news for streaming subscribers.
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YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown escalates, aggravating users
Ads are YouTube's biggest revenue source.
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Google plans RISC-V Android tools in 2024, wants developers to “be ready”
We've got RISC-V OS support, incoming chips, and soon, an app ecosystem.
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Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 23H2, a new baseline for the frequently updated OS
Most of 23H2's new features actually rolled out a month ago to 22H2.
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Apple introduces new M3 chip lineup, starting with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max
Apple's is refreshing three Mac chips at once, in a total of six configurations.
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Apple overhauls MacBook Pro lineup with M3 chips and a new entry-level option
The exterior is mostly the same, but there's a new low-end option in town.
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Apple’s cheaper 14-inch MacBook Pro is killing the old 13-inch version
The M2 MacBook Pro was the last gasp of 2016-era MacBook design.
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Apple’s M3 iMac still starts at $1,299, still doesn’t replace the 27-inch model
Jumping straight from the M1 to the M3 gives the new iMac a big speed boost.
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Windows CE, Microsoft’s stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years
From netbooks and PDAs to ATMs, voting kiosks, and ungainly presidential phones.
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Samsung ships Android 14 in record time
European users are getting the update now, and the US version should come soon.
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YouTube fumbles NFL Sunday Ticket streaming
"You pay all this money for streaming services…"
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Dealmaster: Early Black Friday 2023 deals
It might still be October, but Black Friday sales are already happening.
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Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug
After ignoring the issue tracker for 10 days, Google is getting its act together.
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Android 14 review: There’s always next year
Android 14 offers a lightly customizable lock screen and not much else.
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Intel doesn’t think that Arm CPUs will make a dent in the laptop market
"They've been relegated to pretty insignificant roles in the PC business."
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Dealmaster: Sparkling TVs, noise canceling cans, Lenovo laptops, and much more
Sweet TVs, ergonomic office chairs, and Apple discounts top today's Dealmaster.
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Android 14’s user-profile data bug seems indistinguishable from ransomware
Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data.
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Leica camera has built-in defense against misleading AI, costs $9,125
The M11-P is the first camera to integrate Content Credentials.
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Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service
For now this is early access, but "most" customers will get upgraded eventually.
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The “low-cost MacBook” rumor just won’t die, but it might finally make sense
Apple doesn't do "cheap," but Apple Silicon could make a cheaper MacBook work.
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Apple raises prices of Apple TV+ and other services
The Apple One bundle is getting pricier, too.
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Apple releases iOS 16.7.2 and iOS 15.8 security updates to patch old hardware
Devices as old as the iPhone 6S and iPad Air 2 are still getting patches.