Monica Chin
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New York, NY, United States
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The HP Spectre Fold is the world’s thinnest 17-inch foldable PC
The HP Spectre Fold is a 17-inch laptop with an OLED screen, a stylus, and AI onboard, and it will be available in October for $4,999.99. → Read More
VPNs, Verizon, and Instagram Reels: how students are getting around the TikTok ban
Over 30 US states have banned TikTok on state-owned devices and networks. Students at public universities are flocking to VPNs and unlimited data plans to access it. → Read More
WhatsApp now supports HD photos and video
WhatsApp users globally now have the option to send photos and videos in HD. → Read More
With Legion Go gaming handheld, Lenovo takes aim at the ROG Ally
The Legion Go is a Windows-powered handheld gaming PC that will compete with the likes of the Asus ROG Ally and the Steam Deck. It’s launching in October for $699. → Read More
Best laptop deals happening during Amazon Prime Day 2023
If you’re looking to score some discounts, check out these laptop Amazon Prime Day deals from Lenovo, Asus, and more PC companies. → Read More
Google is making it easier for students to access Adobe Express on Chromebooks
The new integration will allow schools to pin Adobe Express to the ChromeOS shelf and will allow IT administrators to more easily deploy the tool to schools and classes. → Read More
An underwater tourist vessel carrying five people, which was bound for the wreckage of the Titanic, has gone missing.
The vessel lost contact with its research vessel an hour and 45 minutes into its descent on Sunday morning. A search is underway approximately 900 miles east of Cape Cod. The five occupants have between 70 and 96 hours of oxygen available, Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said at a press conference earlier today. → Read More
Samsung’s self-repair program comes to the UK.
Owners of the Galaxy S20, S21, and S22 who are based in the UK can now access Samsung’s self-repair program, which includes access to repair kits and replacement parts. The Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are also included in the program, though it’s only the 15-inch models. Replaceable phone parts include the screen, back glass, and charging ports; laptop owners an access the case… → Read More
AI can’t win Grammys, just to be clear.
The Recording Academy has released new rules for the upcoming 66th Grammy Awards. Among them is the clarification that “Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for, consideration for, nominated for, or win a Grammy Award”. Works featuring AI-generated material, however, are eligible. The AI just can’t win. Sorry, AI. → Read More
Wearable robot, why not?
Researchers at the University of Maryland’s Small Artifacts Lab are working on a “wearable robot” called Calico. It appears that you sew a magnetic track onto your clothing, which Calico uses to run up and down your body. The most obvious use case here seems to be fitness — Calico can count reps, track your heart rate and water consumption, and check your form during workouts. So, you know, you… → Read More
Remember those AMD Chromebook processors that promised 17 hours of battery life?
We’re about to see one in the wild. Asus has launched its Chromebook CM34 Flip, one of the first models that will include AMD’s new Ryzen 7020 C-Series processors (which are basically the same chips that AMD released for budget laptops last September, but nevertheless). The CM34 has Wi-Fi 6, a 16:10 screen, a full-sized backlit keyboard, a physical webcam cover, and a starting price of $499.… → Read More
New Razer Blade 14 arrives with Ryzen 9 7940HS and RTX 4070
Razer and AMD claim that the new Razer Blade 14 will outperform Intel’s Core i9-13900H on a number of different games, as well as creative applications. → Read More
I need this display in my house immediately
This 135-inch MicroLED screen blew away its OLED and LCD competition. → Read More
It’s time to start paying attention to 15-inch laptops
Apple announced its upcoming 15-inch MacBook Air, and the device could upend a laptop category that Windows and Intel have previously dominated. → Read More
ChatGPT wrote a Black Mirror episode.
The results, according to creator and showrunner Charlie Booker, were “shit”. The product it spit out amounted to a mashup of previous Black Mirror synopses, Booker tells Empire, though it did help him spot some of the clichés in his previous work. South Park actually did a ChatGPT-cowritten episode in its most recent season, FWIW. It was pretty funny, but “shit” would also be an appropriate… → Read More
Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air is the ‘world’s thinnest’
Apple announced a brand-new 15-inch MacBook Air laptop at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference. It has two USB-C Thunderbolt ports, a MagSafe charging connector, and a headphone jack, and is powered by Apple’s M2 chip. → Read More
The MSI Prestige 16 Studio Evo could be the most exciting Windows laptop of 2023
The Prestige 16 Studio Evo is one of the first (if not the first) laptops with a discrete GPU option to receive Intel’s Evo label. If it lives up to the hype, it could be one of 2023’s top MacBook Pro alternatives. → Read More
What if your charging pad just did everything?
This is the ThinkBook Wireless Dock, which you’ll be able to buy later this summer. If you happen to own a Lenovo ThinkBook, you can stick it on this pad, and not only does it charge the laptop, but it connects it to up to two 4K displays as well. The panel on the left side is a universal charger for mobile devices. I tried this out at Computex 2023, and it works impressively well. I have a very… → Read More
How to watch Nvidia’s Computex 2023 keynote (and what to expect)
Computex 2023 kicks off tomorrow with a keynote from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Here’s how and when to tune in. → Read More
These AMD Chromebook processors promise big battery life
AMD has announced four processors for Chromebooks, including two in its Ryzen line and two in its budget Athlon series. The company claims some of the CPUs will deliver a 15 percent performance advantage over comparable Intel Chromebooks, as well as 3.5 additional hours of battery life. → Read More