The Dynabook Portégé X30L-J is a 13.3 inch laptop that weighs about 2 pounds and which supports up to an Intel Core i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake processor. First unveiled in September, Dynabook says the notebook will be available for purchase in November for $1330 and up. Dynabook is also introducing a 14 inch model called the Portégé X40-J. […]
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3.1 pound System76 Galago Pro Linux laptop with Intel Tiger Lake coming soon
The System76 Galago Pro is a thin and light laptop powered by either Ubuntu Linux or Pop!_OS, which is a custom Linux distribution developed by System76. While the company has been offering versions of the Galago Pro for a few years, the latest version will be one of the first System76 laptops sporting an 11th-gen […]
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$190 Onyx Boox Poke3 is an Android 10 eReader with USB-C
The latest eBook reader from Onyx features a 6 inch display, an octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of eMMC storage, and an Android-based operating system. But those aren’t the features that set the Onyx Boox Poke3 apart from the previous-gen Poke2, which matched that description. What makes the new model special is upgrades in a bunch […]
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Daily Deals (10-27-2020)
Amazon, B&H, and Walmart are all selling Apple’s AirPods Pro for about $50 off at the moment. But that means you’d still need to spend $200 to get your hands on Apple’s wireless, noise-cancelling earbuds. Looking for something a little cheaper? You can pick up a pair of Kimton A6S true wireless earbuds from Amazon […]
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AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion
Chip maker AMD has announced plans to buy Xilinx in a deal worth $35 billion which would lead to further consolidation of the semiconductor space while making AMD a significant player in the FPGA space. An FPGA (Field Gate Programmable Array) is a software-defined chip that can be programmed to perform in a variety of […]
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F(x)tec Pro1-X is a phone that ships with Linux or Android (and has a keyboard)
The F(x)tec Pro1 is one of the only modern smartphone to feature a physical keyboard. Soon it will also be one of the phones available with a choice of the Android-based LineageOS or Linux-based Ubuntu Touch operating systems. The makers of the phone have launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the F(x)tec Pro1-X, a slightly […]
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TCL’s first 5G phone for the US is the $400 TCL 10 5G UW
TCL launched a set of mid-range smartphones under the TCL 10 brand earlier this year, but at the time the company said its first 5G smartphone would only be available in select markets. This week the United States becomes one of those markets. The TCL 10 5G UW will be available from Verizon October 29th […]
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Lilbits: Cloud gaming, Windows 10X and using your phone as a desktop PC
Facebook is the latest company to get into the cloud gaming business… although the company’s offering is a little underwhelming when compared with Google’s Stadia, NVIDIA’s GeForce Now, or Microsoft’s xCloud/Game Pass Ultimae. So far you can stream free-to-play mobile games like Asphalt 9 or PGA Tour Golf Shootout without downloading them, but you won’t get […]
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Daily Deals (10-26-2020)
eBay is running a 15-percent off sale on more than 800 certified refurbished products. You can save up to $100 on select laptops, tablets, headphones, speakers, and other products and vacuum cleaners and kitchen gadgets. Just use the coupon code PICKCR15 at checkout when buying anything from the sale page, or check out some of […]
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Chuwi LarkBox Pro 2.4 inch mini PC is faster, cheaper than the LarkBox
The Chuwi LarkBox is a tiny desktop computer that’s small enough to hold in the palm of your hand, but which has enough horsepower to function as a simple Windows or Linux PC, media center, or signage system, among other things. Now Chuwi has added a slightly more powerful version to the LarkBox family. Like […]