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Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite (2024) will bring processor and operating system spec bumps

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is a 10.4 inch Android tablet with a FHD+ touchscreen display and support for Samsung’s pressure-sensitive S-Pen. It’s also one of the most affordable S-Pen enabled devices. When Samsung first launched the tablet in 2020, it had a list price of $350, and two years later, when the company released […]

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This unusual-looking mini PC is powered by a Ryzen 9 6900HX processor with RDNA 2 graphics

The latest SZBOX mini PC is a compact desktop computer with a 45-watt AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor featuring 8 Zen 3+ processor cores and Radeon 680M integrated graphics featuring 12 RDNA 2 cores. It’s a chip that’s about two years old at this point, but it’s still not a bad choice for a mini […]

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Lilbits: Android 15 Dev Preview 2, MediaTek chips with NVIDIA graphics, and Spellcheck for Notepad

Google has released the second developer preview of Android 15. As usual, since the company is initially targeting developers, the announcement is primarily focused on changes that app and game makers need to know. But also, as usual, observers have started to dig in and find other changes. Mishaal Rahman has posted some of his findings […]

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The new System76 Lemur Pro is a 2.2 pound Linux laptop with Intel Meteor Lake

Linux PC company System76 is now selling its first laptop powered by an Intel Meteor Lake processor. The latest version of the System76 Lemur Pro is a thin and light laptop with a 14 inch FHD display and support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155U processor. It’s available now for $1399 and […]

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Microsoft launches Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for Business (with Intel Meteor Lake chips)

The new Microsoft Surface Pro 10 for Business and Surface Laptop 6 for Business are the company’s first PCs to feature Intel Meteor Lake processors with integrated NPUs for on-device AI features. They’re also the first with dedicated Copilot keys on the keyboard for activating Microsoft’s new AI assistant features. But in case the names didn’t make […]

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Best of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (mobile tech deals and more)

Amazon is running its first ever Big Spring Sale, which sort of positioned as yet-another Prime Day-like sale over the past few weeks. But now that it’s here, it looks like there are some good deals… but they vary depending on the product category, brands, and specific items you’re looking at. That said, the Samsung […]

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 brings a performance boost and WiFi 7 support to mid-range devices

A few days after introducing the new Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 processor designed for slightly cheaper flagship phones and tablets, Qualcomm is launching another new chip. This time instead of a less-powerful Snapdragon 8 series processor, it’s a more powerful Snapdragon 7 series chip for mid-range and sub-flagship devices. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 […]

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Lilbits: GNOME 46, the rise of AI PCs, and a clever DIY Framework Laptop Expansion Card

The Framework Laptop 13 and Framework Laptop 16 both feature a modular Expansion Card system that lets you decide which ports you want the laptop to have, and where they’re positioned (with some limitations). But the company has also open sourced a reference design for Expansion Cards, which allows anyone to design their own. And […]

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The NES game console has an unused expansion port, this NES Hub project could put it to use

Nintendo’s first home game console to launch in North America was an 8-bit system with support for up to two removable controllers and a 15-pin expansion port on the bottom. But Nintendo never actually released any accessories for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that use the expansion port. Over the years, some hardware hackers have […]