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Sony Xperia XA2, XA2 Ultra, and L2 go official (and have usable fingerprint sensors in the US)

At first glance, the new Sony Xperia XA2 and L2 line of smartphones may look virtually identical to every other phone Sony has released in the past few years. But there’s on important difference: the company has moved the fingerprint sensor from the sides of the phone to the back. That means you have a […]

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Acer, Asus, and HP are bringing Alexa voice service to Windows PCs

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may have started out on the company’s Echo speakers, but soon it’ll be in all the things. It’s already available in Amazon’s own Fire tablet lineup and the company’s Fire TV products. And there are a bunch of third-party devices including speakers and watches that use Amazon’s developer tools to incorporate […]

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Asus Windows Mixed Reality Headset coming in Q1, 2018

Asus is joining the virtual reality party with its first Windows Mixed Reality headset. It’s coming to North America in the first quarter of 2018, which means it should be available by the end of March,. Like other headset designed for Microsoft’s mixed/virtual reality system, the headset features 6 degrees of freedom thanks to built-in […]

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Asus 2018 mini PC lineup includes Chromebox 3, Tinker Board S, and compact Windows desktops

Asus is updating its line of small form factor computers with two new Windows desktops, an updated Chromebox, and a new version of its Raspberry Pi-like Tinker Board. The new Tinker Board S is coming in the first quarter of 2018 for $80, while the rest of the little computers will be available in the […]

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HP’s new Spectre x360 15 comes with either AMD or NVIDIA graphics

The latest HP Spectre x360 15 is a convertible notebook with a 15.6 inch, 3840 x 2160 pixel touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, active pen support, and four Bang & Olufsen speakers. It measures 14.1″ x 9.8″ x 0.8″ and weighs about 4.6 pounds and the laptop has an 84 Wh battery that Hp says […]

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HP introduces Envy x2 2-in-1 with Intel Core Y-series processor (in case you don’t want the Qualcomm Snapdragon model)

When HP unveiled the new Envy x2 2-in-1 tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor last month, what the company didn’t tell you is that there are actually two versions of the Envy x2. One has that Qualcomm chip and runs a version of Windows designed for devices with ARM processors. The other has an […]

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NVIDIA GeForce Now is a gaming PC in the cloud (that streams to any Mac or PC)

Want to play high-end PC games, but don’t want to buy a high-end gaming PC? Last summer NVIDIA launched a beta of a service that essentially lets you play stream games over the internet from a remote server with the power of a GeForce GTX graphics cards. At the time the service was only available […]

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AMD roadmap: 2nd-gen Ryzen chips and Ryzen desktop CPUs with integrated Radeon graphics

AMD is outlining its plans for 2018, and along with introducing new Ryzen Mobile processors, the company plans to bring its first Ryzen desktop chips with integrated graphics to market. AMD has long used its graphics technology to help differentiate its chips from Intel’s. But while the first laptop chips based on the company’s Zen […]

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AMD expands Ryzen Mobile lineup with Ryzen 3 chips and Ryzen PRO mobile processors

There may only be one laptop currently shipping with Ryzen Mobile processors, but more are on the way… and more Ryzen Mobile chips are on the way too. Last year AMD launched the Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 2700U processors for laptops. Now the company is adding lower-end Ryzen 3 chips. AMD is also introducing […]