Every now and again a company decides to remind us that many of the digital products we’ve paid for aren’t really ours to keep forever. More than a decade ago, Amazon caught flak for (somewhat ironically) removing copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from Kindle users’ devices. When Microsoft stopped selling eBooks a few years ago, […]
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Steam Deck Review roundup: A promising work in progress
Valve has been one of the top names in PC gaming for decades thanks to its popular games including the Portal Series and the Steam game client and store. But until recently the company had only dabbled in hardware. Now Steam is going all-in with the launch of the Steam Deck. It’s a handheld gaming […]
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Alder Lake review roundup: Intel retakes the crown from AMD (for now)
After years of dominating the personal computer processor space, Intel has had a rough couple of years, thanks to strong showing from rival AMD. The last few generations of Ryzen chips have earned a reputation for outperforming their Intel counterparts both on multi-core performance and efficiency. Intel’s answer? A new kind of chip that combines […]
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Lilbits: Google Pixel 6 reviews, Kodi 19.3, and JioPhone Next
Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro reviews are starting to arrive, and they’re looking pretty good. The phones aren’t perfect, but they seem to largely deliver on Google’s promises, and with prices starting at $599, they’re more affordable many competitors, which make any flaws a lot easier to handle. In other recent tech news […]
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Intel Beast Canyon Review Roundup: A compact, powerful modular gaming PC
The Intel “Beast Canyon” NUC is a gaming PC with an 8 liter chassis and a modular design. You can easily add just about any high-end graphics card (assuming you can get your hands on one these days). But the brains of the computer, including the processor, memory, and storage are all on a removable […]
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Review roundup: Framework’s modular, upgradeable, repairable laptop
Laptop computers have gotten thinner, lighter, and more powerful over the years. They’ve also gotten harder to upgrade or repair, as most PC makers have sacrificed user-accessible components to get those thin and light designs. The Framework Laptop is something different. It’s reasonably compact for a notebook with a 13.5 inch display, but it’s designed to […]
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32 Comments on It makes no sense that Mac apps don’t run on iPads, now that they have the same chips
It makes no sense that Mac apps don’t run on iPads, now that they have the same chips
32 Comments on It makes no sense that Mac apps don’t run on iPads, now that they have the same chipsReviews of Apple’s new iPad Pro tablets with Apple M1 processors are in, and unsurprisingly reviewers are praising the speed, performance, and displays of the new tablets – particularly the 12.9 inch model, which is the first to feature mini LED display technology for more vivid colors and deeper blacks. But now that Apple is […]
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Lilbits: Rocket Lake-S, Piunara Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board, and Linux for old NVIDIA Tegra devices
1 Comment on Lilbits: Rocket Lake-S, Piunara Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board, and Linux for old NVIDIA Tegra devicesYou can buy a desktop (or even a laptop) computer with an Intel Rocket Lake-S processor starting today. But should you? The first round of reviews are in, and it seems like Intel managed to pull off some performance gains in single-core performance despite sticking with 14nm. But depending on what you’re asking your computer […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is now shipping (early reviews are… interesting)
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Fold is one of the strangest computers to launch this year. It’s a PC with a 13.3 inch touchscreen OLED display… that you can fold in half. This allows you to use the ThinkPad X1 Fold like a large tablet, a tiny laptop, or as something in-between, like book that you […]
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Apple Mac with M1 chip review roundup: Blazing fast, energy efficient, with some frustrating limitations
4 Comments on Apple Mac with M1 chip review roundup: Blazing fast, energy efficient, with some frustrating limitationsApple made some bold claims when the company unveiled its first custom chip designed for Mac computers. It looks like many of those claims were true. The new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini with Apple M1 processors are shipping today, and the first reviews have gone live. For the most part, tech journalists […]