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Lilbits: Signal adds support for usernames (instead of phone numbers), Asus launches new AMD and Intel laptops, Firefox makes it easier to find that tab you’re looking for

Secure communication platform Signal offers end-to-end encryption to help ensure that nobody can read your messages without permission. But up until recently the app hasn’t exactly offered anonymity to folks using it to communicate with one another: because your account has always been tied to a phone number. Now the company has announced it will […]

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Asus Vivobook 13 Slate Windows 11 tablet with OLED display coming in December for $599 and up

As expected, the latest Windows tablet from Asus is a 2-in-1 model with a detachable keyboard, and an Intel Pentium Silver N6000 processor. But the Asus VivoBook Slate 13 OLED, which will be available in December for $599 and up, has one feature you don’t often find on Windows PCs in that price range: an OLED […]

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Asus puts OLED screens in all the laptops

Asus is launching new laptops for consumers, business customers, and content creators. And they all have OLED displays. That includes new laptops in the Asus ZenBook line of thin and light laptops, mid-range Asus VivoBook laptops, and Asus ExpertBook business notebooks as well as new Asus ProArt StudioBook laptops (that also have a few other special […]

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Asus VivoBook Pro 14 with 90 Hz OLED display and Ryzen 5000H launches (in China)

The new VivoBook Pro 14 is a 3 pound laptop with a 14 inch, 2880 x 1800 pixel OLED display featuring a 90 Hz refresh rate, a 16:10 aspect ratio, support for up to 600 nits of brightness, and 10-bit color (which means it can display more than a billion colors). Despite the impressive display, the […]

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Is this the first laptop with Intel DG1 discrete graphics?

Intel’s 11th-gen Core processors feature the company’s most powerful integrated graphics technology to date. But Intel also plans to offer discrete graphics solutions for even higher performance soon. The Intel DG1 GPU is aimed at “mobile creators” looking for a little extra horsepower for graphics and video applications. While Intel hasn’t officially launched its DG1 GPU […]

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Asus VivoBook Flip 14 with Ryzen 4000 now available for $600 and up

The Asus VivoBook Flip 14 (TM420) is a thin and light Windows laptop with full HD touchscreen display, a convertible design that lets you fold the screen back 360-degrees, and support for up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processor. Asus first released some details about the notebook in June, but you couldn’t actually find […]

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Asus quietly introduces new laptops with Intel Ice Lake and AMD Ryzen 4000U chips

This month Asus posted YouTube videos for a few new previously unannounced laptops — but it turns out there are already product pages on the company’s website. So while there’s no information on pricing or availability, it looks like Asus is preparing to expand its ZenBook line of premium thin and light notebooks with several […]

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Asus unveils ZenBook, VivoBook laptops with ScreenPad 2.0 and Intel Whiskey Lake

Not all of the new laptops Asus is showing off at Computex this week have crazy features like leather-clad cases or touchscreen displays above the keyboard. Some have smaller touchscreen displays below the keyboard. Asus is pretty much going all-in on the ScreenPad system the company introduced last year. In the spot where you’d normally find […]

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Asus gives its mid-range VivoBook laptops a makeover

Asus is updating its mid-range laptop lineup with new models sporting 8th-gen Intel core processors, optional support for NVIDIA Geforce graphics, and relatively compact designs. But the first thing you’ll probably notice about the new VivoBook models is the bright new color options. You can still get a boring grey or black model, but there […]