Last September, AMD announced its first Ryzen C-series chips, with the express intent of allowing more customers to develop Chromebooks based upon its Ryzen chips. That experiment has now paid off, as Acer has announced the Chromebook Spin 514, its first Chromebook to use AMD’s mobile Ryzen processors.The $480 Chromebook Spin 514 falls far short of the price commanded by premium Chromebooks, though it still falls within the midrange pricing tier. It will ship in February. There’s a Chromebook
Lenovo’s upcoming Show Mode will bring the Alexa-powered Echo Show interface to Lenovo PCs and laptops. https://www.techhive.com/article/3602751/your-lenovo-laptop-will-soon-double-as-an-amazon-echo-show.html#tk.rss_all
Last year’s Samsung Galaxy Chromebook was big, bold, red—and at $1,000, quite expensive. For 2021, the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook2 is now substantially cheaper at $550, though some of the features have been trimmed as well.All told, the 13.3-inch Galaxy Chromebook2 2-in-1 eliminates the integrated pen of its predecessor as well as its fingerprint reader, replaces the OLED display with an upgraded QLED model, and offers a slower processor. While prices begin at $550, Samsung will sell an upgrad
The US70 is our first look at a Silicon Power SSD, and we liked the view. It’s not a top-tier drive, but it’s not priced like it either, and our 2TB review unit turned some nice test scores. This drive is a solid value. This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best SSDs. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. Design and features The US70 is a mid-priced SSD in the usual 22mm-wide, 80mm-long, M.2 physical format. The connector is M.2, and it supports th
Apple launched a lot of new products in 2020. Here's what we think of all of them. https://www.macworld.com/article/3602671/apple-2020-product-report-card-mac-iphone-ipad-apple-watch-homepod-airpods-services.html#tk.rss_all
Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Insider build adds a significant number of features to Windows 10, including weather and news widgets in the taskbar, new storage settings, and some additional command-line tweaks.They’re all part of Windows 10 Insider Build 21286, released in the Windows 10 Dev Channel. Technically, the features in this build are sample code, and there’s no guarantee that these features will ever come to pass. The “news and interests” taskbar addition looks polished enough, howe
Samsung is finally incorporating its self-emissive Micro-LED technology into TVs that deep-pocketed early adopters will be interested in buying. https://www.techhive.com/article/3602229/samsung-edges-its-microled-tv-line-a-tiny-bit-closer-to-mainstream-at-ces.html#tk.rss_all
Google says a “new lineup of security cameras” is on the way as soon as this year. https://www.techhive.com/article/3602699/new-nest-cameras-on-tap-for-2021-as-nest-cam-iq-outdoor-sells-out.html#tk.rss_all
Microsoft’s Windows Security acts like an airbag: It will protect you, regardless of whether you know it exists. You’ll find a number of technologies grouped within the Windows 10 Settings menu, all designed to secure your PC from malware.Our video walks through the basic components of Windows Security, from the antimalware technologies built into Windows Defender all the way up through the browser security features associated with Microsoft Edge. We show you what each feature does, and if th
We put popular Bluetooth wireless and true wireless earbud models through their paces to find the best in the bunch. https://www.macworld.com/article/3241464/best-wireless-earbuds-airpods-alternatives.html#tk.rss_all