Category: Hardware
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Nvidia is treating new Chromebook owners to a gift this holiday season — an exclusive GeForce Now subscription with special privileges. Starting on November 20th, GeForce Now Fast Pass will provide Chromebook customers priority access to Nvidia’s cloud servers without ads, Google announced on its blog. The new subscription will be free for one year.…
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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Super simple for the average user Available with any Dropbox account, including free One-way sync with file versioning Cons Teams version of Backup moves your data before backing it up Version retention is limited without additional outlay On the pricey side for more than 5GB Our Verdict Dropbox Backup…
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The Palma is still mostly a reading device. Mostly. Year after year, model after model, the Boox Palma gets a little closer to the device of my dreams. Onyx, the company that makes it, found a formula that remains both simple and delightful: it’s a gadget about the size of a smartphone, with access to…
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French authorities are investigating allegations that Grok made statements denying the Holocaust. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said it was adding Elon Musk’s chatbot’s latest controversy to a criminal probe initially launched in July. In a since-deleted post that was screenshotted by the Auschwitz Memorial account on X before it was taken down, Grok advanced…
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The Dutch government has suspended its emergency order to oversee chipmaker Nexperia, returning operational control to Chinese parent company Wingtech following a breakthrough in talks, according to reporting by Bloomberg. Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans announced the decision on Wednesday, November 19, saying the company “shows no signs of continuing the behavior that prompted my…
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Home of Pluribus Apple TV See at Expressvpn See at Expressvpn See more details Pluribus is the latest series from Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad. The show may be centered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and star Rhea Seehorn — one of the cast members of prequel series Better Call Saul — but aside…
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A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for naming the military’s multiplying fleet of airplanes. The 1924 aircraft designation code produced memorable names like the B-17, A-26, B-29, and P-51—B for bomber, A for attack, and P for pursuit—during World War II. The military later…
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Sony’s Black Friday deals are live, and the WH-1000XM5 headphones just dropped to $250. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for one of the best noise-canceling sets still available. The XM6 may be the newest model, but if you’re looking for a more affordable option, the XM5 deliver outstanding performance for far less right now.…
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Not everyone appreciates the artistry of Jackson Pollock’s famous drip paintings, with some dismissing them as something any child could create. While Pollock’s work is undeniably more sophisticated than that, it turns out that when one looks at splatter paintings made by adults and young children through a fractal lens and compares them to those…
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Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s not too tough, but read on for the answers. And if you could use…