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In Praise of Android 12 (Premium)

Last year, Apple wowed me with iOS 14, a major visual and functional refresh of…

Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview

As promised, I preordered a Google Pixel 6 Pro, and I added a Google case…

Google Launches Pixel 6 Family, Pixel Pass, More

At a virtual event today, Google formally launched the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro…

Brave Removes Google as its Default Search Engine

As part of its ongoing push to eliminate Google from our daily web experiences, Brave…

Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP

Microsoft continues to baby-step around the obvious, but it has officially deprecated the Universal Windows…

Google Expects to Sell 7 Million Pixel 6, 5 Million Pixel 5a Handsets

Following up an earlier report about Google expecting record sales of the Pixel 6 family,…

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More Mobile: Fun with Microphones (Premium)

When I’m at home, I use a professional podcasting rig that consists of a broadcast-quality…

Microsoft to Celebrate Xbox 20th Anniversary with Back-to-Back Game Launches

To celebrate Xbox’s 20th anniversary next month, Microsoft will kick off three months of back-to-back…

Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for October

My, how time flies: it’s already the second half of October, so Microsoft is here…

Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets

At a virtual event today, Apple announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with…

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Minecraft is Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC

Microsoft announced this past week that it will finally bring Minecraft to the PC versions…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2021) First Impressions

The 9th-generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is exactly what fans of this venerable line of…

Parallels Desktop 17.1 Adds Full Support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11

Parallels has announced the release of Parallels Desktop 17.1 for Mac, which adds full support…

Microsoft’s Xbox Mini Fridge Arrives

Microsoft announced today that Xbox fans can preorder the official Xbox Series X mini fridge…

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Build to Beta and Release Preview Channels

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 22000.282 to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release…

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 First Impressions

Well, you gotta give Lenovo an “A” for effort: I’m not aware of any PC…

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