Microsoft’s retail stores mimick the look and feel of Apple’s iconic sales fronts, from the glass walls to the wood tables to the very design of the Surface hardware on display. But as anyone who ever wandered through a mall can tell you, Microsoft’s stores lack one crucial aspect: customers. […]
Month: June 2020
Data caps on AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile will return June 30
Major Internet service providers are scheduled to end their quarantine benefits soon, once again subjecting Americans to data caps and removing protections if they are unable to pay their bills. The FCC’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge is set to expire on June 30. Companies initially agreed to the pledge and rushed […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards are now the first DirectX 12 Ultimate GPUs
Nvidia rolled out its latest Game Ready drivers for GeForce graphics cards on Tuesday. We don’t normally cover the hot-and-heavy world of graphics drivers releases (just keep them updated, okay?), but this one features a notable milestone: Game Ready driver 451.48 is fully DirectX 12 Ultimate compliant, meaning Nvidia’s GeForce […]
What Apple could learn from Microsoft’s mistakes with Windows on ARM
If there’s any lesson that Apple should learn about supporting apps that run on both X86 and ARM, it’s this one: Tell users which apps support which processor, and actively guide them toward the best experience. It sounds obvious. But as Apple navigates its transition from Intel X86 Macs to […]
Sonos Arc bass bug fix arrives, and it seems to work
The bass bug that bedeviled the new Sonos Arc soundbar appears to have been squashed thanks to a just-released software update. Mentioned in this article Sonos has issued an update to its Sonos S2 mobile app for iOS and Android, and it includes a fix that helps tighten up the […]
Acer overhauls Predator gaming laptops with 10th-gen CPUs, RTX Super GPUs, and ultra-fast displays
Earlier this year, Acer debuted Intel and Nvidia’s latest and greatest parts in the fearsome, yet portable Predator Triton 500—a $2,600 laptop loaded with just about everything you could ask for. Now those improvements are rolling out through Acer’s entire Predator gaming notebook lineup. At Tuesday’s next@acer event, the company […]
Apple details an impressive, aggressive transition to Macs with its own processors
The rumors are true—Apple is beginning its next major Mac transformation, kicking Intel processors to the curb in favor of its own silicon. At the WWDC virtual conference on June 22, Apple announced the start of its two-year transition to produce all new Macs with its own Apple silicon rather […]
EA Play 2020: Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay, the return of Skate, and not much else
Hey, at least one part of E3 remains intact in 2020! Thursday night marked the debut of EA Play 2020, which usually is held in a hot parking lot in Hollywood and this year was held in Andrew Wilson’s surfboard room. Anyway, EA kept it to a tight 45 minutes, […]
HBO Max still isn’t supersized enough to attract cord-cutters
When HBO Max launched in late May, I was excited despite all the branding confusion around the service. Whereas HBO focused on a small number of highbrow shows and movies, HBO Max offers many more movies and shows from WarnerMedia and beyond. It has the potential to be a true […]
Lenovo launches ThinkPads with high-octane Ultra Performance Mode
Lenovo unveiled the third generation of its 15-inch ThinkPad X1 Extreme laptop on Wednesday morning, boasting an Intel 10th-gen Core CPU, upgraded graphics, and a brighter display option. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 spearheads a range of Lenovo’s new mobile workstations, built around Intel’s “H” series processors. Lenovo announced […]