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For a limited time, B&H Photo Video offers the 13-inch MacBook Pro for $1,199. That’s $100 under Apple’s price and the best deal we could find for this all-purpose Mac. Buy on B&H Photo Video The MacBook Pro’s best feature is easily its Retina Display. The 2560 x 1600-pixel display offers eye-popping color and sharp clarity. The screen can produce 123 percent of the sRGB spectrum, which beats the XPS 13 (94 percent), Spectre x360 (102 percent), and ThinkPad X1 Carbon (104 percent)....

Our expert picks for the best wireless earbuds, per budget and styleCheck out our Apple AirPods Pro review…and our Sony WF-1000XM4 review Impressive audio quality and features to boot, the EAH-AZ40 offers a taste of what the brand can deliver, but the meal isn’t complete. Brand enthusiasts will find the sound profile dynamic, while Bluetooth 5.2 guarantees reliable wireless performance across all platforms. On the flip side, signature features underperform, plus the lack of ANC and more prevalent codecs hurt its value....

Update on March 20: Chrome isn’t the only internet crawler that’s pausing updates. Microsoft is following Google’s footsteps and halting its updates for the Chromium-based Edge browser. In a recent tweet, the Redmond-based giant said, “the Edge team will pause updating the Stable channel to Edge 81 consistent with the Chromium Project. We are committed to continued security and stability updates to Edge 80.” COVID-19 is continuing its contagion rampage in the tech industry, and this time, the virus has its eyes set on your future Google Chrome updates....

That’s why we’ve collected our favorites, which cover a wide range of options, from titans such as Microsoft’s Word and Apple’s Pages, to lesser-known and super-simple options such as Bear, Ulysses and Byword. We’ve even found an option made for aspiring scriptwriters. Since the iPad isn’t the only device you’ll want to write on, we’ll note which apps can sync your documents, and where those documents can go, as well as which apps allow you to publish straight to a blog....

First: Understand that there are generally four recording modes you can find in the best USB microphones: cardioid, bidirectional, omnidirectional and stereo. You need to know which one best suits your needs before you pick out a microphone. Soon we will be adding some new USB mic reviews and there are some new challengers for the top spots on our Best USB mic list. I will add that one contender the Movo UM 300 may be taking a spot away from one of our longtime residents....

Currently, it’s available to pre-order in China only for 7,499 RMB (opens in new tab) (around $1,050 and £900), but with a plan to make the Magic Vs available in international markets next year, this could seriously spice up the foldable phone competition and start to drive prices down. Foldable energy Just because the price is lower doesn’t mean Honor has skimped on any specs. This is flagship through and through with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, up to 12GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage....

Right now, the new XPS 13 Touch with 11th Gen Intel Core i7 (opens in new tab) is available for just $1,499 — a massive $400 price drop! More: Best laptop dealsBest Dell laptops Dell XPS 13 Touch deal Not convinced yet? Take a look at our Dell XPS 13 review where we gave this laptop a five-star rating. That doesn’t happen much around here! To get full marks, a laptop needs to be phenomenal, which the XPS 13 achieves with a gorgeous display, massive performance, and ridiculously long battery life....

But as we said in our Surface Pro X review, the experience is spoiled by app compatibility issues stemming from the tablet’s ARM-based CPU. Now Microsoft is taking steps to reduce some of those pain points. Making Chromium Edge native on ARM To start, Microsoft is giving Surface Pro X owners early access to native ARM versions of its upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser, as The Verge first reported. The browser will be made available today in a Canary channel (a pre-Beta) so tablet owners can get the benefits of a made-for-ARM app before it officially launches....

GPFI is a new Xbox app feature that will allow users to determine whether a title will run smoothly and efficiently on their gaming system before committing to the game in any way. Microsoft stated that GPFI will rely on information collected from other players’ PCs to make its predictions. The best cheap gaming laptops of 2023The best gaming laptops of 2023 New Game Performance Fit Indicator headed to the Xbox app Xbox app’s new GPFI feature will be like a fortune teller gamers can visit to gain foresight on whether their systems are fit enough to handle their desired titles....

The Power Meter uses its USB Type-C port and connector to be placed in the middle of a connection. Its display shows a voltage reading (in volts) from the power source, the current (in Amps) going into the device and how much power has travelled to your device (in mAh Milliamp Hours) since charging. You don’t need the Power Meter to stay safe, however. If you only buy charging cables that are certified by the USB Implementer’s Forum, you won’t have a problem....

Best Prime Day Deals (opens in new tab)Best Prime Day Monitor DealsBest Gaming Monitors 2020 Supporting both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync makes the LG34GL750-B 34-inch curved Gaming Monitor an affordable immersive gaming and multi-media monitor. Each of the previously mentioned technologies synchronizes the display with the attached system’s GPU. And with a 144Hz refresh rate, dropped frames while gaming are a thing of the past. The LG 34GL750-B 34-inch is a reasonably-priced gaming monitor with attractive specs and an immersive 34-inch ultrawide IPS screen....

What’s more, the full-screen ads take a few hours to start displaying in order to make it harder for the user to figure out where the displayed ads are coming from. Malware researcher Nathan Collier logged each step of how the adware is executed and notes the PDF reader app will “sound a charm” when the screen is locked, and initiate a full-screen ad once unlocked. Even after the first ad is displayed, another ad in the form of a video comes soon after....

The Gigabyte Aorus 15 XE5 boasts some powerful specs under the hood, including its 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H CPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD for plenty of storage, and of course, the beasty RTX 3070 Ti GPU. With that kind of power, expect to play the latest PC games in all their glory. Plus, the 15.6-inch QHD (2560 x 1440) display it sports is sure the show off all those demanding graphics in fine detail....

Prime Day gaming laptop deal: The MSI GE66 Raider The gaming laptop in this Prime Day deal earned four out of five stars in our review, and it is also heralded as an Editor’s Choice laptop. The MSI GE66 Raider received glowing marks for its solid battery life, incredibly fast SSD and impressive webcam that’s ideal for streamers. And as you might have guessed, its gaming benchmarks and overall performance results blew us out of the water....

From the detailed character customization and creative classes to the mish-mash of Dungeons & Dragons inside jokes and the addition of spellcasting, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is practically everything I wanted from Gearbox. It’s not perfect; there are some glaring issues with the inventory and item systems. I also would have preferred a true open world, but when I’m not playing Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, I’m thinking about Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, without a doubt, belongs on our shortlists for best PC games, best PS5 games, and best Xbox Series X games....

So far, we know that it’s coming to PS5, Xbox Series X and PC early 2022. It stares Will Arnett, Andy Samberg, and Wanda Sykes. See the best PC games and best Xbox Game Pass PC games to play nowThese are the best Xbox Series X games and best PS5 games so farSee our Xbox Series X review and PS5 review Andy Samberg plays Captain Valentine, Wanda Sykes is Frette the robot, and Will Arnett is the Dragon Lord himself....

The 2019 MacBook Air is a solid laptop for just about anyone who loves the macOS. As we noted in our Apple MacBook Air review, Apple’s new entry-level machine has a sleek aluminum chassis, a crisp Retina display, and powerful speakers. The base model sports an 8th-gen Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. However, 128GB is kind of paltry, so we recommend you get the model with the 256GB of storage (opens in new tab)....

When in tablet mode, those full-screen apps can be used side by side, thanks to the operating system’s Side Stage feature. The biggest problem for the platform, however, is the lack of apps. The company claims there are hundreds in the Ubuntu App Store, which pales in comparison to the more than 1 million in Google Play and App Store, each. MORE: Longest-Lasting Tablets The Aquaris M10 features a 10....

Best Buy has the Google Nest Wi-Fi (2 Pack) on sale for $189 (opens in new tab). Usually, this mesh Wi-Fi router system retails for $269, so that’s $80 off. It’s the lowest price we’ve ever seen for this top-rated Wi-Fi system. Don’t need both routers? No problem. A single Google Nest Wi-Fi router is now $139 (opens in new tab), or $30 off the retail price. These are the best prices we’ve seen on Google’s pretty yet practical Wi-Fi system, and we doubt the sales will last long....

First revealed during E3 2019 with a follow-up trailer during the May 2020 Inside Xbox event, Vampire: The Masquerade 2 introduces a new setting, clans, powers, gameplay mechanics, and more. Considering the current popularity of Urban Fantasy and gamers’ desire for richer RPG experiences on next-gen systems, this sequel has a good chance of becoming successful. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 release date Originally set to release in 2020, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will now release sometime in 2021 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5....