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Netgear today took the wraps off of the latest addition to its Orbi lineup, the Orbi AX4200. This two-pack system comes in at a slightly more affordable price compared to Netgear's previous Wi-Fi 6 Orbi model at $450.
Microsoft recently began rolling out the new Edge browser via Windows Update for regular Windows 10 users, and now it's gearing up to do the same for education and business devices. The company says the rollout for these devices will begin after July 30.
Microsoft announced a major shift in the way it names its various Insider branches last week, and now they're starting to roll out. Windows Insiders will now be enrolled in the Dev, Beta, or Release Preview channels instead of Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings.
HP's latest Envy x360 notebook with AMD's latest Ryzen processors is on sale at $150 off at Costco. The laptop usually costs $900 at Costco, but you can snag it now for $750.
If you're using a Surface Pro X and Windows Update is stuck in a bit of a loop right now, you're not alone. An updated dated June 15 shows up in Windows Update, but fails to apply when restarted, leaving Windows Update to tell you to install it again.
Fresh off of renaming its Insider channels, Microsoft shipped another fresh update to Insiders on the Dev channel (formerly Fast ring). The latest release is 20152, and it includes some fixes and known issues.
Opera already serves up access to different messengers in its sidebar, and now you can add Twitter to that list. The browser's latest update to version 69 adds built-in Twitter for quick access to your timeline, DMs, and more.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent an email to employees today, outlining the company's plans to address racial injustice and inequality. The plan involves further investment in communities of color, along with additional steps to improve Microsoft's own hiring and promotion practices.
Amazon is breaking cover on the Microsoft Store with a new Amazon Prime Video app for Windows 10. Amazon has had a Prime Video app for some time, but has drug its feet in bringing an app to the Windows 10 Microsoft Store.
Microsoft launched the public preview of its antivirus app for Android today. Microsoft Defender for Android is intended primarily for businesses and organizations, and it will help protect from phishing attacks and much more.
Twitter's progressive web app (PWA) got a fresh update this week, giving a select set of testers quicker access to their DMs. It also adds new ways to customize lists and much more.
Acer unveiled some significant refreshes up and down its gaming PC lineup today. In all, four notebooks and a handful of desktops are seeing updates to Intel's 10th Gen CPUs, NVIDIA GeForce RTX SUPER graphics, and more.
Acer took the wraps off of its latest refresh to the Swift 5 notebook today. This update focuses on boosting portability and performance, bringing an elegant design, a portable frame, and new Intel CPUs with updated integrated graphics.
At WWDC 2020 today, Apple announced it is switching to its own CPUs to power Macs. Following up on the announcement, Apple confirmed that Microsoft Office is already up and running on the new chips, showing off some footage of them in action.
During its WWDC 2020 presentation today, Apple unveiled the next version of its OS for Apple TV, tvOS. For fans of Microsoft's Xbox controllers, you'll be able to use the new Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 and the Xbox Adaptive Controller starting in tvOS 14.
Opera GX, billed as the world's first gaming browser, scored a major update today. New in this latest release is built-in Discord support, along with an option to kill resource intensive tabs and the ability to force websites to dark mode.
Lenovo debuted the new Flex 5G this week as the "world's first 5G PC." Sporting a Snapdragon 8cx, the laptop is now on sale at Verizon in the U.S. for $1,400.
Microsoft recently released a set of firmware and driver updates for its new Surface Dock 2. There's no documentation on what's new or improved, but you can manually download and install the updates now.
Zune turned 13 years old in 2019. While it's long gone, and it never had a chance of stopping iPod's domination, it's still my favorite Microsoft product of all time.
Lenovo is all-in on power with the latest version of its ThinkPad X1 Extreme. The third generation of this powerful workstation laptop features Intel's 10th Gen H-series processors, option NVIDIA GeForce 1650Ti graphics, and an "Ultra Performance Mode."