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Just over five years ago, on Feb. 9, 2013, Microsoft introduced the first Surface Pro device. By modern standards, it was downright chunky — the refreshed Surface Pro in 2017 measured 7.9 by 11.5 by 0.33 inches (HWD). The original, in contrast, was slightly shorter but also significantly thicker at …

Android and iOS fans have occasionally been known to argue over the relative merits of each device. Hard to believe, I know, but it happens. One perennial question is which family of devices performs best overall, particularly where cell phone signal strength is concerned. This is extremely tricky to answer, …

Even at the height of cryptocurrency value a few months ago, it was hard to actually buy anything with it. Most retailers don’t accept virtual money because it’s confusing and slow, but Coinbase is hoping to change that. The popular crypto exchange has released a new product called Coinbase Commerce, …

Today is a big day for online advertising. Google’s long-awaited ad blocking feature is going live in Chrome. Of course, you’ve been able to install ad blocking extensions in Chrome for ages, but now Google is rolling the feature out to everyone. However, it won’t block all ads; just those …

Neural network processing and AI workloads are both hot topics these days, driving multiple companies to announce their own custom silicon designs or to plug their own hardware as a top-end solution for these workloads. But one problem with neural networks is that they tend to be extremely power intensive, …

When Apple launches a typical product — say an iPhone or iPad — you can usually predict the reviews pretty closely. Expected capabilities include strong overall performance in its price class and new features that may or may not track with what Android device manufacturers are doing. Sometimes, as with …

When Intel launched the Skylake-X platform, it communicated to reviewers the chips would have a bifurcated AVX-512 strategy. The Core i9-7800X and all the multicore chips above that point supposedly had two AVX-512 units, while the Core i7 CPUs in the Skylake-X family only had one. Kaby Lake-X CPUs didn’t …

Android offers a more open and customizable experience than Apple’s comparatively locked down iOS platform. However, that also means Android users could encounter more malware threats in the wild. The key word there is “could.” Many of the Android malware stories we see making the rounds end up amounting to …

The US government has expressed concern about the growth of Chinese smartphone makers in the west, and that reportedly led to the cancellation of a deal between Huawei and US carrier ATT last month. Now, multiple national security figures in the US have issued a direct warning that consumers should …

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