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  HP’s Instant Ink program has existed for quite some time, but the service has never gotten much attention and its existence has recently been news to some of the company’s own customers. Some customers have discovered that they signed up for a monthly service that you have to purchase …

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever with a record 204 billion downloads in 2019 and $120 billion in consumer spending in …

  When Intel introduced its 10th Generation CPUs, it made the decision to mix 10nm and 14nm chips together in the same product matrix. Intel’s 14nm Comet Lake CPUs pack 2-6 CPU cores and hit high frequencies; the 10510U (4C/8T) has a top frequency of 4.9GHz; while the 10710U (6C/12T) …

  OnePlus was one of the first smartphone makers to offer phones with higher display refresh rates than the standard 60Hz. It has been followed by the likes of Asus and Google, and Samsung is expected to implement a high refresh rate display in the Galaxy S20. OnePlus has now …

  While most smartphones are getting wider and thinner, ruggedized phones are an exception. So if you’re looking for a phone that’ll slip into your hip pocket, Blackview’s new BV9800 Pro ($549.99, with street prices ranging from $470 to $520) isn’t for you. But if you need an Android phone …

  One of the most common complaints about Apple’s laptops and desktops in the past few years has been that the company took its eye off the professional market in favor of designing garbage cans and broken keyboards. Now that Jony Ive and Apple have performed their conscious uncoupling, we’ve …

  When Intel launched Cascade Lake, it heavily segmented the CPU family depending on its various features. This isn’t a new strategy for Intel; the company has long broken its various enterprise capabilities into price bands where certain features cost substantially more money. Today, Intel announced that it’s making several …

Despite the U.S. government’s concerns over TikTok, which most recently led to the U.S. Navy banning service members’ use of the app, TikTok had a stellar 2019 in terms of both downloads and revenue. According to new data from Sensor Tower, 44% of TikTok’s total 1.65 billion downloads to date, …

  The Turbo Boost modes designed by Intel and AMD are a way of delivering high performance in burst workloads without running the CPU at a constant high clock. What’s less known is that this feature comes with a massive hit to battery life, at least on Intel systems. I’m …

  Today is the big day — after a year of work, Microsoft has launched its revamped Edge browser with a Chromium base. This version of the browser will roll out with an upcoming Windows 10 update, but you don’t have to wait any longer. Just pop over the Microsoft’s …