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USB-C is a wonderful thing – it’s taken a fair amount of time for the standard to truly spread around the industry, but now more laptops and computers than ever ship with USB-C ports that can be used for all manner of things. Whether it’s charging, display connections or any number of peripherals, it’s a port that lets you do it all, but one downside to the revolution it’s brought with it has been that some laptops and tablets have taken the opportunity to make it the only port they come with. Best cheap home printer: The best printers for documents and photos If you’ve only got one port to … Read more

Intel’s long-awaited ‘Lakefield’ processors are here, packing wireless, memory and Intel UHD graphics onto the same chip as the CPU. The intention is that the System-on-Chip (SoC) is similar to ARM-based rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx and paves the way for more PCs to have integrated cellular network connectivity. The new chips will appear in foldable and dual-screen thin and light PCs later this year, starting with Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold that we saw at CES 2020 – the first foldable Windows 10 PC to hit the market – but also including the recently-announced Intel version of the Samsung Galaxy Book S. These machines will be capable of running … Read more

Bang & Olufsen has announced a partnership with Xbox for high-end gaming speakers going forward. It should result in a “new audio-proposition” for console gamers looking for an audiophile-quality experience. Not least with the Xbox Series X on the imminent horizon. Whether this means a soundbar, like the Beosound Stage, or complete surround setup, we’re not yet sure, but the new B&O product(s) will sport “Designed for Xbox” functionalities. These will include seamless connectivity and an “enhanced user experience”. “The gaming industry has grown significantly over the last few years across age groups, gender and countries, and we expect this trend to continue. The technology has advanced significantly in gaming, … Read more

With more and more laptops and devices being equipped with flash memory, that often means it becomes too expensive to get a good amount of storage built-in. And, with so many more of us travelling around for work, working from home or needing to use more than one machine, it’s more important than ever to have an external drive of sorts. Thankfully, there’s a lot of them around. And most of the portable options are small enough to go in a pocket. There’s both SSD (solid state) and HDD (more traditional style hard-drive), with the former being a bit more expensive, but also faster, smaller and more portable. They’re also … Read more

Nested Virtualization is a popular technology in Windows 10 that was first introduced in 2015. Nested Virtualization technology is used in several ways, some of them include Hyper-V and Android emulation. However, this technology was supported only on Intel processors. Microsoft today announced the much-awaited support for Nested Virtualization in AMD processors. With Windows 10 Insider Build 19636, you can try out Nested Virtualization preview on AMD processors. Since this is a preview release, there are some limitations. Find the details below. Right now, this has been tested on AMD’s first generation Ryzen/Epyc or newer processors Use a Windows guest with an OS version that is greater than or equal … Read more

Slack might feel like an increasingly ubiquitous part of office life for many workers, but it’s easy to forget that it still has a relative shortage of really massive global clients, for whom moving over to a new chat and internal messaging service could be a serious headache. 14 of the best email apps to help you achieve inbox zero That’s some context behind why a new partnership it’s struck with Amazon is a pretty significant deal. It’s a partnership that will see Amazon roll out Slack to many of its employees (although it’s not saying all of them), and from the point of view of most users, will bring … Read more