Introduction The original plan for my first Building a Keyboard article was to cover six Gateron switches. However, I found it quite hard to get a hold of two specific Gateron switches for that series. Epomaker offered an easy enough solution—just review full-size keyboards using them! The Akko 3084 World Tour Tokyo was a fascinating… Read more
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Apple says old Magic Keyboard is ‘functionally compatible’ with new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, but warns of imperfect fit
Apple’s upcoming 2021 refresh of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro — which will feature an M1 processor and a new Mini LED display — will work with the 2020 model of the 12.9-inch Magic Keyboard case after all. But it’s not going to be a perfect fit. According to a newly added note to an Apple… Read more
read more...Vivaldi is updating its browsers to block annoying cookie pop-ups
Vivaldi announced today that it’s updating the desktop and Android versions of its Vivaldi browser with the ability to block annoying cookie preference pop-ups. Thanks to the passage of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you’ve probably had to click through at least one dialog box asking if you’d like to manage how… Read more
read more...Would you pay $30 a month for a faster web browser that eats less battery?
No matter how much web browsers improve, it feels like they can’t keep pace with everything we want to do. Open one too many tabs on a few-year-old laptop, and your fan starts spinning, your battery life dips, your system starts to slow. A faster or cleaner PC might fix it, but a startup called… Read more
read more...Akko 3084 World Tour Tokyo Bluetooth Keyboard Review
Introduction Akko, a brand not even 5 years young yet, has created waves already with some fantastic keycap sets that have grabbed the eyes of many around the world. Our own introduction to the brand came in the form of their Neon keycap set, and thanks to Epomaker, we have our hands on a full… Read more
read more...Samsung’s Galaxy Book Pro Laptops Bring AMOLED to Tiger Lake
Home News (Image credit: Samsung) Samsung is taking another swing making the best ultrabooks with two new Windows laptops: the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro and Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360. Both the clamshell and the convertible options were announced at today’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. They are available for pre-order now and will hit retail… Read more
read more...Samsung’s latest Galaxy Book laptops deliver OLED, HDR and Dolby Atmos
Home News (Image credit: Samsung) Samsung has expanded its Galaxy family with four new Galaxy Book “mobile PCs”, each of which can be used in laptop or tablet form. The new Galaxy Books – the Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro (pictured, top) and Galaxy Book Pro 360 – aim to be as powerful as a… Read more
read more...Raijintek Pan Slim ITX Review
Introduction I would like to thank Raijintek for supplying the review sample. We will be covering the Raijintek Pan Slim in this review, a desktop chassis that also acts as a monitor stand. This means it is wide and fairly thin, so you may place a keyboard underneath for a tidy desktop and situate your… Read more
read more...MSI launches Modern AM241 and AM271 all-in-one PCs
Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Featured Tech News, General Tech MSI has been dabbling in the world of all-in-one PCs for a while now and this week, we’re getting some brand new models. Today, MSI announced the Modern AM241 and Modern AM271 series of all-in-one PCs, featuring Intel 11th Gen processors. The new Modern 24… Read more
read more...Ducky Mecha SF Radiant (Emerald) Review – Iridescent Aluminium!
Introduction Our previous Ducky keyboard review was over a year ago, and the human malware that has been affecting us for most of the time since has resulted in interruptions to planned coverage of the brand’s Shine 7 and Year of the Rat keyboards. With the latter now sold out and the former in the… Read more
read more...Razer’s Orochi V2 wireless gaming mouse has astoundingly long battery life
Razer’s new $69.99 Orochi V2 is a wireless gaming mouse that promises extremely long battery life. It can apparently last up to 950 hours on a single AA battery when it’s in Bluetooth mode or up to 425 hours if you toggle its wireless switch to use the 2.4GHz Hyperspeed mode that can deliver lower-latency… Read more
read more...The Latitude 7320 Detachable is Dell’s newest convertible Surface Pro competitor
If I asked most people to name a laptop with a detachable keyboard, they’d probably say “Surface Pro.” But there is a number of Windows alternatives out there, for business users and consumers alike. Dell’s newly announced Latitude 7320 Detachable looks to be vying for the top spot in the enterprise market. Like Dell’s previous… Read more
read more...Amazon’s new Fire HD 10 tablet has slimmer bezels and better specs
Amazon is overhauling its tablet lineup today with new Fire HD 10 models alongside refreshed options for kids. The $149.99 Fire HD 10 now looks much more in line with what you’d expect from a modern tablet, with a thinner design and slimmed-down bezels on all four sides. The RAM has been boosted by 50… Read more
read more...Anne Pro 2 Keyboard Review – Tapping is Key
Introduction I have covered a significant amount of 60% form factor keyboards recently, including the Kinesis Gaming TKO, CORSAIR K65 RGB MINI, and Ajazz K620T 2.0, with a few more still on the way. It does seem like the entire world is gung-ho on the 60% keyboard craze off late, so I sought to provide… Read more
read more...The macOS 11.3 update includes a massive security patch and new emoji
Apple has just released macOS 11.3, alongside iOS 14.5. It’s probably worth updating your Mac to it as soon as you can — not only because it comes with some new features, including improvements for running iPhone and iPad apps on M1 Macs and updates to Apple Music and Podcasts, but it also fixes a… Read more
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