Tag: author_name|Devindra Hardawar
MacBook Air M3 13-inch and 15-inch review (2024): Excellent yet unsurprising
It’s hard to expect much from Apple’s new M3-equipped MacBook Airs. The 13-inch M2 model, released in 2022, was the first major redesign for Apple’s most popular notebook in over a decade. Last year, Apple finally gave its fanatics a big-screen ultraportable notebook with the 15-inch MacBook Air. This week,…
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Dune 2 kicks butt (literally)
I knew what I was getting into when I sat down for a press screening of Dune Part 2: A towering sci-fi epic best viewed on an enormous theater screen, just like Denis Villeneuve's first Dune film. What I didn't realize was that it would also give me a serious…
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Dell XPS 16 review: Beauty and power comes at a cost
Dell’s XPS 16 takes the minimalist design of the XPS 13 Plus and scales it up to a 16-inch system that’s far more powerful and functional. But just like with that earlier machine, which was Dell’s first attempt at implementing an “invisible” trackpad in its palm rest, there are some…
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Apple Vision Pro review: Beta testing the future
The Apple Vision Pro has made my eyes work harder than ever before. It's not just because I have ultra-sharp, incredibly bright micro-OLED screens right on my face: The Vision Pro relies on eye tracking for navigating visionOS, its new "spatial computing" operating system. If you want to launch an…
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NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super and 4080 Super review: Two faster GPUs, one better deal
For the discerning gamer who didn’t rush out to grab NVIDIA’s RTX 40-series GPUs over the last few years, the company’s new Super cards are genuinely compelling. They all deliver far more power than before — so much so that the $599 RTX 4070 Super is actually a decent 4K…
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Seeking Mavis Beacon is a wild Sundance doc about the search for a lost tech icon
With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon follows two young Black women who are devoted to finding the original model for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. If you touched a computer during the '80s or '90s, there's a good chance that Mavis helped you…
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