New technologies in everyday accessibility
The upcoming school year is going to look quite different for most students, but one thing hasn’t changed: The need for a good laptop. And if you’re stuck at home or in an apartment while taking online courses, you might be grateful to have noise-canceling headphones so you can work in peace. Best … Read More “Students: Buy a discounted Chromebook, get Sony’s $200 noise-canceling headphones free” »
If you’re concerned about privacy and have a camera cover on your MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, you could damage your laptop’s display by closing your notebook with that cover on, Apple said earlier this month on a support page on its site. Read more: Best Mac VPN in 2020 The iPhone maker said … Read More “Apple says don’t close your MacBook with a camera cover on” »
As surely as wearing a mask reduces the rate of coronavirus transmission, Amazon regularly runs deals on its various gadgets, including Echo speakers and Fire tablets. But it’s not often we run into a deal quite this juicy. HSN has put together a bundle that includes the Fire Tablet HD 10 64GB and a few … Read More “Awesome deal on an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet: $50 off plus free stuff” »
Virtually every light in my house is a smart light. A combination of smart bulbs and smart switches lets me operate the lights in every room, hallway and closet via voice command or mobile app. That experience has taught me an important lesson: It can be pretty expensive to replace all the bulbs and switches … Read More “Save 30% on a 4-pack of Treatlife smart light switches” »
Apple has teased that it will ship the first computers running its own Apple A-series Arm chips later this year. Now, a new report from notable Apple watcher Ming-Chi Kuo, of TF International Securities, suggests that the first computers packing the new processors could be a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro and possibly a new MacBook Air … Read More “New Arm-powered MacBook Pro, Air may arrive this year, report suggests” »
Apple announced MacOS will start shipping with Apple made processors. Apple calls them Apple silicon. This is not the first time Apple has changed his processors in its computer lineup. Here are the top five things to expect from Apple silicon powered Macs. Let’s start with a positive one shall we expect Mac’s to get … Read More “Apple silicon-powered Macs: What to expect – Video” »
I count my Ember mug among my most prized possessions. It keeps my morning cuppa joe hot from the first sip to the last — which may sound like a trivial thing, but once you’ve tried it, there’s no going back. It was a gift, thankfully, because I could never bring myself to spend $100 … Read More “The awesome Ember self-heating coffee mug: 2 for $100 (Update: Expired)” »
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and schools started closing, Khan Academy’s traffic nearly tripled during school days and parent registrations increased by 20 times on a daily basis, according to Salman Khan, founder of the popular online resource for students. The Khan Academy realized that it could help students, parents and teachers who were … Read More “Sal Khan: How to help students and parents navigate education during COVID-19” »
Razer’s coming to battle the small fries who currently dominate the market of 60% mechanical keyboards with its Huntsman Mini, the first prebuilt mainstream model and Razer’s first. It will come in two colors — black and Mercury (the Huntsman Mini Mercury Edition) — with a choice of Razer’s purple (clicky) or red (linear) optical … Read More “Razer Huntsman Mini is the gaming keyboard your cramped workspace craves” »
Gentlemen, start your rendering engines. AMD finally brings a workstation-class — in other words, security-conscious — processor to challenge the Intel Xeon on the desktop with its Ryzen Threadripper Pro. With up to 64 cores, the pro version of AMD’s multicore powerhouse Threadripper processors incorporates essentials like support for massive amounts of memory and board-level … Read More “Lenovo and AMD launch Threadripper Pro CPU to take on Intel Xeon” »
