I've been covering Memorial Day Sales for 15 years — heres the 41 deals I'd shop right now I've been covering Memorial Day deals for more than 15 years. Yes, there are a lot of retail holidays throughout the year, but few of them match the steep discounts you see on Memorial Day. In fact, ... 05/18/2024 - 12:59 am | View Link
Apple Inserting AI Into iOS and macOS Hard to Ignore The stories and rumors about AI in upcoming iPadOS, macOS, and more are inundating the news. Find out more about how Apple will be using AI. 05/13/2024 - 3:07 pm | View Link
iPad Pro 2024 vs MacBook: Tom’s Guide editors weigh in on what to buy To get an iPad Pro 13-inch with keyboard, 16GB RAM (which requires at least 1TB storage) it would cost $2,248. The same specs on a MacBook Air would cost $1,699. At least for now the MacBook is the no ... 05/11/2024 - 7:15 pm | View Link
Apple’s new iPad Pros are cool, but what they imply is coming is even cooler There’s no denying that Apple’s new iPad Pro lineup, announced Tuesday, is impressive. They're packed with shiny upgrades: the latest chip that isn’t even available in a Mac yet; a spiffy display with ... 05/11/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Apple May Bring an AI Transcription Assistant to iOS 18 Significant improvements to Siri will undoubtedly be welcome, but the good news is that Apple appears to have more up its sleeve. A new report from AppleInsider cites sources who have revealed that ... 05/10/2024 - 7:00 am | View Link
Actress Scarlett Johannson was "shocked" and "angered" upon hearing ChatGPT's "Sky" voice, which some had likened to her own. Johannson famously voiced a fictional digital assistant in the 2013 film Her. In a statement released Monday, obtained by NBC News, Johannson felt the comparisons were apt and said the Sky voice was "eerily similar" to hers.
In an interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed AI-powered search, a major topic at the founder's recent Google I/O developer conference. At the event, Google announced a slew of new AI tools and models: Ask Photos, AI Agents, Project Astra, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash, Nano, and AI Teammate, to name a few.
Ahead of Build 2024, Microsoft just dropped the new Surface Pro, a competitor to iPad — and we're curious about whether it can beat the popular Apple tablets. Typically, a discussion about whether Microsoft Surface device can beat an Apple equivalent wouldn't be had, but there's something special about this Surface Pro.
TL;DR: As of May 20, the newest iteration of the Microsoft Surface Pro is available to pre-order at the Microsoft Store. There are two different models — one with a Snapdragon X Plus processor and LCD display, and the other with a Snapdragon X Elite processor and OLED display. The former model starts at $999.99, and the latter at $1,499.99.
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Snapdragon X Elite with OLED Display model
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$1,499.99 at Microsoft
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Just as the Microsoft Surface Pro 10 enters the chat, another model follows soon after.
TL;DR: The new Microsoft Surface Laptop is available for preorder through the Microsoft Store as of May 20. It comes in two sizes (13.8- and 15-inch) that start at $999.99 and $1,299.99, respectively.
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15-inch model
Microsoft Surface Laptop
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A hot new MacBook rival enters the villa: Microsoft debuted a redesigned, AI-powered Surface Laptop ahead of its annual Build developer conference.
Back in the day, "Mac vs. PC" was a big deal. They even made TV commercials about it. Thanks to the latest Microsoft Surface announcement, we might be back to that era. Ahead of Microsoft Build 2024, the Windows maker announced its most powerful consumer-grade Surface Laptop yet. The new flagship Windows laptop from Microsoft itself packs in an "elite" new processor to potentially compete with the MacBook Pro currently on the market.