Get ready for Apple Intelligence with an M3 MacBook Air for an insane $899

It’s WWDC week and Amazon is celebrating by slashing the price of the new MacBook Air by $200 for the very first time. That means you can get the M3 MacBook Air for $899, $100 less than Apple charges for the M2 model and the best price we’ve ever seen. Usually available with an MSRP…

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Apple announces Vision Pro availability in the U.K., Canada, China and more

Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset finally went on sale at the start of this year–but was initially available in the U.S. only. At WWDC 2024 on June 10, the company announced when it will appear elsewhere. Eight countries–the U.K., Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, China (both mainland and Hong Kong), and Singapore–are getting their hands…

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Qualcomm: Some Snapdragon X Elite Laptops Will Come with 5G Modems

One of Qualcomm's indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon…

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ASMedia Preps USB4 v2 Controller and PHY

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) introduced USB4 version 2.0 in fall 2022, and it expects systems and devices with the tech to emerge later this year and into next year. These upcoming products will largely rely on Intel's Barlow Ridge controller, a full-featured Thunderbolt 5 controller that goes above and beond the baseline USB4 v2…

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SK hynix: GDDR7 Mass Production To Start in Q1’2025

Being a major JEDEC memory standard, GDDR7 is slated to be produced by all three of the Big Three memory manufacturers. But it seems that not all three vendors will be kicking off mass production at the same time. SK hynix was at this year's Computex trade show, showing off their full lineup of memory…

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iPad Air (2024) review: Not the cheapest, and not the best, but still great

13-inch iPad Air (2024) review The new iPad Air's large screen is a great addition at an excellent price point, but overall the line still lacks excitement. Apple released the new iPad Air at a special streamed media event in May, alongside new iPad Pros, a refreshed Magic Keyboard, and the Apple Pencil Pro. We've…

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Falling US demand means a faster international rollout for Apple Vision Pro

Apple Vision Pro at Apple Park Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo maintains that other countries will receive the Apple Vision Pro shortly, and says it's possible because US demand is weak. Ming-Chi Kuo argues both that general demand continues to be low, but also that the initial early adopter demand was higher than expected. In his full…

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VisionOS 2 will let you turn any flat photo into a spatial one

During its WWDC keynote, Apple kicked off the announcements with a look at visionOS 2. Coming to the Vision Pro later this year, this OS update packs a slew of new improvements and features that will further enhance the company’s spatial computer. Here are the biggest features users can look forward to this fall: Photos…

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