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Why I'm switching to the MacBook Air M4 from my Windows laptop (and you should too at this price)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-13 17:00:19

MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET The MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) is on sale at Amazon starting at $850 ahead of Prime Day, while the 15-inch is also $150 off, starting at $1,049. Also: The best Prime Day laptop deals we've found When Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this year, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year's model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch versi

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An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

news.ycombinator.com Erica Klarreich 2025-08-11 16:12:50

Drop in at a library, and you’ll likely notice that most shelves aren’t full—librarians leave some empty space on each shelf. That way, when they get new books, they can slot them into place without having to move too many other books. It’s a simple-enough idea, but one that arises in a host of settings in computer science that involve sorted data, such as an alphabetically ordered census repository, or a list of connections between members of a social network. In such situations, where the ent

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HP 14-Inch Touchscreen Chromebook Is Practically Free, Working as Both Tablet and Laptop at a Record Low

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-08-14 13:40:53

Sometimes all you need is a laptop that’s simple, reliable, and easy to use. You want something that powers on fast, handles your everyday tasks smoothly, and doesn’t come with a complicated setup. It doesn’t matter if you’re shopping for a student, looking for a lightweight work computer, or just need something for browsing, streaming, and video calls, a Chromebook often fits the bill. And if you want to save some money right now, you don’t have to wait for a special sales event. You can just h

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Best MacBooks (2025): Which Apple Laptop Should You Buy?

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-15 01:00:00

In 2020, Apple’s MacBooks entered a new era. The company announced it was moving away from the Intel chips it had been using since 2006; in their place, it rolled out the first Macs with the Apple-designed M1 silicon. Cut to 2025, and Apple’s MacBooks have been upgraded to the M4 chips and are easily the best laptops you can buy, whether that’s the MacBook Air or the MacBook Pro. Like Apple’s iPhones, the chips run on the Arm architecture and afford the company greater control over its hardware

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The best laptops of 2025: I've tested dozens of laptops and these are the best ones

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-15 14:00:20

Laptops come in a variety of different form factors these days, with manufacturers playing into the different categories to develop an intended use case. For example, lightweight laptops are made to be carried around, and trade in some raw power for portability. 2-in-1 laptops come with touchscreens that allow for use as a tablet. The best form factor for you reflects how you think you'll use the device. Lightweight/ultraportable laptops Made for students, hybrid workers, and anyone who needs

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Apple’s New M4 MacBook Air Hits All-Time Low for 4th of July, Stock Might Be Gone If You Wait Until Prime Day

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2025-08-15 14:40:39

If you’re waiting for Prime Day to make your big laptop upgrade, Amazon’s just dropped a deal that might have you thinking about jumping the gun. The 13-inch 2025 MacBook Air, powered by Apple’s state-of-the-art M4 processor, is 15% off at Amazon, coming in at a cool $849 for a hot early 4th of July Weekend deal. This $849 sale price is a couple of clicks above the all-time low it hit a couple of weeks ago, but Apple deals — especially on their top-line M4 MacBooks — are fleeting at best, and t

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'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-15 15:59:08

'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans Just now Share Save Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Brittany Watson Brittany Watson started the petition calling for Meta to answer for banning people's accounts Facebook and Instagram users have been contacting the BBC complaining about having their accounts arbitrarily banned, and struggling to get them reinstated. Last week Meta - which owns the platforms - acknowledged a "technic

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HP's latest OmniBook finally sold me on the 2-in-1 form factor (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-15 15:40:15

ZDNET's key takeaways HP's new OmniBook X Flip 16 is on sale for $999 on HP's site. Thanks to its stylish, lightweight design and vibrant 3K OLED, this laptop is sure to turn heads. Its midrange hardware comes with limitations. View now at Best Buy View now at HP more buying choices One of the best things about reviewing the latest tech is seeing how companies influence each other. Brands get inspired by each other, and then implement those features into their own products. That's how I feel

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'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-15 17:13:37

'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts 45 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Brittany Watson Brittany Watson started the petition calling for Meta to answer for banning people's accounts Meta blamed a "technical error" when, last week, it admitted wrongly suspending some Facebook Groups. Since then, users of the world's most popular social media platform have got in touch with the BBC to say how, for

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Acer 15.6″ Chromebook Is Going for Peanuts at Best Buy, This 4.5-Star Laptop Is Cheaper Than Your AirPods

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-16 17:10:48

Save $160 on the the 15.6-inch Acer Chromebook 315 for a limited time at Best Buy. In search of a new laptop? If you’re primary need for a computer is basic web browsing, email drafting, word processing, and YouTube video-watching, then you really don’t need to shell out for anything crazy expensive. A Chromebook is kind of the perfect tool for these use cases plus they’re super great for travel. Acer has its Chromebook on sale over at Best Buy. Right now, it’s been shaved down 50%. That brings

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A ‘Cheap’ MacBook With an iPhone Chip Could Bring Battery Life Like We’ve Never Seen Before

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-08-17 05:47:11

There’s an Apple rumor going around that I can’t stop musing about. (No, it’s not about a foldable iPhone.) It’s for a low-cost 13-inch MacBook that could cost hundreds of dollars less than Apple’s current $999 13-inch M4 MacBook Air. Noted tech analyst and supply chain sleuth Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities said on Sunday that Apple is working on a 13-inch laptop powered by an A18 Pro chip. The tech blogosphere immediately erupted with skepticism that Apple would use a chip that po

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New ‘MacBook’ rumor sounds like Apple’s taking the iPad approach

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-19 13:52:01

Apple is rumored to be making a new ‘MacBook’ device for launch later this year or in early 2026. And based on the early details, it sounds a lot like Apple’s taking the iPad approach with its new MacBook and the Mac line as a whole. Rumored ’MacBook’ will be cheaper, use iPhone chip, more Apple tends to develop products with years-long timelines, and thanks to leaks, it’s rare for a product to entirely surprise. But yesterday a new rumor of a cheaper ‘MacBook’ suggests the device will launch

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HP 2-in-1 360° Touchscreen Laptop (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Is at a Record Low for Best Buy’s 4th of July Deal

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-08-19 13:40:30

If you’re still working off of a piece of decade old tech, it may be time to start looking for a replacement. The HP OmniBook 5 Flip 2-in-1 laptop is a worthwhile option that can work for pretty much anyone’s basic needs, be it you’re a student, small business owner, or just a person who wants to use something besides their phone to check Facebook. Best Buy has the HP OmniBook touchscreen laptop on sale for $250 off (-30%), bringing it down from its listed price of $850 to just $600. See at Bes

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10 Best Chromebooks of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-19 12:30:00

The price for Chromebooks can range wildly, from $150 up to $800, and therefore the specs can also vary. Processor: For the best experience, you should avoid older Chromebooks with Intel Celeron processors. The Chromebook Plus specifications offer a good baseline to guarantee speedy performance, and I’d recommend going with at least an Intel Core i3, Core i5, or AMD Ryzen 3 7000 processor. Just watch out for overspending on configurations with Intel Core i7 processors unless you need the extra

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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-20 07:20:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $649 - the lowest price we've seen yet. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with a brilliant OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I wasn't the only one to be low-key enamore

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Apple to Release Cheaper MacBook Air Powered by iPhone Processor, Analyst Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-20 12:00:00

Apple will release a cheaper MacBook Air laptop powered by an iPhone processor, according to a Monday post on X by respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities. According to the report, the 13-inch thin-and-light laptop will enter production in late 2025 or early 2026 and will be powered by the A18 Pro processor, the same chip powering the iPhone 16 Pro. This laptop might also give you more color options, including pink and yellow, along with the standard silver. Apple is targ

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Ask HN: 80s electronics book club; anyone remember this illustrator?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 22:46:18

In the early 80's in the US, a popular DIY electronics magazine had a book of the month club that I loved. Most were small and leather bound hardback with topics like: make your own hydrophone; augmented reality (required a full room and a boom arm, sadly); an LCD model rocket launcher ignition; computer vision; lots and lots of robots. One book I remember (large, softcover, yellow cover) featured black and white, pen and ink illustrations of fantastically complex robots and machines. One that

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This Lenovo Chromebook easily replaced my Windows laptop for work - and I can't go back

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-21 09:17:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is available now, starting at $649. It's the most powerful Chromebook Plus device yet, and earned our Editor's Choice award for its fantastic battery, lovely OLED display, and ultraportable form. There's a limit to its performance capabilities, and utilizing ChromeOS to its fullest comes with a learning curve. View now at Best Buy It seems like every few months we're seeing new Chromebooks pushing the limits of what the devices can do. Their

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First reference to MacBook with A18 Pro discovered in Apple code

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-21 17:42:16

Earlier today, Ming-Chi Kuo reported that a new, cheaper MacBook would include the iPhone’s A18 Pro chip. Now, the first reference to the device has been discovered in Apple code. Mac with iPhone chip seemingly confirmed by Apple code Last summer, Apple inadvertently leaked future product listings in code related to Apple Intelligence. As shared by Aaron Perris at the time, the code leaked several iPhone 16 and 17 models, plus referenced a variety of Mac and iPad models. Nearly a year later,

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Lenovo 14-Inch IdeaPad Slim 3 Touch Screen Laptop Is Almost 60% Off, Making It Cheaper Than AirPods Pro

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2025-08-21 21:40:27

Touchscreens have been available on laptop computers since 1983, believe it or not. But it took decades for them to become widely available and, more importantly, affordable. Now we appear to have moved from “affordable” to “absolutely dirt cheap,” if Best Buy’s $169 sale (58% off) on the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook is any indication. See at Best Buy This incredible price for a 14-inch full-HD Chromebook with a 2.05 GHz processor, integrated graphics, 4GB of memory and 64GB of storage is

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My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-21 21:00:00

We all have that one friend who's tech-savvy that everyone turns to for advice, especially ahead of big sale events like Amazon Prime Day. Well, that's me. I'm that guy. When people find out what I do for a living, everything gets turned up to 11. I review laptops for my job, and almost everyone needs one. If people don't know where to begin, here's how I guide them through the process of picking the right Apple MacBook—where I recommend you start. Start With the MacBook Air You might think n

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I replaced my Windows laptop with a 'premium' Chromebook - and can't go back

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-22 01:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is available now, starting at $649. It's the most powerful Chromebook Plus device yet, and earned our Editor's Choice award for its fantastic battery, lovely OLED display, and ultraportable form. There's a limit to its performance capabilities, and utilizing ChromeOS to its fullest comes with a learning curve. View now at Best Buy It seems like every few months we're seeing new Chromebooks pushing the limits of what the devices can do. Their

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Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 Review: A Game-Changer

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-22 01:00:00

Amazingly, the base configuration has 12 GB of RAM. That’s not quite as much as the 16 GB you get in some Snapdragon X-powered Windows laptops like the forthcoming HP Omnibook 5 16—but for ChromeOS, it’s more than enough. Meanwhile, the base configuration comes with 128 GB of storage, and the upgraded model has a 256-GB solid state drive. Performance is solid. Speedometer is a benchmark that tests performance in the browser, which is important for ChromeOS since it's all built around the Chrome

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What can we expect from Apple’s rumored new 2026 MacBook, with an iPhone processor?

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-22 05:31:56

Analyst Ming–Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple plans to launch an all–new MacBook next year, powered by an iPhone processor. Specifically, he expects it to have the A18 Pro chip which currently powers the iPhone 16 Pro line–up. While there’s no word on pricing, the only way the report makes sense is if Apple is targeting an even lower price than the $999 starting–point of the current MacBook Air. Indeed, if you factor in discounted pricing on that, then it would have to be significantly cheaper.

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To the Postbox

news.ycombinator.com Zoe Guttenplan 2025-08-19 23:28:14

In the middle of March 1931, Virginia Woolf wrote a polite letter to a woman sixteen years her junior. The recipient, a feminist writer named Winifred Holtby, was embarking on a book-length study of Woolf’s work. ‘I should much prefer that the book should be, as you say written impersonally, from material in the British Museum,’ Woolf wrote. ‘My feeling is that when people are alive, so much personality is bound to creep in, that it is better for the critic to keep aloof as far as possible.’ By

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Melania Trump's Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-22 05:45:26

Let's get one thing straight: it's hard to be married to the president. From coming up with epoch-defining slogans like "Be Best" to decking the White House halls with bizarre Christmas decor, it's a tougher gig than most of us can imagine. Our current first lady, Melania Trump, is well aware of the challenge after her previous four-year stint in the White House. Notoriously private — or perhaps just too busy to make public appearances — the first lady's life has been shrouded in mystery. Howe

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Anthropic Shredded Millions of Physical Books to Train its AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-22 06:30:27

Today in schnozz-smashing on-the-nose metaphors for the AI industry's rapacious destruction of the arts: exactly how Anthropic gathered the data it needed to train its Claude AI model. As Ars Technica reports, the Google-backed startup didn't just crib from millions of copyrighted books, a practice that's ethically and legally fraught on its own. No — it cut the book pages out from their bindings, scanned them to make digital files, then threw away all those millions of pages of the original te

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Unhooking from Amazon Ebooks

news.ycombinator.com Remy Sharp 2025-08-22 07:52:02

Over the years we, as a family, have been moving our purchases away from Amazon, except in one single place: Kindle ebooks. For me it's that I'm incapable of reading physical books (but my kindle unlocked my reading), and with a Kindle, I was limited as to where I buy my books. When I read that it was relatively easy to jailbreak all the Kindle models I used this as my opportunity to move to buying epub books and hopefully more of that money goes to the authors (in an ideal world…). Here's how

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The Book Cover Trend of Text on Old Paintings

news.ycombinator.com Elisabeth Egan 2025-08-19 01:46:20

Like fashion trends, fads in book covers come and go. One year, the backs of women’s heads might be all the rage; the next, soft focus photography. And who can forget the exploding flower craze? Or the proliferation of flames on jackets, from thrillers to science fiction to self-help? But the look that’s commanding today’s runways — a.k.a. bookshelves — is not so incendiary. It tends to lay blaringly bright type in a sans-serif font atop a painting, usually a few centuries old but not always. F

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Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-21 03:31:38

Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos — including ones that haven’t been uploaded to Facebook yet. The feature is being suggested to Facebook users when they’re creating a new Story on the social networking app. Here, a screen pops up and asks if the user will opt into “cloud processing” to allow creative suggestions. As the pop-up message explains, by clicking “Allow,” you’ll let Facebook generate new ideas

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Why I'm switching to the MacBook Air M4 from my Windows laptop (and you should too at this price)

An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

HP 14-Inch Touchscreen Chromebook Is Practically Free, Working as Both Tablet and Laptop at a Record Low

Best MacBooks (2025): Which Apple Laptop Should You Buy?

The best laptops of 2025: I've tested dozens of laptops and these are the best ones

Apple’s New M4 MacBook Air Hits All-Time Low for 4th of July, Stock Might Be Gone If You Wait Until Prime Day

'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans

HP's latest OmniBook finally sold me on the 2-in-1 form factor (and it's on sale)

'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts

Acer 15.6″ Chromebook Is Going for Peanuts at Best Buy, This 4.5-Star Laptop Is Cheaper Than Your AirPods

A ‘Cheap’ MacBook With an iPhone Chip Could Bring Battery Life Like We’ve Never Seen Before

New ‘MacBook’ rumor sounds like Apple’s taking the iPad approach

HP 2-in-1 360° Touchscreen Laptop (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Is at a Record Low for Best Buy’s 4th of July Deal

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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

Apple to Release Cheaper MacBook Air Powered by iPhone Processor, Analyst Says

Ask HN: 80s electronics book club; anyone remember this illustrator?

This Lenovo Chromebook easily replaced my Windows laptop for work - and I can't go back

First reference to MacBook with A18 Pro discovered in Apple code

Lenovo 14-Inch IdeaPad Slim 3 Touch Screen Laptop Is Almost 60% Off, Making It Cheaper Than AirPods Pro

My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

I replaced my Windows laptop with a 'premium' Chromebook - and can't go back

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 Review: A Game-Changer

What can we expect from Apple’s rumored new 2026 MacBook, with an iPhone processor?

To the Postbox

Melania Trump's Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself

Anthropic Shredded Millions of Physical Books to Train its AI

Unhooking from Amazon Ebooks

The Book Cover Trend of Text on Old Paintings

Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared

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