Windows 11 arrived yesterday, giving PC makers everywhere an excuse to refresh their lineups. Razer announced new SKUs for its ultraportable Razer Book laptop and Razer Blade 15 Advanced gaming laptop today, and both are preloaded with Microsoft’s latest operating system. Of course, the new PCs also come with some fresh specs to consider.
Razer’s roots are in PC gaming, but the Razer Book is the three-headed snake’s attempt at a more mainstream, portable PC. The clamshell’s silver aluminum unibody chassis starts at just 2.9 pounds and 0.6 inches of thickness, making it competitive with ultraportables like Dell’s XPS 13.
Today’s announcement lowers the Razer Book’s starting price to $1,000. That gets you a quad-core i5-1135G7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and a 1920x1200 resolution screen with a 60 Hz refresh rate. Razer also announced more powerful versions with a quad-core i7-1165G7, 16GB of RAM, 512GB ($1,500) or 1TB of storage, and a 3840x1200 screen ($1,800).
Huawei und ZTE erhalten den Auftrag über 1,16 Milliarden US-Dollar für einen 4G/5G Common Core. Ericsson und Nokia sind nicht dabei oder gaben kein Gebot ab. (Huawei, Nokia)
Huawei und ZTE erhalten den Auftrag über 1,16 Milliarden US-Dollar für einen 4G/5G Common Core. Ericsson und Nokia sind nicht dabei oder gaben kein Gebot ab. (Huawei, Nokia)
US researchers have successfully relieved a patient’s severe, long-term depression with an electronic implant that acts like a neural pacemaker, resetting the brain circuits associated with negative feelings.
The team at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) said the study was “a landmark success” in the scientific effort to treat psychiatric disorders through carefully targeted neural electronics. The study is published in the Nature Medicine journal.
“We’ve developed a precision medicine approach that has successfully managed our patient’s treatment-resistant depression by identifying and modulating the circuit in her brain that’s uniquely associated with her symptoms,” said Andrew Krystal, UCSF professor of psychiatry.
Windows 11 is now available, which means that new PCs powered by the latest version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system have begun to ship and Microsoft has started pushing the update to eligible PCs through Windows Update. But the company is doing a phased rollout, which means that some users may not see an upgrade […]
Windows 11 is now available, which means that new PCs powered by the latest version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system have begun to ship and Microsoft has started pushing the update to eligible PCs through Windows Update. But the company is doing a phased rollout, which means that some users may not see an upgrade option for weeks or months.
Don’t want to wait? There are three ways to install Windows 11 manually.
Option 1: Windows 11 Installation Assistant
If you’re planning to upgrade a Windows 10 PC to Windows 11, the simplest way to do that is probably to use the Windows 11 Installation Assistant.
It’s basically a program that you can run which will download and install Windows 11 on a PC that meets the minimum system requirements. If you’re not sure if your PC qualifies, you can use Microsoft’s free PC Health Check app.
Wait for the utility to confirm your device is compatible with Windows 11.
Agree to the license terms and start the installation by clicking the Accept and Install button.
The assistant will then go through the process of installing Windows 11. This process can take a while and your computer may reboot several times. Make sure not to turn off your computer until after installation is complete.
There are a few reasons why this may be the best method for most users. One is that it’ll keep all of your existing programs and files intact. Another is that if you decide you don’t like Windows 11, you have 10 days to “go back” to Windows 10, which you can do by opening the Windows 11 Settings app, going to the System menu, choosing Recovery, and then selecting the Go Back option.
Just note that after restoring Windows 10, you may need to reinstall some programs and any changes made to Settings after upgrading to Windows 11 will be lost.
Option 2: Create Windows 11 Installation Media
This method lets you create a bootable USB drive or DVD that you can use to perform a clean install of Windows 11. That means files, programs, and other data on your PC will likely be overwritten, so make sure to backup important data before beginning.
But this method could be a good option if you’re installing Windows 11 on a new computer or want an excuse to start over, removing cruft from a previous Windows installation.
Note that you’ll need a USB drive or DVD with at least 8GB, and Microsoft recommends using a blank drive or disk since any data already on your storage device will be overwritten.
Select Create installation media for another PC from the What do you want to do? menu and then click Next.
Pick the language, Windows edition, and chip architecture.
Choose whether you want to create a bootable USB flash drive or an ISO file (disk image) that can be burned to a DVD.
After you’ve created your bootable installation media, you can connect it to a USB port of your computer, reboot the PC, and use the manufacturer’s settings to either jump straight to a boot device menu or enter the UEFI/BIOS settings to choose the device boot priority.
Once your computer boots from the removable device, you’ll be guided through the Windows 11 installation process.
Keep in mind that since this method performs a clean install of Windows 11, there is no option to “go back” to Windows 10, because as far as your computer is concerned, it was never running Windows 10 in the first place.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the media you create will have generic drivers, but if your computer requires custom drivers for certain hardware, you may need to download them from the manufacturer before everything works properly.
These ISO files can be used to create your own bootable USB flash drive or DVD, or to install Windows 11 in a virtual machine, no media creation required.
The Kobo Sage is a $260 model with an 8 inch display and support for an optional pen that you can use to write notes, highlight text, or draw pictures. And the Kobo Libra 2 is a $180 eReader with a 7 inch display, a waterproof design, and 32GB of storage. Both are up for pre-order now and ship October 19.
Kobo has been selling a line of eReaders with E Ink displays for years, but I can’t recall a time when the company’s lineup looked quite as diverse as it does in 2021, with models ranging from the $100 Kobo Nia to the $400 Kobo Elipsa.
Now the Kobo is launching two new models. The Kobo Libra 2 is a $180 eReader with a 7 inch display, a waterproof design, 32GB of storage and support for Bluetooth audio. And the Kobo Sageis a $260 model with an 8 inch display and support for an optional pen that you can use to write notes, highlight text, or draw pictures. Both are up for pre-order now and ship October 19.
Left: Kobo Sage / Right Kobo Libra 2
Both of the new models feature E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen displays. Both have frontlit displays with support for adjustable color temperature, allowing you to reduce the amount of blue light. The Kobo Libra 2 and Kobo Sage are both waterproof. And both have physical buttons that you can use to flip pages without touching the screen.
These are also Kobo’s first eReaders to feature Bluetooth audio, which you can use to listen to audiobooks.
But there are some key differences between Kobo’s new devices.
Not only does the Kobo Sage have a larger display than most other eReaders, but the 8 inch display is also one of the first to sit flush with the bezels, rather than recessed.
The screen features 300 pixels per inch, with a resolution of 1440 x 1920 pixels, and supports an optional Dark Mode.
Powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor, the Sage has a faster processor than any other device in Kobo’s lineup, except for the $400 Elipsa.
And like the Elipsa, the Kobo Elipsa supports a Kobo Stylus that you can use to mark up eBooks or create your own notes using a notebook feature. You can sync your notes to Dropbox.
The Kobo Sage features 32GB of storage, a USB-C port, and support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth. It’s rated IPX8 for water resistance, which means it can survive in up to 2 meters (6.6 feet) of water for up to an hour.
This model measures 160.5 x 181.4 x 7.6mm and weighs 240.8 grams.
While it’s tempting to think that the biggest differences between the Sage and the Libra 2 are the screen size and pen support, there are a few other significant differences.
This model, for example, has just a 1 GHz processor. The 7 inch, 1264 x 1680 pixel display has 300 pixels per inch and supports dark mode, but it’s a recessed display that doesn’t react to a stylus. And wireless connectivity is limited to Bluetooth and WiFi 5.
That said, the slower processor probably won’t be much of an issue if you’re primarily looking for a device for reading eBooks, and the Libra 5 looks competitive with Amazon’s Kindle Oasis, which features a similar design but sells for $250 and up.
Like the Sage, the Kobo Libra 2 features IPX8 water resistance and allows you to listen to Kobo audiobooks when using Bluetooth headphones or speakers.
The Kobo Libra 2 measures 161.6 x 144.6 x 9mm and weighs 215 grams.
Security experts have long abhorred passwords. They’re hackable, forgettable, and, sometimes, guessable (looking at you, password1). As companies like Microsoft and Google move to embrace password-less logins, Yubico thinks it has the key to keeping things simple. The YubiKey Bio Series announced today is the company’s first hardware security key to offer fingerprint logins.
Yubico’s Bio Series introduces biometric authentication to the hardware security key-maker’s lineup. The new keys support the latest FIDO2/WebAuthn and U2Fopen authentication standards to which Yubico contributes.
Fits either your USB-C (left) or USB-A (right) port. (credit: Yubico)
The keys target desktop PCs, which are typically stationary, making it easy to leave the key in a USB Type-A or USB-C port, depending on the model you pick. Each key has a built-in fingerprint reader, so you can log in with the tap of a finger instead of having to remember your password. The key could also serve as a form of two-factor authentication.
Tesla owes Owen Diaz $137 million after a jury found that the Black former worker was subjected to racial abuse that the electric vehicle company insufficiently addressed during his tenure.
Diaz, an elevator operator at the company’s Fremont factory for nine months from 2015 to 2016, had been called racial epithets by coworkers, was told to “go back to Africa,” and saw racist graffiti in the bathrooms. The trial lasted a little over a week, and the jury found that Tesla had not taken reasonable steps to prevent racial harassment.
“It shines a light on what’s going on inside of Tesla’s factory,” Diaz told The Wall Street Journal. “Elon Musk, you’ve been put on notice. Clean that factory up.”
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