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In a nutshell: We all know about the disruption the tech industry has endured in the face of the chip shortage and pandemic, but Apple managed to weather the storm and saw a record-breaking holiday quarter that beat analysts’ expectations. For its first-quarter earnings of 2022, which covers last October to December for Apple, quarterly…

Dominik Tomaszewski/IDG Despite a controversial lack of availability in the United States, Huawei’s svelte laptop designs have been turning heads all over the world for the last few years. The company’s latest flagship model is the MateBook X Pro 2022, and it’s a stunner of an ultraportable. Dominic Preston went live at Mobile World Congress…

Intel launched its 12th-gen mobile and desktop Core processors for businesses today—Alder Lake processors with included vPro technology. And, in the way it continues to segment its processor lineup, Intel has added two new categories of its vPro technologies: vPro Essentials for small businesses, and vPro Enterprise for Chrome devices. Intel expects its customers to…

Voice dictation wasn’t used to create this article on how to use Google Docs’ voice typing, but it could have been. The service is actually very accurate and quite flexible, thanks to Google’s inclusion of basic formatting and editing commands. There’s a reason Google’s offerings remain a mainstay in our roundup of the best free…

23andMe If you want to know about your risk for various diseases, Amazon has the deal for you. The online retailer is selling 23andMe Health Service for $99. That’s $50 off the usual price. The deal ends just before midnight Pacific time on Thursday. This version of 23andMe genetic testing tells you genetic facts about…

The Steam Deck runs Valve’s SteamOS, a gaming-focused Linx-based operating system. But it’s also designed to run the vast majority of PC games, including those made for Windows, with the help of its WINE-style Proton compatibility layer. According to the company’s initial testing, about 80-90 percent of games on Steam can be played on the…

Adobe If you’re looking to bump up your photo editing game, today you can do it for under $60. Amazon is selling Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 for $56, which is down from the usual $100. That’s a great deal for Adobe’s latest photo editing package. The deal expires just before midnight on Thursday evening, Pacific…

Toshiba’s legacy as a PC company, Dynabook, has carved out a niche for itself as a vendor of ultralight business notebooks. Dynabook’s legacy continues with a handful of new Portege premium laptops, all hovering around two pounds. At MWC 2022, Dynabook announced four new Windows 11 notebooks: the Portege X30L-K and the Portege X40L-K, plus…

Mechanical keyboards are more than a product category. Over the last decade they’ve become an online phenomenon, with an enormous community of fans and tinkerers (including yours truly) joining in the fun. Not only has that made the market for keyboards explode with a wide array of options, it’s caused some interesting transference between the…

StackCommerce Sometimes, having all the right qualifications isn’t enough. In a competitive marketplace, which is what IT often is, you also need to know how to artfully navigate an interview. After all, if an interviewer isn’t impressed by how you answer a question, then no amount of qualifications are going to help. That’s why we’re…