Dan Ackerman
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Acer Helios 18 Review: A Massive Gaming Laptop That’s Almost Top of the Line
If you need a giant screen and just about the top-of-the-line CPU and GPU, this tank-like Acer gets you there at a decent price.
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Hands-on With the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
The new Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 takes the lead as Microsoft’s most-powerful member of its long-running Surface line of PCs. It also earns some extra credit for having a complex mashup of a name, drawing from both the excellent Surface Laptop line of high-end clamshells and the Surface Studio line of all-in-one desktop PCs.…
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‘He Has His Apocalyptic Moods’: What Walter Isaacson Has to Say About Elon Musk
If he wasn’t known for running EV car maker Tesla, Elon Musk would still be known for SpaceX, his spacecraft and satellite company with Martian ambitions. Or for Neuralink, a company working on developing implantable brain–computer interfaces. Or for X.AI, the latest entry in the artificial intelligence arms race. Or, of course, for buying social…
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Apple’s Vision Pro Head Strap Problem
When I got a chance to try out Apple’s Vision Pro headset several weeks ago, there was one big difference between what I wore and the display models shown off by Apple. The official photos and videos showed a sleek over-the-eyes wearable that strapped around the back of the wearer’s head with a wide, comfortable-looking…