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Monica Chin

Monica Chin

Former Senior Reviewer

Former Senior Reviewer

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    Monica Chin
    Remember those AMD Chromebook processors that promised 17 hours of battery life?

    We’re about to see one in the wild. Asus has launched its Chromebook CM34 Flip, one of the first models that will include AMD’s new Ryzen 7020 C-Series processors (which are basically the same chips that AMD released for budget laptops last September, but nevertheless).

    The CM34 has Wi-Fi 6, a 16:10 screen, a full-sized backlit keyboard, a physical webcam cover, and a starting price of $499. Asus is claiming 13 hours of battery life, rather than 17, so there’s that.

    The Asus Chromebook Flip CM43 in various positions on a white background.
    Oh, and it flips around.
    Image: Asus
    Apple Mac Studio (2023) review: the M2 Ultra rips

    The Mac Studio remains the top choice for professionals who need a powerful but compact desktop computer.

    Monica Chin
    Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: exactly what was asked for

    Apple’s first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company’s laptop lineup. And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock.

    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    ChatGPT wrote a Black Mirror episode.

    The results, according to creator and showrunner Charlie Booker, were “shit”. The product it spit out amounted to a mashup of previous Black Mirror synopses, Booker tells Empire, though it did help him spot some of the clichés in his previous work.

    South Park actually did a ChatGPT-cowritten episode in its most recent season, FWIW. It was pretty funny, but “shit” would also be an appropriate term.

    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    What if your charging pad just did everything?

    This is the ThinkBook Wireless Dock, which you’ll be able to buy later this summer. If you happen to own a Lenovo ThinkBook, you can stick it on this pad, and not only does it charge the laptop, but it connects it to up to two 4K displays as well. The panel on the left side is a universal charger for mobile devices. I tried this out at Computex 2023, and it works impressively well.

    I have a very vested interest in this kind of gadget, as someone whose deskside cable management is...you know what, let’s not talk about it.