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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

The Verge

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more flexible and open We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today — I’m talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. And I definitely wanted to know about the decision to run Android apps on Windows. Nadella also mentions “aggregators” in the context of the Windows store.

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Chromebooks just had their best year ever

The Verge

Canalys says that’s a staggering 287 percent more than were shipped in Q4 2019. The firms disagree on how much growth this is when compared to 2019, but both estimate that it’s a lot: Gartner estimates that Chromebooks are up 80 percent, while Canalys says it’s 109 percent.

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Razer’s first Linux laptop is here, but it’s not for gamers

The Verge

It’s been a decade since Razer shipped its first Blade laptop , and they’ve all come with Windows. The primary hardware comparison the company touts is a 4x speedup over Apple’s M1 Max in a 16-inch MacBook Pro when running TensorFlow.

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Boeing gets green light for satellite internet constellation

The Verge

In 2019, SpaceX said to the FCC that it believed Boeing’s network would create a “clear danger of harmful interference,” according to Reuters. By comparison, SpaceX and Amazon have far grander plans for their networks, with each consisting of thousands of satellites.

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HP Elite Folio review: style over substance

The Verge

The Elite Folio is a lightweight, leather-covered, convertible Windows laptop powered by a Snapdragon processor with Arm architecture. Arm for Windows has certainly improved since we first reviewed the Surface Pro X in 2019. I remember trying out the first Surface Pro X in 2019, when Windows on Arm was painfully slow.

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Apple finally listened to the pros

The Verge

They ridiculed the tiny strip of touchscreen Apple built into the keyboard, decried the relative lack of RAM, the missing ports, and how Apple’s choice of GPU didn’t match up to the Windows competition. Apple’s own comparison tool suggests the new Macs don’t have the best battery life out there.

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It looks like Amazon is changing the date for Prime Day again

Vox

It continued to take place in July through the 2019 event. It’s also unclear why the company would move the event slightly to June rather than keeping it in its normal July window. But last year, the pandemic led to operational and logistics challenges that convinced the company to delay Prime Day to October.