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AT&T adds $45 / month unlimited prepaid plan with 5G that you can only get at Walmart

The Verge

The plan comes with unlimited 5G data, unlimited talk and text, 100GB of cloud storage, HD streaming, and 10GB of available data when using your phone as a mobile hot spot. While the Walmart-only Unlimited Max plan does allow for HD streaming, it streams in standard definition by default.

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How bad is Google Photos’ compression anyway?

The Verge

Google Photos has long offered one of the best deals in all of photo storage: it’ll back up your entire library for free, so long as it can compress the images a bit. But as of tomorrow, June 1st, that deal goes away , and you’re now eating through Google storage (which you may have to pay for) whether your images are compressed or not.

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This Surface Pro 8 bundle is $240 off at Best Buy

The Verge

Between the 120Hz display and the refreshed aesthetic, this is a model we can definitely recommend. While there are other configurations available at a discount, the model we’ve featured here uses an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB storage capacity. Some bullet deals that are worth a shot.

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Acer Chromebook Spin 513 review: a chip off a new block

The Verge

Inside, the 7c processor comes paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. For comparison, the Spin 513 is largely competing with Mediatek and Intel Celeron machines. But if you’re mostly looking for YouTube and light browsing, this Chromebook is definitely the best value I’ve seen at its price point. I just want to Zoom, man.

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Technology Short Take #59

Scott Lowe

I haven’t yet had the opportunity to work with it, but it is definitely something I’d like to explore in more detail. This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM.

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Technology Short Take #69

Scott Lowe

Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. The first article describes Hitchhiker itself, while the second article discusses the related topic of the network impact of recovery in erased coded storage environments. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ?

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OnePlus’ midrange Nord announced with 90Hz display, dual selfie cameras, and 5G

The Verge

The Nord will be available in both blue and gray with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage for £379 / €399 or with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for £469 / €499 (around $594). The 8 has the curved display, while the Nord’s is flat, and the rear of the Nord is a little cheaper and more plastic-feeling in comparison.

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