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Razer updates the Blade 16 with a 240Hz OLED display and new Intel and Nvidia chips, and previews a new Blade 18 with a 4K 165Hz display and Thunderbolt 5 (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom’s Hardware)

Andrew E. Freedman / Tom’s Hardware: Razer updates the Blade 16 with a 240Hz OLED display and new Intel and Nvidia chips, and previews a new Blade 18 with a 4K 165Hz display and Thunderbolt 5  —  By Andrew E. Freedman Contributions from Matt Safford published  —  Razer is also claiming firsts in a number

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Substack is going to remove five Nazi newsletters

Illustration by The Verge Just a couple of weeks after Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie defended the company’s decision to continue allowing Nazi content, Platformer reports that Substack will now remove “some” publications that express support for Nazis. McKenzie’s December post was responding to a letter from over 200 Substack authors who cited, among other things,

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Lenovo debuts the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid, a 2-in-1 Windows laptop with a 14″ 2.8K OLED display that can function as an Android tablet, starting at $2,000 (Alex Cranz/The Verge)

Alex Cranz / The Verge: Lenovo debuts the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid, a 2-in-1 Windows laptop with a 14″ 2.8K OLED display that can function as an Android tablet, starting at $2,000  —  We’ve come close to figuring out the ideal 2-in-1 laptop, but no company has nailed it yet.  Lenovo’s latest attempt …

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Asus announces the ROG Phone 8 series, with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, 5,500mAh battery, 6.78″ 165Hz OLED display, and 32MP front camera, starting at $1,100 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Asus announces the ROG Phone 8 series, with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, 5,500mAh battery, 6.78″ 165Hz OLED display, and 32MP front camera, starting at $1,100  —  Asus’ ROG phones have always been targeted squarely at gamers, but with the ROG Phone 8, the company could broaden the lineup’s appeal.

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Apple plans to offer customers demos of Vision Pro at its US retail stores from February 2 through the weekend on a first-come, first-served basis (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to offer customers demos of Vision Pro at its US retail stores from February 2 through the weekend on a first-come, first-served basis  —  Apple Vision Pro officially has pre-order and launch dates as of today, and now we know how the public will get to try Apple’s first

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Intel announces new Core 14th Gen chips, including the HX-series for high-end laptops and 18 chips for desktops, and the new Series 1 for thin-and-light PCs (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Intel announces new Core 14th Gen chips, including the HX-series for high-end laptops and 18 chips for desktops, and the new Series 1 for thin-and-light PCs  —  Some are 14th-gen Core and some are Core (Series 1), but they’re the same thing.  —  Intel usually uses CES to fill …

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Former X VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin joins Stability AI to oversee its strategy and implementation of safeguarding around issues like child safety and IP (Ben Goggin/NBC News)

Ben Goggin / NBC News: Former X VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin joins Stability AI to oversee its strategy and implementation of safeguarding around issues like child safety and IP  —  Irwin resigned from X in June after Elon Musk publicly criticized moderation actions around misgendering that had taken place under her leadership.

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Asus announces its first mini-PC, the ROG NUC, featuring Intel Core Ultra CPUs, up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU, quad 4K display support, and Wi-Fi 6E (Hassan Mujtaba/Wccftech)

Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: Asus announces its first mini-PC, the ROG NUC, featuring Intel Core Ultra CPUs, up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU, quad 4K display support, and Wi-Fi 6E  —  ASUS has introduced its first ROG NUC Mini PC featuring Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs and up to an NVIDIA RTX 4070 GPU in

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Unity is laying off 25 percent of its staff

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Unity is undergoing yet another layoff, and this time it’s going to affect about 25 percent of its entire workforce, or around 1,800 employees. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company, which makes the popular game engine Unity, said it’s making the cuts “as

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Substack plans to remove some Nazi publications, but its new policy interpretation won’t include proactively removing neo-Nazi and far-right extremism content (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Substack plans to remove some Nazi publications, but its new policy interpretation won’t include proactively removing neo-Nazi and far-right extremism content  —  Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today.

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Sources: HPE is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13B, in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: HPE is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13B, in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week  —  Deal could be unveiled this week, valuing Juniper at roughly $13 billion  —  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about

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