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Best Buy’s Black Friday Chromebook deals include a $79 option not seen outside of Walmart
Ring in the new year by upping your productivity with a new Chromebook. Shop the best Black Friday Chromebook deals at Best Buy, available as of Nov. 22:
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OUR TOP PICK: The Asus 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook (Intel Core M3-8100Y, 8GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) is the perfect midrange laptop for getting things done or entertainment on the go — $179
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BUDGET PICK: The Lenovo Chromebook 3 (Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) is great for homework, browsing, and more for the lowest price we’ve seen outside of Walmart — $79
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BEST DESKTOP REPLACEMENT: The HP 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook (Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) can do it all and then some, making it a great candidate for replacing clunky desktop PCs — $399
$699(save $300)
Looking for a sale on one of the best Chromebooks to round out your home office? Or maybe you want to send the kids back to school armed with a reliable way to tackle their assignments? Whatever the case, Best Buy has a Chromebook laptop to fit your needs this Black Friday.
This year, the retailer has several brands on sale at steep discounts, from Lenovo to Asus, at seemingly every price point. There’s even a $79 Chromebook on offer, the likes of which we haven’t seen outside of Walmart to date. Plus, most of the units on sale come with free 3-month trials of YouTube Premium and 6 months of security software.
These laptops will likely go fast at these prices, so read on for more details and shop our picks before they disappear.
OUR TOP PICK
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Why we love it
This 14-inch Chromebook delivers the best of both worlds for those on a budget, but still looking for a premium experience. Use it as a full-size laptop or flip it over to take it on the go as a tablet. It comes packed with 8GB of RAM to juggle multiple apps and programs, and with a full HD 1920 x 1080 touchscreen, it’s perfect for work or play. Best of all, it’s just over 3 lbs and less than an inch thick, making it a win in terms of portability. At the end of the day, you’re getting more savings than Best Buy has to offer here, too: this Chromebook is $53 cheaper there than Amazon’s current price.
BUDGET PICK
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Our pick: Lenovo Chromebook 3 (Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC)
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Why we love it
If simplicity’s what you’re after, you’ll find it with this 11-inch Lenovo Chromebook. At $60 off, it’s just $79, marking the first time we’ve seen a Chromebook at this price outside of retailers like Walmart. It’s a reliable pick for students, or anyone looking for a lightweight and sturdy laptop to go online, check email, and enjoy their favorite shows. It weighs less than 3 pounds and is less than an inch thick, and comes with a built-in media reader so you can store important assignments or other documents and transport them as necessary. For the price, you won’t find a better Chromebook multitasker.
BEST DESKTOP REPLACEMENT
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Our pick: HP 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook (Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD)
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Why we love it
Looking for a way to slim down your home office? This full-featured Chromebook might just be the ticket. Slide that heavy PC case to the side and put this HP 2-in-1 laptop into place, then pick it up and take it with you when work takes you elsewhere. Its large 14-inch screen gives you plenty of real estate to work with, and 128GB of SSD storage means better performance when it comes to managing your files. It also comes with a fingerprint reader to keep your laptop secure as well as an HD webcam with camera privacy switch to keep prying eyes out of your home. It’s got everything you need to elevate your work-from-home experience, or to gift your exceptional student so they can get things done.
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New account, old you: Netflix reveals profile data transfer option
Ahead of a password sharing crackdown, Netflix is making it possible for people to transfer their profile details between accounts.
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Eat now, pay later: Expert warns Deliveroo’s Klarna option is ‘irresponsible’
Takeaway meals ordered through Deliveroo can now be paid for in instalments using Klarna.
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Edit Tweet Option Expands to Twitter Blue Subscribers in the United States
Earlier this week, Twitter provided an edit button to Twitter Blue users in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and promised a U.S. expansion, which has come quicker than expected.
The “Edit Tweet” button can be found alongside the the already available Delete Tweet, Pin to Profile, Change who can reply, and Add/remove from Lists options.
the Edit Tweet test is expanding and now rolling out to Twitter Blue members in the US
go ahead, try it out! https://t.co/828Q3PIQL5
— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 6, 2022
Tweets can be edited for up to 30 minutes after being sent, and tweets that have been changed are denoted with an “Edited” tag. Twitter provides a history of tweet edits, so the original tweet can continue to be viewed.
Twitter Blue is priced at $4.99 per month in the U.S. and it provides access to ad-free articles, various customization options, a bookmarks folder, an undo tweet option, early access to new Twitter features, and more.
This article, “Edit Tweet Option Expands to Twitter Blue Subscribers in the United States” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Gurman: iOS 16.1 Adaptive Transparency Option for Original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max is a Bug
AirPods Max and original AirPods Pro owners noticed an Adaptive Transparency setting that had replaced the original Transparency setting shortly after upgrading to the latest iOS 16.1 and the AirPods beta firmware, and the assumption was that Apple was expanding the feature to additional devices.
I’m told this is a bug https://t.co/4BPBmpLbgI
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) October 3, 2022
Apple does not often tout new features like Adaptive Transparency and bring them to older devices, so it was a curious decision, and it makes sense that it was actually added in error. It’s likely that there is no Adaptive Transparency implementation for the original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max at all, and Apple accidentally made the Adaptive Transparency setting visible for devices that do not actually support it.
Adaptive Transparency is an AirPods Pro 2 feature that Apple highlighted extensively when introducing the new earbuds, attributing it to the new H2 chip. Adaptive Transparency is designed to allow the AirPods Pro quiet loud sounds, such as sirens, construction work, or loud speakers at a concert without blocking out all noise.
This article, “Gurman: iOS 16.1 Adaptive Transparency Option for Original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max is a Bug” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Google Colaboratory launches a pay-as-you-go option, premium GPU access
Google Colaboratory (Colab for short), Google’s service designed to allow anyone to write and execute arbitrary Python code through a web browser, is introducing a pay-as-a-you-go plan. In its first pricing change since Google launched premium Colab plans in 2020, Colab will now give users the option to purchase additional compute time in Colab with […]
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iPadOS 16 Beta Expands ‘Zoomed Out’ Display Option to Older 11-Inch iPad Pros
The feature can be enabled in the Settings app by tapping Display & Brightness → Display Zoom → More Space. Apple says this mode gives users more screen space to work with by scaling the display’s resolution, which can be useful for features like Split View and Stage Manager. Apple announced earlier this week that Stage Manager is expanding to 2018 and newer iPad Pro models, albeit without external display support.
For the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the More Space option is still limited to the model with the M1 chip, according to developer Steve Troughton-Smith.
iPadOS 16 remains in beta testing and will be released as iPadOS 16.1 in October.
(Thanks, Erik Landi!)
This article, “iPadOS 16 Beta Expands ‘Zoomed Out’ Display Option to Older 11-Inch iPad Pros” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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