Microsoft goes after Chromebooks with Windows 11 SE and the $249 Surface Laptop SE 
Microsoft has announced an OS and laptop combination aimed at taking over the K-8 school classroom and putting up a fight against Google’s Chromebook line.
Starting with the Surface Laptop SE, which is a no-nonsense $249 machine with an all-plastic body, an 11.6-inch 1366x768px TFT display, 4GB or 8GB of RAM and an Intel Celeron processor (either N4020 or N4120).
The keyboard and trackpad have been carried over from the $550 Surface Laptop Go. Storage is of the eMMC variety and can be either 64GB or 128GB. There’s a 1MP camera capable of 720p video.
The ports are one USB-A, one…
Last week iFixit found out that unauthorized screen repairs on the brand new iPhone 13 series render Face ID useless. This is due to a tiny new control chip implemented in the flex cable connecting the screens on the phones that links each display to its unique motherboard. This meant that all repair shops not part of Apple’s Independent Repair Program would be forced to desolder the small chip from the broken screen and then re-solder it on the new display – a process which would take plenty of time and effort as well as special equipment not available in most repair shops.
The Russian luxury company Caviar has announced its latest project for people willing to spend an absurd amount of money on an exclusive iPhone. Called iPhone 13 Pro Tyrannophone it has a tooth fragment from a T-Rex, which is 80 million years old.
vivo recently announced the Y15s, and today the company added a new member to the Y series, dubbed vivo Y76s 5G.
The Realme Q3T that leaked late last month has been officially unveiled by Realme.
Yesterday Samsung decided to expand the One UI 4 beta program to the Galaxy S20 family, starting with those devices purchased unlocked in the US. And today the company is spreading the Android 12 love even further, making the One UI 4 beta program available for the Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra.
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