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World’s largest HDD company wants to launch massive 60TB SSD in 2024 — WD CEO spills beans on solid state roadmap as he divulges that enterprise customers want much bigger capacities, fast

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During Western Digital’s recent Q3 earnings call, CEO David Goeckeler disclosed that the ever-growing need for higher capacity and speedier data access from customers across the world is pushing the company to expand its solid-state capacities. The company chalked up a profitable quarter, with revenues soaring over forecast to $3.46 billion, a 29% YoY rise. … Read more

Beats Solo 4 review: a solid update to an iconic pair of wireless headphones, but the competition is now too hot

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Beats Solo 4: Two-minute review The Beats Solo 4 are long-awaited on-ear wireless headphones that aim to improve on the company’s 2016 Solo 3 with an increased battery life and additional features, including a USB-C port for simultaneous charging and lossless hi-res audio playback, and Spatial Audio – as well as some new color options. … Read more

LG Gram SuperSlim review: solid productivity and style, but falls short on a number of fronts

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LG Gram SuperSlim: Two-minute review LG launched a separate laptop in its Gram lineup called the LG Gram SuperSlim, which borrows heavily from the adjacent 2023 LG Gram Style model in terms of its looks. However, the latter was a disappointment in terms of performance, despite my loving the extremely thin and light chassis and … Read more

Huawei MateBook D 16 review: an all-round solid laptop for those after a cheaper Dell XPS

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Huawei MateBook D 16: Two minute review Ah, the Huawei MateBook lineup. It’s long been the go-to series for those on the hunt for a clean-looking, respectable laptop, with a decent spec list to boot, and this year’s model, the 2024 edition, certainly doesn’t disappoint in that domain. It’s actually quite an extraordinary unit right … Read more

Trek Fetch+ 2 Review: A Solid, Though Expensive, Cargo Ebike

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One of the things that can be intimidating about buying a cargo ebike is how unfamiliar they feel. Whether a bike is designed with weird geometry and wheel sizes or odd features for heavy hauling, every ride can feel unfamiliar. For traditional cyclists who want to haul a grocery store trip’s worth of groceries home … Read more

Acer’s new $399 Chromebook Plus 514 hits the mark for a solid budget laptop

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There are a frankly ridiculous number of Chromebooks on sale to choose from, but Google’s Chromebook Plus initiative that launched last fall has gone a long way towards standardizing some key specs for ChromeOS devices. That in turn has made it a little easier to pick ones that’ll provide a consistent quality experience without breaking … Read more

No Galaxy AI? No problem. Here are a few solid alternatives

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Galaxy AI is now rolling out to more devices through the One UI 6.1 firmware update, but Samsung’s Advanced Intelligence suite won’t be available across the board. As you likely know, if you don’t own a Galaxy S24 or one of the few 2023 high-end phones that got Galaxy AI through the One UI update … Read more

More xMEMS solid state driver earbuds have officially landed – and these are hand-painted

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You’ll likely have spotted the tech that’s set to change portable audio, xMEMS solid state drivers before now. It’s that tiny speaker you saw in the promo shots – the one you have to squint to see when it’s sitting pretty on the tip of a finger.  Now, there’s a new kid on the block … Read more

TCL Q6310 Soundbar Review: Solid Sound, Uninspiring

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Swapping between the bar’s multiple inputs is slightly more intuitive, with a different LED color assigned to each input: HDMI ARC glows magenta, optical is yellow, the analog input is green, and the USB input is cyan. This color coding has become more common in A/V gear of late, usually seen in active/powered bookshelf speakers … Read more