Review: Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is a powerful laptop with heat problems
Enlarge / Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 4. Andrew Cunningham The term “desktop replacement” is a bit out of fashion as a descriptor for laptops these days, if only because fewer people have desktop computers they’re trying to replace. But I struggle to think of a better term for something like Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme, […]
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How the infrastructure package could fix America’s internet problems
He’s been shepherding a community effort to bring broadband to Maine’s lake region for more than a year. The new $65 billion federal investment in broadband included in the bipartisan infrastructure legislation signed Monday could help finally make it a reality — but he warns it still won’t be easy. “The money coming in does […]
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Why we ought to be using today’s technology to fix tomorrow’s problems
We can’t risk being dragged back to business as usual while we wait for future fuels – now is the time to invest in efficiency, argues Sean McLaughlin, a strategy consultant with Houlder. Amazon, Ikea, Unilever and Michelin are among nine multinational companies that have committed to switching all of their ocean freight to vessels […]
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‘We’re not the only country with problems’
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is not the only country with power problems, and even affluent countries like the US have issues. Speaking to the media at an ANC event on Thursday afternoon (28 October), Ramaphosa said that government knows exactly why the country’s energy generation is at a low ebb. “As I was […]
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Apple new MacBook Pros fix laptop problems from the last five years
Before Monday, the last major redesign for Apple’s larger MacBook Pros came in 2016, with several features that looked to the future. The 2016 MacBook Pros sported universal USB-C connectors that could power displays and peripherals, a “butterfly” keyboard that allowed the devices to become even thinner, and a long, narrow touchscreen at the top […]
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