Dual-screen Laptops are... a thing!?
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·2020-05-05
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vsauce michael here wait what
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not even funny okay computex is a place where we're used to seeing lots of
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interesting prototypes but when it comes from a major player like Intel it's
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bound to turn a few heads and that's exactly what's happening this week with
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Intel's new concept laptop the most interesting thing about this new laptop
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is a secondary 12 and a half inch screen where the hinge would be on a more
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traditional laptop its design gives users quite a bit of flexibility with
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how to angle the screens relative to each other not only would this secondary
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screen be a nice add-on for basic tasks like gaming and productivity but the
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fact that the main screen can be boosted up to eye level could be a welcome
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addition for folks who are tired of hunching over to look at a tiny laptop
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monitor no word yet on pricing or when it might hit the market but it could be a great
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complement to a foldable phone if you
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never get tired of folding things like fitted sheets you're never done folding
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a fitted sheet i hate it huawei phones have effectively been banned from us
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cellular networks but the chinese phone giant isn't going down without a fight
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the company has filed suit asking a federal court to declare the ban
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unconstitutional the legal arguments involved center around the idea that the
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company was not given due process as the ban took effect after huawei was
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specifically mentioned and banned in a 2019 law passed by congress huawei is
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asking for summary judgment which means it's trying to get the court to
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invalidate the law right away and get back onto u.s networks though a hearing
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isn't scheduled until september and a separate ban on u.s companies doing
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business with huawei would still remain but there's no such ban here in canada
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although microsoft has previously said that Windows 10 would be the last
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version of Windows it sounds like they might have another operating system in
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the works based on some comments a microsoft vp made at computex apparently
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this new os will be centered around more seamless connections including constant
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updates and stricter default security which makes it seem like microsoft might
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be taking a similar approach to its new pc operating system as you might see on
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something like a smartphone although none of these things sound all that
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dissimilar from what microsoft brought to the table with Windows 10 it does
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appear that this will be a totally new os instead of a scaled-back version of
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what we currently have it's also unclear when it'll come out or even when we'll
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get an official announcement so enjoy the last version of Windows while you
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you're planning to take an uber anytime soon be sure you're respectful to your
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the service if their rating is too low this will probably look similar to how
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puke in the back seat after a heavy
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heavy hard night out hey man there's no advertising allowed
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on wikipedia unless you count those banners asking for donations but that
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didn't deter the north face from trying to put some subtle ads on the website
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anyway the company replaced some photos on wikipedia with substitutions
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featuring product placement after working with an ad agency funnily enough
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the north face made a video showing what it did and claiming it collaborated with
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wikipedia which turned out to not be true as wikipedia pulled the images as
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soon as it found out i guess maybe don't try to scam a system and then brag about
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it maybe i really hope mark zuckerberg
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doesn't have plans to vacation up here in canada as if he attempts to enter the
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country he's going to be summoned to appear before the canadian parliament
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before a committee on how big data is affecting democratic systems it wouldn't
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be the first time ol zuck has been asked to appear before a legislative body so
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if he doesn't want to deal with it i guess he'll just have to settle for
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knock off american poutine p.o.o teen
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a couple of new pokemon mobile games should be on their way to your phone the
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first called pokemon masters allows you to fight alongside older school trainers
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from the game series for a little nostalgia trip and is due out later this
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year the other one is a gamification of of sleep of all things the pokemon sleep
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app will reward you with new characters for pokemon go by keeping track of how
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much time you've spent snoozing sleep should be out next year in case you
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needed one more excuse to stay in bed late on those weekend mornings
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it's a snorlax focused game and if you thought marvel would stop milking that
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avengers cash cow anytime soon guess again because square enix will be
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unveiling its avengers video game at e3 in less than two weeks time the game is
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being developed by idos montreal and crystal dynamics and you can check with
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the trailer right now if you still haven't spent enough time staring at a
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screen full of america's ass i mean superheroes that's it for today so come
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back on friday and end your week with a little more TechLinked we won't even
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charge you 10 bucks for a bucket of popcorn we won't provide popcorn
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