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Stories By Chris Velazco

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    Reviews By Chris Velazco

    Civilized Cycles' Model 1 is a posh, surprisingly practical e-bike

    For many, e-bikes have become a fixture of life in New York City. Couriers use them to zip between apartments, bags of fragrant takeout in tow. Tourists grab them from CitiBike stands to lazily loop around parks. And more recently, an uptick in sales has proven residents are embracing these easy rides as they contend with streets that still aren't quite as full as they used to be. Point is, we've seen a lot of them cruising through the boroughs in the last year. But none of them look like the Civilized Cycles Model 1.

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    Smartphones By Chris Velazco

    Motorola reveals yet another Moto G Stylus, this time with 5G

    We weren't quite sure to make of Motorola's first Moto G Stylus way back in 2020, but the company was clearly onto something: the subsequent 2021 model quickly became the best-selling phone in its G-series lineup. Maybe that's why Motorola was so keen to announce yet another new Moto G Stylus today. The new Moto G Stylus 5G will set you back $400 when it goes on sale on June 14th, and we went hands-on to see if it has the chops to compete with a new wave of affordable 5G devices.

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    EVs and Transportation By Chris Velazco

    Toyota’s electric concept SUV lands in the US ahead of its 2022 launch

    Toyota's bZ4X BEV concept SUV started turning heads when it debuted at Auto Shanghai earlier this year, and its journey to the United States has already begun. The automaker confirmed yesterday that the concept vehicle has officially landed in its Plano, Texas headquarters, and that it plans to begin selling the angular crossover in the US sometime next year. (Here's hoping it gets less tongue twister-y name when it arrives.)

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    Apple By Chris Velazco

    What to expect from Apple's online-only WWDC 2021

    Google I/O is done, and so is Microsoft Build — that means Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is the last high-profile software showcase for at least a month. If you're one to take Apple at its word, this year's WWDC is shaping up to be the "biggest and best yet," which leads us to the obvious question: what does the company plan to show off this year? Short answer: a lot.

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  • Facade with sign and logo at regional headquarters of computing company Microsoft in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, May 3, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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    Microsoft By Chris Velazco

    Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, and others team up to make software sustainable

    Microsoft is still working to go fully carbon negative by the end of the decade, but effectively grappling with climate change isn't just one company's responsibility. As part of its virtual Build developer conference, the folks in Redmond — along with Accenture, GitHub, ThoughtWorks and the Linux Foundation — have announced the launch of the Green Software Foundation to help make software engineering more sustainable.

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    Apple By Chris Velazco

    How Apple built the new iPad Pro's Liquid Retina XDR display

    5G. The M1 chipset. Loads of RAM. Thunderbolt support. All of these help make Apple's new, 12.9-inch iPad Pro an almost startlingly capable tablet, one that seems well-equipped to compete against more traditional laptops. (Well, apart from iPadOS's limitations, anyway.) But if there's one area where the iPad Pro clearly outshines the rest of Apple's portable computers, it's that screen.

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    iPad Pro (2021) review: Apple’s hardware may have outpaced its software

    For the last week, I've been living with Apple's new iPad Pro, and there are two thoughts I haven't been able to shake. The first is that this might be the best portable computer Apple has ever made. I mean, think about it: This iPad uses the exact same chipset you'll find in the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro, and even the new iMac. That's unheard of for a tablet, especially one with 5G and a screen that puts Apple's laptops to shame. Tim Cook once said the iPad was the company's vision of the future of computing, and it's actually starting to feel like it's coming to fruition. Which leads me to my second unshakeable thought: Because this thing is so powerful, it's begging for more robust software. The new iPad Pro very much feels a portent of dramatic changes to come, but in this moment, it's — for better or worse — just an obscenely powerful tablet.

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    Google By Chris Velazco

    What to expect at Google I/O 2021

    We don't know everything Google has in store for Google I/O 2021, but we have some educated guesses — and a few things we're hoping against hope to see. Here's everything we know about the show so far, and what you can expect to learn more about once the event kicks off in earnest.

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    Samsung Galaxy A52 5G: Can just ‘good’ be good enough?

    We get pretty worked up when a new, premium smartphone shows up. And I'd be lying if I said playing with expensive hardware wasn't one of the best parts of this job. It's especially nice because, more often than not, the last thing I want to do is pay for some of the things we test. Which brings me to an important question: how much should anyone actually shell out for a new smartphone? The short answer is "as much as you're comfortable with." Thankfully, companies are working to make their more affordable devices flashier than ever. Case in point: I've spent a few days with Samsung's new A52 5G, and while it might not satisfy those with flagship tastes, it gets pretty close sometimes.

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  • SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 16, 2021 - The Apple store's LOGO lit up with green leaves to mark World Earth Day, and the company's staff wore green clothing. 16 April 2021, Shanghai, China. (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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    Apple By Chris Velazco

    iPhone and Mac sales are way up from the start of the pandemic

    Apple is still riding high on the tails of a blockbuster quarter, according to a new earnings statement released today. Over the past three months, the company recorded a total of $89.6 billion in revenue — nearly $48 billion of which came courtesy of iPhone sales — and set another quarterly record in the process.

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  • NEW YORK - NEW YORK - APRIL 13: A Google logo is seen at their Corporate Office on April 13, 2021 in New York. More than 300 corporates including Google and Mc Donalds are pushing the Biden administration to almost double the United States target for cutting the planet warming emissions, ahead global summit on climate change in 2021. (Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress)
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    Google By Chris Velazco

    Google owner Alphabet posts big gains after pandemic uncertainty

    Google parent Alphabet reported today that it raked in a total of $55.3 billion in revenue over the past three months — that's up 34 percent compared to this time last year. (In case you were curious, Wall Street types were expecting revenue growth of just around 25 percent.) The company's net income jumped dramatically as well, from $6.8 billion in Q1 2020 to $17.9 billion in this year's quarter.

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    Smartphones By Chris Velazco

    Ogling Apple's purple iPhone 12

    Look, there really isn't much to say about the new, purple iPhone 12. It's roughly the same pastel shade that last year's purple iPhone 11 came in, which means it's more of a lavender than anything else. (If you're a connoisseur of Southeast Asian flavors, I should point out this iPhone's hue is nearly a dead ringer for some varieties of delicious Ube ice cream.) You'll also be able to pre-order one starting this Friday, if for some reason the white, black, red, blue, or green models didn't already do it for you. That's... about it.

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    Reviews By Chris Velazco

    Apple's new AirTags are as simple as they should be

    If there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I. Lose. Everything. That character flaw, in tandem with a complete inability to see things smack in front of my face sometimes, means I'm perhaps the perfect person to try out Apple's new AirTags. Good thing, then, that Apple sent along a few to test — along with a purple iPhone 12 running the new (and required) iOS 14.5 update.

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    Accessories By Chris Velazco

    All about Eve: The upstart PC brand struggling to pay back jilted customers

    Three years after the first Eve-branded computers went on sale, some customers still haven't received their machines, and attempts to reclaim their money have largely gone unanswered. Now, with a bevy of new products in the works — including a follow-up to that original V PC — Eve seemingly hopes its new customers will forget how much it still owes some of its earliest backers.

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  • Union Push At Amazon Warehouse In Alabama Reaches Final Day Of Vote
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    Amazon By Chris Velazco

    Union says Amazon interfered with Alabama warehouse vote

    Amazon beat back a push to unionize in its Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center thanks to a surprisingly one-sided vote — nearly two-thirds of the facility's workers chose not to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on April 9th. According to a list of objections filed with the National Labor Relations Board late Friday, however, the union argues Amazon won the vote because it "interfered" with the rights of its employees "to vote in a free and fair election; a right protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act."

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    Sony’s new Xperia 1 III smartphone is a love letter to photography nerds

    Last year's Xperia 1 II might have been a mobile photographer's dream come true, but it was far from perfect — it didn't have 5G in the US, its design could feel awkward, and it focused on the camera experience over just about everything else. But in designing the new Xperia 1 III, Sony seems to have addressed, well, just about everything we didn't like about the last one.

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    HMD revamps its Nokia smartphone lineup with six new affordable models

    HMD first made a name for itself by remaking a classic feature phone — and triggering an avalanche of hype in the process. The Finnish company has been dutifully churning out Nokia-branded smartphones ever since, but during an online launch event today, HMD was eager to prove that it's been up to more than business as usual. For one, those numbers-only model names are gone, replaced by three new smartphone ranges: the X, G, and C series. And to make getting connected even easier, the company is making an end-run around its usual carrier partners by lighting up an HMD-branded MVNO in the UK with a global roll-out to follow.

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    Smartphones By Chris Velazco

    Remembering LG's finest (and strangest) phones

    LG has never been the biggest, most important smartphone maker, but consumers always benefit from more competition — it drives smartphone makers to innovate faster, and to make those innovations more affordable. But nothing lasts forever. Rather than sit around all glum, though, I think our time is better spent remembering some of the truly great — and truly wild — phones LG has made over the years.

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