Acer Gets Ridiculous

Acer released details on a silly amount of laptops for all types of people today.

May 19, 2022   It's May 19, 2022. On this day in 2006, Apple opened its second retail store, the cube in New York City. The originally 20,000 square-foot underground spot has since been redesigned, but you can still visit it on Fifth Avenue today!  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 186 articles, 7 podcasts, 8 press releases, 318 tweets, and 4 YouTube videos 1. Acer Drops Details About a Ridiculous Number of Laptops What's the deal with Acer? The computer company dropped the deets on a silly amount of laptops today, including the new Swift 3 OLED, Spin 3 and 5, and a trio of Chromebooks. That's not even to mention the two new green-tech Vero laptops or the CondeptD versions for developers. That's, like, a lot.  2. Vivo's New Smartphones Dial In Your Photos Let's face it, the best tech on our smartphones is the camera. Vivo's latest flagship handsets, the X80 and X80 Pro are set for global release. The company partnered with Zeiss to improve its lenses and camera internals for an all-in on photography, err, focus. Sorry for the pun, it just clicked. 3. Amazon Finally Gives its Budget Fire Tablet a Refresh Amazon's latest budget tablet, the Fire 7, promises a ton of great new features like twice the RAM as the last generation, and a 30% faster quad-core processor. Add 10 hours of battery life and USB-C charging, and you've got a solid tablet for a great price ($60). We'll brb, gonna order a couple real quick.  🦑 Go Deeper Multisearch is Google's next internet searching innovation, and as with many things on the 'net, shopping is probably the one most represented in the company's arguments in favor of the new tech. Our own Mayank Sharma has a deep dive on what this all might mean for you. Check it out! 🎱 By the Numbers Not everyone lost ground Data: Gartner Research agency Gartner says that PC shipments overall declined 6.8%, fueled by much slower Chromebook sales after the pandemic lockdowns let up. Still, Dell, Apple and ASUS seem to be doing even a little better, so that's good, right?  🔥 Today's Hot Deal Need a set of noise-cancelling headphones that won't break the bank? Consider these Tapela E7 wireless active noise cancelling over-ear Bluetooth cans over on Amazon, on sale now for a solid 50% off, bringing the price down to a lovely $49.99.  Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "Can you hear me now?" —Jerri Ledford, Senior News Editor The military agency behind the internet, DARPA, launched a new project to study the way Earth's ionosphere affects radio waves using satellites. The results will benefit both military and consumer communications, so yay? (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Turn it up Image: Kef Headphones and tiny portable speakers can only go so far. If you want to move some air, these LS60 speakers from Kef look like they'll fit the bill. This all-in-one, wireless audio system has a ton of specs to make sure everything sounds amazing, and you can pre-order your own set right now.  🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start Battle royale with cheese Hot battle royale game Apex Legends has come to iOS and Android as it continues to compete with the other two big guns, Fortnite and PUBG. Check out this story if you want to learn more about the game and its mobile version.  🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Apple News and Google News. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here. Have something you'd like us to write about? We're always open for suggestions, too. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Tech Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here .   Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. A Dotdash Brand 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.   [View in Browser]