Google is officially done making tablets, focused on building new laptops now

In a new report published by Computerworld, Google is officially done making first-party tablets. The company reportedly had two more tablets in the works—both smaller than the current Pixel Slate; however, development on them have since been suspended and employees working on them have been reassigned to various other areas, with most being moved to the laptops division. Google still has plans for more laptops it seems.

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#MadeByGoogle event officially scheduled for October 9th in New York City

The Pixel 3 and 3 XL have been leaked front and center, with the official announcement rumored previously to take place on the 9th of October in a media-based event in New York. This was a little bit strange since Google historically unveils its newest Made by Google products on October the 4th, five days earlier than the suggested announcement date. Furthermore, Google is set to hold the event in New York City this time around instead of San Francisco. Clearly, we had to take these rumours with a pinch of salt.

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In-Depth: Why phone manufacturers continue to eliminate the headphone jack despite all the backlash

Ever since the iPhone 7, there has been an addition to the list of things smartphones can usually endorse as features – the inclusion of a headphone jack. Not that Apple was the first to exclude what for years has been considered a mandatory part of any personal computing device from their smartphone. But because it’s Apple and the iPhone is the most popular phone in the world. So it sets the standard.

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In-Depth: Understanding the Cortex A53 on Mobile SoCs

To start off, ARM Holdings is a chip design company, which is owned by Soft Bank Ltd. ARM stands for Advanced RISC (Reduced Instruction Computer) Machine. RISC is something that people in Computer Science domain should definitely be aware of, but for the uninitiated, RISC is a microprocessor that is designed to perform a smaller number of types of computer instructions so that it can operate at a higher speed. Its speed is measured in MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second). Today, we take a look at the Cortex A53.

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