Amazon adds bigger screen, longer battery life to Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon recently announced new Kindle Paperwhite models that bring essential improvements to the series. The new Kindle Paperwhites get a larger 6.8-inch display with adjustable colour temperature, longer battery life, and faster charging via USB-C. 

Similar to the three-year-old Kindle Paperwhite, this new model still gets a flush-mounted display, built-in backlight, IPX8 waterproofing, and 300ppi resolution. Amazon reduced the bezels a bit to accommodate the bigger screen, which may or may not be a good thing given that you hold onto these bezels when you read.

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Twitter now lets you send Tips in Bitcoin, plus other new features

Twitter has been steadily growing the feature set its platform has been offering. The social media company is focusing on improving on three fronts:

• Give you more ways to express yourself.
• Help creators monetize on the platform.
• Offer more control over your interactions on Twitter. 

The company shared some updates during a press call yesterday, and we'd like to highlight some of the features we're excited to see. 

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Microsoft launches Surface Duo 2 with more flagship-ready specs

Updated on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 3:58AM by Nicole Batac

Microsoft has just refreshed the Surface Duo with the launch of the Surface Duo 2, bringing specs that make up for the shortcomings of its predecessor. This Android 11 dual-screen device runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with 128/256/512GB of storage and 8GB of LPDDR5 memory.

It gets two 5.8-inch AMOLED displays that become 8.3 inches combined. The new displays slightly curve on the inner edge. When the Surface Duo 2 is folded, the curves are visible from the outside and give a sneak peek of notifications. It'll glow when a notification comes in.

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Microsoft updates its 2-in-1 series with Surface Pro 8, Surface Go 3, Surface Pro X

Microsoft's 2-in-1 devices get a significant upgrade with these machines built with Windows 11 in mind. There are three new devices to welcome: the Surface Pro 8, Surface Go 3, and Surface Pro X.

The one that makes a giant leap forward is the new Surface Pro 8. According to the company, it is the biggest update since the Surface Pro 3. It is twice as fast as the Pro 7, running on the Intel Evo-based 11th-gen Intel Core processors and offering two Thunderbolt 4 ports.

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