New Dell XPS 13 series will be available starting Oct. 1

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Three Dell XPS 13 laptops—the XPS 13, XPS 13 Developer Edition, and XPS 13 2-in-1—will be available starting October 1, Thursday. This new lineup is part of Intel's EVO program and comes with the new Tiger Lake chipset.

The XPS 13 comes with the 11th-gen processors and Xe graphics, Thunderbolt 4, and a memory update to 4267MHz LPDDR4x (from 3733MHz). It still features that same lightweight, durable, flawless finish, but with a larger 4-sided InfinityEdge display with a 91.5% screen-to-body ratio. Dell promises up to 19 hours of battery life with this laptop. It's starting price is at US$999 (around CA$1,336).

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Sonos files another lawsuit against Google for infringing five more speaker patents

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A day before Google's hardware event where the new Nest Audio might be launched, Sonos has filed another lawsuit against the search giant. The company claims Google infringed on five more patents, including patents that cover technologies some of Sonos' best-known features are based on (including the Trueplay tuning tool). This new lawsuit is more about modern wireless speaker system features, which seem to focus on smart speaker control (like setting the volume on a speaker from your phone). 

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Google Pixel 5 leaks on official Japanese Twitter account

Ahead of its September 30 "Launch Night In," the Google Pixel 5's image gets leaked on the company's official Twitter in Japan. The tweet has since been taken down, but it also showed the price of the handset in the country. The tweet had a brief video that showed Google's focus on 5G and the "new design" of the Pixel 5. The tweet was most likely a misfire because it mentioned Google links to a page that isn't live yet. 

In Japan, the Pixel 5 will cost ¥74,800, which is approximately $948 in Canada. But the phone is rumoured to cost around $700 here. Perhaps, the higher price is because of taxes and other dues. But it is closer to the estimated US price, which is between $600 to $700.

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8,000 Microsoft Surface Pro devices help Tustin school manage inclusive learning

Microsoft's Surface Pro may be geared towards professionals and creatives requiring a versatile 2-in-1 device running a complete desktop operating system, but Microsoft's device has found a place in education as well.24,000 students in the Tustin Unified School District come from a range of cultural and economic backgrounds. To help bring equity in education to the student body, the school district provides every student with a personal computing device.

In 2018, Tustin upgraded devices for high school students to Microsoft Surface Pro. With this powerful, flexible tool, Tustin can attract and engage students, modernize learning experiences, and free teachers from the confines of the classroom. The result is improved productivity, greater collaboration, and more equitable education opportunities for everybody. The advantage of Surface Pro over Chromebooks is that they reflect devices that are actually used in the real world on a large scale.