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Photos of Toshiba's new Encore Mini tablet running Windows 8.1

Netflix is planning to raise prices... again

X Social Media is suing X, a social media company

Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch

1,000 photos later, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max is still missing something

Someone already unboxed the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro

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Toshiba Encore Mini photos

Toshiba Encore Mini photos

Photos of Toshiba's new Encore Mini tablet running Windows 8.1

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Netflix is planning to raise prices... again

X Social Media is suing X, a social media company

Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch

1,000 photos later, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max is still missing something

Someone already unboxed the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro

More from Microsoft

Where to preorder the new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Laptop Go 3

Microsoft’s Surface and AI event: all the news and announcements

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator

The latest Windows 11 update will help you ditch passwords for good