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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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Google Wallet’s new passport ID feature won’t help you enter the country

AGI is coming and nobody cares

Verizon is once again raising its fees

Valve’s master plan for Steam Machines is finally coming into focus

Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025

More from Microsoft

You can now try Microsoft’s Recall AI feature on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs

Microsoft ends Surface Studio 2 Plus production with no successor in sight

Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025

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