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Acer announces latest lineup of consumer laptops, introduces new TravelMate notebooks and Porsche Design Acer Book RS Acer has introduced a suite of new consumer notebooks across its Swift, Spin and Aspire series, all powered by 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics. The refreshed devices also come with features such as full HD IPS touch screens, ports that provide fast and convenient data transfer and the flexibility of different modes. Most also include Cortana and/or Windows Hello. Creative professionals such as photographers and YouTubers will probably appreciate the Acer Swift 3X, a 3-pound device that can handle the most task-intensive apps for up to 17.5 hours at a time and, if necessary, can also be fast charged to provide four hours of use in just 30 minutes.  It will be available in North America in December [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241 Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 20241 Introducing theme-aware splash screens for apps Building on theme-aware tiles in Start, we’re introducing theme-aware splash screens for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. Now, when an eligible UWP app is launched, the splash screen color will match your default app mode. For example, if you have light theme turned on, you’ll see a light theme splash screen, and if you have dark theme turned on (for the “default app mode”) then you’ll see a dark theme splash screen. Settings app splash screen before and after in light theme: Settings app splash screen before and after in dark theme: The following apps support theme-aware splash screens today: Settings Store Windows [ more… ]