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…The Magic Pointer is one of top-line features for Google’s new Googlebooks, the Gemini-powered successor to Chromebooks that are due in the fall. But while we’ll have to…
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A Chromebook’s just a laptop that runs Google’s Chrome OS instead of Windows or Mac. It’s mostly for web stuff like Google Drive and YouTube. Regular laptops are more powerful and can handle pretty much anything.
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