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Black Shark is now selling its new smart ring in China. The wearable can track health metrics and remotely control some functions of your smartphone using various gestures on the ring. Plus, the company says that the ring has an up to 180-day battery life.

Google's mid-range Pixel 7a smartphone is now more budget-friendly than ever. Google is selling the phone for 30% less than its MSRP at all major retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and the search giant's own retail store. The discount is likely due to retailers wanting to clear the Pixel 7a off of shelves to make room for the upcoming Pixel 8a.

Motorola has expanded Edge 50 Pro availability beyond its initial Indian release. Early Motorola Edge 50 Pro orders will ship with a complimentary pair of Moto Buds Plus earbuds too, with prices set at £599.99 in the UK and €699 in the Eurozone, respectively, for the entire package.

Motorola has introduced a new flagship smartphone, its first since the Moto X40, Edge 40 Pro and Edge Plus (2023). Motorola has priced the Edge 50 Ultra aggressively, with a 144 Hz pOLED display, 125 W charging, a new Qualcomm chipset and an impressive camera set, all for €999.

Sony asserts that customers love the Deep Black Non-Glare Coating on the new Pro BRAVIA BZ53L, rated to confer enhanced visibility with minimal reflections on the new enterprise-grade display. It is rated for a 120Hz refresh rate as well as a 4K resolution with XR TRILUMINOS Pro technology and Full Array Local Dimming for a color-accurate image.

Motorola has delivered a new mid-range smartphone by way of the Edge 50 Fusion. Available soon globally with a €399 launch price, the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion combines a 144 Hz pOLED display with a 5,000 mAh battery and a more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset than pre-release leaks suggested.

Tesla should be pushing hard to make its new Model 3 Highland eligible for federal subsidies. The US has spent close to $600 million on EV tax credits this year.

A major discount campaign is running on Steam until April 22, offering discounts of up to 90 percent on first-person shooters such as Far Cry 6, Fallout 4 and Resident Evil Village.

Fans will have to say goodbye to hopes of the Switch 2 being unveiled at gamescom 2024. Nintendo will not be represented at the world's largest games fair this year.

The fight against blocking ads on the Google-owned online video sharing and social media platform YouTube continues as third-party apps that go against its terms of service are now in the tech giant's crosshairs. There are no names mentioned in Google's announcements, but we should hear them soon enough.

Anycubic touts its latest product event as a revolution in multi-color 3D printing. The OEM has partnered with PANTONE to present new filaments in exclusive "true-to-life" shades, up to 8 of which can be fed to a new Kobra 3 printer in a "seamless, hassle-free" way that also integrates a new auto-drying feature.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT with 16 GB of VRAM and an MSRP of $499 is attracting a lot of user attention according to the Q1 2024 sales figures of German retailer Mindfactory compiled by 3DCenter (via TechEpiphany). The GPU seemingly dominated all the other offerings from AMD and NVIDIA as the retailer managed to sell close to 7,000 RX 7800 XT units.

Motorola has now fully detailed the Moto G64, which it will soon start selling in three colours and two memory configurations. Available from INR 14,999 (~$179), the Motorola Moto G64 features a 120 Hz display, a 50 MP primary camera, a 6,000 mAh battery and is the first smartphone to sport MediaTek's Dimensity 7025 chipset.

The release of the PlayStation 5 Pro (PS5 Pro) remains a while off yet, with an autumn release reputedly being targeted. Nonetheless, leaked internal documents have revealed even more details about the Sony PS5 Pro, including one that would put it ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 in certain scenarios.

Outdoors, indoors, in public or even other people's houses: Fulsolen asserts that its EV charger can be used almost anywhere thanks to its system of interchangeable NEMA plugs and "8x Faster Charge" specs. It is compatible with all SAE J1772-compatible vehicles, merely needing an adapter for a Tesla, and even has an OLED status display.

Decathlon has launched the Rockrider E-FEEL 900S Team Edition in Europe. The high-end electric mountain bike has a full suspension system from RockShox and a 600W peak power motor with a torque sensor. Plus, the e-bike features a Shimano display with Bluetooth connectivity.

Govee has revealed the upcoming Floor Lamp Pro. The model was shown alongside the recently launched Floor Lamp 2; the Pro has upgraded features like a higher peak brightness and the ability for the light to rotate. Plus, the base contains a Bluetooth speaker that can play music or white noise.

The Govee Floor Lamp 2 has been launched in the US, the EU and the UK. The new smart light is similar to the older Lyra model, with various upgrades like increased brightness and support for the Matter protocol. Other features of the RGBICWW lamp include preset scenes and a music sync mode.

A surprising discovery made in the data retrieved by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission is the BH3 stellar black hole, located just 2,000 light years from Earth. No less than 33 times the size of the sun, BH3 is the largest of its kind in the Milky Way and the second one (by size) to be spotted so far.

GameSir X4 mobile game controller has launched in China, and it comes with Microsoft authorization. That means you get full support for Xbox Game Pass mobile streaming. The Backbone One alternative also has a replaceable button layout and offers "high playability" across different mobile titles.

Xiaomi has announced that customers who’ve pre-ordered the standard variant of the SU7 will be able to make changes to their cars for a limited time. However, the customizations could result in longer wait times for the EV as the company will recalculate the order delivery time. As a reference, the SU7 delivery times for the standard SKU currently sit between 13-16 weeks.

The dry cathode project that would produce a 4680 battery as envisioned on Battery Day has been very slow and expensive for Tesla. A lot of the people who worked on the cheap Model 2 are being let go, too.

After a test phase, plans are said to have matured to require users to pay after registering on X (formerly Twitter) before they are allowed to post. This was announced by Elon Musk himself, and he blames AI.

CFExpress Type A cards are an interesting competitor to SD cards, as they are also quite small but slightly thicker. OWC is now announcing new models with particularly high writing and reading speeds. The card also supports a minimum write rate of 400 MB/s.

Blackmagic has launched the Ursa Cine 12K, a feature-packed digital film camera for prosumer and professional cinematography. The Ursa shoots 12K up to 120 fps with 16 stops of dynamic range using a large-format sensor. Footage can be stored to 8TB of swappable storage, cloud-synced, or live-streamed from the camera, and reviewed on dual 5" FHD touchscreen LCD monitors.

Wireless charging via a smartphone's NFC chip could finally become a reality with Android 15. This would allow even inexpensive mid-range smartphones to be charged wirelessly, while wireless chargers could potentially become significantly smaller and cheaper.

Aside from crazy acceleration capabilities, bullet-proof glass and rust, the question is how practical a Cybertruck really is. RND took it for a test drive and wasn't entirely satisfied.

HP's EliteBook 635 Aero G11 is an ultra-light, yet extremely powerful notebook that packs an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U, a 400 nits bright 16:10 display and a relatively wide range of connections into a chassis that weighs less than 1 kg.

The Raspberry Pi 400 packs a single-board computer into the housing of a keyboard. Together with the PiDock 400, users can quickly transform the compact PC into a laptop with a 13.3-inch 1080p display and a trackpad, although the dock does not have an integrated battery.

The Fimi Mini 3 is a new and cheap drone, positioned as a suitable alternative to competing drones from DJI. The model also promises high image quality and comes with a Sony sensor.

A new leak has now revealed early details of the upcoming Xiaomi 14T and 14T Pro months ahead of their expected debuts. Said details include model numbers, codenames, and the identity of the more expensive Pro model.

Described as a device that aims "to redefine the essence of mobile photography," the Nubia Z60 Ultra Photographer Edition launches today globally. While the United Kingdom store will not get it, this handset will be available at the Global, Europe, and Mexico stores. The price tag for the United States is a mere $779.

The Redmi K70 Ultra may be months away from release but a new leak has now revealed key specifications of the Redmi flagship smartphone, with performance seemingly being its priority.

The latest additions to ELEGOO's Saturn series have launched with cutting-edge features such as the Tilt Release Technology that might reduce print time and damage to the resulting model in the new top-end 4 Ultra. It also boasts a light source touted to yield smoother results and an AI-powered print-monitoring system.

One of Xiaomi's next POCO F6 series smartphones has turned up at a US regulatory body. Not only has the FCC confirmed that the POCO F6 Pro is a re-branded Redmi K70, but also that it will launch with a 5,000 mAh battery running Xiaomi HyperOS.

Geekom reportedly plans to launch a new mini PC called AE7 with a top-end processor from the AMD Phoenix line. To be specific, AndroidPC reports that it will feature AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, a powerful processor with a very capable Radeon 780M iGPU. To further enhance the gaming capabilities, it is said to sport USB4, which brings eGPU support.

The IKEA BRÄNNBOLL gaming furniture collection has been revealed before its launch later this year. The range will include a series of chairs, such as an inflatable model and another with an unusual spring-based structure. Other products in the line-up are a gaming station, storage solutions and accessories.

Samsung is rumored to introduce a new (or new-ish) line of Galaxy C-series Android smartphones in 2024. Its alleged inaugural member may have surfaced on Geekbench, thereby adding to the growing body of evidence that it does in fact exist and will be available soon. Should that be the case, it might debut with a 120Hz AMOLED display and 50MP main camera.

Reportedly, Samsung is still preparing to release a new cheaper Galaxy Watch smartwatch later this year running One UI. Contrary to a recent leak, this smartwatch is not expected to arrive as the Galaxy Watch FE. Reportedly, it could debut with a more familiar name instead, much like this year's refresh of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

According to a new report, Google could become the first OEM to offer devices with the Samsung Exynos Modem 5400. Allegedly, the Exynos 5400 modem will arrive in this year's Pixel 9 series, which is now rumoured to contain four models by way of the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, as well as a future 5G Pixel tablet codenamed 'clementine'.

Tesla has announced a round of layoffs for 14,000 of its staff, including some high-ranking department heads. Its VP of Public Policy is leaving, or is being laid off ahead of the Robotaxi unveil, too.

Xiaomi HyperOS, first introduced with the Xiaomi 14 series in October last year, is reaching more and more previously released phones. The latest rollout is for the Mi 10 series, which has many smartphones launched in 2020. Worth noting that it's not the stable version of the custom Android skin. Instead, the update is an internal testing or beta version of the firmware.

The Sharp 2.0.2 Compact Dolby Atmos Soundbar, or HT-SB700, is now on sale in Europe. The new model is relatively cheap and offers a surround sound experience with support for Dolby Atmos. Other features include an HDMI eARC port, and a range of pre-sets such as Movie and Music.

Samsung has now confirmed that a new batch of older smartphones and tablets will soon be offered One UI 6.1 upgrades. Not only has the company revealed which models are eligible, but it has also outlined a rough release schedule.

Powkiddy is offering a new retro gaming handheld powerful enough to emulate most Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 1 games. Sold as the Powkiddy RGB20SX, the compact gaming handheld has a 1:1 display, 1 GB of LPDDR4 RAM, a 5,000 mAh battery and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Kickstarter has suspended the Ringo smart ring crowdfunding campaign. A couple of days before the campaign was due to end, Kickstarter emailed backers to reassure them that pledges had been cancelled. In the statement, the company also hinted at why it had taken this action.

Just a week ago, Apple updated App Review guidelines, which opened the doors for retro game emulators to be officially listed. A Game Boy emulator named iGBA became the first to take advantage of this, but its time on the Apple App Store was short-lived. It got removed for spam and copyright violations.

On April 18, the developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance will unveil a new game. The well-known leaker Tom Henderson confirms the fans' suspicions - Kingdom Come: Deliverance is finally getting a sequel.

Radxa has released another single-board computer, this time one powered by a MediaTek Genio 1200 chipset promising official support until late 2028 at the earliest. The Radxa NIO 12L starts at $99 and features plenty of ports too, thanks to its 140 x 75 mm board size.

Apple's (allegedly) planned AI features expected to come with iOS 18 that have been mentioned a lot in the last few months will become official on June 10. The latest set of rumors claims that next-gen iPhones will not rely on cloud servers for AI tasks, relying entirely on the devices instead.