Realme has unveiled new TWS earbuds as well as Pro versions for the 10 series of Android smartphones today. The Buds Air 3S have wireless audio tech that is profoundly conventional by now - then again, it is packaged in an updated, potentially more ergonomic design with some degree of noise cancellation and Bluetooth 5.3 - all for the equivalent of ~US$28.

Realme has crammed a number of series firsts into the new 10 Pro Plus (or 10 Pro+), including the switch to a curved display at its market tier, which, as the OEM asserts, can help it challenge devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra in certain ways. It is also the first Pro+ model to launch with the latest Realme UI 4.0 based on Android 13 out of the box and new fast charging tech.

The Realme 10 Pro is a new mobile device that has dodged all leaks on its path to its launch today (November 17, 2022) as one of its OEM's first ever smartphones to launch with Android 13 out of the box. Not only that, it has a new "Skyline" display touted as having "1mm" bezels. The 10 Pro starts with relatively generous internal storage specs for ~US$223.

Once again, Apple packs the performance of a mobile workstation into a passively cooled tablet and, thanks to a large number of accessories, enables numerous application possibilities. But the price of the Apple iPad Pro 11 2022 has also increased significantly...

With Qualcomm having now announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, numerous smartphone manufacturers have now committed to using the new flagship chipset, as well as the smartphone series in which it will feature. From the OnePlus 11 to the Xiaomi 13 and many others in between, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 should be available in some markets before Christmas.

Fighting against established competitors like Intel and AMD as well as against more than 30 years of PC legacy was always going to be an uphill battle for Qualcomm. To find a way into the market for its Snapdragon processors, Qualcomm has to be creative - which they demonstrated at the Snapdragon Summit 2022.

Apple received plenty of criticism for how it integrated always-on display functionality for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. While the mode was almost indistinguishable from iOS 16's active lock screen, it seems that this could change with iOS 16.2, a preview of which Apple already offers in Beta 3.

The laptop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 has shown up on Puget Bench. Its GPU score maxed out at 57.4, over 30% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050's score of 43. The graphics card was running in a Samsung laptop with an Intel Core i7-13700H.

After the launch of flagship RTX 40 models from Nvidia, the wait has begun for affordable RTX 4060 SKUs that are expected to start showing up next year. The latest report about the GeForce RTX 4060 claims that the card will have 20% better performance than the RTX 3060 accompanied by a price bump.

Released about 4 years ago, the Samsung BAR Plus USB 3.1 flash drive comes in gray and silver. Three sizes are available for purchase, namely 64, 128, and 256 GB. Amazon is now running deals on all size and color combinations, with discounts going as far as 67 percent for the Champagne Silver 256 GB model.

Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the USB-C ports on the iPhone 15 lineup could be rated differently. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra will get one that operates at USB 3.2/Thunderbolt 3.0 speeds, whereas the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be restricted to USB 2.0.

AOC has introduced the AGON AG275QZ/EU and AGON AG275QZN/EU, two new gaming monitors that fall under the company’s AGON 5 series. Available later this month, the pair combine 240 Hz native refresh rates with 2.5K resolutions and low response times, among other features.

The well-equipped Lenovo Legion 5 Pro has particularly impressed us with its bright and colorful 165Hz QHD display, which certainly separates the 16-inch gaming laptop from more affordable RTX 3060-powered machines that often come with rather dim screens.

Numerous variants of the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card have found their way into the hands of unscrupulous scalpers, with prices on eBay already skipping past the US$2,300 mark. Nvidia launched the GeForce RTX 4080 with a starting price of US$1,199, which has already been perceived as a high price to pay for the relative performance.

OnePlus has continued its Android 13 and OxygenOS 13 rollout at impressive speed. Having already updated last year’s OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro, it has now rolled out OxygenOS 13 to another six smartphones. From today, the Android 13-based update should be available on the OnePlus 8 series, plus the OnePlus 9T, OnePlus 9RT and the OnePlus 10R.

Shortly after EV market leader Tesla has cut the prices of some of its electric cars in China, a well-known German competitors has now followed suit by announcing some fairly dramatic price drops on the Mercedes EQS and EQE, which are supposed to improve the rather sluggish sales figures of these luxurious electric sedans.

A device newly registered by Motorola with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is thought to be the brand's next high-end Android smartphone due to its exceptionally fast top charging rate. It also has other features seen in its putative predecessor the Edge X30, also known as the 30 Pro.

For the first time in years, it seems European and Global owners of Samsung's next-gen flagship will get the same hardware as markets like North America, with a Samsung Galaxy S23 model now appearing on Geekbench bearing a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and a model number that denotes it as a European model.

The energy efficient Kompanio SoCs designed for Chromebooks and tablets proved to be profitable and MediaTek is now looking to scale these for high-power Windows on Arm applications. From what company executives are suggesting, MediaTek might choose to design the processing and graphics cores in house, similarly to what Apple is doing with the M processors.

Honor's pre-launch campaign for its next crop of premium mid-range Android smartphones has already yielded a number of potentially juicy details. The 80 series is now more officially associated with 160MP as a maximum resolution in terms of main cameras. It is also now tipped to get a brand-new Qualcomm SoC - that is not, moreover, the 8 Gen 2.

Released earlier today, the NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 526.98 comes "to unlock the full potential of the new GeForce RTX 4080" and brings full support for the following upcoming titles: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Many other changes are included as well.

Gamers will have to pay for Cyberpunk 2077's first (and only) story-driven DLC, Phantom Liberty. It will likely cost between US$10 and US$20 and launch sometime in early 2023.

Lenovo is preparing to bring a high-end and MediaTek-powered Android tablet to market. While the company has not commented on the device yet, a recent Google Play Console listing reveals that the device will arrive as the Lenovo Tab Extreme with a high-resolution display.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone has turned up in a leaked CAD render, seemingly confirming the shape it’s going to take. It has been rumored that the Galaxy S23 Ultra won’t be much different in design to the Galaxy S22 Ultra; however, it seems there will at least be a flatter display to be enjoyed.

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 flagship processor is projected to be on the market in the form of new smartphones by 2023. However, those who would like it in something more like a reference platform for purely AI applications are in luck. The OEM will also offer the SoC as part of a new Innovators Development Kit to academic and research entities.

Apple finally brought 128 GB of storage to the Apple TV 4K with the 2022 model. While the most expensive Apple TV 4K also supports Ethernet and Thread networking, tvOS 16 currently prevents it from accessing more than 64 GB of storage. The current tvOS 16.2 beta does not address this bug, either.

TinyCircuits has introduced the TinyTV 2 and TinyTV Mini, successors to the three-year-old TinyTV. Available for US$49 via Kickstarter, the pair should start shipping in March 2023 in a choice of two colours each.

AMD may have announced the Radeon RX 7900 series a few weeks ago, but it has taken the company until now to reveal how its latest offerings compare against the RTX 4080, NVIDIA's latest Ada Lovelace architecture card. Unsurprisingly, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX offers better value for money than the RTX 4080 while also usurping the performance of the Radeon RX 6950 XT.

Despite that Tesla has climbed four places in an annual vehicle reliability ranking that has been helmed by Toyota and Lexus for a good while now, it is still occupying the 19th place among the top 20 most reliable car brands in the US. Consumer Reports notes that EVs are now 'the second least reliable category' of vehicles.

Samsung continues to upgrade its product stack to One UI 5 at breakneck speed. Not only has the company brought the Android 13-based update to the Galaxy Tab S8 series this week, but it has also delivered it to devices that were not scheduled to receive One UI 5 until December. Regardless, the Galaxy XCover6 Pro, Galaxy M32 5G and Galaxy M52 5G are now eligible for the update in several European countries.

A new leak says Samsung's upcoming Exynos SoC will ship with nine CPU cores. Other rumoured specs include an AMD RDNA GPU with 8 CUs. It is expected to be launched alongside the Galaxy S25 in 2025.

The RTX 4080 will be up for sale starting today. Compared to the RTX 4090, the latest rumors suggest the GPU is in short supply at major retailers. On the other hand, the RDNA 3-based RX 7900 XT and the RX 7900 XTX are expected to have much better stock compared to the RTX 4090 and the RTX 4080.

Smartphone ray-tracing is officially coming to at least one mobile game in the next few months. If enabled, frame rates may be cut in half in order to support the advanced graphical feature.

With overclocking records of up to 8 GHz, the Intel Core i9-12900K is one of Intel's most popular processors. This 10 nm LGA 1700 chip comes unlocked and has 8 performance and 8 efficiency cores, 30 MB Intel Smart Cache memory, and single-core boost speeds of up to 5.2 GHz. After applying the discount, Amazon is now selling it for US$499.88.

A new lawsuit alleges that Apple continues to collect user data in stock iPhone apps even when users have opted out of data tracking. This tracking contradicts assurances that Apple safeguards user privacy and can completely disable any kind of data collection in Apple's apps.

Thanks to a steeply discounted sale price of US$68, the Sony WH-CH710N have become a wallet-friendly pair of wireless headphones that is well-suited for hip hop fans who enjoy a bass-heavy but not particularly neutral sound profile.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is official with one Cortex-X3, four Cortex-A715 and three Cortex-A510 CPU cores, an Adreno 740 GPU, a new Spectra ISP, support for UFS 4.0 memory and Wi-Fi 7. Devices using the chipset will be commercially available by the end of 2022.

Leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy A54 show its rear camera module with three protruding sensors. At the front, there's a 6.4-inch screen with a hole-punch selfie camera.

A top-notch configuration of Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 series of mobile workstations has now dropped below the US$1,500 mark thanks to a coupon code that results in a massive rebate in relation to the manufacturer's lofty MSRP of more than US$4,000.

Apple has announced that the Emergency SOS via satellite feature exclusive to iPhones of the latest 14 series is now available - albeit in North America only. The Cupertino giant asserts that it should prove a new last resort should its customers be out of range of cell towers. It can also be used to share a device's location in the Find My app.

A new rumor about the Sony Xperia 1 V has surfaced in regard to dealing with the device’s temperature emissions. There have been many reports about Xperia 1 IV overheating issues, and it seems Sony does not want a repeat of this unflattering situation when it comes time to launch the Mark 5 model of the Xperia 1.

Google has released new features to the Pixel Watch app as part of its November 2022 update. Not only has Google included several bug fixes, but the company has also integrated greater Fitbit functionality, which still remains lacking compared to Fitbit's flagship smartwatches.

AiDot, a universal software platform shared by multiple smart home device and accessory brands, has announced that it is now compatible with Google's new Matter standard. To this end, the first wave of smart light-bulbs that support both protocols are now in their pre-sale period. They start at US$13.99 for a threaded unit that can fit seamlessly into an existing network of existing IoT devices and sensors.

Higole has brought another unusual mini-PC to market. This time, the company has introduced the Gole1 R, a Rockchip RK3588-based device that has a 5.5-inch built-in display for running Android 12, Linux or Ubuntu.

Morefine is now offering the M600, a mini-PC powered by the AMD Zen 3+ architecture. Starting at US$438 as a barebones system, the Morefine M600 is available with a choice of Ryzen 6000 APUs and up to 64 GB of RAM with 1 TB of storage.

Samsung introduced the option of body-composition analysis with the fourth generation of its high-end Galaxy Watch series. The OEM launched the new sensor in question with claims that it was as capable as conventional clinical machines in its job. Now, recently-published research may show how well these assertions hold up under lab conditions.