Kuba Wojciechowski has confirmed the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will feature 1x Cortex-X3, 4x Cortex-A715 and 3x Cortex-A510 cores in a tri-cluster arrangement. The previously rumoured 2x Cortex-A710 cluster is no longer needed because Arm added 32-bit app support to the Cortex-A510.

Nvidia has kicked off its next generation of GPU hardware with the launch of the RTX 4090 and the RTX 4080 boards. Following the availability of the RTX 4090 in October, the RTX 4080 16 GB will be up for sale this month. Now, the latest report from Moore’s Law Is Dead claims that, compared to the RTX 4090 supply, the initial stock of the RTX 4080 cards will be much less.

SmartWings is currently crowdfunding for its Nano smart blinds. The products are customizable, with Bluetooth and Thread connectivity and support for smart home ecosystems such as Apple HomeKit and Amazon Alexa. Intelligent settings include blind opening or closing with sunrise or sunset, opening to a set position and linking multiple units to be controlled as one.

The US$7,500 new EV tax credit may become immediately available to all electric car buyers in the US if Representatives Terri Sewell (AL-07), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) manage to pass their Affordable Electric Vehicles for America Act. The bill aims to postpone all made-in-America vehicle assembly and battery component subsidy requirements by 3 years.

Honor is projected to launch the Magic 5 and 5 Pro as its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered flagship smartphones in 2023. However, they are now said to be joined by a Prestige Edition as a new type of Ultra in the same year. The putative US$1,000+ top-end variant might launch with a "custom" OLED display and a 1-inch main camera sensor.

The most affordable OLED TV with a native 120Hz refresh rate in the South Korean manufacturer's 2022 lineup has now received its largest discount to date, which brings the price of the 55-inch LG C2 a step closer to the magical US$1,000 mark.

With highlights like a 360 Hz 17.3-inch IPS display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics, 32 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD storage, the Intel Core i9-12900H-powered GIGABYTE AORUS 17 YE5 is unsurprisingly priced at US$3,699. Fortunately, the ongoing 32 percent discount pushes this list price down to US$2,499.

Amazfit has announced that its latest fitness-tracking Band is on its way to India. The "large HD AMOLED display" wearable has been priced at just under US$45 in its new market; however, it is even less than that with an introductory offer. The OEM notes that it applies on its launch day only, which is just a few days away now in November 2022.

Nokia is known for its eco-friendly smartphones. With the X30 5G, the Finnish brand is now utilizing the sustainability angle more than any other manufacturer. The 6.43-inch mid-range smartphone makes comprehensive use of recycled materials and can also be rented as an alternative to buying it.

Huawei's Petal is its in-house alternative to Google or Apple Maps, developed for the first-party HarmonyOS UI. The OEM has just unveiled a new and "powerful" 3D real-world feature for the app, touted to confer hyper-realistic "digital world" based on a given location. It requires new GPU applications and techniques, as well as enough photos of the place in question.

As expected, Sony’s God of War Ragnarök turns out to be a beautiful game on PS5 which can undoubtedly compete with the best-looking titles that this current console generation has to offer. Its 1440p performance mode with up to 90 fps appears to be particularly noteworthy since it allows for an extremely smooth gaming experience.

The PowerCombo Pro 40W is the latest release from the brand Baseus. It has debuted as the latest in a line of power accessories that is a combination between a power brick rated for up-to-date gallium nitride (GaN) charging technology and a power strip. To this end, it has full AC outlets in addition to USB type-A and -C ports.

GPD has outlined when it will start selling the Win 4, its latest compact gaming handheld. Equipped with a 6-inch display and AMD's powerful Ryzen 7 6800U APU, the GPD Win 4 will also be available with up to 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 2 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage.

Specifications for the upcoming Find X6 Pro have surfaced online. Revealed by a reliable leaker, the specifications suggest that Oppo will deck out its premier flagship smartphone with an enticing combination of hardware, including 100 W wired charging and the Sony IMX989, a 1-inch camera sensor also found in the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

AMD's Frank Azor confirmed to PCWorld that the new RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7900 XTX is an RTX 4080 competitor and does not aim to take on the RTX 4090, which is 60% more expensive. Azor also touched upon FSR 3 and said that AMD aims to make the next generation upscaling technology available to all architectures.

A Windows Central report says Diablo 4 will be playable in April 2023. Pre-orders are expected to kick off in December 2022 at The Game Awards.

YUNMI has launched a crowdfunding campaign in China for its VIOMI Portable Graphene Baseboard Electric Heater with Simulation Flame. The gadget has a built-in humidifier, which is used alongside LED lights to generate a fake flame. The device can provide up to 2,200 W power for temperatures up to 35 °C (~95 °F).

Steam for ChromeOS recently moved from Alpha to Beta, making it compatible with more Chromebooks across the board. However, the required specs to run Steam on ChromeOS are somewhat high (for Chromebooks, at least); users will need at least 8 GB of RAM and an Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 CPU or higher.

A few months ahead of the release of the highly anticipated successor, the sought-after Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra with 128GB of internal storage has now dropped below the US$900 mark on Amazon for the very first time since its launch in early 2022.

Honda's near electric car future will be based on the e:N2 platform concept that it just announced. The angular, aggressive styling aims to symbolize the mass production plans of the company which plans to release no less than 10 electric vehicles based on the e:N platforms by 2027.

North American Starlink satellite Internet users have started getting messages that their data allotment is no longer unlimited. Not only did Starlink move its faster download speed tiers from the residential to the business options, but it is now capping them to 1TB of usage per month before throttling kicks in.

The VAVA Chroma became a crowdfunding darling on its 2021 launch thanks to claims of debuting "cinematic" ALPD technology in an ultra-high-brightness 4K laser projector. Now, it is the star of its brand's pre-Black Friday 2022 event at US$1,000 off its usual price. It is joined by its new Luma 4K sibling, as well as VAVA's line of smart-home gadgets such as its security cameras.

OPPO is a smartphone OEM strongly associated with some of the fastest charging in the industry, thanks to its own SuperVOOC technology. Currently, it goes up to 150W in market-ready devices, with 240W rumored to become the next available upgrade. This potentially blistering form of mobile device power tech is now rumored to debut in a new smartphone in early 2023.

Should Samsung's Galaxy A13 5G get a direct successor in 2023, it may emerge at least looking like an extremely affordable version of the corresponding flagship S23 series. Now, the same device is thought to land in India in the new year, thanks to its reported arrival on a national regulator's database. Interestingly, it has reportedly been listed alongside even less familiar, yet still Samsung-esque, model numbers.

The EdgeBox RPi 200 is an Industrial Edge Controller available in four configurations. Based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the EdgeBox RPi 200 has plenty of I/O, several Industrial Protocols and plenty of connectivity options.

Samsung has taken to YouTube to issue another barb towards Apple, its perennial rival. While claiming that it has embraced 'folding phones and epic cameras', it acknowledges that Apple will join the foldable party within the next two years.

It appears that Qualcomm has confirmed the death of Exynos chipsets in flagship Samsung Galaxy S smartphones. In an earnings call, Qualcomm's Chief Financial Officer outlined that it will supply chipsets globally for the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, with Europe finally moving on from the likes of the Exynos 2200.

With advanced features such as onboard voltage regulation and custom XMP 3.0 profiles, the Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz C40 desktop memory kit is optimized for Intel processors. Now available with a solid 48 percent discount, this piece of hardware sports a compact form factor and a stylish aluminum heat spreader.

Although some might consider the lack of a bundled cooler a severe drawback, the 43 percent discount applied to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X on Amazon should appease them. This 8-core, 16-thread desktop processor for the AM4 platform has a maximum boost speed of 4.7 GHz, comes unlocked, and is now down to less than US$250.

Schenker has introduced new versions of the Key 15 and the Key 17. Now available with Intel Alder Lake-H series processors, the Key 15 and Key 17 also feature NVIDIA's powerful RTX 3080 Ti GPU. The Schenker K15 and Key 17 are blessed with panel options too, including 4K OLED, 4K IPS or a QHD IPS panel that outputs at 165 Hz.

The Fitbit Sense 2 smartwatch is presently selling at a reduced price in the US and Canada. A discount of US$100 or CA$140 (~US$104) is offered at the Fitbit Store and Amazon. The wearable has many health features such as skin temperature, heart rate and stress level monitors. Plus, you can control the device with Amazon Alexa voice commands.

You might want to have a good pair of headphones nearby if you plan on playing games on Acer's latest 14-inch Predator laptop. The model is as small as an Asus Zephyrus G14, but it's noticeably louder and even distracting at times.

AMD has confirmed the impending arrival of DisplayPort 2.1 capable monitors. Arriving early next year with 4K and 8K panels, AMD has also teased a new Samsung Odyssey Neo G9, which will be the world's first 8K ultra-wide monitor.

Even though the Sony WH-1000XM4 have been released more than two years ago, they are still a fine choice for buyers who are in the market for a well-performing pair of wireless headphones with an incredibly effective noise-cancellation function and a ridiculously long battery life.

EZVIZ has launched the DB1C as a new option for those interested in a teched-out doorbell. It is compatible with 2.4Ghz/5Ghz Wi-Fi, which can stream FHD video to a user's personal device. The new smart home component also has AI that can tell when there is a human in front of it, so as to avoid blowing the same device up with unnecessary or inaccurate alerts.

Realme is thought to launch a new mid-range Android smartphone called the 10 Pro Plus with a series-first curved display driven by the new SoC. Now, a well-known tipster claims to have evidence of at least one of those updates. Meanwhile, the device's full spec sheet has allegedly leaked out ahead of its launch.

Google has given a new lease of life to Pebble smartwatches. With an app update to support 64-bit versions of Android, Pebble smartwatch now support devices that lack 32-bit support, which is currently only the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro.

According to reports, Xiaomi is set to equip the Redmi K60 series with a tantalising cocktail of hardware. Not only will the Redmi K60 series rely on a powerful ARM Cortex-X2 prime core by way of the MediaTek Dimensity 8200, but it will also launch with high-resolution displays backed by large batteries.

Reputedly, Samsung plans to bring its 'Light' performance profile to the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Already available on the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4, the performance profile favours battery life and cooling over processing speed.

Sony is going to be busy with its Xperia line in 2023 according to a new rumor. Apparently, five smartphones spread across six model numbers could be in the pipeline for next year. Among those, it is possible one could be an Xperia 1 V model with an in-display fingerprint scanner while another could be the Xperia Ace IV compact smartphone.

SanDisk's Extreme line of portable SSDs have USB type-C ports and handy keychain-compatible metallic housings. Many of its variants are also listed with potentially substantial discounts on Amazon right now. They include over US$300 off the original price of a version with a capacity of 2TB and a rated top transfer speed of 1,050 megabytes per second (MB/s).

The iQOO Neo7 can be described as one of the most interesting premium Android smartphones of 2022, as it stands out from this crowd with MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 Plus SoC. It is now thought to get a sub-flagship SE variant, the predecessor of which saw a global release. It may, poetically enough, launch with a processor that is, despite being more mid-range itself, is backed to top 3GHz in terms of clock-speed.

The performance metrics presented by AMD during the official launch appeared a bit cryptic, but Linus and twitter user Lock Gamer extrapolated the AMD estimates with actual RTX 4090 results and it looks like the RX 7900 XTX is only 10% slower than Nvidia's top dog. Not too shabby when we also factor in the 60% lower prices for the AMD card.

The ever-increasing price of labor in the US is the main obstacle before building an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Indiana, said Subaru. Currently, the only EV that the company sells in the US is the 2023 Solterra crossover.

The new Chunxiao GPU is set to power an MTT S80 gaming card along with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, as well as an MTT S3000 datacenter card with 32 GB of VRAM. Raw performance levels are estimated to match Nvidia's RTX 3060 Ti and Moore Threads promises support for at least 40 of the most popular games in China, including Crossfire, CoD MW3, Diablo 3 etc. AV1 8K coding and decoding support is also a prominent feature.