Kim Kardashian's brief flirt with scammy crypto advertising would cost her a 3-year ban on crypto promotions and US$1.26 million. That's the US$250,000 she received for the post touting an EthereumMax token, plus interest and a US$1 million fine by the SEC.

Samsung is said to have upgraded its entire S series of Android smartphones (rather than just its Ultra variant as usual) in terms of looks for its upcoming 2023 generation. Now, a famous leaker claims to have dug up images of "protective cases" made to fit one of these devices. Its rear camera cut-outs suggest that the vanilla flagship has indeed made a departure from its S22 forebear.

Tesla is preparing to launch its own EV-tailored car diagnostics and error reporting system as an alternative to the widely established OBD standard. It will reportedly use South Korea as a launch pad about a year from now, and expand its EV self-diagnostics standard use globally from there.

Samsung has rolled out new updates for its older flagship smartwatches. Available on the Galaxy Watch Active2 and the Galaxy Watch3, the update brings a few new features to both smartwatches, such as two watch faces.

The RedMagic 7 is one of the very few premium Android smartphones on the international market with an industry-leading 165Hz refresh rate for its AMOLED display. Now, it is available at US$50 off its original global launch price. Its Pro counterpart, which has upgraded to an under-display camera in 2022, is also now on sale.

Apple seems to already have the fourth-gen iPhone SE in the works. A new leak from a generally solid source has now revealed some important details of the compact phone, with Face ID expected to be absent—while a price bump from the iPhone SE (2022) appears to be on the cards as well.

Huawei has announced a new Smart TV in China aimed at gamers. Billed as the Vision Smart Screen Z65 Gaming Edition, the Smart TV has a 4K native resolution, a 120 Hz panel, a 50 W Devialet sound system and HDMI 2.1 connectivity, among other things.

Starting today, the US and select international markets get Doritos and Rockstar Energy Drink products in special edition packaging. These products come with the chance to win thousands of prizes consisting of exclusve downloadable content for popular Xbox and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate titles, as well as one free month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

OnePlus has announced its ColorOS update schedule for October 2022. This list of smartphones eligible for either public beta or stable builds of the Android skin's latest 13 version during that month shows that there are just 2 devices in the latter category. It might only apply to units sold in China, yet could influence how soon international 9-series users will see stable OxygenOS 13.

The Moto G72 has arrived following a short teaser campaign. Billed as Motorola's latest mid-range smartphone, the Moto G72 has a 6.55-inch and 120 Hz pOLED display, a 108 MP primary camera and a 5,000 mAh battery, among other features. Sadly, Motorola has chosen a weaker chipset to keep costs down.

Hackers have successfully managed to jailbreak the PlayStation 5 console. Both variants (digital and disk) are vulnerable to the WebKit-based exploit. However, there are multiple stability issues, and it only works on consoles running firmware 4.03 or lower.

A new iPadOS 16 beta build has confirmed that Apple is moving away from making Stage Manager an M1-exclusive feature. Instead, the multitasking feature has been opened up to iPads with A12X Bionic and A12Z Bionic chipsets.

OnePlus has unveiled the Nord Watch in India, where it starts at INR 4,999 (~US$60). Available in two colours, the OnePlus Nord Watch has a 1.78-inch AMOLED display, impressive battery life and IP68 certification, among other features.

Recent 3C listings suggest that Xiaomi could be on the verge of blowing its current 120W HyperCharge out of the water, starting with the Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus. Seemingly set for a global release, the Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus should be capable of an astounding 210 W fast wired charging.

HMD Global now sells the Nokia X30 5G in Europe and the UK. Available in two memory configurations and in two colours, the Nokia X30 5G combines a Snapdragon 695 chipset with a 90 Hz AMOLED display and three high-resolution cameras. The Nokia X30 5G is orderable now from £399 or €519 in the Eurozone.

Intel launched the 13th gen Raptor Lake chips recently at prices that compete very favorably with the AMD Zen 4 CPUs. Serial leaker Tom from the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel alleges that the Raptor Lake CPUs have significantly reduced profit margins for the retailers than the Zen 4 chips, allowing Intel to price the processors as it did.

Previously available for Samsung's more recent flagships like the Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Fold 3, and the Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Expert RAW photography app is now gaining full support for more devices. The trio that joins the list consists of Galaxy S20 Ultra, Note 20 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Fold 2.

The latest Google Pixel 7 Pro specs sheet that comes from a Taiwanese mobile carrier confirms previously rumored details such as face and fingerprint unlocking, as well as 5X optical zoom. The 48 MP telephoto shooter joins the 50 MP + 12 MP ultrawide duo rumored to equip the vanilla Pixel 7.

AnTuTu has now released its performance rankings for the month of September. The Asus ROG Phone 6D leads the pack, in no small part thanks to the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus and its class-leading CPU performance.

Amazon is currently selling one of the most popular Android smartphones in the mid-range segment for US$100 off its original MSRP, which results in the most affordable price yet for the well-performing Pixel 6a with the quick Google Tensor SoC.

The government of India has announced that the country's 5G roll-out has officially begun. It projects that the services will reach their full coverage by 2024, and serve three-quarters of the nation's population. Then again, only one carrier has activated its 5G network thus far, and it works in eight cities.

As part of a limited restoration project, the British company Charge Cars plans to equip 500 units of the sleek first-generation Ford Mustang from the late 1960s with a modern electric drivetrain, which comes with four motors and a respectable top speed of 150 mph.

After testing up to 10 unskippable ads before videos, YouTube is now apparently investigating another way to increase revenue. In the future, 4K videos could only be available for YouTube Premium users. Google declined to comment so far, so we can only hope this is just another experiment that will stay that way.

The Galaxy A14 4G might be one of the cheapest Android smartphones Samsung launches in 2023; however, new renders give it a rear camera hump not hugely unlike that linked to its putative flagship S23 counterparts. The putative budget model is also now thought to debut with a display bigger than that of its A13 predecessor, flattened edges and a 3.5mm jack.

With less than two weeks until their release, Intel's Arc A770 and A750 video cards are back on Geekbench. The new benchmark results show both cards close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, and the A770 is even faster in the OpenCL benchmark by over 3 percent. Taking pricing into account, this spells trouble for AMD and NVIDIA.

The first signs of successors to the Realme 9 series of Android smartphones has allegedly arrived in the form of the 10 4G. Its apparent forebear had a Qualcomm SoC; however, this putative 2023 budget device has gone with a newer MediaTek Helio-series platform instead. It is tipped to have very similar specs as the 9 4G otherwise - however, it might debut with an updated rear panel, at least.

The average interest rate to finance a Tesla vehicle has climbed to 4.74% at the beginning of Q4. Car loan interest rates are usually less affected by the Federal Reserve's monetary policies, yet have still started to rise significantly, catching up with Tesla's financing offers as well.

JVC has unveiled the DLA-25LTD, a limited edition projector celebrating the 25th anniversary of its D-ILA technology. The device has a 4K native resolution but can deliver 8K quality images thanks to e-shiftX technology. Only 25 units will be released later this year, retailing for US$29,999.

The UGreen 140W PD3.1 Nexode Charger has launched in the UK, following a US release last month. You can use the gadget to simultaneously charge three devices, such as a MacBook, DJI Mavic 3, Nintendo Switch and iPhone. Plus, you can currently receive a 10% discount on the device at Amazon with an in-page voucher.

DxOMark has just released its camera assessment of the iPhone 14 Pro, in which the group praises its upgraded shooters' color reproduction, auto-focus, dynamic range and detail highly. Nevertheless, the new Apple flagship has not managed to knock the Honor Magic4 Ultimate Edition off its top spot in the rankings, even though it is now #1 in terms of selfie-camera performance.

Edifier asserts that its latest bookshelf-type speaker is high-end in terms of its specs and features, yet set at an cost-effective price-point. The WiFi/Bluetooth/OPT/COX/AUX-capable S1000W has aluminum bass drivers and a titanium dome tweeter rated to deliver "Hi-Res audio", and can pair to at least 1 additional unit for seamless music playback throughout the home.

Anker's eufy home-security brand has launched a third-gen outdoor camera kit powered by its OEM's new BionicMind AI. It can be "taught" to recognize specific faces as friendly, and can even learn to "perceive" certain human behaviors as potentially suspicious. The new features are touted to make camera activation, user notification and footage storage within the eufyCam 3 system more selective, powerful and effective than ever.

Early adopters of the Google Pixel 7 series are in line for sumptuous pre-order gifts. According to a new leak, Pixel 7 buyers will get the Pixel Buds Pro while Pixel 7 Pro early birds will receive the upcoming Pixel Watch—in the UK at least.

After less than a decade since its release for iOS, which took place in September 2014, the Microsoft-owned virtual keyboard app SwiftKey (originally developed by TouchType) will be removed from the Apple App Store on October 5. This move comes after over a year without updates, but there is no official reason yet.

The recently released free update for Microsoft Flight Simulator introduces the world's second-largest country to the players. This update's list of highlights includes 12 urban regions enhanced with the latest photogrammetry data, nine missions, and no less than 87 hand-crafted points of interest.

With the ThinkPad Z series, for the first time there is a dedicated high-end series from Lenovo for the AMD Ryzen chips. Even if the Z16 unfortunately had a few problems in our review, our test again showed the potential of the AMD CPUs.

The budget-friendly but well-performing RTX 3060 configuration of the Acer Nitro 5 is currently on sale for just US$729, which arguably turns this 15-inch gaming laptop into a very decent choice for frugal gamers who are looking for a cheap machine with an outstanding price-to-performance ratio.

Xiaomi has unveiled the Redmi Note 11R in its home market. Already available in China, the Redmi Note 11R has a 90 Hz display, a Dimensity 700 chipset and up to 8 GB of RAM. Also, the new smartphone bears more than a passing resemblance to the POCO M4 5G.

Banana Pi has started selling the BPI-PicoW-S3, a development board that follows the form factor of the Raspberry Pi Pico W. Supposedly more powerful than Raspberry Pi's effort, the BPI-PicoW-S3 is orderable now from US$5.50.

iFixit has disassembled the AirPods Pro 2, Apple's latest flagship earbuds. Sadly, the AirPods Pro 2 is basically unrepairable and is at odds with Apple's apparent embrace of right to repair. As iFixit found out, destroying the AirPods Pro 2 is the only way to access some components.

Ulefone asserts that its latest IP68/69K/MIL-STD-810G-rated mobile device, the Power Armor 16 Pro, is now the "world's loudest rugged phone". It has launched with a disproportionately large speaker that shoulders the conventional camera hump aside in an effort to live up to this "122 decibel" spec. The 16 Pro debuts with its OEM's inaugural TWS earbuds as a free gift.

According to a renowned leaker, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will have a thinner chin than its predecessor. While not quite even bezels, the changes have led @UniverseIce to declare that the Galaxy S23 Ultra could be Samsung's sharpest smartphone design to date.

With Leica switching allegiances to Xiaomi, it should come as no surprise to see Huawei revise the P50 Pro and remove any references to the German camera company. Reportedly, Huawei has also ditched the power supply from its latest flagship smartphone too.

D-Link has announced that it has been involved in an "exclusive" partnership with Meta to launch a new product specifically designed for the Quest 2. The DWA-F18 VR Air Bridge is designed to connect one of those virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) flagship headsets to a PC with "improved efficiency" over Wi-Fi. This is intended to allow the Quest 2 user to enjoy its wireless mode with potentially reduced latency and improved immersion.

LG has unveiled the latest addition to its MAGNIT series of TVs for high-end home media rooms at CEDIA Expo 2022. This new 4K variant will add a 136-inch form-factor to its line of super-sized micro-LED panels, and is rated to pack the processing power and AI rated to tailor its output to the type or genre of media to be displayed, from movies to NFTs.