OnePlus has lifted the lid on the PAC-MAN Edition of the Nord 2. The handset will launch on November 15 across the EU, India and the UK. The OnePlus Nord 2 x PAC-MAN Edition can be won in a PAC-MAN web-based game or purchased for INR 37,999, €529, and £499.

POCO has just made its last new smartphone of 2021 official. The M4 Pro 5G offers several upgrades over its predecessor in a package with styling to match the increasingly popular brand's esthetics. It starts at just under US$270, although its impending early-bird deals allow for its first round of orders to go for even less than that.

By joining forces with the fastest blockchain in the world, Brave Browser is planning to provide the best-in-class wallet features to its desktop and mobile browsers starting in the first half of 2022. However, the company will continue to support Ethereum and aims to integrate additional blockchains over time.

A tweet from Jason Citron, the founder and CEO of Discord, has resulted in a flurry of Nitro users canceling their subscriptions with the popular messaging service. The provocative post featured a screenshot of Discord settings that included new options for storing crypto and NFTs and showed an image of the Discord and Ethereum logos.

The recently-launched Redmi Note 11 Pro and Pro Plus now seems destined for a launch in India, thanks to reports that the devices have acquired approval from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). They are joined there by a third model number said to belong to the upcoming Xiaomi 12 series of flagships.

Nintendo has briefed investors that it is already planning its next console, though it is focusing on 'value-added services' as well. The company also confirmed that it would continue to work on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, which has recently faced consumer criticism.

Haylou has announced the RS4, another affordable smartwatch by the company. The RS4 features a 1.78-inch AMOLED display, a GPS module and is IP68 certified. The 45 mm smartwatch should last up to 25 days on a single charge of its battery, too.

PINE64 has started selling the SOQuartz Compute Module W, a device that could be used on its own or as a carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The system on module starts at US$34.99 and is orderable now with up to 8 GB of RAM.

The New York Times reports that Meta may be planning retail stores to showcase its devices, including Oculus VR headsets. According to sources close to The Times, plans for these stores began last year, with Meta expected to open its flagship store in California.

Ex-Samsung employee turned insider Super Roader alleged that Samsung may be ditching the Exynos 2200 in favor of the Snapdragon 898. Until now, Samsung has shipped its flagship phones with Exynos chips in all markets except the US and some other countries where it uses Snapdragon SoCs. Reportedly, the ongoing chip shortage is making it hard for Samsung to procure enough Exynos chips for the upcoming Galaxy S22 phones.

Renders of Samsung's next mid-range smartphone have leaked. The Galaxy A53 is expected to launch with a 64 MP primary camera, a flat design and a 120 Hz display.

Xiaomi has announced the Xiaomi Laser Cinema 2, an ultra-short-throw projector and the first with 4K/Dolby Vision support. The projector peaks at 2,400 ANSI Lumens too, and can create up to 200-inch images.

Apple believes that it has fixed macOS 12 Monterey for devices with a T2 security chip. The fix will be no good for a machine that bricked when attempting to install macOS 12, though.

The PlayStation 5 console has come under some close scrutiny lately with two hacking incidents offering interesting results. A Google security engineer claims to have accessed the debug settings while a known hacking group has apparently obtained all of the PS5 root keys. These kinds of hacks could lead to an eventual PS5 jailbreak.

OPPO is already thought to have a 2022 flagship Android smartphone, which may or may not be called the Find X4, in the works. Now, a famous Weibo-based leaker asserts that it will get an upgrade in terms of battery technology as well as SoC over its alleged predecessor. Accordingly, its charging speed may exceed the current 65W limit by a good margin.

According to a Weibo tipster that has been around for a while, Motorola's Moto Edge X will be the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 898-powered handset to hit the market. Sadly, there are no details regarding this possible launch available at this time and it is very likely that the handset will only be available in China for a while.

PNY had revealed that the next generation of its XLR8 Gaming RAM would be DDR5. Now, it has announced that these MAKO and MAKO RGB sticks will be on the market shortly. They will be joined by Performance DDR5, which will support the 4,800MHz speed mentioned earlier.

Optomec has unveiled a new 3D printed Interconnect solution that substantially amplifies 5G signals. The company asserted that this solution increases the performance of mm-wave integrated circuits (ICs). This IC solution is facilitated by Optomec's newly designed Aerosol Jet HD2 printer, which has an ultra-high printing resolution.

Samsung is bringing the Snapdragon 898 to more tablets than the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. The Galaxy Tab S8 Plus will launch with Qualcomm's next-generation chipset too, along with at least 8 GB of RAM.

Xiaomi is expected to launch the Xiaomi 12 next month, likely one of the first smartphones available with the Snapdragon 898. According to reports, the Xiaomi 12 could also improve upon the Mi 11 in two other areas, including its charging capabilities.

Xiaomi has cut the prices of the Mi 11 and POCO across its website and Amazon. The pair are now available at between 24% and 27% off, with the POCO F3 costing just £249. The deals are only available in the UK.

An HP Omen 17 variant running the 12th-generation Intel Core i7-12700H Alder Lake processor and laptop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has been spotted online. It scores 90,114 and 127,392 on the Geekbench Vulkan and OpenCL benchmarks, respectively, and confirms that the latter will ship with 16GB of VRAM and 58 SMs.

Reportedly, Samsung has set the date of its Galaxy Unpacked event for the Galaxy S21 FE. The device will debut five weeks before the Galaxy S22 series, albeit with last-generation hardware.

The release of the Snapdragon 898 nears, with the next-generation SoC seemingly due in a few weeks. The Snapdragon 898 could debut in the Xiaomi 12 series, but Qualcomm will showcase the chip first at its next Tech Summit.

It seems either a Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Lite or Galaxy Tab S8 FE is in the works. Evidence has been discovered that points to such a development, meaning the Galaxy Tab S8 series would feature four SKUs. A Tab S8 Lite or Tab S8 FE would be aimed at consumers who want to try out a member of the premium series without taking such a big hit to the bank balance.

With a release date set for November 11th, GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition is now ready to hit the Nintendo Switch as well. Rockstar confirmed this via six new screenshots from this ported edition of the upcoming title which promises to be one of the most popular releases of the year.

The reduced price will be valid only during launch before bouncing back up to around $500 USD. The thin and attractive modern chassis design will be balanced by an older and slower passively-cooled Intel Core m7 CPU.

The affordable 32-inch soundbar is easy-to-use and wall mountable with the ability to accept up to five different audio inputs. Unfortunately, its limited Bluetooth range and lack of a dedicated subwoofer can disappoint users with larger HTPC setups.

The Ryzen 9 5900HX APU and the GeForce RTX 3060 laptop GPU bring almost every computer game smoothly onto the matte 4K screen. The latter scores points with very good color reproduction (Pantone-certified) and high brightness. This is complemented by good battery life.

Newer iPhones come with software locks that prevent the use of the cameras should replacement parts be installed instead of factory originals. Now, there are rumors that Google has done the same with its 2021 flagship, the Pixel 6 Pro. A famous independent-repair blogger has investigated these claims using 2 new units of this phone.

Netflix has started to offer games as well as conventional content on Android. It is now also projected to do the same on iOS - however, there is an obstacle in the way of these alleged plans, and it is, of course, Apple's policy on mobile apps. On the other hand, this barrier may not be as immovable or implacable as it once was.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has published the official game specs and compatibility details for Elden Ring. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X owners and PC users with powerful rigs should get to enjoy the potential of up to 4K resolution or 60 FPS gaming. However, ray-tracing support has not made it to the Xbox Series S console.

Apple has hired Christopher Moore, an ex-Tesla engineer, to work on its self-driving car. Moore's work will revolve around the software that will power the fully autonomous vehicle from Apple. This is not the first time that Cupertino has hired former Tesla employees. Last year, Apple employed Stuart Bower who has previously led Tesla's Autopilot program.

OEMs might ditch the punch-hole for smartphone selfie cameras in favor of under-display technology instead. Now, patent images allegedly created by Realme may indicate that this brand may join this rapidly-growing trend. Judging by the rest of its appearance, the resulting device may be destined for the middle or top tiers of its smartphone offerings.

The new Zero 2022 SR electric motorcycle has an operating system that allows you to purchase upgrades on the fly for your bike. Upgrades include increased battery capacity, which can be boosted from the standard 14.4 kWh to 20.9 kWh, and improved torque levels.

Honor may be one of the next OEMs to launch a first-gen foldable Android phone. Now, these rumors have gained more weight with findings that the company has registered what might be a name for this device with the European Union's intellectual property office EUIPO. Then again, the contents of this leak contradicts the last on the subject.

A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines has created a mathematical framework to make robots cognizant of how their actions impact others.

A new report has offered information that conflicts with previous reports of Apple’s silicon plans for the Mac Pro. However, it also offers some rumored new details about Apple’s silicon roadmap for future devices including the next MacBook Air.

The Intel Core i9-12900K and Intel Core i5-12600K have become the new leaders of the PassMark CPU Mark desktop single-thread performance chart. The Alder Lake processors managed to overcome the wall of Apple M1 chips that previously headed the table, and both the power-hungry i9-12900K and i5-12600K reached scores of over 4,000 points.

The new Google Pixel 6 phones are reportedly suffering from a phantom calling problem as evidenced by several complaints on Reddit and in independent testing. The majority of the cases point to the Google Assistant getting triggered and placing calls to random numbers. Right now, a temporary solution is to disable Assistant responses on the lock screen, but a fix from Google is on the way.

With the Lenovo Tab P11 Plus, budget-conscious buyers get a really good overall package including pen and keyboard support. As with the Yoga Tab 11, however, Lenovo is guilty of a major weakness in everyday use...

Chuwi has refreshed the CoreBook X Pro, a budget laptop that previously had a 120 Hz display. Now, the CoreBook X Pro contains a 144 Hz panel, but no other upgrades are forthcoming, such as a move away from its three-year-old processor.

According to a renowned leaker, Samsung has set the pre-order and launch dates of the Galaxy S22 series. If correct, then an early February announcement for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22 Ultra seems likely.

According to reports, the Pixel 6 Pro gets nowhere Google's implied 30 W charging speeds. Instead, Google's latest Pixel smartphone barely charges any faster than the Pixel 5 and is much slower than the Galaxy S21 Ultra.

Samsung is rumored to launch a new version of the Galaxy Tab A8 before the end of 2021. Now, it has allegedly leaked onto Geekbench with specs to match the cost-effective looks of the potential tablet's most up-to-date renders. Should they prove accurate, it seems the slate derives its processing power from an unusual source.