With the EliteBook Folio 13.5, HP shows how good a Windows-on-ARM convertible can look. Its performance is suitable for office use, but other things apart from the high price are also irritating.

Microsoft is distributing another Windows 11 Insider Preview Build, a week on from Build 22000.120. Build 22000.132 refines a few features, including the Snipping Tool, and addresses half of dozen bugs to boot.

Electronic Arts may be four months off from releasing Battlefield 2042, but gameplay footage has already leaked. Taken during a technical playtest, the footage shows multiple aspects of the upcoming triple-A title, including one of its huge maps.

Panasonic has launched a new version of its rugged Toughbook 55 laptop with updated specs and I/O. They include 11th-gen Intel CPUs - which also of course makes one of its ports Thunderbolt 4. However, the PC is still fully compatible with the user-swappable xPAK modules that can customize a unit to a customer's specific professional or public service needs.

The specifications and release date for the JioPhone Next have emerged, with the affordable phone surprisingly being fitted with an entry-level Snapdragon processor. Two RAM variants of the JioPhone Next are expected to be made available, and buyers will even be treated to a 13 MP rear camera with 1080p video-recording support.

TCL has announced updates to its 2020 5- and 6-series big screens. They, like their predecessors, remain QLED and mini-LED respectively; however, they drop the Roku OS of yesteryear for the new Google TV software. It confers an up-to-date UI on the new devices, as well as the option of voice control for the first time.

Xiaomi has reportedly launched a program by which it is offering the original price of its first ever smartphone, the Mi 1, back to customers who can prove they ordered it during its initial reservation event. The unique promotion, which has already apparently cost the OEM millions of dollars, is being done in celebration of its tenth anniversary, and also possibly of the company's success thus far.

A new leak has now thrown some more light on Xiaomi's upcoming budget phone, the Redmi 10. The Redmi 10 is set for launch soon, and will arrive with a Helio G88, a 90 Hz adaptive display, and a 50 MP main camera. Pricing appears to range between US$185 and US$250.

Oukitel touts its new WP15 as a "5G battery monster"; and well it might, as the phone has once again pushed the limits of mobile capacity with a 15,600mAh rating. It is also a rugged device, with IP68, IP69K and MIL-STD-810G ratings. It will be launched later in August 2021, but can be pre-ordered from now.

On the lookout for your next budget gaming laptop? Then you may want to skip the 8 nm GeForce RTX 3050 and just consider the 12 nm GTX 1660 Ti or RTX 2060 instead. Not only are these older options faster, but they are likely to be less expensive as well.

Fairphone is already working on the next device in its lineup of modular, repairable phones. The Fairphone 4 has now been spotted on the WiFi Alliance website, revealing a few interesting details about the Fairphone 3 Plus's successor ahead of launch.

It may be pricey, but this 15.6-inch portable monitor seems to have checked all the right boxes for both gamers and editors. Hopefully its black-white and gray-gray response times won't be as slow as on the smaller 14-inch version.

Google will not be bringing YouTube Music or its updated Google Maps app to Wear OS 2 smartwatches. Instead, older Wear OS devices will receive overhauled Google Pay and Messages apps. Thankfully, Spotify has come through with offline playlist support for Wear OS 2 smartwatches.

The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic may be running Wear OS 3 under their One UI Watch 3 UI, but you must have a Samsung smartphone to use ECG and BP functionality. The new smartwatches are also incompatible with the Wear OS app, and they will not work at all with an iPhone or a recent Huawei device.

AYA has started selling its NEO 2021 PRO console through its website. The AYA NEO 2021 PRO is available in Dark Star, Light Moon and Retro Power colour schemes, which all cost more than US$1,200. All models come with a Ryzen 7 4800U, a 1 TB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, too.

A new entry on UserBenchmark shows that Gigabyte has a new AORUS 17G gaming laptop in development with an Intel Alder Lake processor containing 14 cores and 20 threads. The machine also has DDR5 RAM clocked at 4,800 MHz.

Honor's major product launch of today (August 12, 2021) has introduced a new mid-ranger alongside its flagship Android series for this year. The X20 has charging specs and some display properties in common with the new Magic3 devices, although its SoC is a new mid-range 5G MediaTek chipset.

NVIDIA has unveiled a new workstation graphics card that is not only small, but also economical. As such, even compact computers can benefit from NVIDIA's most advanced technologies, including AI acceleration through dedicated Tensor cores and ray tracing.

According to a new report, Microsoft is readying a next-generation Surface Book, albeit one that could be unrecognisable from the Surface Book 3. Reputedly, the next Surface Book may not be called a Surface Book at all, and will not have a detachable display. It will have a high-refresh-rate 14-inch screen, though.

The MediaTek Kompanio 1300T is a new SoC that is exclusive to the new Honor Tab V7 Pro tablet on its launch. It drives a 2K display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The new slate also challenges the iPad line with its own optional stylus and keyboard dock.

Early reports in regard to potential sales figures for the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 have indicated that once again the Chinese company has a massive smash hit on its hands. The Mi Mix 4 comes in four configuration variants and has a starting price of 4,999 yuan (US$771). Two retail platforms alone have registered over 350,000 reservations.

Recent leaks have pointed to the possibility of a new S variant for the Moto G60 to be launched in 2021. Now, Motorola has made good on these rumors by unleashing this phone on its first market: Brazil. It has a 120Hz FHD LCD display, 6GB of RAM and unusually fast charging for a phone from this OEM.

Xiaomi is now gracing owners of the Redmi Note 9 and Redmi Note 9S with MIUI 12.5 updates. For the Redmi Note 9, the new update is being rolled out to Indonesian models along with Android 11, while owners of the European ROM Redmi Note 9S get their first taste of MIUI 12.5.

Samsung is set to launch a new mid-range phone to compete against offerings from OnePlus and Xiaomi. This new device, the Galaxy A52s, is a refresh of the Galaxy A52 5G with a focus on better performance, and its details and specs have now leaked comprehensively.

Honor has launched its new Magic3, 3 Pro and 3 Pro+ top-end smartphones today (August 12, 2021). Their large central ring-style camera humps contain up to 5 lenses each, which also contain new 50MP sensors in some cases. The OEM claims they are capable of delivering cinema-grade videography as well as Snapdragon 888+ performance.

The latest Coreboot update has provided concrete details about the power limits of Intel's 12 generation laptop processors. While some of the company's Alder Lake processors will have a 45 W TDP, they will be able to consume up to 215 W in the short term. Alder Lake should offer Tiger Lake levels of efficiency, though.

Teardown videos of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 are already springing up online, giving a fascinating insight into just how the Chinese OEM’s latest and greatest flagship smartphone has been put together. Viewers can get a good look at the Mi Mix 4’s innards, including its camera equipment and dual-cell battery.

Sources familiar with the matter have told a Chinese news outlet that Intel is one of the first customers for TSMC's 3nm node. The Taiwanese chipmaker has earmarked an entirely new factory for the task, which will churn out Intel server processors and graphics cards. Mass production is expected to start sometime in H2, 2022.

Supply chain sources have provided more details about TSMC's roadmap for future nodes. Apparently, TSMC hopes to start mass-producing its 3 nm node starting next year, and Apple will be its first customer to benefit.

The latest Android 12 beta has revealed more details about the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. According to several sources, Android 12 Beta 4 contains references to the Samsung ISOCELL GN1 and the Exynos Modem 5123, which are both destined for the Pixel 6 series.

Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station stumbled upon an early Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 engineering sample. It was 20% faster than its predecessor, but the chip ran quite hot. Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 898 sometime in December 2021.

If it ain't got RGB lighting, then it ain't a Razer accessory. These second generation earbuds from Razer are compatible with Chroma and have built-in active noise cancellation alongside additional nifty features to justify the high $129 USD MSRP.

A long video showing extensive gameplay from Age of Empires IV has been leaked. The upcoming real-time strategy (RTS) title is the latest addition to the storied Age of Empires franchise and is being developed by Relic Entertainment. The closed beta testing phase for Age of Empires IV began on August 5.

Google has rolled out Android 12 Beta 4, following on from last month's Beta 3.1. The latest beta contains Google's final Android 12 APIs and 31 SDK, along with over two dozen bug fixes. Beta 4 only adds one feature to Android 12 though, and it is a fairly minor one.

Samsung wrapped its latest Galaxy Unpacked show up with the latest generation of its Galaxy Buds. They offer many of the features found in their immediate Pro predecessors, as well as up to 20 hours of battery life and new colors. However, they also start for less than these high-end TWS peripherals.

Samsung has launched its latest high-end wearables, the Galaxy Watch4 series, today (August 11, 2021). These new smartwatches incorporate the cutting-edge sensors for health metrics that include blood pressure and advanced sleep tracking as might be expected from the OEM. However, they have something new as well: body-composition sensing that apparently rivals industry-standard equipment.

The Galaxy Watch 3 may yet receive an upgrade to One UI Watch 3, Samsung's version of Wear OS 3. Samsung thinks so, at any rate, as it has stated as much in a new advert.

Xiaomi's MIUI skin gets some flak for poor performance, so the company is back with an incremental update aimed at improving overall system performance and fluidity. MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition will be released on August 13, and will hit twelve of the company's premium devices initially.

HP has announced the Chromebase 21.5-inch All-in-One Desktop, the first Chromebase AiO with a rotating display. HP's effort is available with up to 16 GB of RAM, a Core i3-10110U and a 256 GB NVMe SSD.

HP has unveiled the Chromebook x2 11, a new tablet running Chrome OS. The device has a 3:2 and 1,440p display, a Snapdragon 7c SoC and 8 GB of RAM. Supposedly, the Chromebook x2 11 will last up to 11 hours between charges, too.

Huawei is slowly expanding HarmonyOS 2.0, having released the OS to over 65 devices so far. The company's latest update adds some interesting features, including a new multi-camera mode.

Chuwi has released initial details and pictures of its latest laptop, the LarkBook X. The device has a 2K and 16:10 display, along with a 10 mm thick chassis. A 6 W processor will probably hold the LarkBook X back, though.