Microsoft has provided more background on the rationale behind its decisions regarding chip support for Windows 11. In an interview with TechRepublic, Microsoft’s Director of OS Security, David Weston, has pointed to compromises between security, performance and battery life as the drivers of the choices it has made.

The MSI Katana GF76 11UE gaming laptop is able to score points on paper with its GeForce RTX 3060 laptop GPU and Intel Core i7-11800H CPU. However, our review revealed a few weaknesses...

A new video published by National Geographic and Samsung has shown how far smartphones cameras have come on in the last few years. The Galaxy S21 Ultra is the first smartphone to be used to photograph and video an underwater expedition.

Apparently, it's not just the announcement of Windows 11 that has been keeping Microsoft on its toes lately. According to reports, an employee of Microsoft's Xbox division managed to exploit a security flaw which allowed him to steal Xbox gift cards worth an absurd amount of money.

Microsoft states that it has designed Windows 11 for displays that are 9-inches or larger. However, a new video has shown that this is not exactly true. Instead, Windows 11 also runs perfectly well on gaming handhelds, such as the AYA NEO, GPD Win 2 and the GPD Win 3. The new OS brings some practical improvements to the small form factor machines too that Windows 10 lacks.

While Microsoft will restrict many machines from being upgraded to Windows 11, the current Insider Preview build does not face these arbitrary limits. Accordingly, people have managed to get Windows 11 running on the Raspberry Pi 4.

The Blue Screen of Death has reached cult status, especially since Microsoft's infamous Windows 98 presentation. However, Microsoft has finally axed the Blue Screen as of Windows 11, although the change may save your eyes if your machine crashes at night.

According to a new report, the switch from Tizen to One UI Watch will correlate with a sharp price increase for Samsung's smartwatches. Apparently, the Galaxy Watch4 will cost at least €350, while the Galaxy Watch4 Classic could be closer to €500.

According to reports, Apple has expanded its supply chain and production capacity for new MacBook Pro models. Thought to be a new MacBook Pro 16 and the long-rumoured MacBook Pro 14, the pair will reputedly debut in September with Mini LED displays and Apple's M1X SoC.

The launch of the Galaxy S21 Fan Edition may be a while away, but official renders have already leaked. The renders show the device in four colours and with a design that is a simpler take on the Galaxy S21 series.

TikTok has been marked since its launch by its limit of 60 seconds per portrait-oriented post. Now, however, it has announced that this hallmark property of its app is to get more flexible soon. The option to make 3-minute videos should start rolling out over the month of July 2021.

Sony has officially confirmed that the Xperia 5 III will ship in September. This will be hot on the heels of the Xperia 1 III which is confirmed to start shipping in the US from August 19.

The recent Nuvia acquisition is enabling Qualcomm to produce its own chip designs without the need to license IPs directly from ARM. Just like Apple with its M chips, Qualcomm is looking to launch energy-efficient laptop processors and eventually dominate the entire laptop market. At the same time, problems like suboptimal brand awareness and losing Apple as a 5G modem customer need to be addressed.

Samsung is predicted to launch the Galaxy Z Fold3 as its next premium foldable smartphone in August 2021. Now, a new benchmarking leak allegedly confirms its super-flagship status, with specs including 12GB of RAM and Android 11 out of the box. Furthermore, it will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 processor.

Smartphones "enhanced" with household names in the photography industry are fast becoming the order of the day in the Android world. Now, Realme is reportedly getting into this game in its own way: through a partnership with Kodak. The OEM is said to have a "GT Master Edition" that will come with its logo on its camera hump in the works.

Racks of multiple cameras in the same smartphone just don't cut it any more...or so the OEM Vivo seems to believe, based on its latest patent. It depicts a mobile device with a cavity large enough to house its very own miniature drone. Therefore, consumers of the future might be able to buy their own cinematic set-up and Android in one.

A possible Xiaomi Mi Mix Flip or similar could be in the works according to a recently granted Chinese patent for the company. Technical drawings included in the patent application show the Xiaomi clamshell smartphone has seemingly been inspired by both the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip range and the Redmi Note 9T.

The deal will go live on July 2 at 11 AM EST. Users may want to expand the limited 256 GB drive with an internal or external solution for storing more games.

AMD claimed that it would announce the Radeon RX 6600 XT in the first half of 2021. While the card remains unreleased, a render of it has leaked, matching a slide that AMD showcased earlier this year.

Philips has launched the Brilliance 498P9Z, a 49-inch and curved gaming monitor. The monitor features a 165 Hz refresh rate, a 32:9 aspect ratio, DisplayHDR 400 certification and a DQHD native resolution.

Acer has rolled out a firmware update to many of its GeForce RTX 30 series gaming laptops. The update increases the TGPs of NVIDIA's GPUs by between 5 W and 30 W, giving some machines a healthy performance boost.

LG may not make smartphones anymore; however, it has pledged to support some of its existing models. Now, it has started to deliver on this promise with the Q92 5G mid-ranger. It now has an OTA to upgrade it to Android 11; then again, it only seems to be available in South Korea thus far.

Samsung is now teasing the Galaxy F22's release in India with a new launch trailer. This device is a re-brand of the budget Galaxy A22 (4G/LTE); however, the new version stands apart with a larger 6,000mAh battery. Otherwise, the 2 phones only differ in their rear panel options - and, of course, in the F22's new and more attractive prices.

The latest version of the 10th-gen Intel-powered Durabook U11 is rated for state-of-the-art security and resistance to the elements, as with its immediate forebears. However, this one is the first to convert to a 2-in-1 with its own detachable keyboard. The new IP65-rated full-size 88-key accessory might make the tablet even more amenable to extreme working conditions that might change often.

The latest report on iPhone sales has found that Apple shipped its 100th million unit of the latest 12 series by April 2021, 7 months after their launch. This is a feat the OEM has not achieved since the release of the 6 and 6 Plus in 2015. The iPhones 12 have also brought in 22% more revenue than their predecessors

According to a report, Mobvoi is set to upgrade the TicWatch E3 and TicWatch Pro 3 to Wear OS 3.0, Google's latest Wear OS platform. Mobvoi has not denied that this will happen at some stage, but we would take this rumour with some scepticism as it stands.

In close collaboration with Google, the Indian company has announced a budget smartphone that is intended to outmatch the Chinese competition when it comes to affordability. In the all but saturated Indian market, even low-income workers are supposed to be able to afford the new budget device.

The Ultra Quality preset is mentioned in the UE5 documentation, but it is unclear how it differs from the Quality preset or when exactly it is going to be activated for end-users. The latest UE5 build also features a new 2.2.9.0 DLSS version that apparently comes with worse image quality compared to version 2.2.6.0.

Huawei has not forgotten about the Watch FIT, GT 2 or GT 2 Pro, despite having now released the Watch 3 and Watch 3 Pro. The trio have received several new features and optimisations this month too, although the Watch FIT has seen the most changes.

The CrowPi2 is a kit for the Raspberry Pi that transforms the popular single-board computer (SBC) into a laptop. The device, which is compatible with several operating systems and the STEAM Education platform, is now orderable worldwide, too.

The Chuwi Hi10 Go features an Intel Jasper Lake processor, 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. The 10.1-inch tablet supports a detachable keyboard and a pen, too.

Galaxy Watch4 Classic marketing images have leaked, over a month before the smartwatch's expected release. Supposedly, Samsung plans to release the Classic in 42 mm, 44 mm and 46 mm sizes, all with 20 mm watch straps.

The AORUS XTREME Gen4 NVMe SSD add-in card is probably longer than most high-end GPUs on the market and certainly rivals them in price. It comes with up to eight 4 TB second gen PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs powered by the Phison PS5018-E18 controller and the RAID configuration yields ultra-fast transfer speeds of up to 28 GB/s.

AMD has introduced a new desktop kit based on its Zen 2 architecture. The kit is particularly exciting because of its AMD 4700S, a processor from the Sony PlayStation 5.

Xiaomi has rolled out a new update to the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G, the latest entry in the Redmi Note 10 series. Xiaomi claims to have enabled more memory on the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G, albeit only using virtual RAM. A simple change, perhaps, but one that has a certain 90s feel to it.

Three years after the release of the Mi Mix 3, Xiaomi is gearing up for the release of a direct successor, the Mi Mix 4. The Mi Mix 4 has now been tipped for an August launch, and could do that while playing host to a bunch of interesting technology, with the most notable of the lot being an under-display selfie camera.

Sony has revealed an Xperia 1 III pre-order bundle that offers the premium smartphone along with a set of in-ear or over-ear XM3 headphones depending on the market. Along with that, it appears prospective buyers in the US might be able to get to choose a frosted purple Sony Xperia 1 III after all.

There have already been rumours that Samsung plans to combine the Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Watch series, with the Galaxy Watch4 replacing both the Galaxy Watch Active2 and Galaxy Watch3. Now, the name Galaxy Watch4 Classic has emerged in multiple certification listings.

Windows 11 may not run on many devices released in the last decade, but a developer has got Microsoft's new OS running on its last flagship Lumia smartphone. The Lumia 950 XL can even make calls through Windows 11 and should have access to Android apps, eventually.

Sony may be keeping its fans in the dark about the release of the Xperia 1 III, but a teardown video has confirmed that the handset will be difficult to repair. From copious screws and glue to cameras mounted to the motherboard, the Xperia 1 III is not a forgiving device to repair.

Dell might indeed be justified in calling its latest webcam an "UltraSharp" as it has a 4K resolution. Furthermore, it supports Digital Overlap HDR, automatic refinements for visual properties such as white balance and noise reduction, as well as iPad Pro-like auto-framing abilities. However, this potential for streaming and collaboration comes at a price.

The FCC has published a registration for what appears to be the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE. The entry reveals some additional details about the upcoming cheaper alternative to Samsung's existing Galaxy S21 series, including its flagship SoC.

The Nikon Z fc may be a brand-new mirrorless unit, yet it has been designed to evoke the classic FM2 film-camera design, leather accents, profusion of dials and all. On the other hand, it has an up-to-date flip-out rear touchscreen, not to mention a new 21MP CMOS sensor, compatible with the OEM's Z mount lenses.

The Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) is exquisite and delivers even more than the 11-inch model, thanks to its Mini LED display. The step-up to an Apple M1 SoC provides laptop performance in a tablet form factor, too. We have some issues with Apple's latest professional tablet though, and they are more than just iPadOS.