Garmin has delivered a fresh update for the Fenix 8 on its Beta Program. Also available on the Fenix E and the Enduro 3, the update should address a bug that can cause the Connect IQ app to crash at random.

The Neo7 is scheduled for an imminent debut with a relatively massive 7,000mAh battery. Meanwhile, a last-minute leak suggests that its pricing will be as attractive as its potentially class-leading new spec. It is also now said to launch with decent cooling for high-performance internals, nearly-premium build quality and a 1.5K flat display.

According to a new report, Samsung intends to release various magnetic accessories for the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra. While it is unclear whether these are Qi2 compliant, it seems that Samsung will soon be apeing Apple and its MagSafe line.

CheckMag December 2004: IBM, one of the founding fathers of the personal computing world, announces that its ThinkPad business is being sold to a then little known entity called Lenovo. 20 years later, the combined company is the largest PC manufacturer by volume - a success story is worth analyzing.

PNY touts its latest solid-state drive (SSD) as capable of "Next-Gen Speeds" thanks to its new NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4 interface. The OEM asserts that it is the ideal new PC upgrade for professionals with its TCG Opal 2.0 spec. The CS2150 also supports Microsoft DirectStorage for potentially enhanced loading times in Windows gaming.

The Lunar Lake-powered MSI Claw 8 AI+, along with the Claw 7 AI+ bring impressive improvements to the table when compared to the previous-gen MSI Claw. Unsurprisingly, the Arc 140V iGPU allows the new Claw handhelds to pull ahead of the ROG Ally X by as much as 113%.

Details including renders of Google's stylus for the Pixel Tablet have surfaced. The USI 2.0 stylus would have launched with the cancelled Pixel Tablet 2, but now it may not see the light of day.

Garmin has just released a new set of stable updates to the Fenix 7, Fenix 7 Pro and Tactix 7. However, it is already testing a follow-up that resolves a crash that could affect its Connect IQ service.

The OneXFly F1 Pro is currently the only gaming handheld that combines an OLED display with an AMD Zen 5 APU. The device is now available to order through Droix too, which should provide superior customer service than first parties.

Hohem has just launched the iSteady M7 AI-powered smartphone gimbal. Its key features include AI auto-tracking, 3-axis mechanical stabilization, 360° infinite pan tracking, a 1.4-inch LCD touchscreen controller, and up to 12 hours of battery life. It is rated to handle a payload of up to 500 grams (1.10 lbs). You can now purchase the iSteady M7 gimbal via Hohem’s official website.

A battery may have a 40% longer lifespan if the charging and discharging process are optimised. A two-year study conducted on commercial batteries suggests that the path to achieving this is shorter than expected.

Xiaomi is now selling the Outdoor Camera CW700S in various European countries. The PTZ model, which launched in China late last year, offers dual 4MP lenses with 9x zoom. Other features include sound and light alarms, intelligent human recognition and two-way voice calling.

After more than two decades in development, the service management daemon GNU Shepherd has finally reached the 1.0-labeled milestone. Its highlights include transient and timed services, log rotation, integrated logging, as well as improved service insights. Additionally, the deprecated GOOPS interface is now gone.

Realme has launched a new entry-level smartphone, the Realme Note 60x. The Note 60x has a Unisoc T612 chipset, a 90 Hz display, an 8 MP primary camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery, among other features. It is now officially available via Realme Philippines' official website.

Casio has listed the G-Shock DW-6900TNT24-7 watch on two of its regional websites following its launch in July. This is a collaboration model with thisisneverthat that comes with a commemorative t-shirt. Features include an electroluminescent backlight and up to two years of battery life.

A new report has shared release details for Anbernic's Game Boy Advance lookalike. Not only that, but Anbernic has also revealed full specifications for the RG34XX, which it intends to sell in four colour options.

The developers behind the top-rated PS3 emulator RPCS3 have just announced the app's ports for ARM-based Linux, Windows, and MacOS devices. However, the team says that there are currently no plans to port it to Android and iOS.

ASRock's PGO27QFV is a new 26.5-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor with 2560x1440 resolution, 360Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time, and HDR10 - specifically for competitive gamers who need both speed and precision.

Mercedes-Benz is developing solar paint that turns car surfaces into energy generators with advanced solar modules and bidirectional charging.

Six fingers, questionable textures, and suspiciously stylized zombie imagery. Amid a flurry of voice actor recasts due to a lack of AI protections, mammoth game developer Activision seems to have made another unsavory cost-cutting measure. Will the makers of the Call of Duty franchise come clean?

It seems that DJI's next sub-250 g drone is on the way to receiving an official release. To that end, a reliable leaker has now discovered new references to the DJI Flip in a recent Amazon listing.

The iPhone SE 4 appears to be all set to see the light of day in March 2025, if the majority of recent reports are anything to go by. Now, ET News has chimed in, confirming the impressive camera setup destined for the upcoming budget flagship.

Recently, many new phones have featured large battery capacities, typically around 6,000mAh. However, a new leak suggests that several companies, including Redmi and OnePlus, are considering even larger batteries.

MSI has released yet another gaming product. This time, it has refreshed the MPG 321URX with a white variant globally, which can be picked up for $1,099 in the US.

This week, four new titles are coming to the Nintendo Switch, including the highly anticipated remastered edition of a beloved action-adventure series.

The Asus TUF F15 gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 GPU at the helm is now on sale at a discount of 29%. The notebook pairs the RTX 4070 with a 10-core/16-thread Core i7-13620H CPU, 16 GB DDR5 memory, and a 1 TB SSD. Display duties are handled by a 15.6-inch 144 Hz IPS panel with G-Sync.

Gamers can now claim four free games from Microsoft, featuring a mix of platformers and adventure titles. Act quickly, though, it's unclear how long these offers will be available for.

The RedMagic Deuterium Energy Bar 20000 is about to launch in China. This power bank offers three USB ports with an up to 140W output. As indicated by its name, the product has a 20,000mAh battery, with the remaining battery level and battery health shown on a built-in display.

English AI Grandma makes scammers furious. Polite but incredibly annoying, Daisy Harris is indistinguishable from a real person and wastes fraudsters' time on the phone. In the original footage released, you can now see how O2's latest invention is driving scammers mad.

Xiaomi has listed the new Ultra Slim Power Bank 5000mAh on its websites in Hong Kong and India. The charging accessory will launch in these markets in a few day's time; it will arrive via a crowdfunding campaign in India. Features include an up to 20W output and various safety protections.

Rumors suggest that Anker is about to launch a new 12-in-1 20W power strip in Europe. The tower charging station offers multiple AC outlets alongside USB-C and USB-A ports. Other features include an integrated 2 m (~6.6 ft) power cable and surge protection.

China has ordered an antitrust probe into Nvidia, accusing the company of potentially violating the anti-monopoly laws. The main focus is the $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli networking products company Mellanox Technologies in 2020.

Japanese researchers have developed a novel two-step reactor system that generates hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, achieving 50 percent higher efficiency in real-world conditions than lab tests.

Integrating Firefox and Thunderbird with GNOME components on top of the Window Maker window manager and a Debian core, Window Maker Live is a live Linux distro that has just moved from version 0.96.0-0 to 12.8. As its name suggests, this update comes with all the goodies from the Debian 12.8 "Bookworm" release.

Tesla's vision for driverless cars as a future of transportation will actually start very small, contrary to the grandiose vision outlined by Elon Musk during the Cybercab unveiling.

Apple's 2026 MacBook Pro lineup is set for a display upgrade, transitioning to larger OLED screens with improved brightness and contrast. The iconic notch will be replaced by a hole-punch camera, potentially incorporating iPhone's Dynamic Island feature.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup will reportedly support the Qi2 standard, making the Galaxy S25, S25 and S25 Ultra the first Android phones to support the charging standard after the HMD Skyline. Its implementation will determine whether users is going to benefit from this.

Amazon has established a new AI-agent-focused R&D lab in San Francisco. The lab, led by David Luan, co-founder of AI startup Adept, will build "foundational" capabilities for AI agents.

xAI just integrated image generation into Grok, powered by an advanced autoregressive system that allows it to render text, logos, and faces. The feature is rolling out globally to X users within a week, marking an advancement in the competitive AI landscape.

The Intel Arc B580 has appeared on Geekbench, resulting in a set of OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks. The synthetic tests put the Arc B580 comfortably ahead of the Arc A580. The Battlemage GPU also appears to outperform the RX 7600 and the RX 7600 XT in both the tests.

TikTok has announced that it has filed an emergency injunction to delay the upcoming US ban in January 2025. The social media platform lost an appeal that sought to block the bill that demanded ByteDance sell the platform or face a ban in the US.

Samsung's top-tier flagship will pack up to 16GB of RAM, according to a fresh leak. The RAM bump will be reserved for the pricier models, with the base model still starting at 12GB of RAM.

The companies' Robotics LAB has developed a passive wearable to reduce shoulder strain for industrial personnel who frequently work on overhead items. The lightweight robot can be worn all day long without the need for recharging.

A new assembly bill has proposed legislation mandating mental health warning labels on social media platforms. The bill, AB 56, will require social media platforms to disclose the mental risks to people who spend more than three hours daily on social media.

More than two years after the launch of its unique gaming handheld, Panic has released a charger that owners can purchase. The AC charger comes in the same yellow color as the Playdate and is pretty cheap, too.

For most developers, using Python for VR game development does not sound like the most efficient use of the programming language. However, developer DaFluffyPotato met the challenge and discovered some exciting results.

The Geekom A8 with the Ryzen 7 8845HS, 32 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage is on sale. With a special discount coupon, you can get this AMD Hawk Point mini PC for $155 below the regular price.

AMD's upcoming high-end laptop silicon, codenamed Strix Halo, has shown up on Geekbench again. This time, it is the top-spec AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, complete with 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and what looks like a 40 CU RDNA 3.5 GPU.

Linux distro openSUSE has just announced that GPU switching is now built into all of its distributions. Users rejoice, as they no longer have to rely on alternative methods to get the most out of their multi-GPU systems.