BenQ may have announced the Zowie XL2586X late last year, but it has been quiet about its availability since. Based on a new review video, the company is no closer to releasing the 540 Hz gaming monitor though, despite its impressive feature set.

A new e-MTB has arrived from Scott Sports, the Voltage eRIDE. Six versions of the model are now on sale worldwide, each featuring a lightweight drive unit. Other features include full suspension with up to 160 mm front and 155 mm rear travel, a 360Wh battery with range extender and app-based controls.

While Tesla doesn't need more Chinese batteries that will prevent it from getting federal subsidies, it is still being tempted by the M3P invention that offers 20% higher energy density.

EmulationStation Desktop Edition, or ES-DE, was recently made available on the Amazon App Store. However, Amazon has now delisted the application. Interestingly, several emulators are still available on the Amazon App Store, and hard drives that have thousands of retro ROM files and emulators preinstalled are available for purchase on Amazon's site.

Early details of the next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event have surfaced online. Mirroring the release of the Galaxy S24 series, the likes of the Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Fold6 Ultra and Galaxy Watch7 series could debut roughly a fortnight sooner in the calendar year than their predecessors.

Oppo has brought its OnePlus Watch 2 alternative to market following the latter's recent release. Starting in select markets, the Oppo Watch X marks a return to Wear OS for Oppo after a prolonged absence.

LG is now accepting pre-orders for its 2024 OLED evo C4 and G4 TVs. Available in sizes from 42-inch to 97-inch, early customers are offered a free camera and set-up service and a bundle deal with a new LG soundbar. The 4K models have a range of gaming features, including support for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and NVIDIA G-Sync.

Toyota has sold more than 20 million 'electrified' vehicles so far and its and plug-in hybrids turn out to be greener than pure EVs for a number of reasons. The Prius Prime, for instance, can cover 44 miles on battery power alone.

CheckMag ChromeOS Flex was announced in February 2022 as a user-friendly and lightweight OS that does not require a wagonload of cores and RAM to function well. After using it for several days, we can confirm that it scores in many respects, appearance being just one of them. Update: Compatibility with Linux apps confirmed - thanks, Herb, thanks, A.

CheckMag At CES 2024 both LG and Samsung showed off their latest OLED monitors. With OLED monitors reaching up to 4K or more with 144 Hz refresh rates around the corner is it worth the wait?

According to various sources, Samsung is actually preparing a new Galaxy Z Fold Ultra to join a Galaxy Z Fold5 successor rather than a Galaxy Z Fold FE. Supposedly, the Galaxy Z Fold6 Ultra could be slightly larger than the regular Galaxy Z Fold6, too, among other hardware changes.

CheckMag MWC 2024 serves as a launching pad for new smartphones and advanced technologies. However, many of these products might not be immediately available in the market. Below are the top 5 products that are currently available for either preorder or direct purchase.

According to a new report, Apple remains on target to deliver significant display upgrades for its cheaper iPhone models starting next year. As such, the company will release the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus with 60 Hz displays before moving onto ProMotion panels for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Plus.

Sony has announced which games can be played for free by PS Plus subscribers in March. All games are available for both PS4 and PS5.

Klarna's AI chatbot takes over more than 700 jobs from full-time employees. The company is hoping a ChatGPT-inspired bot will generate $40 million in profits this year - in return, the buy-now-pay-later pioneer is foregoing new hires. Having spoken to OpenAI's Sam Altman, the company has even decided to double its AI-powered operations.

Renowned leaker @OnLeaks has shown off the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 via new renders. Its design is identical to its predecessor, complete with a 3.4-inch cover screen and two camera sensors.

The Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop with a Zen 3+ Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU and RTX 4060 GPU has scored a massive price drop of $250 on eBay resulting in the machine sliding below $900. At the discounted price, the Lenovo Legion 5 is an undeniable value based on the performance of the components on offer.

Honda will introduce the Honda XR Mobility Experience at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas on March 10-13, 2024. The experience combines its UNI-ONE, two-wheeled, self-balancing wheelchair with VR goggles. Users can feel real movement as they navigate virtual worlds.

A Qualcomm executive confirmed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be unveiled in October. It will feature the company's in-house Oryon CPU cores and a new NPU.

A South Korean media outlet reports that Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 is mid-July. The launch even will supposedly take place in Paris instead of South Korea or the US.

Present at MWC 2024 this year, Chinese OEM Doogee has premiered the flagship-grade DK Series Android smartphones alongside the upcoming X Series foldables, as well as the T30 Max tablet. Sadly, the technical details and pricing information are not available yet for any of these products.

After spending more than two years at lower altitudes, Bitcoin returned above the $60,000 threshold earlier today. With a few months left until the next so-called "halvening" and thanks to favorable market conditions, Bitcoin could hit a new all-time high not long after the three-fold increase that took no less than 16 months.

After news of high returns broke earlier this month, an Apple analyst posits that up to 30% of those returns are because “users don't know how to set up Vision Pro. The next-gen Vision Pro is also predicted to arrive by 2027 and be more efficient than the current version.

Samsung has announced a considerable development in the world of microSD cards that could cheer up Nintendo fans who had been expecting to see the so-called Switch 2 console in the first half of 2024. Samsung’s new SD Express microSD cards could lead to the Nintendo Switch 2 offering up to 10 times the transfer speeds of the OG Switch.

The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 is expected to make its debut in the coming months. Details of the chipset have now been outed in a new leak, revealing core configuration info for the SoC which is touted to power one of the Poco F6 series devices.

Fertilization is usually essential, but it causes damage, can contaminate groundwater and drive climate change. Researchers have used AI to reduce harmful emissions and save significantly on nitrogen fertilizer while maintaining the same yield.

Ransomware group Mogilevich has reportedly managed to access 189 GB of Epic Games's customer data in a recent data breach. The group claims to be in possession of emails, usernames, passwords, payment information, and source code, and is selling the data on the dark web. Epic Games has its doubts, though.

CheckMag After a seventeen-year run in the smartphone market, Meizu has drawn the curtain on its mobile phone business. However, there are some of its phones that should not be forgotten.

CheckMag Mobile World Congress (MWC) serves as a showcase for cutting-edge technology, emphasizing tablets, wearables, and other mobile devices. This year, the event is highlighting an array of exceptional innovations, from bendable smartphones to transparent laptops. Here are the top 5 showstoppers from MWC 2024, guaranteed to impress.

Tecno has unveiled the 2024 Megabook T16 Pro laptop with the latest Intel Core Ultra processors. Besides featuring capable hardware, the ultrabook comes with a 99.9 Wh battery, which, according to the company, offers up to 22 hours of battery life.

To say the Huawei P70 series of flagship smartphones might have the most distinctive camera humps around on its allegedly upcoming launch would be an understatement, according to the latest leaks. On the other hand, the devices are also now projected to be overshadowed by successors with the real generational leaps in terms of actual hardware and software in this area.

The Volvo XC90 safety standard bearer, for instance, measured higher B-pillar to driver seat centerline deformation on side impact. Tesla Model Y aced all the new, more stringent IIHS crash test requirements.

The LPU Inference Engine from Groq is designed to be considerably faster than GPGPUs when processing LLM data. To achieve this, the LPU makes better use of sequential processing and is paired with SRAM instead of DRAM or HBM.

The P10S Pro is a robot vacuum with one of Roborock's highest suction powers offered to date. The Roborock P10S Pro can also clean floors with hot water and has an extendable side brush for reaching corners that would be hard for most robot vacuums to access.

Anker has announced that its SOLIX C800 Plus Portable Power Station will go on sale in countries globally this March. The product has a 768 Wh capacity, can be recharged via solar panels and offers a 1,600W peak power output via AC. A more unique feature is the integrated camping light, which is stored at the top of the device.

Roborock is now selling the P10S, one of two new robot vacuums it has released this month. The Roborock P10S makes various improvements over the P10, including the ability to deliver 7,000 Pa of suction power. The robot vacuum comes with two dock options too, including one that can be plumbed into your water supply and placed under a cupboard.

OPPO has launched the third iteration of its prototype assisted reality (aR) glasses, the Air Glass 3, sporting a lightweight and unassuming design. The device features an AI voice assistant, powered by Oppo’s LLM AndesGPT, as the main interface, and serves up useful information on a full-colour projected display. Oppo has not yet announced any plans to bring the Air Glass 3 into production.

The company that owns WordPress and Tumblr is allegedly working out a deal to sell content created on those sites to AI companies for training AI bots. While users will reportedly be given the option to opt out of this program, it appears that this practice could go into effect as early as this week.

Intel has published a round of driver updates for its Intel Arc A dGPU and Intel Arc iGPU solutions. Arriving as the Intel Graphics Driver 31.0.101.5333, the updates promise up to 155% performance gains for a raft of modern DirectX 11 games.

A renowned leaker claims to have provided a first look at Samsung's next Galaxy Z Fold. Currently thought of as the Galaxy Z Fold6, the design mimics the Galaxy S24 Ultra in some areas but more or less maintains the thick and narrow footprint of the Galaxy Z Fold5.

Avenir Telecom has revealed its first clamshell foldable smartphone, which it hopes to eventually sell as the Energizer Ultimate U660S. The foldable arrives after Avenir Telecom announced the renewal of its Energizer licensing agreement until the end of the decade.

The free North American Charging Standard connector that will allow Ford electric vehicles to directly access Tesla's Superchargers network is nearing release.