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Apple Chief Design Officer has announced he is leaving Apple to form his own design studio. (Source: Getty)

Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive leaving the company, news wipes US$9B off Apple share value

In a major blow to the Apple its fabled Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has announced he is leaving the company. As the hand behind Apple’s most iconic designs, the news immediately triggered a negative reaction on Wall Street ...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 28 Jun 2019 02:35

Will the triple fans keep the Xe as cool as it looks? (Image source: Intel China)

Cold as ice: Intel sets its sights on AMD and NVIDIA with new Xe GPU details, official renders and a 2020 launch

Intel has lifted the lid on its Xe GPUs, revealing what could be one of its consumer desktop cards, along with specifications and proposed release dates. Hardware raytracing on 7 nm chipsets by 2021, anyone?

Alex Alderson, 27 Jun 2019 17:43

ARM's lead CPU architect Mike Filippo hired by Apple

Apple recently hired Mike Filippo, who formerly served as ARM's lead CPU architect. While this move may mean that Apple will begin developing an ARM-based MacBook (as so many have hoped the past few years), it is more likely that ...

Sam Medley, 27 Jun 2019 00:11

X1 Carbon Gen 7 & X1 Yoga Gen 4: New 2019 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 laptops are now available

Back in January, Lenovo announced their newest generation of high end ThinkPad X1 laptops for a summer release. As promised back then, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga 2019 and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2019 are now available.

Benjamin Herzig, 26 Jun 2019 19:57

Qualcomm and ZTE demo 5G cloud gaming in China

Qualcomm has partnered with ZTE at MWC Shanghai to expound on 5G and what it means for the future of mobile gaming. To that end, it has demonstrated cloud gaming - which is powered by Tencent Instant Play in China - on phones with...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Jun 2019 17:05

Should we call you Chef Casper now, Mr Azor? (Image header: IDG.TV)

Azor plays down job speculation, takes a cryptic swipe at AMD and Dell in the process

Don't count your chickens yet, AMD fans. Frank Azor, the outgoing VP and General Manager of Alienware and XPS at Dell, has cast doubts on his seemingly impending move to AMD. He appears to have made a subtle dig at the company too...

Alex Alderson, 26 Jun 2019 12:56

The Qualcomm Secure Processing Unit is part of the SD 855. (Source: Qualcomm)

The Snapdragon 855 is the first mobile processor certified to be as secure as a smart card

Qualcomm has announced that its latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 855, is the first CPU for mobile devices to attain the Smart Card Equivalent Security Certification. This means the processor can handle applications normally con...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Jun 2019 03:00

Canon has a 120MP sensor to show off. (Source: Canon)

Canon unveils a new CMOS sensor with super-powered 120MP resolution

Canon is attending the 2019 Sensors Expo & Conference in San Jose, California to showcase its new 120MXSI sensor. This CMOS is rated for 120MP imaging, and can operate in visible and near-infra-red (NIR) light spectra at a maximal...

Deirdre O Donnell, 23 Jun 2019 18:06

Competition can be a great thing. (Image source: Intel)

Intel responds to the Ryzen 3000 series; price cuts incoming

AMD tends to undercut Intel on price, but the blue corner is looking to turn the tide with a series of price cuts for its 9th generation processors.

Alex Alderson, 22 Jun 2019 20:56

Edge computing can connect large-scale servers and services to individual devices. (Source: Alibaba Cloud)

The edge-computing market is to be worth about US$7 billion by 2024

Edge computing is a rapidly emerging industry that may become closely associated with others such as machine learning in the future. Its market is now projected to be worth US$6.9 billion in the next 5 years. This is thought to be...

Deirdre O Donnell, 22 Jun 2019 19:51

Huawei has allegedly cut its orders from Foxconn. (Source: Reuters)

Update | Various different businesses allegedly feel the pinch of Huawei's ban from working with US corporations

Huawei has refuted reports that the volume of its orders for new smartphone units from the manufacturer Foxconn have been downsized. This allegation is linked to the OEM's recent ban from working with US companies. On that note, i...

Deirdre O Donnell, 22 Jun 2019 14:25

The Chuwi MiniBook crowdfunding campaign has reached US$267,613 in two days. (Image source: Chuwi)

Chuwi MiniBook crowdfunding campaign surpasses US$260,000 in two days

The crowdfunding campaign for the Chuwi MiniBook has exceeded all expectations, having achieved over 1,000% of its funding goal. This would be an impressive feat in a full campaign period, let alone 2 days. The Chuwi MiniBook is a...

Alex Alderson, 21 Jun 2019 20:36

Zhaoxin is also planning to release 7 nm CPUs with PCIe 4.0 and DDR 5 support by 2020. (Source: Cnews.cz)

Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin manages to match Intel's Core i5-7400 with the KX-6000 octa-core

The performance of the 16 nm KX-6000 octa-core CPU might not impress too much, as it only manages to be as fast as Intel's 14 nm i5-7400 quad-core model launched in early 2017, but this is no mere feat for the Chinese industry, es...

Bogdan Solca, 21 Jun 2019 17:04

Google Pixel Slate is now the last of its kind. (Source: Google)

RIP Pixel Slate: Google won't be making tablets anymore

Google is reportedly pulling the plug on making its own tablets and a successor to the Pixel Slate. The company is looking to channelize its development efforts towards laptops and we may very well see a new Pixelbook by the end o...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 21 Jun 2019 11:40

The One-Netbook One Mix 1S Yoga should start shipping in mid-July. (Image source: Geekbuying)

One-Netbook offers One Mix 1S Yoga with Kaby Lake processor, 8 GB of RAM, and a 128 GB SSD from US$439.99

One-Netbook seems to be constantly updating its product portfolio and now the One Mix 1S Yoga mini laptop can join that list. The pocket-sized computer with a 7-inch 1920x1200 resolution display is joining a growing and competitiv...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 Jun 2019 23:53

Microsoft 365 for Campaigns is a new suite for political campaign security. (Source: Microsoft)

New Microsoft 365 suite offers enterprise-level security for political campaigns

Microsoft 365 for Campaigns is a new service intended to safeguard election campaigns from bad actors of various kinds. It is part of the Redmond company's Defending Democracy Program, and offers enterprise-level security to those...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Jun 2019 20:55

Xiaomi Mi TV: Over 100,000 TVs sold in 9 minutes

Xiaomi, the Chinese industry giant, sells practically every product imaginable in its home market from smartphones and fitness bands to e-scooters and home appliances. It also has a successful TV business, which surpassed all expe...

Alex Alderson, 20 Jun 2019 20:18

In review: Lenovo ThinkPad T590 & T490 size-comparison

We are reviewing the Lenovo ThinkPad T590 at the moment. Having just reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad T490, we used this opportunity to compare both in terms of design & size.

Benjamin Herzig, 20 Jun 2019 18:22

GPS spoofing attack could drive a Tesla Model S or 3 off the road, as security researchers find

The Tesla Models S or 3 have a feature called Navigate on Autopilot feature, which can allow one of these vehicles to follow a certain route while driving autonomously. The security firm Regulus Cyber has claimed that they are sus...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Jun 2019 17:57

Part of LG's teaser campaign for the W series of phones. (Source: Amazon.in)

One of LG's upcoming 'Amazon.in Specials' gets leaked prior to launch

LG intends to release its new mid-range smartphones, the W series, as Amazon exclusives in India. However, one variant of this series, the W10, has allegedly surfaced on the Android Enterprise database. It shows that the phone may...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Jun 2019 17:03

PCI-SIG has finalized specifications for PCIe 6.0 . (Source: PCI-SIG)

Life in the fast lane: PCI Express 6.0 to offer 256 GBps speeds on x16, being targeted for a 2021 release

PCI-SIG has announced the specifications for the PCIe 6.0 standard even as PCIe 4.0 devices are yet to become available in the market. PCIe 6.0 will offer double the bandwidth of PCIe 5.0 and uses a PAM-4 signal modulation techniq...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 Jun 2019 13:04

Orange and ZTE demo various 5G applications in Spain

Although ZTE is also affected by various bans similar to those imposed by the US on Huawei, this Chinese brand seems to be doing all right in Spain. Yesterday, Orange and its Chinese partner have shown various 5G applications at t...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Jun 2019 10:48

Does the Sony IMX 586 have new competition? (Source: Sony)

Omnivision releases its own 48MP sensor for smartphones

Omnivision has announced the OV48B, this company's first 48MP image sensor. Like the Sony IMX 586, it has pixels of 0.8 microns in size that can bin the data it captures into a high-resolution 12MP image. The OV48B can also record...

Deirdre O Donnell, 19 Jun 2019 23:07

Intel, Qualcomm and Xilinx are concerned about the considerable profit losses caused by the Huawei bans. (Source: CNN)

Intel and Qualcomm want the Huawei bans lifted

The Huawei bans prove to be source of concern for industry giants like Intel, Qualcomm and Xilinx, as profit predictions signal significant losses. In order to mitigate such dire consequences, these companies reportedly pressed th...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Jun 2019 16:27

Trump hoped to sway the outcome of the ongoing trade wars with the Huawei bans, but China is still not backing down. (Source: Investors.com)

Report warns laptop prices could increase 19% due to Trump's tariffs

Trump initially postponed the second wave of tariffs in hopes for an eventual agreement with the Chinese government, then snapped back with 15% increased tariffs and the Huawei ban shortly after, yet China does not seem to be move...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Jun 2019 14:12

HP EliteBook 735 G6 and 745 G6 get 2nd generation Ryzen 7 3700U options (Source: HP)

HP EliteBook 735 G6 and 745 G6 coming with 2nd generation Ryzen 7 Pro 3700U options

The processor upgrade will being the AMD-powered business laptops more in line with their Intel Whiskey Lake-U counterparts in terms of raw performance. Both subnotebooks will begin shipping this month for a starting price of abou...

Allen Ngo, 19 Jun 2019 07:37

AMD is also expected to launch a 64-core / 128-thread EPYC CPU. (Source: AMD)

AMD 32-core / 64-thread EPYC 7452 7 nm CPU spotted in benchmarks, 2X faster than similarly-priced Intel chips

OpenBenchmarking briefly leaked a set of tests that proves the superiority of AMD's EPYC 7 nm CPUs over Intel's current Xeon Gold models. The comparison may seem unfair since the AMD CPU comes with 32 cores and the Intel one only ...

Bogdan Solca, 18 Jun 2019 20:09

Part of the Google Pay P2P interface. (Source: 9to5Google)

Google will terminate its UK P2P service later in 2019

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) is one of several functions that were amalgamated under the Google Pay name in 2018. It has still been available in the UK market, however, and allows users to send payments to others using a balance stored in a...

Deirdre O Donnell, 18 Jun 2019 19:56

Holding strong: Huawei has already shipped a million Honor 20 units

Huawei's sub-brand, Honor, launched the Honor 20 phones in China two weeks ago. Only the regular Honor 20 has been on sale in that market since, though, and the company has confirmed that it has already shipped a million units of ...

Ricci Rox, 18 Jun 2019 16:06

ASMedia will be offering B550 and A520 chipsets for the new Ryzen 3000 processors. (Source: Hardware.info)

ASMedia to produce AMD B550 and A520 chipsets based on PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0 only in 2020

ASMedia has reportedly landed orders to make AMD B550 and A520 chipsets for the Ryzen 3000 platform and will be supplying the same to motherboard OEMs by Q4 2019. These chipsets will continue to be based on PCIe 3.0 as PCIe 4.0 is...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 18 Jun 2019 15:08

Genius says Google search is showing lyrics directly from Genius.com. (Source: Google Play Store)

Google caught 'red handed' by lyrics site Genius for allegedly stealing its traffic

Lyrics site Genius has accused Google of displaying its lyrics in search information panels thereby leading to drop in site traffic. Genius uses a unique apostrophe formatting embedded in its lyrics and says that it has evidence t...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 17 Jun 2019 10:47

Huawei Mate X pops up in highly dubious sales listing

The Huawei Mate X has reportedly appeared as a retail item on a Chinese retail site. This is highly suspicious, however, particularly as the OEM has announced that this foldable phone's launch will now be delayed. In addition, the...

Deirdre O Donnell, 15 Jun 2019 14:57

The new Innodisk Fire Shield SSD is supposedly based on aviation-grade data recorders. (Source: Aviation Jobs)

Innodisk claims its new Fire Shield SSD can withstand temperatures of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit

Innodisk's Fire Shield SSD(TM) has reportedly been developed to withstand extreme temperatures. It is apparently based on black-box technology in order to maintain 100% accuracy and integrity for the data on its NAND storage. So f...

Deirdre O Donnell, 15 Jun 2019 14:29

It appears that 2019 will see various new tablets from established OEMs. (Source: The Mobile Indian)

Update | New Samsung and Huawei tablets may be on the way

Several leaks have hinted at the release of the Huawei MediaPad M6 and new Samsung Galaxy Tab-line devices in the recent past. Now, new certifications appear to lend yet more weight to these rumors. One of these listings makes ove...

Deirdre O Donnell, 14 Jun 2019 20:22

The 'new power semiconductor' market's latest projections. (Source: Global Market Insight)

Alternative semiconductors for charging and power could make a billion-USD industry by the next decade

Semiconductors are commonly used in energy transfer for electronics and other related fields. The current state of the art are applications of gallium nitride or silicon carbide rather than conventional markets. The potential impr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 14 Jun 2019 18:16

Mi Electric Scooter owners are being asked to check if their device should be included in a new product recall. (Source: Xiaomi)

Xiaomi announces a recall of its electric scooters

Xiaomi has issued a recall of its Mi Electric Scooter (or M365) product. This request to return items does not apply to all units of the personal transport accessory, however, but to a subset of the same sold in certain countries....

Deirdre O Donnell, 14 Jun 2019 17:43

The Huntkey X2471C monitor. (Source: Huntkey)

Huntkey breaks into the gaming market with its X-series curved monitors

Huntkey is known as a maker of power bricks and other similar accessories. However, it also makes other devices, monitors included. Its latest model is the X2471C, which is a 1080p, 144-hertz (Hz) 23.6-inch 1800R-curved panel. Thi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Jun 2019 21:12

The new Windows-on-ARM laptops from Huawei should appeal to the budget-oriented users. (Source: CIO Bulletin)

Huawei to launch new Windows-on-ARM laptops in the U.S., despite bans

Even if Huawei's CEO of consumer division himself confirmed the MateBook X launch is going to be postponed amid the U.S. - China trade wars and an earlier report was warning that Huawei could stop producing laptops altogether, the...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Jun 2019 16:34

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ for US$799 is excellent value for money. (Source: Trusted Reviews)

The Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, and S10+ are suddenly US$200 cheaper

The Samsung Galaxy S10 phones are without a doubt the best flagships on the market right now. The three devices ship with top of the line hardware and Samsung's new One UI ensures that things are great on the software side, too. P...

Ricci Rox, 13 Jun 2019 15:49

AT&T's original pre-order page for the Galaxy Fold. (Source: Android Authority)

AT&T cancels its Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders

The US carrier AT&T has sent emails to customers who have pre-ordered the (still) upcoming Samsung Galaxy Fold informing them that these reservations have been cancelled. The company states that it will refund any advance charges ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Jun 2019 15:19

Apple has been eying Intel's 5G business for almost two months now. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

Apple considering acquisition of Intel's 5G modem business

According to a new report from The Information, Apple has been considering the acquisition of Intel's 5G modem business for almost 2 months now, but Intel has not yet provided a clear valuation for its wireless asset portfolio. Th...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Jun 2019 12:56

The Dell XPS 15 7590 can be configured with a touchscreen panel. (Image source: Dell)

Dell XPS 15 7590 should start shipping by early July

The Dell XPS 15 7590 laptop is getting closer to finally being in the eager hands of expectant buyers. According to a recent tweet from XPS chief Frank Azor, shipments of the device should begin in the first week of July, although...

Daniel R Deakin, 13 Jun 2019 01:55

2 nm mass production should begin by 2024. (Source: 9to5Mac)

TSMC ready to begin research for 2 nm nodes

The race for miniaturization continues, as TSMC is first to announce R&D for the 2 nm node, which will be built in the 3 nm facility from Hsinchu, Taiwan. TSMC plans to complete the 3 nm facility by 2021 and begin 3 nm mass produc...

Bogdan Solca, 12 Jun 2019 20:47

An OLED micro-display. (Source: Road to VR)

The micro-display market will be worth over US$3 billion by 2025

A micro-display is a panel that may be made of conventional materials such as OLED or LCD, yet are 2 inches at most on the diagonal. They are incorporated into everyday devices such as digital cameras, and in emerging categories s...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Jun 2019 17:37