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Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 now shipping with world's first PC proximity sensor

Login to Windows just by walking up to your laptop. Dell's ExpressSign-in security feature works with Intel's Context Sensing Technology to automatically wake or lock the laptop before the IR camera even has a chance to work.

Allen Ngo, 14 May 2019 08:29

Manu Kumar Jain with the Xiaomi vending machine. (Source: Twitter)

Xiaomi installs a phone-dispensing vending machine in India

Xiaomi India’s managing director, Manu Kumar Jain, has announced a new initiative by the OEM: a vending machine for its devices and accessories. It is located in Manyata Technological Park, Bengaluru. The innovative "Mi Express Ki...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 May 2019 18:59

Lenovo introduces ThinkBook 13s and 14s series designed for SMBs

Don't want an IdeaPad or ThinkPad? Lenovo's new hybrid ThinkBook 13s and 14s series should fit the bill

The new ThinkBook series will be a business-consumer offering designed for small businesses not yet ready to invest in pricier ThinkPad laptops. Its chassis design is arguably sleeker and more affordable than many ThinkPads while ...

Allen Ngo, 13 May 2019 18:00

Lenovo unveils ThinkCentre M930n Nano and Nano IoT for industrial and professional environments

Lenovo unveils "world's smallest" ThinkCentre M930n Nano and Nano IoT mini PCs

The MIL-810G-certified mini PCs promise a broader thermal operation range with higher vibration tolerance in industrial and professional environments. Prices start at $540 USD for the entry-level Celeron configuration.

Allen Ngo, 13 May 2019 18:00

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is about to get even more extreme with the 2019 Gen 2 refresh

The newer model will sport Intel Core i9-9880H and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q options with an improved 4K UHD OLED touchscreen over the 2018 model. Otherwise, the chassis will be unchanged from the original X1 Extreme that we a...

Allen Ngo, 13 May 2019 18:00

Huawei has announced Android Q support for 8 recent flagships. (Source: Huawei)

7 more Huawei and Honor flagships will see an Android Q update

We already know that the Huawei Mate 20 Pro will be updated to Android Q. Now, its maker has announced that 5 more of its fellow flagships, in addition to 2 from Honor, will join it. However, these phones will have to wait until t...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 May 2019 17:40

UMIDIGI has a store on ebay.com.au now. (Source: eBay)

UMIDIGI enters the Australian smartphone market via Amazon and eBay

The Australian smartphone market could benefit from more choices as much as any other. Accordingly, the OEM UMIDIGI is now selling its devices in this country, via its eBay and Amazon sites. They will include the new A5 Pro, a bud...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 May 2019 20:33

Huawei is now inviting developers with the Mate 20 Pro to test Q Beta 3. (Source: Huawei)

The Mate 20 Pro gets Huawei's Android Q Beta treatment

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is one of 21 devices certified for the latest beta for Android Q. The OEM has now made places on a program to test it available to users of the 2018 flagship. It appears that this program is best suited to d...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 May 2019 19:52

The CCI has launched a probe into Google and its position in a relevant market. (Source: CCI)

Indian Competition Commission launches investigation into Google's effect on the mobile device market

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reportedly launched a full-scale probe into Google's business practices. It is doing so based on allegations of anti-trust behaviors on the part of the Mountain View giant. Should the ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 May 2019 18:33

Intel's Raja Koduri feels AMD's software has no meaning without Intel. (Source: Wccftech)

Raja Koduri feels AMD's software ecosystem is meaningless without Intel

Intel's Raja Koduri laid out the position of the company in key markets such as PC, CPU, GPU, FPGA, data center, interconnect, and memory compared to the competition. During the presentation, Raja felt that AMD has no meaningful s...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 12 May 2019 10:53

Lenovo ThinkPad T490 with Low Power FHD screen outdoors

In review: Lenovo ThinkPad T490 with IGZO Low Power FHD screen

Notebookcheck is reviewing the Lenovo ThinkPad T490 at the moment. Our review sample contains a FHD screen that Lenovo markets as "Low Power". As we found out, the screen used here is not a normal a-SI IPS LCD, but a higher qualit...

Benjamin Herzig, 12 May 2019 01:46

The earphones and headphones market will remain healthy into the next decade. (Source: headphonezone.in)

The US earphone/headphone market will be worth US$9 billion in 5 years

Earphones and headphone sales drive a healthy market in the United States. The market analysis firm ReportBuyer estimates that it will grow at a compound rate of over 12% until it is worth approximately US$9 billion in 2024. The p...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 May 2019 20:32

HDMI sends a DMCA takedown notice for posting confidential protocol specs. (Source: Computer Cable Store)

GitHubber gets a DMCA takedown notice for archiving 'confidential' HDMI docs

The HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. has sent a DMCA takedown notice to GitHubber 'Glenwing' for posting detailed specifications of all versions of the HDMI standard, which are apparently copyrighted and confidential, on his per...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 11 May 2019 15:34

Both the ThinkPad X1 Extreme SKUs that we have tested have scored over 90% in our reviews. (Image source: Lenovo)

Deal | Save US$400 with a very limited offer on a ThinkPad X1 Extreme with an i7-8750H CPU, a 4K touchscreen display, 16 GB RAM, and a 1 TB SSD

Costco is currently running a limited sale on one ThinkPad X1 Extreme SKU. The machine comes with an Intel Core i7 Coffee Lake processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti discrete GPU and 16 GB RAM. The device also has a 4K anti-glar...

Alex Alderson, 11 May 2019 11:31

Spot the typo: The One Mix 3 will be available to pre-order from May 16. (Image source: One-Netbook)

The One-Netbook One Mix 3 is arriving sooner than expected - white SKU seemingly planned too

Set your alarms to next Thursday. One-Netbook has already revealed most of the specifications for its next device, the One Mix 3, and now it has confirmed when it will be making the mini laptop available to pre-order too. It is st...

Alex Alderson, 10 May 2019 19:05

The wireless charging pad now subject to a recall may look like this. (Source: USCPSC)

US consumer safety body orders recall of a wireless charging pad

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered the recall of a wireless charging pad sold by the company Imagine Nation Books due to a burn hazard. This order affects about 64,000 of these products circulating in the countr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 10 May 2019 16:54

Bitmain is notorious for using its own ASIC miners to mine Bitcoin. (Source: CCN)

Bitcoin miner maker Bitmain cuts own mining hash power by 88%

It is unclear what caused the drastic drop in hash power, but several hypotheses stipulate that Bitmain may have reallocated more hash power towards AI-driven activities, or the company may have rented out most of its hash power t...

Bogdan Solca, 09 May 2019 20:34

A Qualcomm reference headset based on its latest audio chipsets. (Source: Qualcomm)

Qualcomm announces new levels of support for Google Assistant on its Smart Headset platform

Today (May 9, 2019), Qualcomm unveils support for Google Fast Pair and for Google Assistant on its current Smart Headset hardware platform. It incorporates the most up-to-date low-power Bluetooth audio SoCs the chip-maker has to o...

Deirdre O Donnell, 09 May 2019 14:27

Lenovo bringing AMD CPUs to its ThinkPad T495, T495s and X395 Series for the first time ever

The previously Intel-exclusive ThinkPad T Series will now have second generation Ryzen Pro options for faster graphics performance and cheaper starting prices. AMD wants to prove that its latest processors can go toe-to-toe with I...

Allen Ngo, 08 May 2019 15:00

Xiaomi's Mi Notebook Air has a high-quality look to it. (Image source: Own)

A Redmi-branded Mi Notebook could be in development

There is a rumor that Redmi is not satisfied with just producing budget-friendly smartphones and phablets and intends to move into creating laptops too. The sub-brand’s parent company, Xiaomi, has been in the notebook business for...

Daniel R Deakin, 08 May 2019 11:48

Visual representation of Bitcoin, US$40 million Binance theft May 2019 (Source: Getty Images)

Grand Theft Crypto: Hackers steal the equivalent of over US$40 million from Binance

Although the security breach that has just been discovered by Binance impacted the BTC hot wallet only — which contained only about 2 percent of the total BTC holdings of the exchange — the hackers managed to withdraw 7,000 BTC in...

Codrut Nistor, 08 May 2019 08:52

Intel unveils Project Athena Open Labs certification program (Source: Intel)

Intel unveils Project Athena Open Labs certification program to boost QA standards for Intel-powered laptops

IHVs for laptop PCs can submit their products to Intel for compliance assessment, quality assurance, and performance tests. If they pass, then major OEMs like Acer, Huawei, Asus, or Dell will be more likely to source these optimiz...

Allen Ngo, 08 May 2019 06:30

Linux kernel 5.1 update now live (Source: OMG! Ubuntu!)

The Linux kernel update 5.1 comes with live patching, multiple performance and security improvements

The new Linux kernel update integrates support for using persistent storage as regular system memory, a new Linux Security Module (LSM), live patching, as well as multiple minor tweaks and fixes. All these will be included in the ...

Codrut Nistor, 07 May 2019 21:40

ZTE promotes the Axon 10 Pro's photography abilities. (Source: GizmoChina)

The ZTE Axon 10 Pro goes on sale in China

ZTE's newest Axon-brand flagship, the 10 Pro, has been released for sale in China. It is touted as the world's first phone to be powered by the Snapdragon 855 and have the F2FS filesystem. Otherwise, the phone has a 48MP main came...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 May 2019 19:55

Samsung Exynos i T100 IoT chip (Source: Samsung Global Newsroom)

Samsung intros the Exynos i T100 single-chip IoT solution

The Exynos i T100, Samsung's latest IoT solution is now official as a 28 nm chip that targets short-range devices that automate and control environments within homes or businesses. Its list of features and capabilities includes BL...

Codrut Nistor, 07 May 2019 19:50

Morpheus can randomize parts of its code 20 times per second, making it virtually impervious even to the most advanced electronic hacking tools. (Source: New Atlas)

Unhackable Morpheus CPU architecture announced by University of Michigan

The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities proved that most of the CPUs made by Intel and AMD in the past 10 years are susceptible to code-based attacks and the current security model of bugs and patches needs to change at a fundame...

Bogdan Solca, 07 May 2019 17:01

Frontier is expected to have peak performance close to 1.5 exaflops and network bandwidth in excess of 1 petabyte/s. (Source: Cray)

AMD and Cray are building world's fastest exascale supercomputer

More than 7 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer, Frontier will probably end up even faster than Intel's Aurora exascale supercomputer scheduled to go operational around the same time frame. Frontier will combine th...

Bogdan Solca, 07 May 2019 16:19

Lenovo ThinkStation P720 and P920 desktops get 2nd gen Xeon Scalable CPUs and Quadro RTX 8000 GPUs

While the chassis will remain the same, internal options will be updated from 12-core Xeon and Quadro RTX 6000 options to 28-core Xeon and Quadro RTX 8000 options for massive gains in performance. Units will begin shipping before ...

Allen Ngo, 07 May 2019 15:00

Intel Xeon processors are often used in enterprise-level workstations and servers. (Image source: Trade Me)

Alleged Intel Xeon W-3275 CPU records massive score in Geekbench multi-core test

An entry for an Intel Xeon W-3275 processor has been discovered on Geekbench that shows a pretty remarkable result at least in the multi-core benchmark. While the single-core score for the CPU was still decent at 5,211 points, the...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 May 2019 12:00

One-Netbook wants a slice of the handheld gaming PC market pie. (Image source: Baidu)

One-Netbook wants to challenge the GPD Win Max and Smach Z handheld gaming PCs with OneGx

An advert from One-Netbook Technology seems to show that the company is preparing to enter the handheld gaming PC market. Depending on the development time involved, any product could end up being a rival to the upcoming GPD Win M...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 May 2019 10:49

Samsung Galaxy Fold could miss the first wave of the foldable revolution

Samsung Galaxy Fold has no official release date yet

If missing the initial release date of April 26 was not bad enough, Samsung is now having it worse: according to the company's officials, a new release date for the Galaxy Fold cannot be confirmed yet. Unfortunately, this can only...

Codrut Nistor, 07 May 2019 10:06

Eurocom Sky X7C now comes with Quadro P3000, P4000, and P5000 options (Source: Eurocom)

GPUs galore: Eurocom Sky X7C now comes with RTX 2060, 2070, 2080, Quadro P3000, P4000, and P5000 options

One of Eurocom's most versatile 17.3-inch laptops can now officially swap between a Quadro MXM GPU and a GeForce MXM GPU presumably without any driver or compatibility issues for the end user. The system can effectively double as ...

Allen Ngo, 06 May 2019 22:06

Spotify's claims against Apple may have sparked a new investigation of the latter. (Source: Consumer Reports)

EU set to investigate possible anti-trust behavior by Apple, based on Spotify's complaints

The Financial Times claims that its sources have told it that the EU will indeed probe Apple's potential anti-competition business practices. The decision follows 'surveys' of interested parties such as Spotify, who claim that the...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 May 2019 20:02

Google Fi has made charging errors for a number of its customers. (Source: Google)

Some Google Fi customers are being charged full prices rather than their finance-agreement rates for phones

Google runs a virtual carrier in the States called Fi, through which customers can avail of interest-free instalment plans to pay for devices such as the Pixel 3. However, its support site is currently being flooded with complaint...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 May 2019 18:30

The 2-in-1 notebook category may grow at the highest rate between now and 2025. (Source: AO.com)

The global notebook market will be worth just over US$100 billion in 6 years

The latest report by the market analysis group Grand View Research indicates that the laptop market will be worth US$108.91 billion worldwide by 2025. This is based on data collected from 2014 to 2019, and shows that the segment f...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 May 2019 17:37

Nebra AnyBeam projector's Kickstarter ends, exceeding its goal by 57%

Nebra put its innovative projector, the AnyBeam, up as a reward for its crowdfunding campaign. The start-up claims that this product is the "world's first pocket laser projector". This, apparently, was quite the draw among backers...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 May 2019 16:58

Some ads on Spotify may gain voice-control options in the US. (Source: TechCrunch)

Spotify reportedly pilots a new kind of in-app ad in the US

Spotify has reportedly rolled out a new kind of ad to grab user attention in the United States. The messages involved apparently encourage the user to give a voice command in order to navigate to relevant sponsored content. These ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 05 May 2019 17:22

Mobile Quadro RTX GPUs will be available in the upcoming Dell Precision 5000 and 7000 series. (Image source: Dell)

Mobile variants of Nvidia's Quadro RTX GPUs revealed in leaked Dell Precision workstation documents

Leaked documents providing information about upcoming Dell Precision laptops have revealed that Nvidia will be releasing mobile versions of its Quadro RTX graphics cards. It has been planned that the Dell Precision 7540 and 7740 w...

Daniel R Deakin, 04 May 2019 08:19

Nubia Red Magic 3 international pre-orders become available, start at US$539

The Red Magic 3 is the first gaming phone to feature a physical fan. This stand-out Snapdragon 855 is set to be available to order in China from today (May 3, 2019). GizTop now also offers the possibility of ordering a truncated r...

Deirdre O Donnell, 03 May 2019 20:02

AMD's Navi GPUs are linked with cloud gaming. (Image source: AMD)

No 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper in the latest AMD Investor Presentation but there is room for Zen 4 and Navi cloud gaming

A new investor presentation from AMD has been published online and there are numerous interesting additions and omissions from the previous presentation. In comes mention of Zen 3, Zen 4, Milan and cloud gaming connected to Navi, ...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 May 2019 18:09

Xiaomi recently released the Mi 9 SE. (Image source: Xiaomi)

Xiaomi reports smartphone shipments of over 27.5 million units for the first quarter of 2019

Xiaomi has posted a voluntary announcement to the website of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited in regard to smartphone shipments. According to the statement made by the Chinese manufacturer, more than 27.5 million units...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 May 2019 14:22

Slightly Mad's Mad Box console project has been affected by Google Stadia. (Image source: Trusted Reviews)

The future of Slightly Mad's Mad Box console that proposed VR gaming at 120 FPS is looking grim

An executive for Slightly Mad Studios has admitted that the future development of the Mad Box console is looking “questionable”. Slightly Mad, which is the company behind the Project CARS series of games, revealed it was planning ...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 May 2019 10:56

Smartwatch market share in 1Q2019 compared to 1Q2018. (Source: Counterpoint)

Latest report shows 1 in every 3 smartwatches sold in 2019 so far was an Apple Watch

Counterpoint Research's latest data on the smartwatch market indicates that 48% more of these products were shipped in 2019's first quarter (1Q2019) compared to that of 2018. Apple still has a considerable majority in these terms....

Deirdre O Donnell, 02 May 2019 23:24

The Microsoft Store features mostly games and entertainment apps as of late. (Source: Microsoft Store)

Future of Microsoft Store uncertain with UWP dead in the water

The Universal Windows Platform created for the Microsoft Store apps could soon be ditched, as Microsoft already discontinued support for its Windows Phone devices. App developers are reluctant to create programs for his platform, ...

Bogdan Solca, 02 May 2019 21:31

Samsung Mall to shut down on June 30 (Source: Samsung India)

Samsung Mall to be discontinued at the end of June

Launched in India back in January 2017, Samsung Mall will apparently go down on June 30. This piece of bad news reached the users of this service in the shape of a notification message on their handsets. However, the official webs...

Codrut Nistor, 02 May 2019 20:50

The Redmi 5A is marketed as the smartphone for everyone. (Image source: Xiaomi Redmi)

Report claims the Apple iPhone X was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2018 with Xiaomi's Redmi 5A being the best-selling Android device

A report from market analyst company Counterpoint Research has stated that Apple’s iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone in the world in 2018. Top 10 charts for both the world and China were shared online and while Apple has do...

Daniel R Deakin, 02 May 2019 12:56

Eurocom Summer Education Notebook Program offers discounts for high school students

If you're a CAD student, medical researcher, or video editor in need of some serious horsepower for your schoolwork, then a simple Ultrabook just isn't going to cut it. The new Eurocom program will run all year long for high schoo...

Allen Ngo, 01 May 2019 23:55

Huawei's TV plans now allegedly involve 8K - and 5G

Huawei is rumored to release its first TV this year. Most recently, the outlet Nikkei Asian Review has reported that this product could have an 8K resolution when it comes out. It also alleges that the same device will have its ow...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 May 2019 22:58

The LG V50 ThinQ and its optional dual-screen case. (Source: Finder)

LG V50 ThinQ launch reset for early May 2019

LG had planned to release its first-ever 5G smartphone, the V50 ThinQ, by now. However, some less-than-specified technical difficulties obliged the OEM to delay this event. It has now announced a new launch date for the phone: May...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 May 2019 21:53

Business Articles

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 now shipping with world's first PC proximity sensor

Xiaomi installs a phone-dispensing vending machine in India

Don't want an IdeaPad or ThinkPad? Lenovo's new hybrid ThinkBook 13s and 14s series should fit the bill

Lenovo unveils "world's smallest" ThinkCentre M930n Nano and Nano IoT mini PCs

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is about to get even more extreme with the 2019 Gen 2 refresh

7 more Huawei and Honor flagships will see an Android Q update

UMIDIGI enters the Australian smartphone market via Amazon and eBay

The Mate 20 Pro gets Huawei's Android Q Beta treatment

Indian Competition Commission launches investigation into Google's effect on the mobile device market

Raja Koduri feels AMD's software ecosystem is meaningless without Intel

In review: Lenovo ThinkPad T490 with IGZO Low Power FHD screen

The US earphone/headphone market will be worth US$9 billion in 5 years

GitHubber gets a DMCA takedown notice for archiving 'confidential' HDMI docs

Deal | Save US$400 with a very limited offer on a ThinkPad X1 Extreme with an i7-8750H CPU, a 4K touchscreen display, 16 GB RAM, and a 1 TB SSD

The One-Netbook One Mix 3 is arriving sooner than expected - white SKU seemingly planned too

US consumer safety body orders recall of a wireless charging pad

Bitcoin miner maker Bitmain cuts own mining hash power by 88%

Qualcomm announces new levels of support for Google Assistant on its Smart Headset platform

Lenovo bringing AMD CPUs to its ThinkPad T495, T495s and X395 Series for the first time ever

A Redmi-branded Mi Notebook could be in development

Grand Theft Crypto: Hackers steal the equivalent of over US$40 million from Binance

Intel unveils Project Athena Open Labs certification program to boost QA standards for Intel-powered laptops

The Linux kernel update 5.1 comes with live patching, multiple performance and security improvements

The ZTE Axon 10 Pro goes on sale in China

Samsung intros the Exynos i T100 single-chip IoT solution

Unhackable Morpheus CPU architecture announced by University of Michigan

AMD and Cray are building world's fastest exascale supercomputer

Lenovo ThinkStation P720 and P920 desktops get 2nd gen Xeon Scalable CPUs and Quadro RTX 8000 GPUs

Alleged Intel Xeon W-3275 CPU records massive score in Geekbench multi-core test

One-Netbook wants to challenge the GPD Win Max and Smach Z handheld gaming PCs with OneGx

Samsung Galaxy Fold has no official release date yet

GPUs galore: Eurocom Sky X7C now comes with RTX 2060, 2070, 2080, Quadro P3000, P4000, and P5000 options

EU set to investigate possible anti-trust behavior by Apple, based on Spotify's complaints

Some Google Fi customers are being charged full prices rather than their finance-agreement rates for phones

The global notebook market will be worth just over US$100 billion in 6 years

Nebra AnyBeam projector's Kickstarter ends, exceeding its goal by 57%

Spotify reportedly pilots a new kind of in-app ad in the US

Mobile variants of Nvidia's Quadro RTX GPUs revealed in leaked Dell Precision workstation documents

Nubia Red Magic 3 international pre-orders become available, start at US$539

No 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper in the latest AMD Investor Presentation but there is room for Zen 4 and Navi cloud gaming

Xiaomi reports smartphone shipments of over 27.5 million units for the first quarter of 2019

The future of Slightly Mad's Mad Box console that proposed VR gaming at 120 FPS is looking grim

Latest report shows 1 in every 3 smartwatches sold in 2019 so far was an Apple Watch

THINK: A brief history of ThinkPads, from IBM to Lenovo

Future of Microsoft Store uncertain with UWP dead in the water

Samsung Mall to be discontinued at the end of June

Report claims the Apple iPhone X was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2018 with Xiaomi's Redmi 5A being the best-selling Android device

Eurocom Summer Education Notebook Program offers discounts for high school students

Huawei's TV plans now allegedly involve 8K - and 5G

LG V50 ThinQ launch reset for early May 2019

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