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The new version of MIUI should be available soon. (Source: Xiaomi)

MIUI 11 is already in development

The new version of MIUI, Xiaomi's skin for Android, is officially open for development, according to an OEM executive. This announcement was made recently at the Xiaomi MIUI Core Experience Annual Meeting. Therefore, this new OS, ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Jan 2019 14:29

OPPO makes some nice phones, but they tend to have wired charging only. (Source: OPPO)

OPPO devices could have wireless charging in the future

OPPO is capable of producing some streamlined, appealing premium handsets. However, they all have one main drawback as expensive flagships: they lack wireless charging. Now that the OEM has joined the Wireless Power Consortium, th...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Jan 2019 21:06

CAT S48c rugged Android phone coming to the US via Verizon (Source: Cat Phones)

CES 2019 | CAT S48c rugged phone coming to the US via Verizon

The CAT S48c can be acquired by Verizon Business and Enterprise customers at US$249.99 with a two-year contract or for a full retail price of US$599.99. This rugged 5-inch smartphone can be used with gloves or wet hands and can su...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Jan 2019 19:33

A phone with your number can be approximated through its distance from a cell tower. (Source: Trulioo)

Motherboard report implicates major US carriers in a geolocation data-selling scandal

An article posted to the online outlet Motherboard has alleged that the carriers T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T have been selling their US customers' geolocation data to private companies, who then went on to sell it to other parties s...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Jan 2019 19:14

The highest-end 2019 iPhone could look something like this. (Source: PocketNow)

WSJ report corroborates theory of triple-camera iPhones in 2019

A new article in the Wall Street Journal has lent further weight to speculation that Apple will jump on the triple-rear-camera bandwagon this year. According to the report, this feature will be found in the most premium model the ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Jan 2019 17:36

IMDb Freedrive now live, access limited to the US

IMDb's Freedive is a new video streaming service, only available in the US for now

Amazon's subsidiary has just released a free video streaming service that offers a rich collection of ad-supported TV shows like Fringe and Heroes, as well as various Hollywood movies like The Last Samurai, True Romance, Run Lola ...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Jan 2019 16:31

CES 2019 | The Lenovo ThinkPad E490s will not be released in Europe

Last December, Notebookcheck reported on the ThinkPad E490s, a new model that is part of Lenovo's affordable ThinkPad E series. At CES, Lenovo has announced that this model will not be released in the UK and the rest of Europe.

Benjamin Herzig, 11 Jan 2019 16:31

There's another Redmi Note 7 phone coming, but this one will feature a more powerful camera sensor and SoC

The Redmi Note 7 was launched yesterday but word on the grapevine claims the company is set to release another phone, but this time with a more impressive camera sensor and SoC.

Ricci Rox, 11 Jan 2019 13:41

Lenovo was at the top for 2018 global PC shipments, followed by HP and then Dell. (Source: METISfiles)

Lenovo leads PC shipments for 4Q18 and for the year overall

According to preliminary estimates by Gartner, Lenovo was the world’s largest PC vendor in 2018 in terms of units shipped. The Chinese company was at the top of the pile for the last quarter of the year (4Q18) and beat out HP and ...

Daniel R Deakin, 11 Jan 2019 03:47

The Zotac mini PC brochure is actually quite handy (Source: Zotac)

CES 2019 | The Zotac mini PC brochure is actually quite handy

With dozens of configurations to choose from across the whole lineup, Zotac has provided a useful table comparing and contrasting some of the major features between all the latest SKUs. It makes for an excellent starting point for...

Allen Ngo, 11 Jan 2019 02:23

Bungie and Activision are going in different directions. (Source: VG247)

Bungie's split from Activision confirmed

The developer studio Bungie has announced that it will publish its flagship series, Destiny, independently, thus ending its partnership with Activision. This eventuality has been anticipated by industry insiders and observers for ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Jan 2019 00:13

A new GPU battle for 2019: the Radeon VII vs. the GeForce RTX 2080. (Source: AMD/Nvidia/edit)

CES 2019 | "The performance is lousy" - Nvidia CEO reviews AMD's Radeon VII

The outspoken CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has been offering some choice comments about AMD’s exciting new GPU, the Radeon VII. It seems Huang isn’t too worried about competition from the revolutionary new release, labeling it “un...

Daniel R Deakin, 10 Jan 2019 23:13

Redmi CEO claims the sub-brand will launch a Snapdragon 855-powered phone

Redmi's CEO, Lei Jun, has indicated that it will release a phone powered by the latest premium Snapdragon chipset. The executive made remarks to this effect when asked if the newly-release Redmi Note 7 is the new Xiaomi sub-brand'...

Deirdre O Donnell, 10 Jan 2019 18:59

Xiaomi launches the Redmi Note 7 with a teardrop notch, 48 MP Samsung sensor, and Snapdragon 660

A few months after launching the Redmi Note 6 Pro, Xiaomi has now launched the Redmi Note 7, although this new device will carry the Redmi crest instead of a Xiaomi one. The mid-ranger features a Snapdragon 660, a massive 48 MP re...

Ricci Rox, 10 Jan 2019 13:56

The Mi Mix 3, like all devices in the series, has a beautiful bezel-less design. (Source: MIUI)

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 with a slider is now on sale in Europe

Three months after it was released in China, Xiaomi has finally brought the Mi Mix 3 to Europe. The device features a capable dual rear camera setup, an AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 845 and a bunch of interesting specifications. M...

Ricci Rox, 10 Jan 2019 13:54

Why the unique Alienware Area-51m will be a gamble for Dell

The MXM form factor preceding DGFF never took off even though it was marketed for its versatility and ability to support future GPUs. If Dell isn't careful, they may repeat the same mistakes and run into a wall with DGFF once Nvid...

Allen Ngo, 10 Jan 2019 05:37

The AMD CEO shows off a Ryzen 3000 chipset live on stage as CES. (Source: YouTube)

CES 2019 | AMD CEO announces that 3rd-gen Ryzen processors exist, and…that’s more or less it, so far

The AMD keynote for this year mainly revolved around the announcement of the Radeon VII GPUs. However, the company's CEO also revealed that the third generation of Ryzen desktop processors would become available soon. There was no...

Deirdre O Donnell, 10 Jan 2019 00:05

AMD clearly believes it will be at the forefront of the server and cloud server game this year. (Source: YouTube)

CES 2019 | 2019 launch for second-generation EPYC CPUs confirmed at AMD keynote

The CEO of AMD, Dr. Lisa Su, devoted much of the company’s CES 2019 keynote to unveiling and detailing the Radeon VII GPU. However, the presentation also turned to CPUs thereafter, whereupon the second-generation EPYC chipset for ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 09 Jan 2019 23:35

The smart TV market will continue to grow over the next 4 years. (Source: Multichannel)

The smart TV market will be worth more than US$250 billion in 2023: new report

The smart TV market was worth US$143 billion by the end of 2017. However, a new report has indicated that this value will grow by $110 billion in the next four years. This rate will be driven by a sustained downward trend in smart...

Deirdre O Donnell, 09 Jan 2019 16:46

Apple's new iPhone production orders have dropped again. (Source: Apple)

Apple has reportedly reduced new iPhone production requests - again

Apple's hardware suppliers have been hit by a 10% decrease in the volume of new iPhone production requests for the first quarter of 2019. These claims have emanated from sources cited by a new report on Nikkei. It suggests that Ap...

Deirdre O Donnell, 09 Jan 2019 15:50

Toshiba MG08 16 TB HDD (Source: Business Wire)

Toshiba unveils a 16 TB hard drive — the industry's largest so far

The Toshiba MG08 hard drive uses a 9-disk helium design and comes with a 2.5 million-hour MTTF and a 550 TB per year workload rating. In addition to the increased capacity and data density, the 16 TB storage capacity also comes wi...

Codrut Nistor, 08 Jan 2019 20:45

Dell has no current plans for another XPS 13 with Iris Pro graphics

CES 2019 | Dell has no current plans for another XPS 13 with Intel Iris Pro graphics

Frank Azor cites low interest in gaming subnotebooks like the Alienware 13 as a big reason for skipping additional GPU options for the XPS 13 family. A few competing 13-inch Ultrabooks like the HP Envy 13, Huawei MateBook X Pro, a...

Allen Ngo, 08 Jan 2019 19:00

MediaTek is promoting the use of its new WiFi 6 + BT chipset already. (Source: Fudzilla)

CES 2019 | MediaTek reveals its new connectivity chipset with the latest WiFi standard and Bluetooth

MediaTek has unveiled its new silicon for connectivity at CES 2019. This chipset is compatible with next-generation WiFi (Wi-Fi 6, or 802.11ax) and also delivers Bluetooth access points. It supports 2x2, 4x4 and multi-user MIMO (M...

Deirdre O Donnell, 08 Jan 2019 16:01

Intel-Alibaba AI-powered athelete tracking tech coming to the 2020 Olympics (Source: Intel Newsroom)

CES 2019 | Alibaba and Intel get together to develop athlete tracking technology

Intel and Alibaba are now working together on AI-driven athlete tracking solutions for the Olympic Games 2020 and beyond. The technology uses both existing and upcoming Intel hardware and the Alibaba Cloud infrastructure and will ...

Codrut Nistor, 08 Jan 2019 12:01

Intel's Project Athena is now official, first laptops coming in H2 2019 (Source: Intel Newsroom on YouTube)

CES 2019 | Intel intros Project Athena and there are no satellites involved

Previously used for a secret satellite internet project and a BlackBerry phone, Athena returns as the name of an innovation program by Intel "that defines and aims to help bring to market a new class of advanced laptops that are p...

Codrut Nistor, 08 Jan 2019 10:12

LG launches the LG Q9, a mostly premium phone albeit with an SoC from 2016

LG released its "new" LG Q9 yesterday. The device packs in a number of premium features including IP68 water resistance, a QHD+ display, and LG's Boombox speakers. Of course, in typical LG fashion, it also makes a few surprising h...

Ricci Rox, 08 Jan 2019 06:16

Renders of the Note 9 show it sporting Meizu's refreshing design. (Source: Weibo)

The new Meizu Note 9 is coming, Snapdragon 6150 and 48 MP camera in tow

Meizu's CEO, Jack Wong, has teased the pending launch of a new device, the Meizu Note 9. The Note 9 will be powered by the yet unreleased Snapdragon 6150—likely to be called the Snapdragon 655—and will feature a 48 MP camera senso...

Ricci Rox, 08 Jan 2019 06:06

CES 2019 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2019 adds brighter LCDs, better speakers & a Carbon-Fiber coating

Lenovo brings a new version of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon to the CES. The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 includes a revamped chassis with a Carbon-Fiber coating as well as the newest Intel CPUs and a brighter FHD screen option.

Benjamin Herzig, 08 Jan 2019 02:00

CES 2019 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 2019 relies on a redesigned CNC aluminium chassis

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 4 convertible gets revamped for 2019 with a completely new chassis. For the first time ever on a ThinkPad X1 laptop, its completely made out of CNC-machined aluminium and not available in black.

Benjamin Herzig, 08 Jan 2019 02:00

The Jabra 85h headphones. (Source: Jabra)

CES 2019 | Jabra debuts the new 85h noise-cancelling headphones, rated for 32 hours of battery life

Jabra is one of many prominent audio companies at CES this year. It has come to present its new 85h headphones, which, as Jabra claims, can allow playback with active noise-cancelling (ANC) for as long as 32 hours. These new audio...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Jan 2019 19:35

CES 2019 | Samsung's Micro LED display tech allows you to build a TV that may rival OLED with none of the drawbacks

Samsung's Micro LED TVs made another appearance at CES 2019. The technology has come far enough to allow for various display sizes thanks to the modular panels housing the Micro LEDs. Additionally, Samsung is claiming that Micro L...

Sam Medley, 07 Jan 2019 19:04

The LG Rollable TV has a product name and model number for its third run at CES. (Source: LG)

CES 2019 | LG's rollable TVs are here again, but they're close to retail this time

TVs that can curl up and store themselves in a box are becoming a staple of CES. This technology, introduced by its maker LG in 2017, has yet to appear in stores. However, this year, the company has brought them to the event again...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Jan 2019 19:00

Kroger and Microsoft CEOs (Source: Microsoft Stories)

Microsoft teams up with Kroger to pilot two connected experience stores

The partnership between Microsoft and Kroger, the largest grocery retailer in America comes as a joint effort to bring Retail as a Service to other retailers. The first result of this effort is the pair of connected experience sto...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2019 18:09

UFS 3.0 AndroBench benchmark results (Source: Ice universe on Twitter)

UFS 3.0 benchmark results show up online and they look impressive

Although first devices with UFS 3.0 memory onboard should arrive later this year, what appears to be the first benchmark of this new memory standard has surfaced online. According to this benchmark, an unnamed UFS 3.0 solution man...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2019 16:10

The MateBook 13 is Huawei's answer to the Apple MacBook Air (Source: Huawei)

CES 2019 | The Huawei MateBook 13 is coming to the United States for $999 USD

The 13.3-inch laptop is 1.6 mm thinner than the 2018 MacBook Air and has a higher 88 percent screen-to-body ratio. Its Whiskey Lake-U options should provide a significant boost in CPU performance over the passively-cooled Amber La...

Allen Ngo, 07 Jan 2019 15:00

The new Belkin USB-C to -A cable with DuraTek. (Source: Belkin)

CES 2019 | Belkin and its assorted brands are back

At one point, Belkin was the go-to brand for third-party Apple accessories, not to mention USB power banks and cables. However, it had gone quiet for a good while following its amalgamation with Foxconn. This year, Belkin and its ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Jan 2019 14:40

The D-Link 5G broadband gateway. (Source: D-Link)

CES 2019 | D-Link launches next-gen 5G-NR broadband modem

D-Link has announced a new product it is calling a 5G-NR broadband gateway (or the DWR-2010) at CES. It is intended to use 5G in order to set up home WiFi networks that, as D-Link claims, deliver download speeds that are over 40 t...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Jan 2019 14:08

Asus ZenBook 14 UX431 ultrabook with Whiskey Lake and GeForce MX150

CES 2019 | Asus redefines luxury on a budget with the ZenBook 14 UX431

Featuring a generous selection of processor choices from Intel, the Asus ZenBook 14 UX431 integrates the NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics adapter without being heavy or bulky. Its specs also include up to 16 GB of memory and 1 TB of ...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2019 12:00

Huawei Kunpeng 920 launch event (Source: Huawei)

Huawei is targeting the server market with the Kunpeng 920 processor

Announced earlier today, the Huawei Kunpeng 920 is a new processor for big data, distributed storage, and ARM-native application scenarios. According to its creators, the Kunpeng 920 is the industry's most powerful Advanced RISC M...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2019 10:22

TCL-32E4300 3D TV, Xiaomi acquires small stake in TCL January 2019

Xiaomi acquires small stake in TCL, the world’s third-largest LCD TV maker

The 0.48 percent stake acquisition comes less than a month after Xiaomi and the world's third-largest LCD TV manufacturer, TCL, entered a strategic partnership that involves joint efforts in many fields. The agreement focuses on t...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2019 08:12

Gigabyte Aero 15 Y9 and X9 now official with insane specifications (Source: Gigabyte)

CES 2019 | Gigabyte Aero 15 Y9 and X9 now official with insane specifications

Can the GeForce RTX 2080 fit in a chassis the size of a Dell XPS 15? Apparently so. Gigabyte has updated its most popular 15-inch laptop ever with CPU and GPU options normally reserved for thicker and larger gaming laptops. Day-to...

Allen Ngo, 07 Jan 2019 07:00

The NVIDIA Mobile RTX GPUs are now official and will feature in many gaming laptops this year. (Source: GND-Tech)

CES 2019 | NVIDIA unveils the GeForce RTX lineup for laptops, will feature in over 40 notebooks this year

NVIDIA has finally announced its lineup of RTX GPUs for laptops at CES 2019. Coming under the N18 family, these GPUs will be available in both standard and MaxQ variants. The RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 will be coming in a total of thre...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 07 Jan 2019 07:00

HP Spectre Folio now coming in Burgundy with 4K UHD option (Source: HP)

CES 2019 | HP Spectre Folio gets 4K UHD and Burgundy color option

The half-metal, half-leather laptop will be getting a second color option and a higher resolution display by the end of this month. Internal specifications are otherwise identical to the SKUs introduced last November. While the 4K...

Allen Ngo, 06 Jan 2019 18:00

CES 2019 | HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 display will be two times brighter than the MacBook Pro 13

The 1000-nit matte touchscreen will be significantly brighter than any consumer laptop or convertible in the market. In comparison, most Ultrabooks available today top out at just 300 nits or 400 nits for relatively poor outdoor v...

Allen Ngo, 06 Jan 2019 18:00

CES 2019 | Souped-up performance: the HP Chromebook x360 14 G1 will come with a Core i7-8650U

A Chromebook in an Ultrabook chassis. The HP Chromebook x360 14 G1 convertible has hardware familiar to any Ultrabook user including its 15 W Core ix Kaby Lake-R CPU, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, and 14-inch 1080p touchscreen.

Allen Ngo, 06 Jan 2019 18:00

Part of Apple's billboard overlooking CES this year. (Source: Twitter)

Apple's initial contribution to CES is a giant billboard highlighting the company's privacy-related advantages

Apple may not be at CES this year; however, that hasn’t stopped them poking fun at other companies who are likely to present at the show. A billboard that was almost certainly commissioned by the Cupertino giant had appeared on an...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 Jan 2019 14:17

European pricing details of the Honor View 20 revealed

The Honor V20 was released in China a few weeks ago. The device will be making its way to the global market on January 22 as the Honor View 20, and a new report reveals that it will also come with a shocking increase in MSRP for t...

Ricci Rox, 06 Jan 2019 06:57

Ada Wong rocks up in the remaster in shades and a trench coat. (Source: Capcom)

Upcoming Resident Evil 2 remaster takes reimagining to a new level

Resident Evil fans will no doubt be chomping at the bit to get their hands on the upcoming Resident Evil 2 remaster that’s being released by Capcom on January 25. The developers have taken the classic 1998 survival horror hit and ...

Daniel R Deakin, 05 Jan 2019 22:38

Business Articles

MIUI 11 is already in development

OPPO devices could have wireless charging in the future

CES 2019 | CAT S48c rugged phone coming to the US via Verizon

Motherboard report implicates major US carriers in a geolocation data-selling scandal

WSJ report corroborates theory of triple-camera iPhones in 2019

IMDb's Freedive is a new video streaming service, only available in the US for now

CES 2019 | The Lenovo ThinkPad E490s will not be released in Europe

There's another Redmi Note 7 phone coming, but this one will feature a more powerful camera sensor and SoC

Lenovo leads PC shipments for 4Q18 and for the year overall

CES 2019 | The Zotac mini PC brochure is actually quite handy

Bungie's split from Activision confirmed

CES 2019 | "The performance is lousy" - Nvidia CEO reviews AMD's Radeon VII

Redmi CEO claims the sub-brand will launch a Snapdragon 855-powered phone

Xiaomi launches the Redmi Note 7 with a teardrop notch, 48 MP Samsung sensor, and Snapdragon 660

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 with a slider is now on sale in Europe

Why the unique Alienware Area-51m will be a gamble for Dell

CES 2019 | AMD CEO announces that 3rd-gen Ryzen processors exist, and…that’s more or less it, so far

CES 2019 | 2019 launch for second-generation EPYC CPUs confirmed at AMD keynote

84% Acer TravelMate X3410 (i7, MX130, FHD) Laptop Review

The smart TV market will be worth more than US$250 billion in 2023: new report

Apple has reportedly reduced new iPhone production requests - again

Toshiba unveils a 16 TB hard drive — the industry's largest so far

CES 2019 | Dell has no current plans for another XPS 13 with Intel Iris Pro graphics

CES 2019 | MediaTek reveals its new connectivity chipset with the latest WiFi standard and Bluetooth

CES 2019 | Alibaba and Intel get together to develop athlete tracking technology

CES 2019 | Intel intros Project Athena and there are no satellites involved

LG launches the LG Q9, a mostly premium phone albeit with an SoC from 2016

The new Meizu Note 9 is coming, Snapdragon 6150 and 48 MP camera in tow

CES 2019 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2019 adds brighter LCDs, better speakers & a Carbon-Fiber coating

CES 2019 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 2019 relies on a redesigned CNC aluminium chassis

CES 2019 | Jabra debuts the new 85h noise-cancelling headphones, rated for 32 hours of battery life

CES 2019 | Samsung's Micro LED display tech allows you to build a TV that may rival OLED with none of the drawbacks

CES 2019 | LG's rollable TVs are here again, but they're close to retail this time

Microsoft teams up with Kroger to pilot two connected experience stores

UFS 3.0 benchmark results show up online and they look impressive

CES 2019 | The Huawei MateBook 13 is coming to the United States for $999 USD

CES 2019 | Belkin and its assorted brands are back

CES 2019 | D-Link launches next-gen 5G-NR broadband modem

CES 2019 | Asus redefines luxury on a budget with the ZenBook 14 UX431

Huawei is targeting the server market with the Kunpeng 920 processor

Xiaomi acquires small stake in TCL, the world’s third-largest LCD TV maker

CES 2019 | Gigabyte Aero 15 Y9 and X9 now official with insane specifications

CES 2019 | NVIDIA unveils the GeForce RTX lineup for laptops, will feature in over 40 notebooks this year

CES 2019 | HP Spectre Folio gets 4K UHD and Burgundy color option

CES 2019 | HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 display will be two times brighter than the MacBook Pro 13

CES 2019 | Souped-up performance: the HP Chromebook x360 14 G1 will come with a Core i7-8650U

Apple's initial contribution to CES is a giant billboard highlighting the company's privacy-related advantages

88% Lenovo ThinkPad A285 (Ryzen 5 Pro, Vega 8, FHD) Laptop Review

European pricing details of the Honor View 20 revealed

Upcoming Resident Evil 2 remaster takes reimagining to a new level

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