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Apple plans to discount the iPhone XR in Japan in a bid to boost sales.

Apple planning to cut iPhone XR price in Japan and restart iPhone X production

Apple is looking to enhance subsidies to Japanese carriers in order to boost sales of iPhone XR in the region, according to sources familiar with the matter. Apple is also expected to resume iPhone X production, partly to boost ma...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 23 Nov 2018 04:06

Apple's current stock price is getting closer to the 52-week low of US$150.24. (Source: Techadvisor)

Apple's stock price continues to fall

Apple’s stock price has suffered from further decline over recent days, with the current price reported by NASDAQ standing at US$176.78. Cautious investors are apparently biding their time to see what the Cupertino-based tech gian...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Nov 2018 21:20

US-based shoppers can save up to US$100 on the Xbox One S 1 TB Minecraft Creators Bundle. (Source: Microsoft)

Black Friday deal: Massive savings on Xbox One consoles

Microsoft has been busy updating some of its global online stores and has been placing deep discounts on a number of its Xbox consoles in time for the Black Friday shopping event. Customers in the US could save between US$70 and U...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Nov 2018 00:34

A "beyond imaginable" 44% of Xiaomi's revenue so far this year came from outside China

Lei Jun, Xiaomi's CEO, announced at a press conference that 43.9% of the company's revenues in the third quarter of 2018 had come from international markets. These overseas earnings had increased by over 100% compared to last year...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Nov 2018 19:45

Eurocom will let customers choose the discount they want for Black Friday

Configure the laptop exactly the way you want it, request a quote, and then name your discount. The promotion will be for this weekend only and it will apply to all Eurocom laptops including gaming, workstations, Enterprise-class ...

Allen Ngo, 21 Nov 2018 19:32

Cards, cards everywhere (on eBay). (Source: HolyNerdvana)

Crypto crash may have led to deluge of second-hand GTX 1070s onto online markets

The recent 'crypto crash' may have resulted in a large-scale dumping of slightly older cards onto sites like eBay. Consequently, this may drive down the prices others with the same GPUs (e.g. gamers) can ask for their listings. In...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Nov 2018 14:42

The OnePlus 6. (Source: Android Central)

Latest Open Beta for OnePlus 6 introduces new service: OnePlus Roaming

Open Beta 7, the latest in a series of in-testing stock ROMs available to owners of the OnePlus 6 to test out, contains an interesting new feature. It is OnePlus Roaming, a SIM-independent form of access to the internet that can b...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Nov 2018 14:03

Samsung's 2019 triple cameras could also include 3D TOF. (Source: GizGuide)

Samsung Galaxy S10 could come with 3D TOF sensors

A Korean IT news outlet claims that Samsung is developing three-dimensional time-of-flight (3D TOF) modules for next year's phones. 3D TOF is linked to improved depth-sensing and AR capabilities. The Galaxy S10 line may be in line...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Nov 2018 13:40

Image source: Wikipedia, stock photos (w/ edits)

Chinese government accuses Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix of fixing DRAM prices

Chinese officials, citing "massive evidence," have accused Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix of colluding and fixing the price of DRAM. If the allegations are true, the three largest DRAM manufacturers in the world would be directly r...

Sam Medley, 21 Nov 2018 06:54

The RTX 2080 Ti FE is currently out of stock on the official site, but this is clearly not due to Nvidia delisting it from its offer. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti FE already out of stock, despite complaints about faulty cards

It looks like some media outlets have a bone to pick with Nvidia, blowing things out of proportion where it really is not the case. Yes, there are faulty RTX 2080 Ti cards out there and Nvidia admitted some cards did not go throug...

Bogdan Solca, 21 Nov 2018 01:25

The cryptocurrency market has been crashing lately. (Source: Daily Express)

Cryptocurrency crash: Leading cryptos suffer sizeable price falls

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and other leading cryptocurrencies have been experiencing sharp falls in their prices in the market recently. Bitcoin in particular has suffered a terrible week that will have owners feeling nervous ab...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Nov 2018 00:03

Valve to discontinue Steam Link once current supply sells out

Valve quietly announced that once physical stock of the Steam Link streaming device sells out, they will no longer sell physical units. Instead, Valve will shift focus and support to the Steam Link mobile app, currently only avail...

Sam Medley, 20 Nov 2018 22:39

Anyone can compete in the Fortnite Winter Royale tournament. (Source: Epic Games)

Fortnite Winter Royale event offers up US$1 million in prizes

Epic Games has announced that the Fortnite Winter Royale Qualifiers and Winter Royale Finals will feature a total of US$1 million in prizes. The qualifiers, which are open to all, begin on November 24. The Winter Royale tournament...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 Nov 2018 22:23

Tumblr kicked out from the App Store due to child pornography

Tumblr's disappearance from Apple's App Store finally has an official reason: what was first simply described as "an issue" was, in fact, child pornography that slipped through the filters — enough of it to make the app vanish. Th...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 20:16

Laptop shipments are down this year so far, and may drop further in Q4. (Source: ComputerDoc)

Global laptop market growth stunted by Intel chip shortage in 2018, according to latest figures

According to a recent report by the analyst firm TrendForce, global laptop shipments have grown by 3.9% during the last quarter of this year. However, this number was projected to be 5 to 6% by now. This slowdown in the laptop mar...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Nov 2018 19:39

Lenovo gets serious about gaming, launches new online store for PC games (Source: Lenovo)

Lenovo gets serious about gaming, launches new Legion online store for PC games

Not satisfied with just offering hardware, Lenovo will now have a dedicated online storefront for PC games and closed betas. The store will be limited to gamers in the U.S. for now, but the manufacturer is promising exclusive deal...

Allen Ngo, 20 Nov 2018 18:00

On-foot data collecting for Apple Maps officially confirmed (Source: AppleInsider)

Apple Maps returns to the basics via on-foot data collection

Since Apple Maps often gives the same directions to pedestrians and drivers, the company's pedestrian recon teams are now back on the streets of the United States. The individuals who are part of these teams are wearing backpacks ...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 16:55

One of the best value flagships this year, the OnePlus 6, is now available for US$100 less

The OnePlus 6 is currently on sale with US$100 off its MSRP. A Snapdragon 845, 6 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, dual rear cameras, and a headphone jack is an incredible package for just US$429. Buyers in Canada also get 130 CAD shav...

Ricci Rox, 20 Nov 2018 14:28

The device will be a Meitu one but could be produced and sold by Xiaomi. (Source: The Verge)

There's a triple selfie camera phone coming, and it could very well be made by Xiaomi

Huawei introduced the tri-rear camera to the world earlier this year and has since been copied by Samsung and LG. No company has attempted to implement three selfie cameras, though, but we could see one such device in the near fut...

Ricci Rox, 20 Nov 2018 14:25

Champs-Élysées Apple store Forum area (Source: Apple Newsroom)

Apple opens Champs-Élysées store in Paris

The new Apple store that opened its doors for the first time last Sunday in Paris is located on one of the most famous shopping streets in the world — the Champs-Élysées — and is entirely powered using renewable energy. Apple Cham...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 10:15

FSLogix website homepage showing the news about joining Microsoft

Microsoft buys FSLogix to improve Office 365 virtualization

FSLogix is a next-gen app-provisioning platform that optimizes the ingredients — hardware resources, time, and human resources — needed to offer virtualization support when deploying and scaling Windows and Office on Azure. As usu...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 09:22

IBM's Watson explores its inner artist by writing a commercial for Lexus

Another industry may soon be replaced by robots - IBM's Watson AI scripted a 60-second commercial for luxury car brand Lexus. Watson was fed 15 years worth of award-winning commercials and was able to outline and script the basis ...

Sam Medley, 20 Nov 2018 06:22

Skype calls can now be made using Amazon's Alexa speakers

Skype calls can now be made using Alexa speakers

Many Microsoft users will soon be able to make Skype calls over their Alexa-powered smart speakers. This feature is only available in select countries, however. Those living in them may be able to find the new function in the spe...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Nov 2018 00:20

Apple has cut production order for the iPhone XS and iPhone XR, according to suppliers

According to some of its suppliers, Apple has cut orders for both the iPhone XS and iPhone XR. Citing a weak Chinese market and a slowdown in smartphone demand, Apple has had to pare back its supply of the new iPhones, a move that...

Sam Medley, 19 Nov 2018 22:26

Tim Cook defended the multibillion dollar deal with Google despite privacy concerns. (Source: Applesencia)

Tim Cook feels Google Search is the best despite privacy concerns

Defending Apple's decision for making Google the default search provider in Apple products, CEO Tim Cook said that Google's search is the best despite some lingering privacy concerns. Google is known to pay companies such as Apple...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 19 Nov 2018 20:18

Nvidia's new RTX series launched with heavy criticism on its price, availability, and performance, causing Nvidia's stock to slowly decline over 2 months. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia stock plummets 20% after disappointing Q3 earnings report and Q4 guidance

On Thursday, Nvidia released its Q3 earnings report, and as a result stocks plummeted nearly 20% thanks mainly to Nvidia's Q4 guidance, which were $700 million below the expectations of third party analysts who predicted Nvidia wo...

Matthew Connatser, 18 Nov 2018 22:10

NVIDIA's existing Pascal stockpile could delay RTX 2060 shipments even further. (Source: Technology News World)

'Crypto hangover' likely reason for NVIDIA RTX 2060 delay

During its earnings report call this Thursday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang predicted a decline in revenue in Q4 owing to an inventory backlog of Pascal cards and the fact that cryptocurrency miners would be offloading their cards at m...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 18 Nov 2018 21:46

5G-NR's era is about to begin. (Source: GizChina)

German government assigns entire radio band to 5G

The German federal authorities have dedicated the country's entire C-band (or frequencies from 3.4 to 3.8 GHz) to the provision of 5G. This move is being applauded as it may result in more efficient deployment of the new mobile-da...

Deirdre O Donnell, 18 Nov 2018 18:43

Huawei to introduce quad rear camera phones next year, eschew Android One in favor of EMUI

Huawei executive Walter Ji has teased the company's plans of launching a device with up to four rear cameras, and 10x zoom. The Huawei man also confirmed that the company has no plans of releasing an Android One phone, which means...

Ricci Rox, 18 Nov 2018 12:30

The Mi Mix 3 with a manual slider is likely coming to Europe on December 1

The Mi Mix 3 was one of the most interesting device launches this year, with its manual slider possibly ushering in a new trend. The Xiaomi flagship has remained in China for the past couple of weeks but, if word on the grapevine ...

Ricci Rox, 18 Nov 2018 12:29

T-Mobile phones may be moving to 3-year payment plans, starting with Black Friday deals

T-Mobile looks like it has some great deals on some of the best smartphones released this year. Handsets like the iPhone XR and Galaxy S9 can be had for free, but reading the fine print shows a few caveats. In addition to activati...

Sam Medley, 18 Nov 2018 05:28

Samsung may be working on a completely wrap-around display. (Source: IceUniverse)

Samsung's most futuristic display yet may have been leaked

Samsung is one of the world leaders in curved display technology, and is to take flexible OLEDs even further with its upcoming foldable phone range. However, IceUniverse believes that the company has even more of the same up its s...

Deirdre O Donnell, 17 Nov 2018 19:30

Even though it does not have the highest core count, the new EPYC 7371 features the highest boost clocks set to 3.8 GHz. (Source: AMD)

AMD announces highest-clocked server-grade CPU - the EPYC 7371

The first wave of EPYC 7000 CPUs were able to reach only 3.2 GHz on boost clocks, but with the new EPYC 7371, AMD pushes the envelope up to 3.8 GHz, which is quite high for server-grade processors that don't usually benefit from c...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Nov 2018 11:11

Huawei office building in Duesseldorf, first Huawei 5G phone coming at MWC 2019

MWC 2019 | Huawei's 5G phone confirmed to show up at MWC 2019

Although there are still some rumors involved — for example, that this handset will be a foldable one — at least Huawei has confirmed that its first 5G phone will be unveiled at MWC 2019, which is scheduled to take place in Barcel...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Nov 2018 07:55

Image: Kotaku (Back to the Future by Telltale Games)

Telltale's death knells continue to ring as the studio's games are pulled from Steam

As the studio winds up and begins liquidating assets, Telltale has apparently pulled some of its titles from Steam. Back to the Future and Jurassic Park (among others) are no longer available for purchase, though some of their big...

Sam Medley, 17 Nov 2018 06:47

Mr. Fils-Aime... I don't feel so good....

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime: Nintendo 64 Classic "not in our planning horizon"

In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime all but extinguished hopes for an N64 Classic release any time in the near future. He explained that while the NES Classic and SNES Classic were w...

Sam Medley, 17 Nov 2018 05:51

Huawei's first Android phone, the IDEOS. How far they've come. (Source: eBay)

Huawei CEO now eyeing #1 global phone-maker spot by 2020

Yu Chendong, the consumer business division CEO at Huawei, has said that his company is aiming to take the smartphone-OEM crown from Samsung in under 2 years. It has already overtaken Apple as the #2 manufacturer in the world; now...

Deirdre O Donnell, 17 Nov 2018 00:44

Sprint launches LTE-ready CTL NL7 Chromebook for $299

The small 11.6-inch Chromebook will have integrated LTE capabilities catered specifically for use on Sprint's 4G network. Instead of giving it away for free as an incentive for new customers, however, the carrier will charge upfro...

Allen Ngo, 17 Nov 2018 00:25

Deals on Surface products are up for grabs from November 18. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft announces Black Friday savings for this year

Microsoft is offering a sneak peek at its Black Friday deals for 2018. They include US$330 off the Surface Pro 6 bundled with its Type cover (in any color so long as it's black) and $310 off the Surface Pro Core M. There is also a...

Deirdre O Donnell, 16 Nov 2018 18:54

Intel's 14 nm CPU shortage has affected Asus's desktop PC builder business (especially the motherboard sales). (Source: Asus)

Intel's CPU shortages have affected Asus's business

Asus claims its PC builder business (mainly the motherboard sales) has suffered due to Intel's 14 nm CPU shortages. Overall profits have seen a 39% year-over-year decline and the next few quarters will continue to hit Asus's profi...

Bogdan Solca, 16 Nov 2018 15:25

Lenovo ThinkPad E490 & E590: Upcoming budget ThinkPads listed at registration-offices

The year 2018 is coming to a close. Time for new ThinkPad laptops: With the ThinkPad E490 and the ThinkPad E590, the first models of the upcoming generation have surfaced on sites of Korean registration-offices.

Benjamin Herzig, 16 Nov 2018 14:49

Microsoft Translator gets new Neural Machine Translation tech mid-November 2018

Next-gen Neural Machine Translation now available in Microsoft Translator

Although Microsoft Translator supports over 60 languages and 12 speech languages, the next-gen Neural Machine Translation improvements are only available for Chinese and German from/to English translations for now. More languages ...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Nov 2018 10:50

EE and Virgin Media have been fined millions of pounds for mischarging early-exit fees. (Source: Own)

EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3 million by Ofcom for overcharging hundreds of thousands of customers

The British regulator Ofcom has announced that it has fined EE and Virgin Media £6.3 million (~ US$8.035 million) and £7 million (~ US$8.928 million) respectively. The regulator has fined the two companies principally for overchar...

Alex Alderson, 16 Nov 2018 10:33

Sony has been involved with E3 since 1995. (Source: Gematsu)

Sony bails on E3 2019

Sony has confirmed that it will not be part of the E3 2019 trade show. The organizer of the event, the Entertainment Software Association, has issued a press release to highlight which companies will be in attendance, including So...

Daniel R Deakin, 16 Nov 2018 02:10

Mark Zuckerberg's opinion on Apple's price crash has not yet been reported. (Source: NASDAQ/Newsfeed/edit)

Apple stock decline slows down; Zuckerberg not an iOS fan

Apple’s stock price seems to have stabilized and even briefly bounced back after days of steep decline. The NASDAQ community has offered a “bullish” rating for the stock, implying there is still plenty of optimism in the company’s...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 Nov 2018 22:35

SK Hynix has developed 16 Gb DDR5 DRAM. (Source: SK Hynix)

SK Hynix reveals 1Ynm 16 Gb DDR5 DRAM

SK Hynix has published a press release to announce the development of 16 Gb DDR5 DRAM, the first in the industry that meets JEDEC standards. The South Korean memory manufacturer has managed to lower the operating voltage for the D...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 Nov 2018 21:06

5G may be here soon, but AT&T thinks its path to success won't be that short. (Source: Converge Digest)

5G is not all it's cracked up to be (yet): AT&T

The United States and South Korea are the countries most strongly linked with the earliest widespread roll-outs of the new mobile data-transfer standard, 5G. AT&T is one of the US networks engaged in the upcoming national 5G distr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 15 Nov 2018 18:35

Intel will be setting up a new development center in Hyderabad, India. (Source: ELE Times)

Intel plans new development center in India to boost graphics development efforts

Intel has announced that it is opening a new development center in Hyderabad in the state of Telangana, India with a capacity to host about 1,500 staff. Raja Koduri, who is now leading Intel's graphics division, said that the upco...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 15 Nov 2018 16:34

Microsoft acquires XOXCO (Source: The Official Microsoft Blog)

Microsoft continues its AI offensive by acquiring XOXCO

After this year's earlier AI-related acquisitions that involved Semantic Machines (May), Bonsai (July), and Lobe (September), Microsoft is up for another round. Its latest purchase is XOXCO, a software product design and developme...

Codrut Nistor, 15 Nov 2018 15:55