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The Asus ROG Strix GL12CX Gaming Desktop. (Source: Asus)

Asus introduces the ROG Strix GL12CX Gaming Desktop powered by the Intel Core i9-9900K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

On the heels on Intel unveiling its new desktop CPU lineup, Asus has announced an upgrade to its ROG GL12 gaming desktop. The new ROG GL12CX is now available with the latest Intel Core i9-9900K on the Intel Z390 platform and can b...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 09 Oct 2018 14:04

Lenovo Yoga Chromebook with Intel Core i5 now available for US$699 (Source: Best Buy)

The Lenovo Yoga Chromebook with Intel Core i5 goes on sale for US$699

Unveiled at IFA 2018, the 15.6-inch Lenovo Yoga Chromebook convertible is now finally available for purchase. Sadly, there is a single configuration available for now, which carries a price tag that reads US$699 and features an In...

Codrut Nistor, 09 Oct 2018 13:10

OnePlus has been using the slogans "Unlock the Speed" and "Touch the Innovation" for the 6T. (Source: OnePlus)

OnePlus announces the date for the 6T launch event

OnePlus has revealed the date of the launch event for its upcoming 6T smartphone: October 30. The event will take place at Pier 36 in New York City and will give users a chance to check out the “innovation” that the Shenzhen-based...

Daniel R Deakin, 08 Oct 2018 19:50

New Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or old iPhone X? Hm... (Source: CNET)

Samsung US is temporarily doubling its trade-in payoffs - even for iPhones

How about a new Galaxy S9, S9 Plus or Note 9 for your iPhone X? No? What if you get $600 as well? This is the premise of Samsung USA's new promotion. The company will increase its usual trade-in price, even for Apple products, for...

Deirdre O Donnell, 08 Oct 2018 19:22

Smartphone manufacturers need to stop marketing inaccurate product renders

Narrow bezels are all the rage these days—so much so that some OEMs have been overtly exaggerating their claims through marketing material. We want users to be aware of deceiving product shots that are seemingly becoming more comm...

Allen Ngo, 08 Oct 2018 09:00

The new limited period discounts make the Asus ZenFone 5Z an even more enticing proposition. (Source: Asus)

Deal | Huge discounts announced for the Asus ZenFone 5Z and the ZenFone Max Pro (M1) during Flipkart's Big Billion Days sales

Indian online retail giant Flipkart will be kicking off its annual Big Billion Days sales from October 10 to October 14 and has partnered with Asus to announce huge discounts on the ZenFone 5Z and the ZenFone Max Pro (M1) smartpho...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 07 Oct 2018 22:49

Bloomberg claims that almost 30 US companies were affected by the alleged Chinese spy chips. (Source ITPro)

US Homeland Security statement plays down Bloomberg spy chips claim

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement that seems to refute Bloomberg’s claim that a significant number of US companies had been compromised due to clandestine microchips reporting sensitive data back to Chi...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 Oct 2018 20:32

The Walking Dead's Clementine has become a favorite with gamers. (Source: Digital Spy)

Skybound Games takes on Telltale's The Walking Dead

It has been reported that Skybound Games will take over work on The Walking Dead: The Final Season after original developer Telltale Games suffered from “majority studio closure.” Skybound Games was cofounded in 2010 by Robert Kir...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 Oct 2018 19:31

Remember the mid-range Pixel phone? It could be on its way soon

Think the Google Pixels are great devices with slightly mortifying price tags? You may be interested in the new device Google is said to be working on, as it will most likely be a cheaper Pixel alternative.

Ricci Rox, 07 Oct 2018 16:00

A render with the current idea of how the Mate 20 series may look. (Source: SlashGear)

Huawei Mate 20 Pro may cost over US$1000: new leak

The Huawei Mate 20 series' distributor-price structure at launch may have been revealed in a new leak. On the other hand, this leak is Swiss, and, thus, the prices are in francs. However, it may yet be a decent indication of how m...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 Oct 2018 18:24

The T2 chip found in new MacBooks. (Source: macsales.com)

Can you fix your own 2018 MacBook? An internal Apple report says no, but iFixit says yes

An internal service document recently leaked from within Apple states that no-one but company staff and Authorized Apple Service Providers (AASPs) can repair or replace most MacBook 2018 and iMac Pro components without the devices...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 Oct 2018 17:49

Microsoft is apparently not keen on providing USB Type-C if it requires sacrificing USB Type-A. (Source: Lance Ulanoff via Medium)

Panos Panay justifies the absence of USB Type-C on the new Surface devices

Panos Panay opened up on why the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 lack a USB Type-C port while the Surface Studio 2, Surface Go, and even the Surface Headphones have one such port. Panay insisted that USB Type-C will not be at t...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 06 Oct 2018 13:43

Elon Musk appears to have damaged his company with Tweets - again. (Source: CNBC)

Elon Musk costs Tesla 7% in share price with single Tweet

Elon Musk, the CEO of e-automotive company Tesla, has sent a Tweet seeming to criticize the US Security and Exchange Commission. It was posted shortly after this body's decision to fine Tesla and strip Musk of his position on its ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 05 Oct 2018 23:42

Huawei is trying to convince the U.S. government that Trump's trade wars with China might slow down 5G adoption on American soil. (Source: GizChina)

Huawei warns the FCC that the Chinese trade wars could slow down 5G adoption in the U.S.

Even though Huawei is certainly not the only 5G modem manufacturer on the market, the Chinese company submitted a new report to the U.S. FCC, in which it explains why the freshly launched Verizon 5G infrastructure would not be use...

Bogdan Solca, 05 Oct 2018 21:38

IoT market could be worth over US$1,000 billion in six years

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is now estimated it will attain a value of just under US$1,500 billion by 2024. This is particularly impressive as it was worth $334 billion in 2016. A new report attributes this potential growt...

Deirdre O Donnell, 05 Oct 2018 19:45

Norway is working on taking the digital library concept to a whole new level

The National Library of Norway plans to digitize everything that was ever published locally, starting with ancient manuscripts and also including movies, books, maps, photos, and so on. This project has been around for 12 years al...

Codrut Nistor, 05 Oct 2018 15:47

AMD should showcase the Ryzen 3000 CPUs together with the upcoming Threadripper 3000-series and the EPYC "Rome" server processors. (Source: AMD)

AMD will showcase the first 7 nm Ryzen 3000 CPUs at CES 2019

AMD has a very favorable position on the CPU market, especially now that Intel is going through rougher times caused by shortages. The red team should be able to increase the market share with the release of its 7 nm Ryzen 3000, T...

Bogdan Solca, 05 Oct 2018 00:54

The latest iPhone series has already beaten its forebears in early market share. (Source: Engadget)

iPhone XS series has outdone its predecessors in first-week sales

The iPhone XS and XS Max models have collectively outdone their predecessors when it comes to capturing a share of Apple customers in their launch year. They have also exceeded the iPhones 8 and 8 Plus when it comes to gaining thi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 04 Oct 2018 23:13

Wi-Fi Alliance thinks "802.11ac" is too confusing for the public, will now rebrand it as "Wi-Fi 5"

802.11n, 802.11ac, and 80211ax will now be known as Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 6, respectively. Wireless products launching in 2019 or later will use the new naming convention in their specifications list to better help customers...

Allen Ngo, 04 Oct 2018 08:58

Compared to the RTX 2080 Ti, the Quadro RTX 6000 comes with a slightly more powerful TU102 core and 24 GB GDDR6 VRAM. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia's Quadro RTX 6000 professional GPU is up for pre-order

First announced before the RTX 2000-series gaming GPUs, the new Quadro professional cards based on the Turing architecture will start shipping in a few weeks. The Quadro RTX 6000 flagship card is now up for pre-order with a "decen...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Oct 2018 20:13

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K may be intended to take the new Chromecast on. (Source: IoTGadgets)

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K: this affordable streaming device may challenge new Chromecast

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K has just been announced. It may be able to deliver HDR10+, as well as Dolby Vision, in order to stream content. Amazon has also included object-based Dolby Atmos surround sound, for material that suppor...

Deirdre O Donnell, 03 Oct 2018 14:49

The Coffee Lake series is set to be refreshed with 8th-gen processors. (Source: itp.net)

New driver readme appears to confirm 'Coffee Lake S Refresh' series name

A driver download from ASUS' website has been found to contain a text file about the Intel processors supported. They include a line called "Coffee Lake S Refresh". This is likely to refer to the upcoming ix-9000 series of process...

Deirdre O Donnell, 03 Oct 2018 13:55

Hitachi is now HiKOKI rebranding October 2018

Hitachi becomes HiKOKI

Almost a year since the initial announcement of the name change, Hitachi changes its name to HiKOKI. However, this change only affects the tools division of the huge conglomerate that also makes power plants, computers, trains, an...

Codrut Nistor, 02 Oct 2018 22:35

It has been rumored that a Nokia 9 device would feature five rear-facing cameras. (Source: ithome.com)

HMD could be working on a flagship to be called the Nokia 9 PureView

According to a leak posted on Twitter, Finnish telecommunications company HMD Global is working on a new flagship device that will eventually be called the Nokia 9 PureView. The PureView name has been associated with smartphones i...

Daniel R Deakin, 02 Oct 2018 21:46

BlackBerry KEY2 LE Android handset hits the US

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636-powered BlackBerry KEY2 LE now available for pre-order in the US

The US market will not get the Atomic Red color option, but those interested will be able to order the BlackBerry KEY2 LE in Slate and Champagne. This Snapdragon 636-powered handset with a physical keyboard and a 4.5-inch 2K displ...

Codrut Nistor, 02 Oct 2018 20:25

Pete Lau has revealed a few more details about the 6T. (Source: thehindu.com)

OnePlus CEO interview suggests that the 6T will cost more than the 6

Pete Lau, the CEO of the smartphone maker OnePlus, has been talking about the company's upcoming release in a new interview with CNET. Lau admitted that this phone, the 6T, is going to retail for more than its predecessor. Accordi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 02 Oct 2018 19:14

Verizon’s commercial 5G network goes live as promised

Just as promised, Verizon's first commercial 5G network is now live in the following four US cities: Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Houston, and Sacramento. On this occasion, a Houston resident named Clayton Harris who subscribed to t...

Codrut Nistor, 02 Oct 2018 16:07

Only 77 percent of adults in the U.S. own a desktop or laptop according to survey

Fewer people own traditional desktops and laptops this year compared to last year. The drop in users can be attributed to the rise of the concept of "Internet of Things" and the ever-increasing processing power of smartphones outr...

Allen Ngo, 02 Oct 2018 03:55

Project Stream testing starts on the same date as Assassin's Creed Odyssey's official release: October 5. (Source: Ubisoft)

Google announces Project Stream with Assassin's Creed Odyssey capture

Google has partnered up with the French gaming behemoth Ubisoft to show off the American company’s new Project Stream service. The California-based technology giant is hoping its rather prosaically named offering can take media st...

Daniel R Deakin, 01 Oct 2018 23:31

HP announces Spectre Folio 2-in-1 just a day ahead of Microsoft's Surface event

Dual-core Amber Lake-Y CPUs will debut on the Spectre Folio convertible when it launches later this month for $1400 USD. Perhaps not by coincidence, the conference was streamed live this morning in the very same city that Microsof...

Allen Ngo, 01 Oct 2018 18:30

The Kineticstep is a form of "exoskeleton" currently offered on Indiegogo as a walking aid. (Source: Kineticstep)

Kineticstep: a crowdfunded 'exoskeleton' that wants to take all the effort out of walking

A Russian engineer claims to have invented an "exoskeleton" that allows the walker to walk up to 3 times their normal possible range. This device, the Kineticstep, reportedly augments or supports normal walking motions with specif...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 Oct 2018 17:22

Yes, we'll be reviewing the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme with Core i5-8400H and FHD display this month

The mixed battery life results and glossy 4K UHD touchscreen on the high-end ThinkPad X1 Extreme have us curious about how the less expensive FHD configuration can perform. Will the FHD SKU be any dimmer or grainier than its prici...

Allen Ngo, 01 Oct 2018 04:36

The weekly roundup - new Microsoft Surface devices, iPhone XS Max manufacturing costs, and 32 GB DDR4 RAM

This past week saw a plethora of smartphone rumors overshadowed by the launch of the iPhone XS and XS Max. Laptops with 32 GB DDR4 RAM modules are now a thing and Microsoft will almost surely announce new Windows features and Surf...

Allen Ngo, 30 Sep 2018 23:57

Musk has had to strike a deal with the SEC. (Source: thedrive.com)

Elon Musk obliged to step down as Tesla board chair in SEC settlement

Elon Musk has lost his position as the chair of Tesla's board as a result of needing to make a deal with the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The e-vehicle manufacturer will also have to pay the SEC US$20 m...

Deirdre O Donnell, 30 Sep 2018 19:00

Render of the OnePlus 6T. (Source: Mysmartprice)

More details of the OnePlus 6T surface

The OnePlus 6T is one of the high-profile smartphones billed for an October release and details of the device have made their way across the media. Here's all we know about OnePlus's next flagship.

Ricci Rox, 30 Sep 2018 15:55

The budget Honor 8C is coming on October 11

Huawei's Honor sub-brand is dedicated to providing high-value devices, and will continue that tradition with the launch of the budget Honor 8C, a device officially confirmed to be billed for an October 11 launch.

Ricci Rox, 30 Sep 2018 15:52

Google is shelling out billions to remain the default search engine for Apple's Safari browser

Google will reportedly pay US $9 billion over 2018 to remain the default search engine for the Safari browser. This price may go up to as much as $12 billion next year. However, due to the growing popularity of Apple's devices, th...

Sam Medley, 30 Sep 2018 07:53

Small sample set of MediaTek-powered devices

MediaTek doubling down on voice activation technology, is considering voice activated cars

Instead of battling it out at the very high-end smartphone market dominated by Samsung and Apple processors, MediaTek is taking a tangent into the world of voice activation. The move has paid off as the majority of voice activated...

Allen Ngo, 30 Sep 2018 02:52

The 14nm process is the basis for all of Intel's newest CPUs, and even all the way back to its 2015 Skylake based products. (Source: Digiworthy)

Prices for Intel's 8700k CPU have reached $399 on major retailers due to CPU shortage

While the 14nm CPU shortage did not initially affect US retailers, it has become clear that it finally has. Intel's flagship 8700k CPU has gone from $350 to $399 in under a month, which is nearly a 15% increase in price.

Matthew Connatser, 30 Sep 2018 02:13

50 million Facebook accounts were compromised due to a security flaw

A Facebook breach has compromised almost 50 million accounts. After discovering the breach on September 25, the company reset the access tokens of the 50 million affected accounts and 40 million others as a precautionary step. The...

Sam Medley, 30 Sep 2018 00:07

AI is increasing its market value by the year, according to new reports. (Source: nanalyze.com)

AI chip market to grow by US$34 billion in 5 years

The global AI market is expected to grow at a high annual rate between now and 2023. It will probably be driven by the need to process more and more data as time goes on. The machine learning market is also expected to grow rapidl...

Deirdre O Donnell, 29 Sep 2018 16:53

NVIDIA'S share price target is reportedly on the rise. (Source: Variety)

New market analysis sends NVIDIA's share-price target sky-high

NVIDIA's share price could reach as much as US$400 thanks to new estimations by Evercore ICI. This company is pinning a lot of earning potential on the graphics giant due to its position in the emerging AI market. However, other a...

Deirdre O Donnell, 28 Sep 2018 18:57

The Intel CFO has addressed the chip shortage issue in an open letter. (Source: Intel)

Intel CFO announces plans to deal with the chip supply problem

The CFO and interim CEO of Intel, Bob Swan, has released an open letter to all interested parties concerning the company's ongoing processor-supply woes. Swan asserted that increased investment and a renewed focus on high-end chip...

Deirdre O Donnell, 28 Sep 2018 17:42

Samsung Galaxy Watch Golf Edition smartwatch debuts in South Korea (Source: SamMobile)

Samsung announces the Galaxy Watch Golf Edition smartwatch

When compared to the regular Galaxy Watch, the new Samsung Galaxy Watch Golf Edition comes with the Smart Caddie app that has a database with information about no less than 60,000 golf courses worldwide. This limited edition weara...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Sep 2018 17:35

Jaguar F-Pace SUV in New York (Source: SlashGear)

Android Auto coming to Jaguar and Land Rover

Although an accurate date is not available yet, a spokesperson for Jaguar and Land Rover has recently confirmed that all their vehicles — starting with the 2019 model year — that come with the InControl Touch Pro or Touch Pro Duo ...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Sep 2018 13:15