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ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6: Windows-boss Myerson might have leaked a picture of the new ThinkPad flagship

That might have been a bit too hastily: Terry Myerson, the head of the Windows-division of Microsoft, has twittered about the new PCs announced yesterday by Dell and HP – and he might have revealed a new flagship ThinkPad by doing...

Benjamin Herzig, 05 Jan 2018 23:37

OnePlus 5T Sandstone White (Source: OnePlus)

OnePlus 5T Sandstone White coming next week

The OnePlus 5T flagship in white sandstone finish is finally official and will hit the market on January 9. Just as expected, it is similar to its white Start Wars edition that only launched in India.

Codrut Nistor, 05 Jan 2018 17:05

Spotify has 70 million paid subscribers

Compared to September 2016, Spotify now has 50 percent more paid subscribers. The count of 70 million comes just in time since Spotify apparently filed for its direct listing IPO at the end of December.

Codrut Nistor, 05 Jan 2018 15:20

The R.A.T. AIR will be showcased at CES 2018, along with a host of new gaming accessories. (Source: Mad Catz)

Mad Catz is back in business with a new management team and a new vision

The legendary hardware brand returns under Chinese management and with reimagined product lines that will be showcased at CES 2018.

Bogdan Solca, 05 Jan 2018 12:50

G.Skill Sniper X DDR4 RAM comes in three camouflage designs. (Source: G.Skill)

CES 2018 | G.Skill's new Sniper X DDR4 memory comes with a touch of camouflage

G.Skill has announced the availability of Sniper X DDR4 3600 RAM in a camouflage design that complements gaming PCs. G.Skill offers capacities up to 128 GB and the modules come with support for XMP 2.0.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 05 Jan 2018 10:59

The G6 may very well be the last device to follow that format. (Source: Digital Trends)

LG set for G-series naming scheme overhaul

Amidst rumors that Huawei’s upcoming P-series device will see a random name switch to the P20, LG may also be set to do something similar with the upcoming G-series flagship.

Ricci Rox, 04 Jan 2018 19:30

CES 2018 | ThinkPad L380 & L380 Yoga, ThinkPad L480 & ThinkPad L580: Affordable business class is updated with two 13-inch models

Beneath the more expensive ThinkPad T series, Lenovo places the L series as the "Value Choice" for companies. The new generation of the L series announced at CES is much thinner and lighter. Additionally, Lenovo adds two 13-inch m...

Benjamin Herzig, 04 Jan 2018 09:28

CES 2018 | ThinkPad T480s, ThinkPad T480 & ThinkPad T580: Quad Core CPUs and the GeForce MX150 are coming to the traditional T series

As it happens almost every year, Lenovo announced the new versions of the ThinkPad T series. T480 and T580 are simple updates of their predecessors, but the ThinkPad T480s is a complete redesign compared with the T470s.

Benjamin Herzig, 04 Jan 2018 09:27

CES 2018 | ThinkPad X280 & ThinkPad X380 Yoga: A long overdue redesign and a change of name

The development of the ThinkPad X series in the last years wasn´t very revolutionary, but the new ThinkPad X280 announced today represents a big jump forward. Additionally, the ThinkPad Yoga series is being integrated into the X s...

Benjamin Herzig, 04 Jan 2018 09:27

The Samsung Exynos 9810 SoC. (Source: Samsung)

CES 2018 | Samsung intros the Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC aimed at richer multimedia and AI applications

Samsung has announced the new Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC based on the 10nm fabrication process. The SoC's high performance cores can reach 2.9 GHz and has a 6CA LTE modem along with the capability for deep learning processing.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 04 Jan 2018 08:41

Lenovo ThinkVision P32u. (Source: Lenovo)

CES 2018 | Two new Lenovo ThinkVision monitors: The ridiculously thin X24, and the highly color-accurate P32u

Lenovo has announced two new ThinkVision monitors. One is a sleek looking FullHD monitor with a slim body and thin bezels, while the other runs at 4K, boasts a higher degree of color accuracy, and supports a wider range of movemen...

Craig Ward, 04 Jan 2018 06:01

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple buys Buddybuild

Apple acquires Buddybuild

The Canadian app development toolkit makers Buddybuild have joined Apple, where they will become a part of the Xcode engineering group. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Codrut Nistor, 03 Jan 2018 23:08

Samsung Headquarters. (Source: Social Barrel)

Samsung sets objective for 2018 at 320 million smartphone shipments, company to focus on higher profit margins

Samsung has reportedly set its target for smartphone shipments for the year at 320 million, just about the same figure the company achieved in 2017. This is said to be the first step in a transition to a business model focusing mo...

Ricci Rox, 03 Jan 2018 22:36

LG may be supplying Apple with 6.5-inch OLED panels for H2 2018

The unconfirmed reports point towards 16 million units of a supposed 6.5-inch iPhone by the end of the year.

Allen Ngo, 03 Jan 2018 19:42

CES 2018 | Nissan is working on cars that can read your mind

Nissan is developing a new technology, named Brain-to-Vehicle (B2V), that will help car interpret human thoughts. The aim of the tech is to help newer cars better anticipate driver decisions and work with the human operator rather...

Sam Medley, 03 Jan 2018 19:21

Samsung CJ791 QLED curved monitor with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity (Source: Samsung Newsroom)

CES 2018 | Samsung unveils CJ791 curved monitor with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity

The Samsung CJ791 QLED curved monitor has a 4 ms response time and can provide up to 85 W of laptop charging power via the Thunderbolt 3 interface included, which can also provide up to 40 Gbps transfer rate when connected to vari...

Codrut Nistor, 03 Jan 2018 16:55

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. (Source: NVIDIA)

Consumer NVIDIA GPUs cannot be used in datacenters henceforth

Recent changes to NVIDIA's EULA prohibits datacenter deployment of their consumer grade GeForce GPUs apart from those used for blockchain processing. This being seen as a move to curb deployment of cost-effective GeForce GPUs for ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 03 Jan 2018 11:45

3DMark entries for new laptops with the Intel-AMD MCM. (Source: TUM_APISAK/Imgur)

HP Spectre x360 spotted with new Intel-AMD Core i7-8705G, Asus and Dell could join in as well

A new HP Spectre x360 model has surfaced on 3DMark that features the Intel-AMD MCM. Specifically, the notebook seems to use a Core i7-8705G with Vega M GL graphics.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 03 Jan 2018 04:30

Torrenting can affect your coziness at home. (Source: The WireCutter)

Torrenting can cost you the ability to remotely control your smart thermostat

Armstrong Zoom Internet has sent notices to its users that copyright infringement can lead to speed throttling that not only affects file transfer but also the ability to remotely control connected devices such as smart thermostat...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 02 Jan 2018 10:36

HQ Trivia is now available in the Google Play Store. (Source: TechCrunch)

HQ Trivia now available on Android for users in the United States and Canada

Popular trivia app, HQ Trivia, is now available for Android users in the United States and Canada. The free-to-play app is immensely popular on iOS and players can actually cash out real money by answering questions correctly.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Jan 2018 12:07

Honey Quest uses technology to target ads based on the user's viewing habits. (Source: NY Times)

Android games found tracking users' TV viewing habits

Many Android games have been found to track the user's TV viewing habits for displaying ads. The games use software from Alphonso that collects data from the phone's microphone, identifies the audio stream, and displays targeted a...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Jan 2018 11:11

WhatsApp had a brief outage at the dawn of the New Year. (Source: VentureBeat)

WhatsApp outages greet users in the New Year

WhatsApp went down in many parts of the world on the occasion of New Year much to the dismay of users. The outage, however, was quickly resolved and the service is now back online.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Jan 2018 07:56

Samsung Galaxy S9 unofficial render (Source: DBS DESIGNING TEAM)

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ all set to hit production

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are all set to enter into production this January for an official unveiling during MWC in February followed by public availability in March.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Jan 2018 07:24

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chip architecture detailed, list of flagships using the Snapdragon 845 to come out in 2018

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 will power quite a few handsets in 2018

The list of flagships expected to hit the market by the end of 2018 with a Snapdragon 845 onboard includes the HTC U12, Nokia 10, Xiaomi Mi 7, OnePlus 6/6T, Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+, and many more. Obviously, this should be taken wit...

Codrut Nistor, 31 Dec 2017 20:05

Samsung patent for AiO modular system (Source: Patently Apple)

Samsung patents modular TV that turns into an AiO PC

A fresh patent by Samsung describes a modular TV that features a curved display and a modular base that can be configured as needed, from a speaker and wireless charger all the way to an AiO PC.

Codrut Nistor, 31 Dec 2017 15:10

OnePlus 5T Lava Red Limited Edition close up, Sandstone model might launch January 2018

Sandstone OnePlus 5T might hit the market next month

A recently uploaded YouTube video by OnePlus suggests that a stone-textured handset is on its way, although we will probably have an official confirmation at CES 2018, if not sooner.

Codrut Nistor, 30 Dec 2017 13:57

Project Andromeda app listing spotted in the Microsoft Store

A listing on the Microsoft Store could give further impetus to the fact that Microsoft could be testing app development on an unknown platform, currently designated '8828080'. Interestingly, the number also refers to Microsoft's t...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 30 Dec 2017 10:41

Huawei plans to expend into the US in 2018. (Source: Gizbot)

Huawei shipped 153 million smartphone units in 2017

Huawei's Rotating CEO, Ken Hu, has announced that the company recorded a grand total of 153 million shipments this year, a significant 10% growth from the 139 million seen in 2016.

Ricci Rox, 30 Dec 2017 09:59

Exynos 9 series chips, Exynos 9810 launch date is January 4 (Source: Samsung)

Samsung Exynos 9810 coming next week

The next-gen Exynos chip will launch during an official event that is scheduled to take place on January 4, 2018. The headline of this even is "Beyond a Component" and there are no details for now, but more should be unveiled in t...

Codrut Nistor, 30 Dec 2017 02:10

Brothers do a neat Italian Job of trademarking 'Steve Jobs'

Vincenzo and Giacomo Barbato have emerged victorious in the legal battle against Apple in naming their brand after Steve Jobs. Their company currently produces clothing and plans to enter into electronics very soon.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Dec 2017 15:52

Apple had a lot of explaining to do after the recent reports of iPhone slowdowns. (Source: Steemit)

HTC and Motorola say slowing down older phones is not their cup of tea

In emails to The Verge, HTC and Motorola have clarified that they do not slow down phones as the batteries start wearing out. This comes in the wake of Apple's now controversial policy of slowing down phones with ageing batteries.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Dec 2017 12:45

Powercast PowerSpot wireless charger (Source: Powercast)

CES 2018 | Wireless charger with 80-feet range hits FCC

Powercast has just announced that its latest wireless charger to get certified by the FCC can deliver power to small, low-power gadgets at distances of up to 80 feet.

Codrut Nistor, 28 Dec 2017 18:58

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android phablet battery drain bricked units problems late 2017

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 facing serious problems

According to multiple Galaxy Note 8 users, their high-end phablets simply died after the battery ran out, refusing to charge and boot up. For now, Samsung is investigating the problem and advises all those affected to contact its ...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Dec 2017 12:32

Huawei Mate 10 Android phablet coming to AT&T February 2018

Huawei Mate 10 coming to AT&T in February

Although we already heard that Huawei will enter the US market via AT&T and Verizon Wireless with the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, now we also know that the smaller of the two is scheduled to hit AT&T in February.

Codrut Nistor, 28 Dec 2017 11:15

Amazon acquires smart home camera maker Blink

Blink is a company that makes affordable video doorbells and security cameras for both indoor and outdoor use. The financial terms of its acquisition by Amazon have not been disclosed.

Codrut Nistor, 27 Dec 2017 18:48

The 'Surface Phone' is rumored to be foldable device like the Microsoft Courier. (Source: All About Windows Phone)

Microsoft India chief keeps the possibility of a 'Surface Phone' open

In an interview to Digit, Microsoft India President, Anant Maheswari, did not deny the existence of a Surface Phone but also did not reply in the affirmative. He also touched upon some points about the broader availability of Micr...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 27 Dec 2017 13:46

Amazon Prime gained 4 million users in just one week

This holiday season was excellent for Amazon, with twice as many Fire TV Sticks purchased compared to last year's same period, while no less than 4 million people signed up for Amazon Prime in just one week.

Codrut Nistor, 27 Dec 2017 11:55

The new GP106-350-K3-A1 core. (Source: Expreview)

NVIDIA to launch exclusive GTX 1060 variant with 5 GB VRAM

NVIDIA will soon be launching a new variant of GeForce GTX 1060 with 5 GB GDDR5 VRAM. The card is meant to be sold in bulk to cybercafes and will be exclusive to the Chinese market.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 27 Dec 2017 11:13

Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem (Source: Reuters)

Bank of Israel might issue cryptocurrency

An anonymous source revealed that The Bank of Israel is taking into account the introduction of cryptocurrency in the country's economy by the end of 2019 to allow for faster payments and to reduce the amount of cash in circulatio...

Codrut Nistor, 27 Dec 2017 10:51

Energous Mid Field WattUp wireless charging technology (Source: Energous Corporation)

Wireless charger with 3-feet range gets certified

Energous Corporation has just certified a technology that allows the manufacturing of wireless chargers with a range of up to 3 feet. It supports multiple devices at once for contact and non-contact wireless charging and is compat...

Codrut Nistor, 27 Dec 2017 08:00

Huawei's purported 2018 roadmap. (Source: Gadgety.co.il)

Huawei's leaked roadmap gives a glimpse of what's to come in 2018, P20 in tow

A roadmap of what is supposed to come out of Huawei's stables in 2018 has surfaced during one of the presentations by the handset maker's Israeli importer. While we are already aware of the upcoming Mate 10 series, there was a rev...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 27 Dec 2017 06:29

The Honor 9 Lite is Honor's latest addition. (Source: Honor)

Honor has sold 40 million Honor X devices till date

Honor is gearing up to be heavy competitiors in the mid-range segment. The company has announced the achievement of the 40 million shipments for devices in its X-series, starting with the Honor 4X released in 2014.

Ricci Rox, 26 Dec 2017 14:24

Mining with a PNY graphics card will automatically void its warranty

Cryptocurrency miners may be ruining the warranties for gamers who are actually using the graphics cards for their original intended purposes.

Allen Ngo, 26 Dec 2017 03:50

The Huawei MateBook D gets an year-end refresh. (Source: MyDrivers)

Huawei makes a year-end splash with the refreshed MateBook D

Huawei has launched the refreshed MateBook D for 2018. Currently available for the Chinese market, the new version of the MateBook D comes in three variants with 8th gen Intel Core processors and the NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Dec 2017 02:59

Acer Predator Helios 300. (Source: NotebookCheck)

Acer's holiday sales especially strong for gaming laptops and Chromebooks

Acer has reported some independent sales figures showing North American sales during the November holiday period increased by 300% for gaming laptops and 250% for Chromebooks, while the overall sales increase over the same period ...

Craig Ward, 22 Dec 2017 23:53

HMD has been mostly successful on its climb to the top. (Source: Yle)

HMD sold 21 million phones in Q3

A report by IDC has estimated HMD's total mobile phone sales for Q3 to sit at the 21 million shipments mark. That figure, of course, accounts for both feature phones and smartphones.

Ricci Rox, 22 Dec 2017 18:08

YouTube on a tablet, AmazonTube apparently in the works

Amazon might be working on a competitor for YouTube

Amazon seems to aim at Google's YouTube these days, since the online commerce giant already registered a few URLs such as AmazonOpenTube.com, not to mention the trademark requests with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Codrut Nistor, 21 Dec 2017 19:55

Second generation Samsung 10 nm DDR4 chips enter mass production (Source: Samsung Newsroom)

Samsung begins mass production of second generation 10 nm DDR4 memory

Less than two years after the launch of its first 10 nm DRAM product, Samsung begins mass production of second generation 10 nm DDR4 memory chips. The company's plans for the future include DDR5, HBM3, LPDDR5, as well as GDDR6 mem...

Codrut Nistor, 21 Dec 2017 18:45