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Germany hit with another OnePlus sales ban after new 5G patent dispute ahead of OnePlus 13 launch

OnePlus is now facing a new patent dispute with InterDigital over 5G tech, leading to a halt in smartphone sales in Germany. Other OnePlus products are still available for purchase.

Anubhav Sharma, 02 Oct 2024 11:42

A possible future (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Selling environment-damaging products is all right for eBay, rules judge

Targeted by a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice for allegedly violating environmental protection and public safety laws, eBay has just won. The listings targeted by this lawsuit include over 340,000 aftermarket product...

Codrut Nistor, 02 Oct 2024 00:00

HMD Global discontinues Nokia smartphones in Europe

Human Mobile Devices (or HMD) defines itself as the "largest maker of European smartphones" on the market - just not those with Nokia branding any more. The Android devices in question have now been removed from its webstores in t...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 01 Oct 2024 20:58

A recent sighting of a heavily camouflaged Tesla 3 confirms rumors of a new, affordable Model 3. (Image source: Dall E3 / AI)

New prototype car spotted, fuels rumors of a budget Tesla Model 3

A recently surfaced video from a Reddit user shows a camouflaged Tesla Model 3 combining features from both the older and newer versions. Speculation is pointing towards an affordable Tesla Model 3 aimed at the mass market.

Marius Müller, 01 Oct 2024 16:55

Star Wars Outlaws released on August 30. (Image source: Ubisoft)

Star Wars Outlaws sales figure fails to meet expectations as Ubisoft releases update roadmap for game

Star Wars Outlaws has reportedly failed to Ubisoft's expectations as one month sales figure has now appeared online. Additionally, to address the issues plaguing the game, Ubisoft has published a roadmap of updates for the game th...

Fawad Murtaza, 01 Oct 2024 13:09

Epic games sues Google and Samsung for unfair app store market manipulation

Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung, accusing the companies of anti-competitive practices aimed at maintaining their dominance in app distribution. The lawsuit centers on Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature, which...

Anubhav Sharma, 01 Oct 2024 10:53

Google has worked hard to prevent Fitbit's products from cannibalising the Pixel Watch's sales (Image source: Fitbit)

Another nail in Fitbit’s coffin as website to shut down tomorrow

Fitbit.com is shutting down tomorrow, October 1, according to a banner on the website. Instead, a link offers to redirect visitors to “Shop Fitbit on Google Store”. This development follows confirmation from Google that the Fitbit...

Vishal Bhardwaj, 30 Sep 2024 20:33

Opera Mini expands its offerings for free Internet access. (Image: Andreas Sebayang / Notebookcheck.com)

The forgotten: Opera wants to enable free web browsing in more countries with Opera Mini

CheckMag Opera Mini is not done yet. In fact, the browser boasts several hundred million users in developing and emerging countries, a number is expected to rise even more with the introduction of free Internet access. Notebookcheck spoke ...

Andreas Sebayang, 30 Sep 2024 17:01

The SARC coating cools buildings without the need for electricity and automatically adjusts to the intensity of sunlight. (Image source: DallE 3 / AI)

Innovative SARC coating cools buildings without electricity, combining sustainability and adaptivity

Chinese researchers have developed a new cooling coating for buildings that operates without electricity, is environmentally friendly, and automatically adjusts its cooling capacity based on sunlight intensity. In a practical test...

Marius Müller, 30 Sep 2024 15:42

According to the latest Corporate Report 2024, PlayStation will rely more heavily on artificial intelligence and machine learning in future game development. (Image source: PlayStation, Frank_Reppold / Pixabay)

PlayStation announces increased use of AI to speed up game development and reduce costs

Sony's latest corporate report reveals that the company will rely more heavily on artificial intelligence and machine learning in game development. While this is expected to streamline development and reduce costs, it also sparks ...

Marius Müller, 30 Sep 2024 15:42

Smart, multifunctional window generates electricity from raindrops to power electrical devices (Image source: Dall-e / AI)

Smart window generates electricity from raindrops - without solar cells

Unlike solar cells, which generate energy from sunlight, a new smart window can not only generate large amounts of electricity from raindrops. It also offers amazing energy-saving advantages that can be of great benefit in times o...

Nicole Dominikowski, 28 Sep 2024 19:48

The mirror field serves to concentrate solar radiation onto the solar receiver to enable a thermochemical process (Image source: Fraunhofer)

Fuel from sunlight: First industrial solar-to-fuel plant could transform transport

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute are turning CO₂ and sunlight into synthetic fuels. Using an innovative process in a solar tower, water and CO₂ are turned into sustainable fuel that can be used, for example, in cars and airc...

Nicole Dominikowski, 27 Sep 2024 13:51

Darveen RTC-I116 rugged Windows/Linux tablet (Image source: Darveen)

Intel Core-powered 11.6-inch Darveen RTC-I116 rugged tablet debuts with dual hot-swappable batteries

Certified as compliant with the IP66 and MIL-STD-810H standards, the 11.6-inch Darveen RTC-I116 rugged tablet has a dual hot-swappable battery design, a rich set of connectivity options, and employs 12th-generation Intel Core i5 a...

Codrut Nistor, 26 Sep 2024 16:46

Nintendo Switch video game console (Image source: Nintendo)

Nintendo museum opening next week in Uji, Japan

Scheduled to open its doors to the public on October 2nd, the Nintendo museum in Uji, which is located near the company's Kyoto HQ, is already fully booked for the first two months. The list of items on display includes the iconic...

Codrut Nistor, 26 Sep 2024 11:31

From webpage to physical page with AI. (Image source: HP)

HP Print AI purports to make home, office and industrial printing smarter and cleaner

HP's Imagine 2024 event has introduced the OEM's latest AI tools, touted to streamline and optimize the use of its PCs and peripherals for home, office and industry customers worldwide. Some of them are even for the company's prin...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 24 Sep 2024 19:46

HP unveils four Poly Studio video bars for remote office conferencing

HP has unveiled four Poly Studio video bars for remote office conferencing. The AI-powered video bars allow office workers worldwide to join Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom video meetings. The new bars cover small and large...

David Chien, 24 Sep 2024 18:25

HP's new professional monitors are now official (image source: HP)

HP Series 5 Pro workstation monitors unveiled alongside new laptops

HP has announced a bunch of new monitors today under the HP Series 5 Pro umbrella. They all have a refresh rate of 100 Hz and come with DP, HDMI, USB-A and USB-B ports.

Anil Ganti, 24 Sep 2024 18:25

HP has announced five new USB-C monitors (image source: HP)

HP launches five new Series 5 Pro USB-C monitors

HP has launched five new USB-C monitors to go with its new laptops. Three come with an integrated webcam/speakers, while compensate for it with better I/O choices.

Anil Ganti, 24 Sep 2024 18:25

Amazon Ads live image capability in action (Image source: Amazon via YouTube)

Amazon Ads gets renewed AI-powered video generation capabilities

Video generator is the latest AI-powered feature to be added to Amazon Ads, and its name should be self-explanatory. In addition to the beta-stage video generator, a new live image capability has been introduced to help create sho...

Codrut Nistor, 23 Sep 2024 16:12

Apple iPhone 16: Protests took place around the world at the launch, with London highlighting human rights abuses in Congo and Gaza (Image source: Youtube / Oinat)

Apple iPhone 16: Protests outside Apple Stores worldwide, several arrested

The launch of Apple's iPhone 16 was marked by protests outside Apple stores around the world. Demonstrators used the day to draw media attention to a range of issues, including the environmental threat posed by the mining of miner...

Nicole Dominikowski, 22 Sep 2024 15:25

Epson releases fast DS-800WN and DS-900WN EdgeLink business document scanners

Epson has released two fast EdgeLink document scanners that can save to cloud services, email, flash drives, and network folders – the DS-800WN and DS-900WN. The scanners are designed for rapid office document digitization at up t...

David Chien, 20 Sep 2024 22:58

AI-powered robotic musicians (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Indian filmmaker switches from human artists to AI-generated music

Ram Gopal Varma, the Indian filmmaker known for movies such as Company, Sarkar, and Satya, has launched RGV Den Music, which will only handle AI-generated music. He also confirmed that his future projects will only use such music ...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Sep 2024 14:53

Genmab employees at work (Image source: Genmab)

Biotech company Genmab launches ChatGPT Enterprise-powered "AI Everywhere" initiative

In its quest to tackle an impressive amount of scientific data, Genmab has provided ChatGPT Enterprise access to about 1,000 employees less than a year ago. Now, the "AI Everywhere" initiative comes to provide the power of OpenAI'...

Codrut Nistor, 19 Sep 2024 20:18

Apparently, Palworld's developer is unaware of any patent infringement. (Image source: Pocketpair)

Palworld draws Nintendo's ire as Pokémon developer sues over patent infringements — Pocketpair plays dumb

Nintendo officially announced that it, along with The Pokémon Company, had filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developer behind the smash-hit game, Palworld. The lawsuit comes as a surprise to absolutely no-one, but Pocketpair...

Julian van der Merwe, 19 Sep 2024 19:27

TSMC will be making Apple's silicon amidst the sand dunes of Arizone. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

Apple orders A16 SoC production from TSMC plant in United States

TSMC, one of the most popular chip manufacturers in the world, has apparently fired up fabrication in the United States. Its first chip is somewhat surprising: the Apple A16 SoC, which powered the iPhone 14 Pro. This may point to ...

Sam Medley, 18 Sep 2024 20:43

Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 5: The only modern 14-inch ThinkPad with three USB-A ports

USB-A belongs among the "legacy" ports. This means: It is an outdated standard only maintained for legacy reasons, to be replaced by USB-C. With the affordable ThinkPad L14, Lenovo takes a step into the opposite direction: Instead...

Benjamin Herzig, 18 Sep 2024 00:41

Foundry division spin-off (Image Source: Intel)

CEO Pat Gelsinger reveals plan to stabilize Intel's financials

The three main priorities for Intel right now include a more streamlined product portfolio that focuses on X86 first and AI second, securing more customers for the angstrom-era nodes, as well as establishing the foundry division i...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Sep 2024 16:28

Amazon Prime Day October 2024 teaser (Image source: Amazon Press Center)

Next Amazon Prime Day discount spree scheduled for October 8th

Confirmed to run for 48 hours, starting at 12:01 AM PT/3:01 AM ET on October 8th, this year's second Amazon Prime Day event, called Prime Big Deal Days once again, has just been officially confirmed. The list of brands that will g...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Sep 2024 11:10

Amazon has contracted Intel to make chips on its 18A node (image source: Intel)

Intel confirms Amazon as latest customer for 18A node

Intel has announced it will make custom chips for Amazon Web Services on its 18A node, along with special Xeon chips on Intel 3.

Anil Ganti, 16 Sep 2024 22:41

Intel lost its chance to manufacture the PlayStation 6's chip (image source: Sony)

Intel reportedly lost $30 billion in potential revenue due to failed PlayStation 6 chip manufacturing contract

A new report says Intel and AMD were the final two bidders for Sony's PlayStation 6 chip. AMD won the contract because Intel was unable to negotiate a mutually beneficial deal, which could have generated up to $30 billion for Inte...

Anil Ganti, 16 Sep 2024 13:46

Biden administration finalizes huge tariff hikes on Chinese-made EVs, lithium batteries, solar panels, and more

The Biden administration has finalized huge tariff hikes on Chinese-made electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar panels, and other imports. The tariffs include medical masks and syringes, raising already expensive medical ...

David Chien, 15 Sep 2024 09:40

The prototype of the Tesla robotaxi has been spotted for the first time - but in camouflage. (Image source: X (formerly Twitter / @MatthewDR)

Tesla's heavily camouflaged robotaxi prototype spotted and photographed for the first time

Until now, Tesla's Robotaxi was only known from concept drawings. Now the first prototype of the self-driving electric car has been spotted. A photo shows it at a junction in front of a Tesla Model Y - albeit completely covered in...

Marius Müller, 14 Sep 2024 16:09

It looks like upcoming changes to Windows kernel security measures could allow more games to be played on Linux. (Image source: Steam / Easy Anti-Cheat - edited)

Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat

Microsoft has officially announced its intent to move security measures out of the kernel, following the Crowdstrike disaster a few short months ago. The removal of kernel access for security solutions would likely revolutionise r...

Julian van der Merwe, 14 Sep 2024 08:35

The BEUC is trying to take the gaming industry to task over microtransactions and in-game currency. (Image source: BiZkettE1 on Freepik / Epic Games - edited)

Fortnite, EA Sports, and Minecraft microtransactions come under fire for 'manipulative tactics' as EU watchdog plans digital purchase reckoning

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has announced an action calling to end what it calls “unfair practices” relating to in-game purchases. It doesn't dance around the issue, either, calling game companies out for their claim...

Julian van der Merwe, 13 Sep 2024 23:36

United will offer free Starlink Internet on its planes (Image source: United)

Free Starlink satellite Internet to bring larger seat screens and power outlets to all United planes

United will be retrofitting its planes with bigger seatback displays and charging outlets as it provides free high-speed Starlink Internet on all of its planes, starting in 2025.

Daniel Zlatev, 13 Sep 2024 17:37

Xbox Series X game console (Image source: Microsoft)

Microsoft drops 650 more Xbox employees

After a few game studios ceased their activity, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Microsoft has laid off an additional 650 employees who worked in the company's gaming division. This move comes not long after almost 2,000...

Codrut Nistor, 13 Sep 2024 09:05

Unity cancels 'Runtime Fee' before controversial pricing structure even goes into effect in Unity 6

It looks like Unity's controversial Runtime Fee pricing structure has been less popular than the maker of the game engine had anticipated. Effective immediately, the Runtime Fee has been cancelled for all versions of Unity ahead o...

Julian van der Merwe, 12 Sep 2024 19:27

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Image source: Korea Metro)

OpenAI allegedly valued at $150 billion, in talks to raise $6.5 billion

Although there is no official confirmation yet, it seems that OpenAI is on the way towards raising an impressive $6.5 billion, with the help of a new estimated value of no less than $150 billion. Earlier this year, Sam Altman's st...

Codrut Nistor, 12 Sep 2024 18:04

Amazon Prime Video homepage (Image source: Amazon)

Amazon Prime Video named the most cost-effective streaming service

With over 1,440 titles per USD and a catalog of over 17,000 items, Amazon's Prime Video provides the best value currently available in a video streaming service. Since its introduction, Prime Video has had an average yearly price ...

Codrut Nistor, 12 Sep 2024 14:46

The 2024 Tesla Model 3 has a starting MSRP of $40,630. (Image source: Tesla)

Used Tesla Model 3 EVs suffer gigantic year-over-year price drop as average pre-owned EV now costs less than gasoline car

The US pre-owned EV market has recorded a sharp decline in prices as an average used EV now costs 25% less than a year ago. As a result, the average price of a used Tesla Model 3 has crashed by more than $8,000 and the car now sit...

Fawad Murtaza, 12 Sep 2024 11:41

Samsung headquarters in South Korea (Image source: Social Barrel)

Samsung planning massive job cuts by the end of the year

As revealed by three anonymous sources familiar with the tech giant's inner workings, Samsung Electronics is planning to cut up to 30% of its employees at some undisclosed overseas divisions. The staff usually targeted belongs to ...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Sep 2024 18:03

First small modular nuclear reactor certified for use in the US (Image source: NuScale Power)

Nuclear trio-powered data center now being developed by Oracle

During the company's last earnings call, Oracle co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison unveiled that the company has already received the building permit for no less than three next-gen small modular nuclear reactors. With an expec...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Sep 2024 14:09

AI working with humans (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Google's AI will process unemployment appeals hearings in Nevada and decide people's fate

If everything goes as planned, Nevada will soon become the first administration to use a generative AI system to process appeals hearings transcripts and issue a recommendation regarding the ruling. However, it should also be take...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Sep 2024 11:38