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Oppo has not sold its flagship smartphones in Europe since the Find X5 series, Find X7 Ultra pictured. (Image source: Oppo)

Oppo and Nokia resolve patent disputes following OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R global launches

Oppo and Nokia has confirmed a resolution to their ongoing patent disputes. In a joint statement, the pair have outlined details of a multi-year licensing agreement that sees Oppo paying retrospective royalties, possibly with a vi...

Alex Alderson, 24 Jan 2024 17:15

Apple may still make money on sideloaded apps. (Image via Apple and Getty Images, w/ edits)

Apple may charge fees and review apps installed via sideloading

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is planning to institute policies that will charge fees related to apps installed on an iPhone outside the App Store. These new policies would only apply in Europe, per the Journal, in r...

Sam Medley, 24 Jan 2024 16:44

Only The Crew is affected by Ubisoft's online services termination. (Image source: Ubisoft)

Ubisoft threatened with class action lawsuit after shutting down online services for popular game

A popular YouTuber has threatened to take action against Ubisoft for shutting down The Crew. While the game remains playable for now, Ubisoft plans to shutter The Crew in a few months' time.

Alex Alderson, 24 Jan 2024 15:22

Palworld has managed to beat Counter-Strike 2 as Steam's second most popular game in less than a week (Source: Pocketpair)

Palworld beats Counter-Strike 2 and becomes Steam's second most popular game of all time

With a new all-time peak value of 1,864,421 concurrent players, Palworld only needs to beat PUBG for the crown of most played game on Steam. However, while Counter-Strike 2 is less than 50,000 players behind, the difference betwee...

Codrut Nistor, 24 Jan 2024 02:34

AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 test satellite (Source: Business Wire)

Starlink competitor receives $155 million from AT&T, Google, and Vodafone

The first and only company to build a space-based cellular broadband network for regular smartphones, AST SpaceMobile announced a $155 million strategic investment from AT&T, Google and Vodafone. Alongside it, up to $51.5 million...

Codrut Nistor, 23 Jan 2024 23:49

TikTok lays off workforce in advertising and sales

The company confirmed on Tuesday that it is cutting 60 jobs, and did not provide a reason for the layoffs. Affected employees may apply to other available jobs at TikTok, where there are now over 120 job postings that are comparab...

Robert Gelo, 23 Jan 2024 21:31

Logitech is a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals (Image source: Logitech)

Logitech harmed by Red Sea Crisis

Logitech was among the first companies to sound the alarm about the potential financial impact of the crisis. The company expects an impact of around 100 basis points on its profit margin from the extra transportation costs.

Robert Gelo, 23 Jan 2024 20:58

A blue Monday at Riot Games heralds the dark side of working in tech and video games. (Image source: Riot Games - edited)

Riot Games: lay-offs at Valorant developer see 11% of global reduction — generous severance package softens the blow

The maker of League of Legends has announced lay-offs that will affect 11% of its global workforce. Aside from offering a generous severance package, Riot is approaching the workforce reduction with a lot more candour and transpar...

Julian van der Merwe, 23 Jan 2024 18:48

Inside the Varta battery research facility in Graz due to begin full operations in Q2 2024 (Source: Varta AG)

Varta battery research facility in Graz to expand later this year

Currently conducting research in the battery field with a team of around 30 people, Varta's Graz site will expand later this year. The new facility will accommodate a team of 50 members in charge of developing post-lithium solutio...

Codrut Nistor, 23 Jan 2024 16:50

HP's Dynamic Security ensures the use of only HP ink cartridges in its printers (Image Source: HP)

HP cites threat of viruses from non-HP printer cartridges to justify blocking their use, experts sceptical

HP CEO Enrique Lores has sought to justify the company’s controversial Dynamic Security feature, which disables any printer with a third-party cartridge installed, by stating that non-HP cartridges might be used to inject malware ...

Vishal Bhardwaj, 23 Jan 2024 07:49

Hyundai's Ioniq 6 officially beats out the Tesla Model 3 in the slightly-more-affordable-EV battle. (Image source: Hyundai)

Deal | Hyundai Ioniq 6 takes Tesla Model 3 crown as affordable EV thanks to $7,500 incentive

Tesla Model 3 buyers stand to save thousands by going for the Hyundai Ioniq 6 instead, as Hyundai is offering $7,500 off the Ioniq 6 in cash deals. With Tesla losing the Model 3's IRA tax incentive entirely, this puts the Ioniq 6 ...

Julian van der Merwe, 22 Jan 2024 20:29

The 27-inch MyView monitor. (Source: LG)

LG MyView Smart Monitors hit the US market starting at $199.99

LG has just announced new pricing and availability details for its latest range of smart monitors. The MyView range for the United States includes an entry-level 27-inch variant as well as the series' 32-inch 4K flagship. All thre...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 22 Jan 2024 18:11

Seagate Mozaic 3+ technologies pave the way for 30+ TB hard drives. (Source: Seagate)

Seagate announces trailblazing Exos 30 TB hard drive utilizing breakthrough Mozaic 3+ technologies to lower power consumption and store more at AI and cloud datacenters

Seagate has announced its trailblazing Exos 30 TB hard drive for the enterprise market. Breakthrough Mozaic3+ technologies are used in this drive to lower power consumption by 40% while increasing recording densities. This paves t...

David Chien, 22 Jan 2024 09:38

Palworld in-game screenshot (Source: Palworld on Steam)

Palworld is the weekend's most played game and breaks into Steam's all-time top 5

With a peak value of 1,291,967 concurrent players so far, Palworld got the leading position on Steam for this weekend, ahead of Counter-Strike 2's 1,008,813. However, there are still four places left to conquer in the all-time ran...

Codrut Nistor, 21 Jan 2024 23:28

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 is currently on sale for a very intriguing price (Image: Andreas Osthoff)

Deal | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 becomes an absolute convertible bargain thanks to 55% discount

The 7th generation of Lenovo's 14-inch flagship convertible has dropped to an incredibly low sale price of $688 as the Chinese PC manufacturer grants a gigantic $841 discount on a well-rounded Core i5 configuration of the ThinkPad...

Enrico Frahn, 21 Jan 2024 19:33

XPayments goes live. (Source: X/Twitter)

XPayments account appearance re-ignites X/Twitter in-app transactions speculation

The registration of a new X/Twitter account with apparent direct links to the company may be connected to its owner Elon Musk's long-held aspirations of converting it into an "everything app". On that note, the same social media p...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 21 Jan 2024 19:14

Pretty much everything these days requires a subscription. (Source: freestocks on Unsplash)

The next time you buy a computer with Windows 12 you could find yourself tied into a subscription

CheckMag There used to be a time when a single payment would get you full access to Windows for the lifetime of that version. However, in recent times hardware and software all seem to require a subscription. While there might be some legi...

David Devey, 20 Jan 2024 22:44

BMW is experimenting with humanoid robots inspired by Tesla's Optimus (Image: Figure)

Following Tesla's lead, BMW will use humanoid robots in car production: 10 million jobs could be replaced

After Tesla caused a sensation with its humanoid robot Optimus and Hyundai teamed up with Boston Dynamics, which became famous for its robot dog Spot, BMW is now following suit: Robots with artificial intelligence are to be used i...

Nicole Dominikowski, 20 Jan 2024 20:36

Indian smartphone market analysis chart Q1 2021 to Q4 2023 (Source: Canalys)

Samsung beats Xiaomi in India

While it left Samsung behind in 2022, Xiaomi lost the Indian smartphone market crown to its South Korean rival last year. According to Canalys, Samsung shipped 7.6 million smartphones in India during last quarter of 2023 while Xia...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Jan 2024 19:55

Palworld now available, over one million sales in 8 hours (Source: Pocketpair)

Palworld hits 1 million sales in just 8 hours

Pocketpair's latest creation, the crafting and survival title Palworld, launched with a bang, breaking the one million sales threshold in just eight hours. This open-world game is available on Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X ...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Jan 2024 13:56

Whether Philippe Tremblay's statements caused the recent slump in Ubisoft's share price remains unclear. (Source: Ubisoft)

Ubisoft share price in free fall: Gamers "no longer need to own games"

Ubisoft's share price experienced a dramatic slump recently. Controversial statements made by Philippe Tremblay, who heads Ubisoft's gaming subscription service, are considered to have been a possible cause.

Marius Müller, 20 Jan 2024 00:18

Insta360 AI Warp roll-out to X3, GO 3 and ONE RS line begins

Insta360's AI Warp is a feature rated to "transform your footage into something extraordinary" based on the prompts it receives. It was exclusive to the latest Ace and Ace Pro action cameras from their launch - however, it is now ...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 19 Jan 2024 19:17

Apple and its Macs saw the biggest sales decline in 2023, according to IDC experts.

PC market: Q4 2023 the weakest quarter since 2006, Apple incurs massive losses

Sales of desktops, workstations and notebooks in the Christmas quarter of 2023 fell to an all-time low. Around 67 million PCs were shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Ronald Matta, 18 Jan 2024 23:34

According to a leak, Amazon hopes to earn a lot of money with a new super Alexa in its subscription model.

Leak: Amazon is planning a super Alexa and hopes to earn good money with Alexa Plus

Amazon's AI and voice assistant Alexa is still in financial difficulties. As leaked information from internal Amazon documents suggests, Amazon is revamping its Alexa voice assistant into super Alexa, while Alexa Plus is set to la...

Ronald Matta, 18 Jan 2024 23:09

The iPhone is the new king. (Image via Apple and Wikipedia, w/ edits)

Apple dethrones Samsung to claim global smartphone sales crown

Apple is now the most-sold smartphone brand globally, taking the top spot from Samsung. The place swap is largely due to a drop in sales for Samsung coupled with a growth in sales for Apple last year.

Sam Medley, 18 Jan 2024 21:08

2025 Honda Civic Hybrid (Image source: Honda Motor Co.)

Honda bets on hybrid cars in the US in 2024

Japanese automaker plans to capitalize on the growing demand for hybrid vehicles and light trucks in the United States. This move comes after a successful year of meeting product demand and achieving strong recovery.

Robert Gelo, 18 Jan 2024 20:19

Dheu electric ferry built by GRSE for the West Bengal government (Source: EMobility+)

Next-gen 150-passenger electric ferry ready for trials in India

Being the first such ship built for the West Bengal region of India, the 24-meter-long Dheu electric ferry can accommodate up to 150 passengers and is the first step in a long-term initiative that aims to replace ferries driven by...

Codrut Nistor, 18 Jan 2024 19:14

The Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear is starting to approach electric trophy truck territory. (Image source: Ford - edited)

Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear: tough off-road electric pickup truck challenges Rivian and Cybertruck in Raptor-esque guise

The Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear features "extreme chassis and suspension upgrades," and Ford envisions it as a test bed to demonstrate what its electric pickup truck is capable of — both off- and on-road.

Julian van der Merwe, 18 Jan 2024 01:56

Tesla Optimus folds shirts - but not autonomously (Image: Elon Musk on X)

Tesla Optimus: Elon Musk busted cheating in latest humanoid robot demonstration

Tesla Optimus appears to have evolved considerably, as Elon Musk shows in a recent video on X (formerly Twitter). However, an eagle-eyed viewer noticed that the demonstration of the humanoid robot's latest skills appeared to be ch...

Nicole Dominikowski, 17 Jan 2024 21:11

A highly portable satellite Internet dish sounds like a great idea - but is it, really? (Image source: Unsplash)

No Elon, portable Starlink dishes are a bad idea

CheckMag The portable Starlink dish is actually coming and the question of "why pay over half a grand for bizarrely low connection speeds" is the first to come to mind. With average 2023 cellular connection speeds close to 200 Mbit/s, will...

Sergey Tarasov, 16 Jan 2024 22:50

Edmunds was pleasantly surprised by the Porsche Macan EV in a recent range test. (Image source: Porsche - edited)

Porsche Macan EV impresses as range tipped in unofficial real-world test

Edmunds got to take the new Porsche Macan EV on a test drive and managed to get in an unofficial range test in. The Macan EV didn't disappoint, delivering almost 50 miles (80 km) more than the smaller Porsche Taycan EV, which only...

Julian van der Merwe, 16 Jan 2024 22:36

Acemagic addresses recent Bing preload issue with software update

Acemagic has just responded to customer concerns following their discovery that a certain search engine could pre-install itself on some mini-PCs from the OEM with a potential solution. The issue affecting some of the brand's Inte...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 16 Jan 2024 18:44

Microsoft introduces Copilot Pro subscription for 22 euros per month

Microsoft has attracted various customers with the free Copilot app and now is launching a paid version of the AI assistant that has more functions. Copilot Pro is aimed at consumers and small to medium-sized companies.

Christian Hintze, 16 Jan 2024 18:19

Swift Solar's perovskite tandem solar cells could be commercialised in four years (Image: Swift Solar)

Next-generation solar panels with record efficiencies within reach: Perovskite tandem solar cells on the verge of commercialisation

Solar modules using perovskite tandem solar cells are highly efficient, which is why they are of great interest to some of the world's largest solar companies as a renewable energy source for power generation. There have been prob...

Nicole Dominikowski, 15 Jan 2024 22:00

TCL scoops 40+ awards and industry approvals at CES 2024

TCL claims to have practically soaked up the industry recognition and accolades as a result of its CES 2024 exhibition. The OEM showcased a wide variety of products that have subsequently been showered in awards, not the least of ...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 15 Jan 2024 19:26

Assembling products at the Gigafactory (Image source: Tesla Inc.)

Tesla's market value plummets by $94b in early 2024

Tesla Inc. experiences a rocky start to 2024, with a significant plunge in market value. The electric vehicle titan is battling supply chain disruptions and escalating labor costs. A slowdown in demand for EVs further compounds th...

Robert Gelo, 14 Jan 2024 18:56

MatPat doesn't just come up with gaming theories. The YouTuber also analyzes films, food and even beauty products on his four channels. (Source: YouTube/The Game Theorists)

Throwing in the towel after 13 years: Gaming YouTuber with millions of subscribers calls it quits

With his channel "The Game Theorists", MatPat is one of the most well-known faces on YouTube. What fans have suspected for some time is now a sad certainty: the YouTuber is calling it quits. But MatPat doesn't plan to leave the sc...

Marius Müller, 13 Jan 2024 23:32

The new Frequency Division OLED screen. (Source: TCL)

CES 2024 | TCL CSOT unveils IJP OLED laptop display and multi-refresh rate zone screen

TCL's CSOT R&D division has indicated that it might help build the 14-inch laptop displays of the future based on some of its current OLED prototypes. Some of these PCs might have improved outdoor visibility thanks to high-brightn...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 13 Jan 2024 21:06

CES 2024 | BOE highlights breakthroughs in foldable, curved and transparent display tech

BOE's latest Las Vegas outing demonstrates its latest cutting-edge display prototypes, and is also the first to draw attention to the brands under which it will be selling such products in markets such as the United States. For ex...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 13 Jan 2024 19:08

The 45-inch 8K borderless smart dashboard. (Source: BOE)

CES 2024 | BOE 45-inch 8K borderless smart in-car screen goes on display

The display tech OEM BOE has a 2024 car as part of its Las Vegas exhibition, and for good reason. The Geely Galaxy E8 boasts the world's first 45-inch 8K borderless smart dashboard, rated to cater to the most pressing need of both...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 12 Jan 2024 19:45

Revisited: MS Surface Go 2 now going for as low as €266

Does it still make sense to buy a 2-in-1 Windows device with (overly) timeworn hardware (Amber Lake) in 2024? Well, it depends. The reasonably attractive price does help: the base model Surface Go 2 is available now for as low as ...

Sascha Mölck, 12 Jan 2024 16:35

Vuzix debuts the Z100 ultralight smart glasses for enterprise users. (Source: Vuzix)

Vuzix debuts ultralight Z100 smart glasses developer's edition to enterprise customers wanting better optimized staff

Vuzix has debuted the ultralight Z100 smart glasses for enterprise customers. These are designed for corporate developers to create custom applications for their businesses to optimize staff workflow with information, AI-assistanc...

David Chien, 12 Jan 2024 07:31

HP Fortis x360 11-inch G5 Chromebook debuts as tough, long-lasting work-ready PC

HP claims that its latest Chrome OS convertible can last the course as a rugged work PC. The Fortis x360 G5 is also touted to be as adapted to writing by hand as it is to typing, thanks to its Gorilla Glass 3-enhanced screen and o...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Jan 2024 21:42

Fortis 11-inch G10 Chromebook. (Source: HP)

HP Fortis 11-inch G10 Chromebook launches as resilient new work PC

The Fortis 11-inch G10 Chromebook is another new HP PC "purpose-built" to "stay productive" regardless of what it encounters at work, spills and drops included. It is also equipped with a Titan C chip for security as well as "resp...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Jan 2024 19:53

HP Pro Fortis x360 11-inch G11 launches touted as productivity tank of a Windows convertible

HP asserts that its new Pro Fortis-series Windows 360-degree convertible is built to withstand any professional or educational environment in 2024 with a MIL-STD-810-tested chassis and Gorilla Glass 3 screen. It is also equipped w...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Jan 2024 18:54

DJI FlyCart 30 debuts as world's latest delivery drone

With its long-range, high-payload design, DJI's latest drone is definitely not intended for normal recreational use. The global version of the FlyCart 30 (or FC30) is rated to fly for nearly 10 miles while "intelligently" carrying...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Jan 2024 19:29

Hollyland Lark M2 Wireless Lavalier Microphone debuts as advanced ultra-light external mic

Hollyland claims to have packed all the tech for a "top level consumer-grade" lavalier- or lapel-style microphone into an "all-in-one button" with its latest Lark-series release. The M2 is rated to eliminate unwanted background no...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Jan 2024 17:43

The MSI EV Premium charger. (Source: MSI)

CES 2024 | MSI EV Smart Eco Chargers and AI DVR star at OEM's industrial AIoT showcase

Electric vehicle (EV) chargers with MSI logos might become a thing in 2024, as part of the brand's bid to become as well-known for automotive or industrial smart tech as it is for gaming laptops. Some of the MSI tech for cars supp...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 09 Jan 2024 21:55

The Aspire 3D 15 SpatialLabs Edition is Acer's newest laptop for 3D workloads (image via Acer)

CES 2024 | Acer Aspire 3D 15 SpatialLabs Edition unveiled for 3D content creation

The Aspire 3D 15 SpatialLabs Edition, Acer's creator-centric laptop, has been announced at CES 2024. It supports Acer's suite of SpatialLabs software and can even use AI to make 3D models out of 2D images.

Anil Ganti, 09 Jan 2024 00:00

MSI has upgraded its creator laptops with new hardware from Intel (image via MSI)

CES 2024 | MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio announced with Meteor Lake CPU and GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs

MSI has announced the Stealth 18 AI Studio laptop at CES 2024. It features an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, a 4K 120 Hz mini-LED screen and a RGB keyboard.