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Earlier this year, the presentation files for the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite mentioned a "Windows OS" different from Windows 11, which might be its successor. The unconfirmed Windows release generally known as Windows 12 for now is scheduled to arrive by June 2024, reveals a new report from Taiwan.

The overall AI industry witnessed remarkable growth, with an average of 2 billion visits per month over the past year. This upward trajectory accelerated in the last six months, reaching a peak of 3.3 billion visits.

A BMW iX test vehicle with an Our Next Energy dual-chemistry battery has achieved 608 miles (979 km) of range on the WLTP test cycle. The dual-chemistry approach reached the 600-mile mark at least three years before Toyota predicts it will have solid-state battery technology ready to deliver similar range.

Huawei is spearheading China's semiconductor initiative. The tech giant, which has been heavily sanctioned by the USA, will soon develop, manufacture and sell computer chips itself without having to rely on the technology of international corporations.

The appealing AMD configuration of the latest 2023 ThinkPad X13 has been put on sale for one of its lowest prices thus far as Lenovo currently grants a substantial US$800 discount on the compact 13-inch business laptop.

Cyrusher has announced that it intends to take its e-mobility hardware even further beyond e-bikes at CES 2024 with its very first equally electric skateboard. The OEM will also demo electricified surfboards and even snowboards during the Las Vegas event, although its line of "professional fat tire electric bikes" will also be on show.

AGM Mobile claims to solve one of the rugged Android smartphone industry's most pressing problems by making its new H6 up to 27.27% lighter and up to 35.78% slimmer than the average IP68/IP69K/MIL-STD-810H-rated mobile device. Its display is also backed to feel just as weightless with a 90Hz refresh rate, while its main rear camera has an on-trend 50MP resolution.

With a history of over 31 years, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has failed in its attempts to limit the negative influence of human activity on the climate system. However, the partnership with Microsoft might reshape mankind's future with the help of artificial intelligence.

Xiaomi recently announced that it has sold a total of one billion Redmi smartphones in just 10 years. The Redmi series are comparatively cheap smartphones, some with strong features.

Everyone would like cheap energy. For the electric car, radiant heater, heat pump, air conditioning or coffee machine. A new tandem solar cell promises exactly that, and on a large scale.

Strong stock growth for MediaTek has been fueled by rising demand for its chips, especially regarding the "edge AI" technology. Both its US competitor Qualcomm Inc. and the overall semiconductor market are lagging behind.

Garmin has revealed that it has a new CES Best of Innovation Award winner well in advance of the actual January 2024 event in question. The Venu 3 is joined by other smartwatches of its brand in being honored during these upcoming Awards, not to mention Garmin's "revolutionary" automatic emergency landing system.

HTC has announced that its new own-brand accessory augments the UX of its VIVE headsets as never before with new technology that confers true "self-tracking" on the user. Accordingly, their avatar's movements in games or apps are backed to become more realistic and convincing with an Ultimate Tracker - or more, as they come in multipacks as well as individually.

Founded in 1980 and an independent subsidiary of Samsung since 2017, Harman is well-known for its presence in the automotive, consumer, and enterprise audio markets. Roon's acquisition gives Harman access to a music player for all major operating systems and the Nucleus hardware server appliances.

VW brand Scout appears to be partnering with Magna Steyr, the firm responsible for manufacturing the Mercedes-Benz G Wagon, for its first electric SUV. The upcoming Scout SUV is due in 2026, and it will draw from the International Harvester Scout that competed with the likes of Jeep for off-road supremacy in the 1960s.

Two stackable coupon codes push a well-equipped OLED configuration of the current ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 to its lowest sale price yet. Since this version of Lenovo's 14-inch workstation laptop is also powered by a dedicated Nvidia RTX graphics card, it turns into a solid option for multimedia users.

October 2023 witnessed the sale of 10.21 million PC and console games across Europe, marking a marginal 2.3% year-on-year decline. In the realm of console hardware, the PS5 emerged as the indisputable leader in Europe with sales surging by an impressive 143%, while Xbox Series S and X struggled with a 52% decline.

A new report has revealed that children in the US would prefer games subscriptions and virtual currency over physical games for Christmas. A staggering 72% of US children expressed a desire for video game-related gifts for the upcoming holiday season.

Sony's latest firmware announcement for the Alpha 7 IV mirrorless cameras adds support for up to four custom grid lines that can be imported as PNGs — for US$149. This is useful for non-standard shoots where repeated framing is necessary. Support for more cameras down the line is confirmed, but it's unclear which will be eligible for the upgrade.

New Huawei flagship smartphones are on the way and will outsell their 2023 forebears, according to a leading industry analyst. Ming-Chi Kuo asserts that they will do "significantly" better than the P60 series thanks to camera upgrades that will include a new zoom lens. The P70 line might also reprise in-house Kirin processing platforms for the first time in generations.

LG has announced that it will showcase new tech rated to help "Reinvent your Future" at CES 2024. The company will also reinvent itself as more of an AI-focused "Smart Life Solution Company" during the upcoming trade expo in earnest, which will also see it score more CES Innovation Awards than ever before on devices such as its OLED TVs, portable speakers and UltraGear gaming monitors.

GM has recently announced the acquisition of TEI, a major player in developing the gigacasting technology used by Tesla, whereby large structural components can be cast in a single piece instead of being assembled from hundreds of smaller ones. Around the same time, BMW has also partnered with Loramendi and voxeljet to automate the large-scale 3D printing of sand cores for casting cylinder heads at its Landshut plant.

The Xperia 1 VI (and 5 VI) are reportedly on the way as new flagship and sub-flagship Android smartphones respectively with the latest camera tweaks from Sony. They are said to go beyond hardware and into the "in-camera digital signature" tech also headed to flagship DSLRs of the same brand. The new digital signature is intended to counter the potential risks of images made or altered by AI.

Virtual reality is set to become even more immersive thanks to a new VR glove from Fluid Reality. This rival to Mark Zuckerberg's Meta smart glove utilizes groundbreaking technology that promises to not only make the device more compact, simpler to operate, and more effective, but also significantly more affordable. The glove is expected to have applications beyond gaming, including medicine and robotics.

The global smartphone market expanded by 5% in October over the previous year, following a 27-month decline. Among other things, the growth was driven by the recovery in emerging markets, Huawei's return to China, and the September release of Apple's iPhone 15.

Virtual reality could be redefined by targeted lucid dreaming. Scientists are developing a new wearable device, similar to VR glasses, that aims to induce lucid dreams. This technology could have a wide range of applications, from completely transformed gaming to innovative therapies for mental illness.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, this week announced that the engineering and plans for the original Roadster have been made open source. Accompanying the announcement, Tesla published a webpage of PDF documents, including complete service documentation, diagnostic software, and circuit and connector information. This move is uncharacteristically repair-friendly, and it could help keep the original Roadsters on the road for a little longer.

Three years ago, Huawei was practically forced by US sanctions to sell its Honor subsidiary. Honor is now the market leader in China and is also rapidly gaining market share in Europe. Buoyed by this success, Honor is now planning an IPO.

OpenAI and Sam Altman have come to an agreement that will see the ex-CEO return to his position alongside a new preliminary board. The agreement comes after days of uncertainty and turmoil which, at one point, came close to destroying the company when about 95% of the workforce threatened to quit if Sam Altman wasn’t reinstated.

Xiaomi has announced that it took in over 70 billion yuan (well over US$9 billion) over its latest quarter, which ended on September 30, 2023. The OEM's smartphones accounted for over half of that revenue, although its smart home, internet services and advertising businesses also made their contributions known.

Northvolt claims it has reached a breakthrough in sodium-ion battery technology, allowing it to reach up to 160 Wh/kg energy density. This means Northvolt's Na-ion chemistry is starting to overtake existing LFP cells for affordability and density.

Using devices like Apple's Vision Pro, the tech giant aims to provide its customers with a more personalized, interactive and informative shopping and support experience. Recently obtained patents reveal Apple's plans to broaden its utilization of augmented reality.

Sonos has announced that it will be entering a new multi-billion dollar product category in 2024, which will “complement current Sonos devices” and will “delight customers and drive immediate revenue.” It is believed the new category is headphones, based on a leaked internal memo that confirms Sonos has a headphone division.

More than 730 employees out of 770 have now threatened to leave OpenAI if the current directors don’t resign and ex-CEO Sam Altman isn’t reinstated as CEO. The development follows a volatile few days where the OpenAI board strangely fired Altman. Interestingly, where the OpenAI board terms failed communication on the part of Altman as the primary reason for his firing, OpenAI co-founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demands answer to whether "OpenAI is doing something potentially dangerous to humanity".

Meta had asserted its "commitment" to responsibility in developing its machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) products, with a dedicated team within the company to fulfil that promise - but no longer. Its members still have positions within the company - just within other divisions, mostly involved in its generative AI concerns.

As a result of the burgeoning demand for artificial intelligence (AI), the stock of graphics chip maker NVIDIA has surged over 240% YOY, making its CEO Jensen Huang one of the richest people in the world.

Ultrahuman, the company behind the Ring AIR, is being sued in the US by its competitor, Oura. The brand claims that Ultrahuman’s smart ring has copied the design and functionality of the Oura Ring, including the app UI. Plus, Oura alleges that Ultrahuman has infringed patents and copyrights.

Despite the owner driving the electric pickup for over a year and more than 24,000 miles (38,624 km), Rivian is buying an owner's R1T at full retail price. While using the pickup truck as a work truck, the owner has faced myriad issues, including four that required towing. Despite all the issues that interrupted his agriculture business, Mitch Dumke still reviewed the R1T very positively.

Truth Social, the social network founded by former President Trump as a rival to major social media platforms, has reportedly lost US$73 million since its launch last year.

As other traditional carmakers start to get cold feet on EVs thanks to reduced demand, both Hyundai and Kia reiterated their successes in electrification and their commitment to continued expansion in the sector. The executives went so far as to say that capacity was the limiting factor rather than demand.

Under the headline "Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive", non-commercial messenger Signal provides interesting insights into the infrastructure of a messenger app and its costs.

Elon Musk is facing criticism for sharing a tweet that falsely accused Jewish people of inciting anti-white sentiment. He also threatened to file a lawsuit against media watchdog Media Matters amidst advertisers leaving X.

The Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus are thought to launch with what Samsung might call the best and most powerful chipset it has ever made in the Exynos 2400. The SoC's projected bragging rights are also now believed to include production using FOWLP, a cutting-edge technique tipped to enhance bandwidth and performance by up to 15% in chips that take up to 40% less space.

While SpaceX's Starship just exploded over the ocean, its Falcon rocket is on a back-to-back mission to launch 45 new Starlink V2 satellites over the weekend. A new, more powerful Starlink antenna for standard residential users is being distributed by SpaceX for testing.

Sam Altman has been fired from his position as CEO of OpenAI. A co-founder of the company, Altman was dismissed by the board after it lost confidence in his ability to continue in the role.

A new study has highlighted the crucial importance of the Internet in the contemporary world and the possible ramifications of even short-term outages. The United States and China alone would account for US$21 billion in damages, nearly half the total.

Four pictures have appeared on Reddit that allegedly show the next-gen version of the most prestigious Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12. The new model appears to feature a revamped design and a haptic trackpad without dedicated TrackPoint buttons.

CheckMag Even before rumours started circulating about Apple creating its own electric vehicle, some of Apple's business practices shared a lot in common with electric vehicle manufacturers. While not uncommon in the tech industry, they set a worrying precedence for both the way business is conducted and products purchased in the future.

The exclusive collaboration with TSMC seems to be coming to an end as AMD is now reportedly collaborating with Samsung for the upcoming Zen 5 Prometheus processors. TSCM would still handle the production of the advanced cores on the cutting-edge 3 nm nodes, whereas Samsung is to produce the "basic" Zen 5c efficiency cores on its 4 nm nodes.

CheckMag Most gaming laptops have extravagant and eye-catching designs, something that isn't necessarily welcome in the workplace. If you want one single laptop for gaming and taking to the office, the 16-inch Lenovo Legion Pro 5 might just fit the bill thanks to its discreet looks and powerful components.