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The Lenovo Slim Pro 9i with a 14.5-inch 3K MiniLED panel can now be had for US$200 less than the US$1,699.99 list price. The notebook features a 14-core Core i7-13705H Raptor Lake CPU, a 6 GB RTX 4050 GPU, and 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory running at 6,400 MHz. Other notable specs include removable 1 TB storage and a 5 MP webcam with support for Windows Hello facial recognition.

One week after being unveiled, the 4.3-inch Blackview N6000 is now launching globally for US$149.99. After the first 200 units, the price will go up by US$10. This rugged phone that runs Android 13-based DokeOS 3.1 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G99 and sports a 48 MP Samsung ISOCELL GM2 main camera.

A reference to what seems like an AMD Zen 5 Ryzen 8050 Strix Point APU with 12 cores has been spotted on the MilkyWay@Home computing project. Details of the APU are not entirely clear, but rumors so far indicate up to a 45 W TDP, a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, and 24 MB unified L3 cache.

Thanks to a 40% drop, the JBL Charge 4 waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker in Squad Camo finish is now down to the lowest price it had on Amazon in the last 30 days. With a list price of US$149.95, this venerable piece of hardware now goes for US$89.95. Most other colors are available for US$10 more.

For folks in need of a mid-range gaming laptop with an expansive display, Microcenter is now offering the Dell G16 7620 for a respectable 25% off the list price. The notebook comes with a 16-inch QHD+ display alongside a 14-core Core i7-12700H and a 130 W RTX 3060.

Tesla's Cybertruck electric pickups have been caught with the hood open, baring the front trunk's innards for what seems to be the first time. The curious part is that the Cybertrucks in question have been camouflaged to look like an ICE Ford F-150.

Mere days after CEO Elon Musk announced that more Tesla price cuts were expected, the prediction has come true, with the Model 3's price now discounted to a whopping US$37,940. These prices can be slashed even further to just over US$30,000 when US tax incentives are applied.

The powerful RTX 3080 Ti dGPU in the burly Alienware x17 has a high TGP of 175 watts and packs quite a punch considering that the 17-inch gaming laptop is now approaching the US$1,500 mark thanks to a massive discount at the manufacturer's very own online shop.

The Sony IMX903 is projected to skip even the iPhone 15 series to debut as one of the iPhone 16 Pro series' major upgrades instead. It is joined by what might be an even more powerful sibling, the IMX907, in its latest specs leak. Both mobile device camera sensors are tipped to have relatively large footprints, exhibit advanced auto-focus (AF) and to have an appreciably high pixel density.

Available since 2020, the LG UltraGear 34GP83A-B is a WQHD curved gaming monitor with 144 hz standard refresh rate (160 Hz overclock) compliant with the VESA DisplayHDR 400 specifications, also sporting both G-Sync and FreeSync Premium support. After a 31% discount, its price has fallen to US$549 from US$799.99.

Samsung seems nearly ready to move on in terms of its budget Android smartphone offerings already, with a Galaxy A05 apparently poised to take over from the A04 soon. A device by this name has shown up on an independent testing database even though it has yet to launch, suggesting that it might be ready to lead a new generation of Galaxy A handsets into 2024.

Vivo has announced its latest, third-generation custom-designed ISP for the next generation of its premium smartphones. The V3 chip is touted to bring "4K Cinematic Portrait Video" to Android devices for the first time. The X100 and its higher-end siblings may be the first handsets to debut with this new co-processor.

Meta is said to have canceled plans for its Quest Pro 2 headset. The decision comes following recent launch of the Quest Pro, which is also said to be end of life following the exhaustion of current components supplies.

OnePlus's inaugural foldable smartphone, reportedly branded as the "OnePlus Open" is set to launch soon. New leaks have now revealed more information on the foldable, including its launch date, availability, and its hardware credentials.

The Tesla Roadster inspiration Lotus has now managed to deliver the first electric vehicle with digital side mirrors - its premium Eletre SUV - as soon as the Chinese regulators allowed it. The digital rearview mirrors allow for more efficient design and better view, especially at night.

The needle-free Glucowear continuous glucose monitor (CGM) has recently been exhibited at the American Diabetes Association’s 83rd Scientific Sessions and has also had an impressive design overhaul. The non-invasive Glucowear blood sugar tracker could seriously disrupt the current diabetes device market if Afon manages to start selling it in 2024.

A steady stream of reports about loose Canon EOS R5 and R6 hot shoe mounts has hit the internet over the last two years, and it appears to be stirring up a bit of a fuss among the photography community. More concerning than loose and detaching hardware is that Canon isn't offering any service or recall support outside of warranty repair, leaving many owners to DIY a solution.

As Tesla finalises the Cybertruck's testing and validation stages, footage has emerged of the electric pickup with an all-new digital camo wrap. It's unclear whether these wild colour schemes we've seen the Cybertruck wearing in recent sightings will be available for purchase, but they've certainly generated quite a din among fans of the vehicle.

The Legion Y34w has just become the latest Lenovo gaming monitor on that OEM's native market. It is touted to deliver immersion at its best with a WQHD resolution stretched across up-to-date mini-LED technology in the 21:9 aspect-ratio with a 1500R curvature. The display also boasts a port complement that includes dual HDMI 2.1 ports and one USB type-C port with 140W charging.

Lenovo's latest Legion-brand product event has introduced a new version of the Y9000X laptop to the Chinese market. It has become a lighter and slimmer PC, if anything, in this generation, yet still boasts gaming credentials such as RTX 4000-series graphics to drive a 3.2K 165Hz display. It also boasts 140W charging for a 99.9kWh battery.

Lenovo has made its second-gen Android gaming tablet official today (July 22, 2023). The 2023 version of the Y700 comes in two colors and three different RAM/storage SKUs, which may be just part of what helps the new version blow its inaugural predecessor away in terms of performance. Then again, their battery and charging stats remain constant.

Project Q, Sony's first handheld after the PS Vita, is confirmed to use a non-detachable controller. It also runs a heavily-modded version of Android. Sony is expected to launch it later in 2023.

With the Vision 16 Pro, Schenker offers an extremely compact and light 16-inch multimedia laptop. Due to the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop with 95 watts, there is sufficient performance to also bring current games smoothly to the WQHD panel.

Hong Kong-based ArtraLab has revealed that it will soon be expanding its handsome, retro-themed NONIKKOR lens line-up with a 24 mm f/1.7 pancake lens for both Micro Four Thirds and Nikon Z-mount cameras. The YouTube video that makes mention of the lenses suggests that the Z-mount version will be particularly suited for Nikon's APS-C cameras, like the Zfc.

More renders of the Sony WF-1000XM5 have been leaked by a well-known source along with the supposed prices of the earbuds for the US and Europe markets. The WF-1000XM5 truly wireless headphones are shown off in both black and silver, with the images including the cases in both open and closed states.

Some interesting early Tesla Cybertruck designs have been shared in a photo by author Walter Isaacson. The writer had been spending time with Elon Musk while researching the billionaire’s extraordinary life and was treated to a brain-storming session with Musk and designer Franz von Holzhausen as they searched for inspiration for the Cybertruck.

The mid-range model of LG's latest 2023 model year of OLED TVs has dropped to its most affordable price since its release earlier this year and thereby becomes a reasonable pick for prospective television buyers who don't want to pay extra for the higher peak brightness of the higher-end sister models.

Ford's inventory of electric vehicles has consistently grown over the last few months, with some calling it a sign of the US carmaker's failure to sell its EVs. Ford, on the other hand, sees growing inventory in dealer lots as a return to normal thanks to an increase in production capacity. This response comes after Ford outpaced Tesla's Q2 2023 EV sales growth and drastically cut prices on its F-150 Lightning electric pickup.

Tesla has announced that it is recalling upwards of 15,000 of its Model S and Model X EVs after the company found that the front-row seat belt fasteners could have been improperly tightened after repairs. So far, neither Tesla nor the NHTSA have connected any deaths or injuries to the potentially loose hardware.

The thin-and-light creator and gaming laptop crossover from MSI has finally dropped to a more justifiable price point as a well-known retailer is selling the MSI Stealth 14 Studio configuration with an RTX 4060 dGPU at a discount of US$400 relative to its MSRP.

According to a new report from a previously reliable source, Sony is developing the PlayStation 5 Pro under the codename Trinity with considerably faster RAM and an overhauled GPU. Likely featuring as many Compute Units as an AMD Radeon RX 6800, the same source has also outlined a release window for Sony's next Pro console, among other details.

The Mate 60 series is said to launch as Huawei's next premium, non-foldable line of smartphones. They are now also projected to do so with long, pill-shaped cut-outs, so as to house an array of multiple front-facing image sensors. This is not the first time the OEM has gone with this kind of notch alternative - however, a prominent leaker fears it is doing so for the wrong reasons this time.

Sony and Insomniac Games have collaborated on a new Limited Edition Bundle of the PlayStation 5 (PS5) based on the next blockbuster from the latter: Marvel's Spider-Man 2. This version of the console comes with an exclusive new paint-job for the console and DualSense wireless controller that highlights the game's main "threat" as well as its main characters. However, those with an existing PS5 can still get the same effect thanks to new first-party replacement covers.

One-netbook continues to tease the ONEXFLY, its 7-inch and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U-powered gaming handheld. Purportedly, the ONEXFLY will cost slightly more than the ASUS ROG Ally, a gaming handheld to which One-netbook also compares the ONEXFLY.

The Razr Plus (or Razr 40 Ultra, depending on its region) is Motorola's latest foldable flagship Android smartphone. The OEM has overhauled its design for consumers who want a cover display of the greatest size possible; however, the company clearly did not take YouTubers who would prefer to bend it in the wrong direction into account while doing so, as JerryRigEverything host Zach Nelson has just discovered.

The arrival of the Osmo Action 4 is around the corner, with DJI having teased a July 25 release. With specifications leaking earlier this week, leaker @Quadro_News has now provided US pricing for the action camera's Adventure and Standard Combo packages.

Intel designed the NUC Extreme mini PCs to accommodate high-end desktop-grade processors, but this might not be the case anymore, as the Meteor Lake models equipping the rumored Asus NUC Extreme only include laptop-grade cores.

Sony is on the verge of releasing the WF-1000XM5, its next-generation replacement for the WF-1000XM4. Although the company will not launch the WF-1000XM5 until next week, a European retailer has already listed the earbuds on its website, confirming its launch price in the process.

While BYD will net US$1.6 billion in profit for this past quarter, trailing Tesla's by a third, its profits aren't stagnating but are rather a 200% increase year-on-year. Buoyed by record EV sales, BYD could catch up with Tesla in production and profits, if it keeps growing with the current rate.

This model is 25% off its listing price of US$799 at B&H. Highlights include 16 GB of LPDDR5-5200 RAM, 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, a microSD card reader, fingerprint sensor and good battery life with Rapid Charge Boost technology.

With an average rating of 4.4/5 at Best Buy, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is a pretty well-reviewed mid-range gaming laptop. The SKU with an 8-core Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU and an RTX 3060 is now going for only US$999.99, the lowest price to date. For the price, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is worth taking a look at as it is plenty powerful for FHD gaming and offers excellent battery life.

Toyota has announced that it will be recalling over 12,000 of its bZ3 sedans in China that it built in cooperation with BYD. The reason for the recall comes down to faulty rear door handles that occasionally stop working or, even worse, randomly open while driving. The issue is so severe that Toyota has asked owners to immediately stop driving the vehicles, citing safety concerns.

A little snippet of possible information about a foldable Sony Xperia phone has surfaced. Shared by a known leaker, the details are in regard to the display of an upcoming flip phone. It has already been rumored that Sony could be working on an Xperia Fold or Xperia Flip that would take a compact clamshell form.

Toyota has applied for new trademarks in the European Union Intellectual Property Office, and the naming scheme indicates that the trademarks may be related to at least one upcoming electric Lexus three-row SUV. If the new electric three-row SUV follows in its ICE and PHEV counterparts' footsteps, we should be seeing a pretty boxy design with pseudo-station-wagon looks.

After shelving Bitcoin as a payment method due to criticism over environmental concerns, it appears that Tesla may start accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for its electric vehicles in the near future. The site's code also makes mention of Dogecoin, which is Elon Musk's favourite crypto flavour. The company has not announced any intentions to resume Bitcoin payments just yet.

The rather peculiar hybrid gadget has an integrated wall plug with up to 65 watts, which means that the Anker 733 is a great all-round battery pack for travelers who don't want to carry a separate power bank and GaN charger.

As the launch of the Sony WF-1000XM5 is drawing near, the brand's LinkBuds S gets a generous discount of 26% on Amazon. Thanks to it, the US$199.99 list price of the white and black versions go down to US$148, but the Earth Blue finish can be acquired for a not-so-wallet-friendly US$198.

Thanks to a massive US$500 price cut at Best Buy, the TCL S4 has turned into one of the cheapest 85-inch screens on the market and thereby provides an excellent bargain for buyers who are looking for a large TV but don't necessarily require the greatest picture quality.

Although more will come on July 26 at Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked launch event, the Galaxy Watch family has just taken a big step forward. This wearable lineup has just received the first WhatsApp smartwatch app alongside Samsung Wallet and Thermo Check, which measures temperatures remotely.

OnePlus is now projected to produce an R variant of its next flagship Android smartphone, as it did with the 11R in 2023. However, this "12R" exhibits even fewer design updates than the "12" as leaked thus far, if anything. Its alleged resemblance to its putative predecessor belies upgrades that may only just start with its processor.