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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.

Apple has introduced the Beats Studio Pro as its latest headphones. They are rated for "Class 1" Bluetooth - yet are also rated to support "lossless" audio thanks to its DAC for wired connections - which are done via USB type-C rather than Lightning. Beats has also thrown active noise cancellation (ANC) with a Transparency mode along with new 40mm drivers into these new cans.

The 2021 Apple MacBook Pro is now available at a substantial discount on Amazon. Savings of nearly US$1,160 can be had with a configuration that features a 10-core M1 Pro SoC, 16 GB RAM, and 512 TB SSD, which original retailed for US$2,699 at launch. Upgrading the storage to 1 TB can still net a substantial US$994 off.

Nubia has now officially updated its 2023 Z50 Android flagship smartphone series with a new variant based on the upgraded Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Leading Edition SoC. The Z50S Pro is also backed to rival other top-end mobile devices with cutting-edge 1-inch main rear camera sensors with many attributes shared with professional cameras - even if the actual sensor size in question is not one of them.

AMD is expected to release the RX 7800 and RX 7700 in September. The cards which could possibly be the last RDNA 3 offerings allegedly feature the mid-range Navi 32 GPU. According to recent 3DMark Time Spy Graphics figures reported by leaker All_The_Watts, the RX 7800 and RX 7700 could outpace the RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 Ti respectively.

Tesla could earn up to US$1 billion just from the federal battery tax credits alone this year, and will add another billion or so in cost savings from the drastic reduction in the price of lithium and other metals. Thus, Elon Musk is now on record saying that Tesla will cut prices again, if needed.

The new Ryzen Edition ultrabook from Redmi also features 16 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM, 512 GB PCie 4.0 NVMe SSD, 15.6-inch 3.2K IPS with 500 nit brightness, full-size SD card reader and a 72 Wh battery with 100 W GaN fast charger.

Tesla revealed that with the Cybertruck's 4680 battery it has already reached the potential targeted during its 2020 Battery Day presentation in terms of the '4680 production system and the improvements we strove to achieve on equipment, factory density, capital cost and utility cost reduction.' For the Cybertruck, in particular, Tesla will use a new, better 'Cyber cell.'

The HP Pavilion x360 convertible laptop is currently on sale at Best Buy for less than US$400. The machine comes with a 6-core Core i3-1215U CPU, 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, and 256 GB of storage. Display duties are handled by a 14-inch FHD panel that also support touch input.

Blizzard has announced that Overwatch 2 will be playable via Steam on August 10, the same day as Overwatch 2: Invasion's launch. A Battle.net account will still be required to play the game.

Nissan is the latest electric vehicle manufacturer to adopt Tesla's North American Charging Standard hardware. Just like other manufacturers that have made the switch, Nissan will ship NACS-to-CCS adaptors in 2024, and all electric vehicles from 2025 onwards will have NACS ports built in. Nissan has big plans for its electric future, with 19 new electric models planned between now and 2030.

A known tipster has seemingly sparked huge speculation on social media that Sony is just about ready to spring the PlayStation 5 Slim (PS5 Slim) on its legions of fans. While a few details had already been shared about a new PlayStation 5 model, the launch schedule of the console was still somewhat clouded.

Alleged specifications for the next update to DJI's GoPro-killer OSMO Action camera have leaked on Twitter, and the spec sheet indicates an incremental, but not insignificant, update to the affordable action camera's hardware. 4K 120 FPS video makes a return, but a larger 1/1.3-inch sensor promises to let in substantially more light than its predecessor.

In a surprising move, Tesla has announced that it plans to license its Full Self-Driving hardware and software to other electric vehicle manufacturers, adding that the company is already in talks with one other OEM to include FSD technology. Tesla will also allow existing FSD subscriptions to be transferred to new registrations through the end of September 2023.

Tesla has given us a sneak peek at the dimensions of the Cybertruck during the company's latest investor update, confirming a six-foot bed and a more compact body than any other full-sized double-cab pickup truck on the market. The company also confirmed that deliveries for the electric pickup will start later in 2023.

The affordable 16-inch laptop from Dell's consumer-focused Inspiron series has hit its lowest sale price so far on Amazon as the online retailer currently grants a considerable 29 percent discount on the AMD Ryzen 7-powered machine.

The Nubia Z50S Pro is a flagship-refresh Android smartphone is down to its last 24 or so hours ahead of its launch. Nevertheless, the OEM has decided that now is the perfect time to spring a full rear panel design reveal on its Weibo audience. The new post describes how the resulting, eye-catchingly bright and shiny SKU in question came to be.

Realme has now confirmed that the C53 confers the ability to "Shoot like a Champion" with a 108MP main camera for cheaper than ever before. The smartphone also offers an additional, potentially winning, perk in the form of the OEM's take on the Apple Dynamic Island: its "Mini Capsule for Android". However, this premium veneer of hype comes with frankly puzzling choices in other ways.

Unleashed yesterday and labeled 536.67, the latest driver package from Nvidia comes with support for Portal: Prelude RTX, as well as the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Remnant II. A few G-Sync Compatible gaming monitors and GeForce Experience Optimal Settings presets are also present.

BLUETTI touts its new AC60 as the all-weather portable power station thanks to its IP65 ingress protection rating. The new accessory provides up to 403 watt-hours (Wh) of back-up power - or up to about 5 times that with its optional expandable battery system. It also has BLUETTI Turbo Charging to power up in as little as one hour.

Although not mentioned explicitly in Sony's teaser, it is almost certain that the WF-1000XM5 will launch next week. These earbuds should arrive with 8.4 mm drivers, three microphones, and improved real-time noise cancellation. Bluetooth 5.3, wireless charging, and multipoint connectivity are also expected.

While the first 3 nm chips from big companies like Apple could launch in late 2023, obscure companies like MicroBT already offer 3 nm technology to cryptominers for a substantial premium. MicroBT's M56S++ model was recently discovered to feature ASICs produced on Samsung's first gen 3 nm nodes with gate-all-around transistor design.

With the new BIOS version, most of the Ryzen 7000 CPUs will be running at least DDR5-6400 1:1 stably. Up to DDR5-8000+ is now possible depending on silicon lottery, but in order to achieve such speeds users only need a B650 motherboard. X670E mobos can achieve DDR5-8200 with some tinkering.

A Tesla Model 3 Highland has been caught on camera changing lanes on a freeway in California and revealing more details about its design changes. It looks like the Model 3 Highland turn indicators will be separate from the actual brake light and will flash in different color.

In another move aimed at strengthening its position in the AI market for business customers, Microsoft has started testing Bing Chat Enterprise. This service is a combination between the popular AI-backed chat and commercial data protection, so all business information is not used to train models or exposed to third parties.

The RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is the latest GPU to come out of NVIDIA’s camp. The card features the same 4,352 CUDA cores, 2.5 GHz boost frequency, and 288 GB/s memory bandwidth as the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB but doubles the VRAM buffer. NVIDIA has priced the board at US$499 in the US and €549 in Europe. However, the ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has been listed for more than some RTX 4070 models in Germany.

The Realme Pad 2 has been officially announced in India. It features an 11.2-inch LCD screen, a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, up to 8 GB RAM/256 GB storage, and an 8,360 mAh battery. It can be bought via Flipkart and Realme's website on August 11.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 (Gen 8) can now be had for only US$1,336.49 straight from Lenovo thanks to stackable coupon codes. The laptop comes with an 8-core Ryzen 7 7745HX CPU, a next-gen RTX 4070 GPU, 16 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage. Although the RAM and storage are respectable, they can be further expanded thanks to two SO-DIMM and two M.2 slots.

BMW has ordered its EV battery supplier Samsung SDI mass production of cylindrical 4680-style batteries like the ones Tesla is ramping up for the Cybertruck, but longer and with higher energy capacity. The 46120 batteries will be produced together with 4695 and 4680 ones.

With a generous resolution of 3,440 X 1,440 pixels and comprehensive connectivity options (USB, USB-C, HDMI, DP), the 34-inch Samsung ViewFinity S6 carrying the model number LS34A650UBNXGO is now down by a solid 44% on Amazon. Thanks to this discount, it can be acquired for US$394.93 instead of US$699.99.

Designed with next-generation systems that could hit the market later this year, the industry's first GDDR7 DRAM has now completed the development stage. According to Samsung, the new GDDR7 design sports a 32 Gbps boosted speed per pin while being 20% more efficient and having 1.4 times the bandwidth of its predecessor.

Key specs of Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake refresh lineup have been leaked online. Except for the Core i7-14700K, all SKUs bring marginal improvements over their 13th-gen counterparts.

The NHTSA casts an eye towards Tesla's Model 3 electric sedan after a fatal crash in California on July 5. The accident resulted in the death of the other driver and a three-month-old involved in the impact, and it is suspected that Tesla's Autopilot or other driver assistance technology was enabled at the time of the incident.

The Framework Laptop 16, a modular gaming notebook Framework announced in March, is now available for pre-order. While the price for a DIY version starts at US$1399, adding a discrete GPU module bumps the price by $400 to $1799. A fully assembled model starts at $1699 without the dGPU and $2099 with one.

This specific mid-range configuration of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s is further equipped with an Intel Core i5 Tiger Lake processor, 16GB of partly soldered RAM and a basic 1080p IPS display with 300 nits of peak brightness but just 45% coverage of the NTSC color space.

Game Pass Core has been announced as a new way to access Microsoft's Xbox multi-player network for less than US$10 a month. The new Pass is only compatible with a limited and specific range of games, however. It will become active later in 2023, and will also supplant the Xbox Live Gold account type from day one.

It appears that the Navi 32-based RX 7800 and the RX 7700 might be on the horizon as new information from Moore’s Law Is Dead suggests that AMD is getting ready to release the cards in a couple of months. The leaker has also claimed that the RX 7900 based on the cut-down Navi 31 GPU could see an unusual launch with constrained supply.

The 5.1 soundbar from JBL comes with a wireless 10-inch subwoofer and MultiBeam technology, which is supposed to create an immersive Dolby Atmos surround stage despite the fact that the Bar 500 does not sport dedicated rear speakers.

A Nintendo Switch 2 user interface (UI) has appeared in a new clip posted by a fan seemingly dedicated to creating next-generation Switch concepts. While there are a few clues to show that this is not the real deal, it has still impressed some because of its fluidity and overall design. Nintendo has yet to confirm any physical details about a Switch 2 or NG Switch console.

Lenovo has yet to unleash the latest version of its compact Android gaming tablet on the market. Nevertheless, the OEM has chosen to show off its most unique hardware feature in advance of this event. The Legion Y700 2023 will have not one, but two, USB-C ports, so that its owner can use connect peripherals to and charge the device at the same time.

RedMagic has invited its fans who live outside China to join the "Winners' Circle" with the 8S Pro. It is touted as the ultimate form of the OEM's Android gaming flagship smartphone with the "strongest" version of the top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC to drive its "most advanced" 6.8-inch, 93.7% screen-to-body ratio AMOLED display. However, not all of its most ground-breaking specs have found their way to new markets.

The TCL C11G Pro TV has arrived in China. The new model follows the C11G, which launched earlier this year. The C11G Pro is a 4K Mini LED TV with up to 1,500 nits brightness and a 144 Hz refresh rate. Other features include integrated 2.1.2 channel speakers, Dolby Vision IQ and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.

The OnePlus 12's specifications have now leaked after a recent reveal of the device's renders. The OnePlus 12 will be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and is largely an iterative upgrade over the OnePlus 11. However, there are upgrades in terms of battery capacity, return of wireless charging, and a new camera setup with a 32 MP selfie shooter and a 64 MP 3x periscope telephoto lens.

There is speculation that the Tesla Cybertruck could end up being sold cheaper than what is expected due to a recent tweet made by Elon Musk. Price tags for the Cybertruck variants have been announced in the past but competitive price-cutting by rivals may shake things up before the angular truck finally becomes widely available.

The new Thunderobot MIX mini PCs will launch later this week with up to an i9 Raptor Lake-HX and an RTX 4060 GPU. Exact specs will be released on July 21, and the starting price is set to be around US$840.

It is now ~US$100 cheaper than the Intel i5-13600K, while the non-X 7600 is US20 more expensive, as well. This deal is even better when we factor in the included Starfield game code.

As revealed by the code of a recently released Alpha test build, MIUI 15 will include two useful features. The first one is a more powerful and flexible clipboard, and the second will give the users a capability reserved to third-party apps so far, namely the ability to pump up the volume by 200%.

Best Buy is selling the 2022 ASUS Zenbook 14 with a Core i5-1240p CPU and a 14-inch OLED display for US$325.99 for an open-box unit. Best Buy claims that the laptop looks brand new and comes with all the usual parts/accessories. With an average rating of 4.3/5 stars from more than 500 reviews, the ASUS Zenbook 14 appears to be an excellent deal at the currently reduced price.

Tesla just added another V4 Supercharger advantage to the longer charging cable and more ergonomic parking lot placement. After teasing a V4 pile with what looked like a pay screen cutout and card payment terminal, now those Superchargers are installed at a station in Austria.