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The FCC has shared initial details about the Roborock Q10 Ultra, a likely successor to last year's Roborock Q7 series. Design and features are unknown for the time being, but the FCC has revealed that there could be two Roborock Q10 Ultra models in the pipeline.

Samsung's latest Galaxy S23-series flagship Android smartphones have been released to pre-order in India via several channels, Amazon included. They start at ~US$970 on that site, rising to at least ~US$1,515 for the top-end Ultra option. Then again, for those who would be content with their 2022 counterparts, they are now available at discounts of up to 38% right now.

The large, 16-inch business laptop in our test offers a fast AMD APU, while still remaining cool and quiet. Despite its smaller battery option and high-resolution WQXGA display, it has a long battery life. On the other hand, you have to make do without USB 4 and all of the LPDDR5-6400 RAM is soldered in.

Dell's most affordable Quantum-Dot OLED gaming monitor comes with a 165Hz refresh rate and has now gone on sale at the company's official online store, where the Alienware AW3423DWF can be ordered for US$990 by using a certain coupon code.

With its high HDR brightness and incredible contrast ratio, the 65-inch Hisense U8H Mini LED TV is arguably one of the very best bang-for-the-buck choices in the sub-US$1,000 television segment.

Honor will unleash its Magic5 line of devices as potential Samsung Galaxy S23 series rivals at MWC 2023. The OEM has yet to hint at the flagship Android smartphones' specs in detail - however, the Chinese regulator 3C has reportedly done some of this work already, spoiling their charging upgrades year-on-year - or lack thereof, that is.

Details of the Samsung Galaxy S23 and S23+ camera hardware have now been revealed following the flagship series' debut last week. While the two phones fail to get new main cameras, two of their four snappers do get upgrades, with the most notable seemingly being the selfie camera.

The big Supercharger queues formed by owners who found their Teslas' range drop by up to 40% in the cold snap raise a call for a dedicated Supercharger queue system. Tesla makes some of the most energy-efficient electric cars in terms of cold weather battery consumption increase, yet little could prepare owners for the Arctic blast temperature and consequential range drops that formed in the last few days.

Now down below the US$900 threshold thanks to a generous 22% Amazon discount, the MSI Katana GF66 gaming laptop is a deal worth checking out. This 15.6-inch machine comes with Intel Core i7-12650H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics, 16 GB memory, 512 GB SSD, and runs Windows 11 Home out of the box.

A Chiphell user pitted Nvidia's upcoming AD106 GPU against the last-gen GA104 and TU104. While the Ada Lovelace silicon easily outperformed its Turning-based counterpart, the same can't be said for Ampere.

The Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted being driven around the roads of California. The futuristic-looking vehicle appeared in some still images and in a short video clip. One of the most noticeable changes of this current variant of the Tesla Cybertruck was the shape of the side-view mirrors, which now match the angular design of the electric vehicle (EV).

AMD has made a good showing in the January 2023 Steam hardware and software survey in regard to PC processor usage by manufacturer. Strong sales for Zen 3 parts, especially the ever-popular Ryzen 7 5800X3D, have likely helped Team Red take another small bite out of Intel’s majority share. This new result has halted a potential Windows usage share slump for AMD.

The Pad 2 - widely suspected to be OPPO's version of the OnePlus Pad - has been all but proven to exist through its appearance by name in a new leak. This database listing might confirm that the Pad 2 will connect to Bluetooth using MediaTek silicon - however, the exact identity of its Dimensity-series SoC still remains somewhat of a mystery.

The high price of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card doesn’t seem to have put gamers completely off making a purchase. The powerful board from Team Green is the second-highest monthly mover in Steam’s hardware survey for January 2023. While the RTX 4090 soars, an SKU from the AMD Radeon RX 7000 series has yet to make an appearance.

Huawei's upcoming P60 series of premium smartphones is expected to land with rear camera upgrades that might bring them closer to the top-end Mate 50 series than their P50 predecessors. Now, these shooters are now also projected to come in with a camera hump update as well. There is also talk of new and faster charging in this generation.

Oppo has unveiled the Reno8 T and Reno8 T 5G, the sole members of the Reno8 T series. Despite having similar names, the pair share barely any components, other than a few cameras. Both are firmly mid-range smartphones, though.

The Vivo X90 Pro Plus may offer sparkling camera hardware on paper, with a 50 MP and 1-inch primary camera, as well as two high-resolution telephoto sensors. However, camera analysis reveals that the Vivo X90 Pro Plus does not have enough to topple the likes of the Huawei Mate 50 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max or even the iPhone 13 Pro.

Hisense now claims to have shipped the most units of any brand in the global TV market. These figures, which apply to the month of December 2022, have also apparently helped propel the brand to #2 in terms of market share over the past year. Hisense also attributes its success to its sponsorship of the recent FIFA World Cup event.

Meta has discounted the Quest Pro, the company's high-end alternative to the Quest 2. Originally available for US$1,499.99, the sale takes the Quest Pro to a slightly more palatable US$1,099.99. The VR headset is now also cheaper in the UK, but only by £200.

Fairphone is now rolling out the first significant OS update to the Fairphone 4. The company hopes to deliver Android 13 in a more timely manner too, although not all regions are eligible for the Android 12 update yet.

Acer has introduced the Swift Go 14 and Swift Go 16, a pair of lightweight laptops that are available with AMD Ryzen 7000 or Intel Raptor Lake series processors. Acer also offers both machines with 16:10 OLED displays that operate at 90 Hz or 120 Hz, depending on the model.

The 13 Ultra is expected to launch as Xiaomi's next top-end Android phablet soon. Now, its latest leak purports to spill more details on its rear camera thought to debut as the latest 50MP 1-inch monster from its series. These two cutting-edge specs are now also thought to be joined by a third, although its selfie counterpart may fail to improve compared to that of the current 13 Pro flagship.

After cutting its price by the whopping 31% with federal subsidies, Tesla is now slowly raising the Model Y LR tag back up. The Treasury Department reclassified the 5-seater as an SUV for tax credit purposes on Friday, and Tesla immediately raised its price by another US$1500.

Released at the end of March 2022 alongside the 32-inch UltraSharp U3223QE as the first two monitors to feature LG's IPS Black technology which provides a contrast ratio of 2000:1, the Dell UltraSharp U2723QE is now available on Amazon for US$518.00. This is the result of a 34% discount on the US$779.99 list price.

Amazon, Best Buy and Sonos are currently offering the Sonos Arc soundbar for US$799 in the US. The 11% off deal is the biggest price cut seen at either retailer in 2023 and since the Black Friday sale event. The speaker can produce a 3D sound experience with Dolby Atmos, and you can control the device with Alexa or Google Assistant voice commands.

Anker has launched the 313 Charger (Ace, 45 W), which is compatible with the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, S23+ and S23 smartphones. The company claims that by using Super Fast Charging 2.0, you can fully recharge the S23 Ultra in under an hour. The compact device has folding pins and is 30% smaller than the original charger, thanks to GaN technology.

A hands-on image with an alleged Xperia 1 V has surfaced online. While the overall concept of the Xperia 1 series remains unchanged, with its elongated form factor, the leaked photo suggests that Sony has revamped its rear-facing camera offering for this year's Xperia 1 V.
Update: Hands-on image may have been faked.

The Sony Xperia 1 V is expected to debut in the coming months as Sony's main flagship phone for the year. A new leak, from an admittedly sketchy source, has now revealed important details of the phone, including significant camera upgrades as well as launch date info.

Adobe and Samsung have collaborated to bring Adobe Lightroom to the Galaxy S23 series. Available across the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the collaboration integrations Adobe Lightroom within the Expert RAW app and even allows you to synchronise images to your desktop via cloud storage.

Corsair's quick PCIe 4.0 SSD comes with a preinstalled heatsink, which makes the MP600 Pro LPX with 1TB a perfect fit for gamers who would like to upgrade the rather paltry internal storage of their PS5.

AMD's Frank Azor has promised new drivers for gamers with Radeon RX 6000 series (and older) hardware. The update is slated to arrive in two weeks and might not have anything for the current-gen Radeon RX 7000 SKUs, although AMD promises to return to a unified driver approach soon.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX scored 46,791 points in PassMark, outperforming the Core i9-12900HX (35,628) and Apple M2 Max (26,321). As a result, it currently sits on top of PassMark's charts, although it could soon change once the Ryzen 9 7945HX and Raptor Lake-HX processors appear.

Naughty Dog has confirmed The Last of Us Part 1 PC launch has been delayed by three weeks. Originally slated to hit the platform on March 3, the game will now be playable on March 28.

EarFun asserts that its latest TWS earbuds are the world's first audio products of their type with a "highly efficient" LE-Audio Bluetooth architecture. An up-to-date Qualcomm chip that confers aptX Adaptive and QuietSmart 2.0 Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation on the Air Pro 3s, which also support one of the latest audio codecs in order to aim for pronounced bass.

The Model Y 5-seater, as well as the Mustang Mach-E, Cadillac Lyriq, or Volkswagen ID.4, got reclassified as SUVs for the purpose of receiving the full US$7,500 new EV subsidy amount by the federal government. The Treasury said it has switched to the EPA's Fuel Economy Labeling standard in determining which models qualify for the tax credit.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is AMD’s next-generation Phoenix-HS APU featuring the company’s latest Zen 4 CPU cores and an RDNA 3 iGPU in the form of a Radeon 780M. Rumors had it that the Radeon 780M would be slightly faster, if not equal, than the Radeon 680M. The latest performance showcase from Bilibili makes the Radeon 780M appear measurably ahead of its predecessor.

Valve has released a major Steam Client Update for Windows. While the changelog is relatively long, the main change is a new Big Picture Mode. The ageing UI has finally made way for the Steam Deck UI, which contains several Windows-specific changes.

MagSafe may be a technology that Apple markets, but manufacturers can take advantage of it, even before Qi2 wireless charging replaces existing Qi charging. For example, Spigen has made a MagSafe-compatible case for the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Samsung's latest premier smartphone.

The OnePlus Pad has been officially teased and confirmed to launch globally on February 7 alongside the OnePlus 11, OnePlus Keyboard, and OnePlus Buds Pro 2. Ahead of that date, however, leaks have now revealed important details of the tablet, one which is expected to debut in China as the OPPO Pad 2 later on.

ASUS has upgraded the Vivobook Go series to AMD Ryzen 7000 Mendocino APUs, which should offer considerable performance upgrades over their Intel Jasper Lake-powered predecessors. ASUS even offers a 1080p OLED panel on the larger 15-inch edition.

PBKreviews has disassembled the Razer Edge, a new entry in the Android gaming handheld space. Seemingly, the Razer Edge has more in common with a modern smartphone than other gaming handhelds, with no active cooling and a complex display replacement.

Sony has released a new update for some of the circa 32 million PlayStation 5 consoles it has sold to date. Rolling out on Sony's beta program, firmware update 7.00 bring long-awaited HDMI VRR support at 1440p, as well as Discord integration and improved ease-of-use functionality.

Tecno is now believed to launch a device called the Vision V Fold in under a month from now (February 3, 2023). As the name suggests, it is projected to debut as a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 rival, with a very similar design to boot. Then again, it may come with even more cameras than most flexible-display flagships.

The Ace 2 is already slated to launch as OnePlus' first ever Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1/5,000mAh battery/100W charging smartphone. Not content with that, however, the brand has just previewed the new SuperVOOC S chip to debut as part of its upcoming flagship-alternative Android device. It is backed to become the "strongest power management" solution on its impending launch.

Moore's Law Is Dead leaks AD106 and AD107 die shots complete with size and starting price estimates. The new chips appear to be significantly smaller than their previous gen counterparts, but this is to be expected from GPUs produced on TSMC's N4 nodes. Price points seem a bit too high, however.

The iPhone 15 series is thought to go Ultra for the first time in 2023, in a way that may or may not replace the current Pro Max top-end option. The new type of Apple flagship is also projected to debut with periscope zoom lenses; however, if there are those looking forward to an iPhone 16 Pro with the same spec, they can apparently forget it. Keeping the feature exclusive to the "16 Ultra" is predicted to make suppliers as unhappy as consumers through to 2024.

The Redmi Smart Band 2 has launched in Europe and is now available in the UK, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy. Plus, you can get 14% off the wearable in many of these countries. The thin gadget has a 1.47-in (~37 mm) display and can last for 14 days with typical use.

An Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the ADO Air ultra-light folding e-bike will soon launch. The bicycle can fold in half and weighs only 16 kg (~35.2 lbs). A 36 V battery provides up to 100 km (~62 miles) range on a single charge, and a 37 Nm motor powers the bike. Other features of the Air include an integrated IPS display and an app for remote controls.

Lenovo sells its ThinkPad P16 mobile workstation with a range of options, including the graphics chips. The RTX A2000 from Nvidia is one of them - but hardly worth it.

Vivo has brought the X90 and X90 Pro to Europe, nearly three months after their debut in China. While both rely on MediaTek Dimensity 9200 chipsets and 120 Hz AMOLED displays, the X90 Pro has better cameras and has a nominally larger battery, among other differences.