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Lenovo has finally released the ThinkBook Plus G3 in Europe, where it starts at €1,823. Equipped with a 21:10 display and a secondary panel for writing, the ThinkBook Plus G3 also contains an Intel Core i7-12700H processor and LPDDR5 RAM.

Realme is now selling the Watch 3 in Europe, a budget smartwatch with a 1.8-inch display. Available in its grey colourway, the Realme Watch 3 offers 24/7 heart rate and blood oxygen level monitoring, along with over 100 watch faces and exercise modes.

According to new leaks, Xiaomi is on the verge of releasing a successor to the Xiaomi CIVI. Predictably called the Xiaomi CIVI 2, the upcoming smartphone may also receive a global release, unlike its predecessor. However, Xiaomi may keep the CIVI brand a Chinese exclusive, with the CIVI 2 arriving globally under a different name, like the Xiaomi 12 Lite 5G NE or Xiaomi 13 Lite.

NVIDIA is dropping hints about what it will unveil at its #ProjectBeyond showcase. Based on a few teasers, it seems that NVIDIA is keen to tell its fans about its Lovelace architecture, as well as its flagship AD102 GPU.

At first glance, the Camon 19 Pro Mondrian Edition gives the impression that Tecno has made a white smartphone finished with stark black lines that form an artful pattern of squares on its back. However, the OEM asserts that exposing this rear panel to light turns its colors up in a way that lives up to its new name. The new 19 Pro special edition will become available via Amazon.in soon.

The Vwar GT4 smartwatch is now available globally via AliExpress with a larger 1.91-in (~48 mm) screen. It can be connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth, allowing you to receive calls on the wearable. Health-related features on the device are listed as blood pressure, heart rate and SpO2 monitors.

The COLMI P8 GT smartwatch is now available via AliExpress. The device is listed as having SpO2 and heart rate monitors, as well as sleep health tracking and Bluetooth calling functionality. The wearable has a 1.69-in touchscreen and weighs 51 g (~1.8 oz), including the silicone strap.

1MORE touts its latest audio product as a world first, thanks to its combination of active noise cancellation and "LDAC Hi-Res Audio" in a wireless over-ear build. The SonoFlow headphones are rated for up to 70 hours of battery life (with their QuietMax noise-isolating mode turned off) and have debuted with early-bird and discount offers via platforms such as Amazon.

Blinkit, an Indian startup that delivers groceries, has now entered the electronic retail market. In select Mumbai/Delhi PIN codes, one can get a shiny new iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max delivered in under ten minutes.

Honor has just unleashed a competitor into the budget 5G Android smartphone market with the X40; now, OPPO has sent the latest addition to its 2022 K10 series to challenge it. The two devices start at the same price with similar battery capacities and display refresh rates; however, one's advantages might outweigh those of the other for some consumers.

Intel Fellow Tom Petersen revealed in a HotHardware Q&A session that the Arc A770 flagship desktop GPU can be overclocked from 2.1 to 2.7 GHz on air with relative ease, and AIB partner custom models could get an even higher OC potential. The more powerful spec only required 3 more W over the default 225 W TBP.

Sony's Xperia 10 IV belongs to a rare breed of smartphones: At just 6 inches, the mid-range device is quite small by today's standards. In particular, the AMOLED Android smartphone shines in terms of battery life.

Vivo has just registered a new product with the Chinese authority TENAA that, as is abundantly clear by the look of it, is the anticipated late-2022 refresh of the OEM's first-gen X Fold flagship smartphone. Its most valid leak to date might have uncovered one of the 'new' top-end Android foldable's most marketable upgrades already.

A new leak from Weibo's Digital Chat Station says that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will be launched in two versions, one with its prime core clocked between 3.4-3.5 GHz. A faster GPU is included as well, but power-efficiency could be an issue at lower frequencies.

The Zenfone 9 leaves a positive impression in our test. In addition to a high performance and very attractive gimbal technology, the Asus smartphone includes extensive equipment such as a low-noise 3.5mm audio port. On the other hand, there is still room for improvement in the update support.

A quite capable AMD configuration of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 is currently on sale with a decent discount of almost US$500, which is why this deal constitutes a good opportunity to pick up one of the most-admired business laptops on the market.

Apple may have introduced the Watch Series 8 and Watch Ultra with its Apple S8 SoC, but a higher chipset number is no guarantee of any significant improvements. Instead, it turns out that the Apple S8, Apple S7 and Apple S6 are identical with no CPU or GPU improvements between generations.

Honor has introduced the X40 5G in its home market. Equipped with a 120 Hz AMOLED display, the Honor X40 5G also features a 5,100 mAh battery, a Snapdragon 695 chipset and up to 12 GB of RAM. Honor has decided to offer the X40 5G in four memory configurations and in four colours, too.

Radxa has introduced the ROCK 4 SE, a single-board computer (SBC) that drops the 'Pi' from its model name. Still designed as a Raspberry Pi competitor, the ROCK 4 SE relies on a Rockchip RK3399-T chipset and is orderable for £73.34, including VAT.

Xiaomi is now selling the POCO M5 and POCO M5s in the Eurozone. While the pair sound like similar devices, the POCO M5 and POCO M5s look rather different and do not share many components either. The POCO M5 and POCO M5s are both available with introductory discounts, though.

Samsung has started rolling out another update to the Galaxy Watch5 series, the second since their introduction last month. Released for all versions of the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro, the update improves GPS stability, among other changes.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max has received its first teardown video, highlighting some of the internal changes that Apple has made from last year. Not only has this year's Pro Max gained a larger rear-facing camera setup, but it has also gained a superior cooling system, among other things.

The OneOdio Monitor 60s have been announced at a price of well under US$100; nevertheless, the OEM asserts that they are ideal for work such as DJing and even recording songs. They have a "professional monitor" build with faux-leather "memory" ear-cushions for noise isolation and comfort, and is compatible with the 1/4-inch and 3.5mm interfaces.

According to new reports, the Galaxy S23 could be somewhat of a disappointment for fans of ever-shrinking bezels. While many Android OEMs continue their gradual moves towards releasing a smartphone with no display bezels whatsoever, a reliable leaker claims the opposite will be true with the Galaxy S23, which may look a bit chunkier than the current Galaxy S22.

Honor has just debuted the MagicBook V 14 2022 laptop in accordance with its Autumn Product Event teasers directed at its native Chinese market. However, it has landed alongside much less expected new MagicBook X-series PCs. They pack the same Alder Lake platforms that drives a 2.2K display in the new 14 2022 model.

Sony has confirmed that Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves will be playable via Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 19. It is up for pre-order now on both platforms for US$49.99/€49.99. The game's PC system requirements have also been revealed.

OPPO is projected to launch a Find X6 as well as an X6 Pro as flagships for its 2023 Android smartphone line-up that may or may not also act as templates of a sort for the OnePlus 11 and 11 Pro. Now, various Weibo leaks purport to spill display resolution specs for both of these variants, not to mention the silicon that will drive these potentially upgraded panels.

Xiaomi has started selling the Redmi Gaming Monitor G24 in China, where it sells for a particularly affordable price. Equipped with a 23.8-inch panel, the Redmi Gaming Monitor G24 operates natively at 1080p with a 165 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms response times (MPRT).

Apple has issued two software updates that build on the new iOS 16.0. While the company has released iOS 16.0.1 publicly for the iPhone 14 series, it has also seeded iOS 16.1 beta 1 to developers. With iOS 16.0.1 aimed at squashing bugs, iOS 16.1 contains a few features that did not ship with iOS 16.0.

According to reports, Xiaomi has decided to sell the Redmi A1 in Europe, having already presented the device in India. Equipped with a MediaTek Helio A22 chipset and 2 GB of RAM, the Redmi A1 runs stock Android 12, not MIUI 13. The Redmi A1 appears to cost less in Europe than in India too.

Tesla is pausing its plans for Giga Berlin battery production expansion as Biden's Inflation Reduction Act subsidies require cells made in America. Three of Tesla's other 4680 battery suppliers will be ready with production boost next year, too.

The new E6-A, S7-A and X280-A RISC-V-based processors will be utilized by car component manufacturers like Renesas and Siemens to power safety-critical compute applications along with sensor arrays, AI-assisted driving systems and IC components used by HUDs or electrification pathways.

With the recently completed Ethereum PoS merge, the coin would effectively become unmineable via GPUs some time in 2023. However, an immediate GPU dump is unlikely, as new PoW alternatives including Ethereum Classic or the newly-created EthereumPOW hard fork still see considerable support from certain large GPU mining players.

The Garmin Forerunner 735XT is currently discounted as part of the company’s birthday sale. The running smartwatch is available in the US with a US$200 discount, selling for US$139.99. Features of the device include a wrist-based heart rate monitor and support for Strava Live Segments.

The Mibro T1 smartwatch has been unveiled and will launch on September 26. The device has a 1.6-in (~41 mm) display and Bluetooth calling functionality, as well as reported heart rate and SpO2 monitors. According to Mibro, the wearable can last up to 45 days in standby mode or seven days with typical use.

'I believe we can own the future of the automobile market,' said President Biden in a speech during an EV-heavy Detroit auto show. There, he announced the disbursement of the first government subsidy tranche for a nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure buildout.

Information regarding the Intel Raptor Lake processors has been steadily leaking out over the past months. We have now seen the Core i9-13900K, the Core i7-13700KF, and the Core i5-13600K visit Geekbench for valid single-core and multi-core tests. This time a Core i5-13600KF has appeared on Geekbench giving us our first look at the chip’s alleged performance profile.

While phones like the Sharp Aquos R7 and Xperia Pro-I already launched with 1-inch (or 1-inch type) camera sensors, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra was the first the utilize it properly and receive the adequate media attention. The list of phones with such a sensor is set to lengthen next year, too, it appears with the Xiaomi 13 Pro tipped to be joined by phones from OPPO, Vivo, and Honor

Gigabyte's powerful RTX 3070 Ti-powered gaming laptop is not just good for playing the latest games, it is also designed for content creators who can take full advantage of the Aero 5's colorful 15.6-inch AMOLED display with Pantone certification.

Nvidia has teased the date and time for its Project Beyond event. It will be live streamed on September 20 at 08:00 PDT. One can expect to see the new GeForce RTX 4000 series of graphics cards, a new version of DLSS, and some GeForce Now related news.

GoPro has unveiled the Hero 11 Black, an action camera that it also available as the Hero 11 Black Creator Edition. Available to order now, the Hero 11 Black has GoPro's latest 27 MP camera sensor, plus a 1,720 mAh battery but the same GoPro GP2 processor as its predecessor. The Hero 11 Black starts at US$399.98 or US$579.98 for GoPro subscribers if you opt for the Creator Edition.

GoPro has unveiled the Hero 11 Black Mini globally, its first delve into a new form factor since the Hero Max. Equipped with more or less the same internals as the Hero 11 Black and the Hero 11 Black Creator Edition, the Hero 11 Black Mini is the most compact of the trio and is closer to the DJI Action 2's footprint, which has now been superseded by the Osmo Action 3.

5G is touted as capable of delivering multi-gigabit per second (Gb/s) downloads; however, some proponents of its next generation assert that it will scale mobile data speeds up to terabit (Tb) speeds. LG purports to have gotten even closer to this kind of future with the latest demo of what is known as "6G THz (or terahertz) data" at Berlin's Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI). Furthermore, the partners assert that it has worked over the longest distance outdoors recorded to date.

Released earlier today, the major update that brings War Thunder to version 2.19 includes Chinese helicopters, improved visual effects, scout and strike UAVs, as well as quite a few other pieces of military hardware. The "Drone Age" update also sports new locations and multiple minor tweaks and fixes.

Noctua has partnered with MiTo to produce a keycap set intended to match perfectly with the Austrian OEM's most iconic fans and coolers in their signature livery. It is compatible with Cherry MX and MX-alike switches and made of double-shot ABS in MiTo's MT3 shape. It is available to order through Drop from now.

DJI has beaten GoPro to the punch by unveiling the Osmo Action 3, which arrives just ahead of the Hero 11 Black and the Hero 11 Black Mini. Eschewing last year's modular design, the Osmo Action 3 has an additional front-facing touchscreen display, as well as superior image stabilisation and long battery life than the Action 2, among other changes.

ESR has announced the launch of new MagSafe-compatible HaloLock and clear cases made for the new iPhone 14 series. This generation upgrades to Camera Guard, a feature designed to protect those pronounced Apple camera-humps that also flips out to become a kickstand. The OEM has also premiered its new Krystec technology for enhanced resistance to discoloration in this series.

Industry insider Kopite7kimi has confirmed key specs of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. It will be offered in 12 GB and 16 GB flavours and feature varying CUDA core counts, memory modules and GPUs.

GPD has previewed the Win 4, a 6-inch gaming handheld that will be available with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and Radeon 680M iGPU. Also onboard is LPDDR5 RAM, up to 2 TB of PCIe storage and USB 4 connectivity that supports eGPUs.

The Bluetti EB3A power station is now available in Europe, launching in the US earlier this year. The device has eight outlets, including a 100 W USB-C port and wireless charging pad. The company claims the gadget has ‘super fast recharging’, reaching 80% in 30 minutes.