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Amazon has announced that its next Prime Day event will take place on July 12 and 13, reaching new countries, including Sweden and Poland. Many smart home devices will be part of the sale from brands such as iRobot, Ring and eero. Plus, Amazon Prime gaming is offering customers over 30 titles for free.

Anbernic has unveiled the RG353P in two colours. Launching for US$129.99, the Anbernic RG353P has a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, a Rockchip RK3566 and 2 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, among other features.

NOMVDIC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the X300 projector. The device can throw images measuring up to 100-in across with up to 350 ANSI lm brightness. Custom-built Harman Kardon speakers provide an immersive sound experience, and you can stream content to the gadget via a smart device.

The FCC has confirmed full technical specifications for the PocketBook Era, the company's latest eReader. The PocketBook Era will begin shipping next month with either 16 GB or 64 GB of storage, starting at US$199.99.

The Pixel 6a is still over a month from launching, but Evan Blass has got his hands on numerous promotional images. Pixel 6a pre-orders will open on July 21, two months after Google revealed the handset at I/O 2022.

Samsung has announced the launch date of the Galaxy F13 through Flipkart. The company has also confirmed that the Galaxy F13 will have mid-range specifications, including a 1080p display and a 6,000 mAh battery.

Spiders Games has opened up pre-orders for its upcoming Soulslike title Steelrising. The game borrows heavily from Bloodborne and is set in French Revolution-era Paris. It will be available to play on September 8.

Audio companies Dolby and Dirac have partnered on an in-car vehicle experience. Dirac algorithms optimize the sound for the speaker and vehicle layouts, while Dolby Atmos brings 3D audio. The technology will be used first in the NIO ET7, which will be available in Europe later this year.

Three new Bluetooth home speakers have been unveiled by Marshall: Acton III, Stanmore III and Woburn III. The devices have an improved soundstage with tools to optimize the output automatically. Each gadget in the range has a different size and speaker system, with the largest, Woburn III, delivering up to 100.5 dB at 1 m (~3.3 ft).

Months before the pair's anticipated launch, colour options have leaked for the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro. While the Galaxy Watch5 Pro is expected to arrive with a titanium build, there will be two Galaxy Watch5 sizes, referred to internally as Heart_Small and Heart_Large.

Garmin is rolling out system software 8.37 to the Epix 2, a smartwatch series introduced in January. System software 8.37 brings some new features to the Epix 2 series, but Garmin has focussed on addressing various bugs, including an inability to remove Connect IQ apps via a paired smartphone.

Two FCC certifications suggest that Garmin is close to releasing Venu SQ and Venu SQ Music successors. While the pair will feature 205 mAh batteries, only the Venu SQ 2 Music will feature Wi-Fi connectivity.

Xiaomi sub-brand Poco has now confirmed the official launch date of its next smartphone, the Poco F4. The Poco F4 will be joined by the Poco X4 GT at the launch event, with that phone expected to be a rebranded Redmi Note 11T Pro for the global market.

YouTuber Enfant Terrible has harnessed the power of Unreal Engine 5 to envision what Bloodborne 2 could look like. The concept trailer perfectly encapsulates the Victorian-era aesthetic of Yharnam and other locations which could be featured in the game.

The smart/electric car conglomerate Geely has now acquired a major share in the OEM Meizu, thus cementing rumors that the owner of Volvo, Polestar and other brands has an interest in smartphones as well. The merger may prove a lifeline for Meizu, which has fallen far behind others such as Xiaomi and OPPO as of late.

Some more Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra fan-made concept renderings, including a video clip, have been produced by the same creator who recently featured the expected flagship smartphone dressed in white. This time around, the Galaxy S23 Ultra gets to glitter in gold with its curved display, but the reintroduction of a camera bump isn’t as golden as the overall look.

Xiaomi has unveiled the POCO C40 outside Vietnam, where it will go on sale tomorrow. The POCO C40 relies on an 11 nm SoC from JLQ Technology, plus a 6,000 mAh battery with up to 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. Xiaomi ships the POCO C40 with Android 11 and a low wattage charger, though.

Samsung has announced that its new Wallet app has been set up to replace and subsume its existing Pass and Pay apps. The merge should offer a user a kind of one-stop-shop for their travel cards, some IDs and records as well as their payment methods and cryptos. Its roll-out has started in South Korea, although it is also expected to hit markets such as the US and Germany soon thereafter.

@OnLeaks has shared more details about the Motorola Razr 3, a foldable smartphone expected to rely on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset. Reputedly, Motorola will price the Razr 3 more competitively than the Razr 5G, but not by enough of a margin to be price competitive against Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3.

Vivo has already launched vanilla and Pro variants of the X80 series in 2022. Now, the latest leaks suggest the brand has been keeping its best specs in reserve for an impending Pro Plus SKU. They include more high-res cameras - including a possibly brand-new one from Samsung - and the new top-end Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor.

The AUN ET50S projector is now available via AliExpress. The gadget has a 1.3:1 throw ratio for images up to 150-in wide. An LED light source generates an HD image with up to 6,000 ANSI lm brightness. Android 9 OS is used in the device, and you can connect to it via Apple AirPlay and other screen casting methods.

XPeng is preparing to line up major highways with the company's groundbreaking 480kW chargers that can top up its electric vehicles to 80% in just 12 minutes. The electric carmaker's CEO is now predicting that the 'disruptive' fast charging technology will increase electric vehicle uptake significantly, as families will no longer have to maintain two cars.

WekiHome has shared the first teardown video of the Sony Xperia 1 IV. Thankfully, Sony continues to make its Xperia 1 series smartphones repairable, even if it glues down the large 5,000 mAh battery in the Xperia 1 IV.

Some Nvidia and AMD graphics cards can now be purchased at below MSRP on Newegg. The average prices for many used cards has gone down on eBay as well, according to research done by Tom's Hardware.

Garmin is issuing software version 8.37 for the Fenix 7 series. Rolling out gradually to smartwatches globally, software version 8.37 contains various changes, including several bug fixes.

Samsung has begun rolling out the June 2022 security patch to the Galaxy Watch4 series. Available as R8xxFXXU1FVE1, the update should be available globally through the Galaxy Wearable app or on your Galaxy Watch4 or Galaxy Watch4 Classic itself.

It seems that the Amazfit Band 7 is on the cards, potentially alongside the GTR 4 series. According to early leaks, the Amazfit Band 7 will look like the Redmi Smart Band Pro, albeit with a larger battery than Xiaomi's fitness tracker and even GPS support.

Even though the single-core gains are modest, the M2 still beats the M1 Pro and the i7-12800H. On the multi-core side, the M2 is 16% faster than the M1, but what really impresses is the 67% improvement in the graphics department.

Kia has announced that it will showcase the EV6 GT all-electric vehicle later this month at the Goodwood Festival of speed. The car has 577 bhp, a top speed of 162 mph (~260 kph) and can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (~100 kph) in 3.5 seconds. You currently can pre-order the car in the UK with deliveries starting this December.

The SwitchBot Lock has been revealed, enabling you to turn your regular locks into smart locks. There are multiple ways to unlock the gadget, including via an app, voice commands, an NFC tag or your fingerprint; some additional SwitchBot products are required to access all unlocking methods. The battery-powered device will go on sale on June 20th for US$99.99.

Confusion about Stage Manager continues to grow as people dig into the first iPadOS 16 beta. While Apple claims it was unhappy with Stage Manager performance on anything other than Apple M1 hardware, it has left a toggle to enable the feature on older iPads. It turns out that the entry-level iPad Air 5 does not meet the requirements to run Stage Manager though, despite officially supporting the multitasking feature.

MECOOL has started selling the KP1, a 1080p projector that can create up to 240-inch images. Sold with the MECOOL KD5 streaming stick, the MECOOL KP1 runs Android 11 on Android TV with access to the Google Play Store.

According to new reports, Apple is preparing to release a larger iPad without two major display features that it offers with the current iPad Pro 12.9. Instead, the 14.1-inch iPad would appear to be more like a larger iPad Air than a third iPad Pro.

Seemingly, Xiaomi is preparing to release its next-generation flagship smartphone series less than a year after the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro debuted. Expected to be the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro, Xiaomi has already started testing the pair internally.

Xiaomi is crowdfunding via its mall platform in China for the Mijia Sleeping Wake-up Light. The gadget can help get you to sleep and wake you up naturally using light and sound. The gadget has 198 LEDs, delivering a light temperature range of 1800 to 4000 K. You can control the device using built-in buttons or the Mijia app.

The chief engineer of the bZ4X, Daisuke Ido, has revived rumors that Toyota could release a GR Sport performance version of the electric SUV. The company showed a bZ4X GR Sport concept earlier this year; now, Ido suggests that the company is discussing a production model. The standard bZ4X launched in the UK earlier this month with a 150 kW drivetrain.

While the outrageous delivery times for a new Tesla are getting shorter, the prices of its cars across the board are getting higher. Tesla just did another round of price increases, ranging from US$2,000 for the Model Y Performance version, to the whopping $6,000 more for the Long Range Model X.

Sony is planning to launch an entirely new PS5 Pro controller for professional gamers. It will include hot-swappable thumbsticks, D-pads, trigger stops and paddles. The controller could be unveiled later this month.

Samsung might not launch the Galaxy S22 FE this year. Sammobile has heard from its sources that the smartphone has been shelved, debunking earlier rumours about it running a Dimensity 9000 SoC.

The fully-loaded configuration comes with 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 512 GB of PCIe4 x4 storage, and the newest Intel 12th gen Core P-series CPU to be satisfy even most multimedia power users.

As a successor to the affordable and therefore very popular X90J, Sony's brand-new Bravia X90K unfortunately features one noticeable downgrade which results in worse picture quality in some scenes, even though the 4K HDR TV can get quite a bit brighter than last year's model.

The Core i7-1260P is about 20 percent faster than the Core i7-1255U, but it also consumes about 20 percent more power in the process. More significant gains can be observed in terms of graphics performance as the integrated Iris Xe benefits more from the higher power envelope and faster DDR5 RAM.

Amazfit has just officially announced the Bip 3 series as its latest new wearables. The 3 and 3 Pro have very similar specs, which include a 1.69-inch display, blood-oxygen measurements, 14 days of estimated battery life and ~60 workout modes. Then again, the Pro is the only one with GPS.

Sennheiser has offered a few hints about the Momentum 4 Wireless, a successor to the ageing Momentum 3 Wireless. The Momentum 4 Wireless will be available from August 2022 with up to 60 hours of battery life and 42 mm drivers. Sennheiser has overhauled the design of its premium headphones too, among other changes.

DJI has introduced the RS 3 series and the Transmission, a video transmitter that will begin shipping in September. In comparison, the RS 3 and RS 3 Pro will be available within the next few weeks, with the RS 3 set to arrive before the RS 3 Pro.

Today, Microsoft has stopped providing support for its once-dominant web browser. However, this is not surprising since the 27-year-old Internet Explorer has been in control of less than one percent of the browser market for a while and its replacement, namely Microsoft Edge, has been around for 7 years already.

LG needs to get used to the idea that it is not the sole OLED panel manufacturer, but this is good news for end users. This year's LG OLED TV models feature lower prices thanks to Samsung's new QD-OLED competition. Prices could continue to fall by next year when BOE is expected to launch its own OLED panels.

According to a renowned Apple analyst, Apple could be planning to release M2 and M2 Pro-powered versions of a 15-inch MacBook Air. The larger version of the new MacBook Air is not expected to arrive until April 2023 at the earliest, though.

Samsung has finally updated its most current rugged smartphone, the Galaxy XCover 5, to Android 12. Its new firmware confers One UI 4.1 on the 2021 device, its new Material You-inspired system color-schemes included. The new major software upgrade is also rated to improve security on the XCover 5.

Only the mobile-grade CPU and dGPU have been revealed thus far, and the pictures provided with the teaser also point to a 27-inch screen. The port selection also features a USB-C connector that could be Thunderbolt4-compatible.