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Motorola is linked to a number of upcoming smartphones with code-names such as Hawaii or Dubai in 2022. Now, one of them is slated to emerge as the next generation of the Edge line. The latest tips point to a pOLED display, a generous battery, a 32MP selfie camera and a main rear camera with OIS.

The Nothing Phone (1) may remain elusive, but TechDroider has shared details about the smartphone's display. The leaker has also offered up a concept render, highlighting the similarities that the Nothing Phone (1) will share with many other mid-range smartphones.

The Apple Mac Mini is thought to get an upgraded model in 2022. Now, according to some new pages on a well-known online retail site, it may get more than one this year, in fact. They may differ in terms of new M-series processors, and also, should the vendor have gotten this right, form factor.

Seasonic has revealed possible details about the top three graphics cards in AMD's Radeon RX 7000 product stack. All due later this year, the trio could match their predecessor's power requirements and without resorting to the new 16-pin power connector.

Dozens of Xiaomi models are guaranteed to receive the Android 13 update starting later this year when the company begins its rollout. On the other hand, some popular devices from the company look set to miss out, including the Mi 10T and Redmi Note 9 series in their entirety.

Serial leaker Tom from the Moore's Law is Dead YouTube channel has posted a ton of new information relating to Intel's 13th gen Raptor Lake as well the 14th gen Meteor Lake and 15h gen Arrow Lake. According to the leaker, we can expect Raptor Lake desktop CPUs to drop sometime in Q4 2022 with mobile chips releasing earlier than desktop SKUs.

It seems that Xiaomi is on the verge of announcing the POCO F4, a global version of the Redmi K40S. While the POCO F4 and Redmi K40S will share many features, Xiaomi has equipped the former with a higher megapixel camera than the latter.

According to new reports, the next-generation pair of AirPods Pro will not feature substantial design changes. Purportedly, Apple will return to its much-loved stem design language, while swapping out IR sensors for skin-detect sensors from the AirPods 3. Apple Lossless support is also expected to make an appearance on the AirPods Pro 2, which Apple is rumoured to launch in the autumn.

OPPO has announced the Reno8 Lite as its latest Android smartphone available to the Spanish market. It has a 6.43-inch AMOLED display (albeit one with a standard 60Hz refresh rate) and 5G (thanks to an entry-level Qualcomm processor). One might thus wonder why the OEM did not debut this budget model of its new mid-range series in other markets, but there is a good reason for that.

Developer Dario Samo recently announced RT64, a plugin for N64 emulators which enables a host of ray-tracing features. In a video on Twitter, Dario showed off RT64 in action across a range of N64 classics, including Ocarina of Time and Paper Mario.

The New York State Senate and Assembly have approved the motion to sign the Digital Fair Repair Act into law. The bill is intended to oblige OEMs to make it easier for users to restore their personal devices on their own within the state. Its new law is now viewed as a watershed moment for right to repair throughout the rest of the United States.

Satechi has launched the USB-C Slim Dock for 24-in iMacs. The dock features a built-in NVMe SATA NGFF enclosure compatible with M.2 SSD. Also included are multiple ports, such as USB-C and USB-A ports, capable of data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps; however, these cannot be used for charging.

IKEA will release a wireless charging shelf accessory shortly for its SYMFONISK Shelf Wi-Fi speaker. The adapter will enable you to charge smartphones and other Qi-compatible gadgets wirelessly, plus the device has an 18 W USB-C port. IKEA released the second-generation SYMFONISK Shelf Wi-Fi speaker earlier this year, built in partnership with Sonos.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 5G is one of the fastest Android tablets on the market with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, but it has more to offer than just performance. The S Pen also turns the 11-incher into a productive work station.

Insomniac Studios has confirmed that PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man Remastered will be coming to the PC on August 12 followed by Spider-Man: Miles Morales in Fall this year. Insomniac Games has partnered with Nixxes Software to optimize the PC ports to make use of mouse and keyboard input, adjustable graphics settings, and ray-traced reflections along with the possibility of Nvidia DLSS and/or Reflex. Sony expects its PC gaming business to grow to US$300 million by the next fiscal.

A Core i7 12700H CPU and a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU run all current computer games smoothly on a responsive 15.6-inch screen (QHD). The notebook also offers space for up to three storage devices and comes with a Thunderbolt 4 port.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 debuted last year with a massive US$1799 price tag. The company's foldable phones have typically come with a significant price premium but that may change in the future, with word on the grapevine claiming Samsung now has a mid-range foldable in the pipes—a Galaxy A Fold, if you would.

Clevo has taken the wraps off its newest barebones gaming laptop. Called the X270, the notebook packs an Intel Alder Lake H CPU and an Intel Arc GPU. Since Clevo designs laptops for OEMs like MSI, we can expect to see the machine hit store shelves under a different name relatively soon.

In a notable sale, Amazon currently offers premium renewed units of the beautiful Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 at a steep discount. With this enticing price-to-performance ratio, the previous generation of this 13.5-inch notebook might even be a better deal than its considerably more expensive predecessor.

The European Commission (EC) has long been linked with a move to make all OEMs use the same charging port (more than likely USB type-C) in all mobile devices intended for use within its jurisdiction. A decision to enforce this resolution is now said to arrive mere days from today (June 4, 2022). In a surprise twist, it is now also slated to apply to laptops as well as devices such as iPhones.

Qualcomm has announced that the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform it has implemented to help engineers and creators make next-gen metaverse-type environments and products is ready for use. The OEM offers a compatible dev-kit made of Lenovo/Motorola hardware with 8 Gen 1 and XR1 silicon.

Motorola is now said to add some more new members to the Moto G series of Android smartphones soon. One of them, the G42, has reportedly emerged ahead of its launch again, and in more detail this time. Then again, some of them sound like a device already on the market in 2022.

A noted Apple analyst has claimed that the 2022 MacBook Air is likely to come in fewer colors as has been previously rumored. For a while now, commenters have suggested the potential M2 MacBook Air would come in a choice of up to seven colors, but this has now been reduced to a selection of four with an iMac blue being one of the chosen few.

After confirming the ROG Phone 6 for a July 5 launch, Asus has now revealed some display specs of the gaming phone that grant it membership to a rather exclusive club currently only populated by Nubia's recent gaming phones.

The popular Ryzen Edition of Dell's 15-inch gaming laptop is one of the better choices for bargain hunters who would like to spend less than US$800 on their new budget machine. For 1080p gaming in particular, the base configuration of the Dell G15 is certainly worth a look considering its currently discounted sale price.

Sapphire has made the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon 6700 official. Based on the midrange Navi 22 GPU, the Sapphire AMD Radeon 6700 is a cut-down version of the RX 6700 XT with reduced base and boost frequencies, fewer Stream Processors, and less VRAM. The card is also less power-hungry than its bigger sibling.

'Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact,' quipped Tesla's CEO Elon Musk on its company's Weibo account. The CEO of XPeng, though, a main Tesla rival locally, says the industry is still in its infancy in China.

Due to the rather dire economic outlook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has apparently informed his executives that the Texas-based EV pioneer is about to take some notable cost-saving measures. If these are implemented, up to 10% of all Tesla employees worldwide may have to look for a new job.

Sony's new SRS-XE300 and SRS-XE200 wireless speakers are portable tower-style accessories not unlike many others in their market. However, their OEM asserts that they have an edge over this competition thanks to its new Line-Shape Diffuser. It is designed to push the new X-Series variants' sound out over a wider area in front of them.

Although not much is known about Shiba Inu's creator, Ryoshi, now this mysterious person is back in the dark after he removed all the social media content he ever posted. However, this extreme move has not affected much the popular meme coin yet, which has just teamed up with leading travel agency Travala.

Abbott has announced that its FreeStyle Libre 3 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) system has now been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company claims that the FreeStyle Libre 3 is the smallest and thinnest CGM in the world, with accurate blood glucose level measurements being made every minute.

Huawei has filed a patent for what it describes as a "detachable electronic device" that can dock onto 2 additional objects with compatible connectors. The new IP's images make it more clear that it is intended to be a "core" of sorts for a display and keyboard that can slot into the machine at the user's discretion. This, then, might be a new take on an emerging modular trend.

Intel's Arc A370M dGPU appears to be overall better than similar entry-level solutions from Nvidia and AMD when it comes to content creation. On the other hand, games are not exactly its strong suit, as it trails behind Nvidia's RTX 3050, but it does manage to offer decent ray tracing performance.

The new Dev One is a budget-oriented solution running on the Linux-based Pop!_OS developed by System76. It is powered by AMD's Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U APU with Vega 8 iGPU, and comes with one (upgradable) configuration featuring 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB NVMe SSD. The 1080p 14-inch screen is HDR-ready with 1,000 nit brightness.

New Xiaomi Pad 6 rumors have cropped up on social media that claim the next tablet series from the Chinese OEM will be an all-Snapdragon-powered affair. In addition, there is an early display-related leak, exciting news about the Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro, and even a whisper about a Xiaomi Pad 6 Ultra joining the lineup.

Although it is already June and the May security patch has been around for a while, the MIUI 13.0.6 Global Stable software update for the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro only includes the April security patch. As its description shows, this 262 MB software package does not bring any other noticeable changes.

A beta version of the Samsung Health app has confirmed the company's plans to launch the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro later this year. Additionally, the app now contains a reference to skin temperature monitoring, a rumoured Galaxy Watch5 feature. Unfortunately, the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro may only support up to 5 W charging, rather than matching Apple's fast charging capabilities.

New details about Amazfit's Bip 3 and Bip 3 Pro have leaked, courtesy of Amazon Brazil. Equipped with a 1.69-inch display, the Bip 3 will also feature 5 ATM water resistance, plus numerous exercise modes. The Bip 3 Pro will ship with GPS and GLONASS support too.

Specifications, official renders, and European pricing has leaked for the Moto G62, another 5G handset within the Motorola Moto G series. While the Moto G62 5G should outperform the Moto G52, Motorola has not equipped it with the Snapdragon 695 5G chipset also found in the Moto G82 5G. Instead, the Moto G62 5G relies on an improved version of the Snapdragon 480.

Xiaomi has certified several upcoming smartphones with the 3C in China, thought to be the Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro, Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 and Xiaomi 12 Ultra. For some reason, the flagships will only support 67 W fast charging, but the Xiaomi 12 Ultra could arrive with some unique colour options, albeit without Leica's infamous logo.

The fairly large and rather unique 16-inch convertible laptop offers some pretty decent specs at a reasonable price as HP has apparently started a clearance sale in order to make space for the upgraded but certainly more expensive 2022 version of the HP Spectre x360 16.

The MSI Katana GF66 12UGS belongs to the most affordable gaming laptops with the powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. After the upgrade to Intel's newest processor generation, the main problem of the plastic sword still has not been remedied.

For the second time in two years, Foxconn's facilities operating in Mexico have been breached. A ransomware group known as LockBit has taken the responsibility. The group is demanding that Foxconn fulfill certain conditions by June 11 if the company wants to save its data from being leaked.

AnTuTu has released its Android smartphone performance rankings for May 2022 by market tier. Of these, the sub-flagship segment has seen a lot of new releases in the same month. A selection of them now occupy the entire top 5 for their category, all of which have the same new SoC.

While some regions received it one day earlier, Diablo Immortal is now available globally for mobile players. The Open Beta version for Windows PCs is also surfacing today, although it will probably lose most of its players to Diablo 4 once that title hits the market (hopefully next year).

The results of a new study conducted in 2022 can be used to conclude that smartphone use-frequency among adults based in the United States has increased by about 366% compared to that measured three years ago. The researchers report that 1 in 5 of their subjects wouldn't go without their phone for more than a few hours, while only 1 in 4 could withstand the temptation to bring their device into the bathroom with them.

Samsung and Naver have partnered to present South Korea's first ever private 5G network. It exists to support a cloud that co-ordinates a new fleet of robots at the latter's new HQ. They are intended to move around the place by themselves, serving the company's employees with their meals, mail and coffee throughout the building.

An early Intel Raptor Lake-S entry has popped-up on UserBenchmark. According to the benchmark listing, the unnamed Raptor Lake-S (Core i9-13900K?) features 24 cores and 32 threads with a 4.6 GHz average boost. The system features 32 GB DDR5-4800 memory and also runs an Arc A770 Alchemist desktop GPU.

Igor's LAB shows a PCB design that is meant for non-Ti RTX 4090 / 4080 SKUs. It still features a 16-pin power connector like the v-shaped PCBs leaked in March, but that does not mean that the SKUs using it will bolster 600 W TDPs. The latest report also includes an AIB development schedule that suggests the first cards may launch in September.

AYA NEO has revealed new configurations for the AYA NEO AIR Plus, a 6-inch gaming handheld that will be available from US$249. Not only will the AYA NEO AIR Plus be available with AMD Mendocino APUs, but AYA NEO will also sell it with the Pentium Gold 8505 and the Core i3-1215U. For some reason, Intel Alder Lake-powered units will ship at least two months before their AMD Mendocino counterparts.