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Xiaomi has unveiled the Redmi Note 11S globally, two weeks before the device's Indian launch. The Redmi Note 11S arrives with an AMOLED display, a MediaTek Helio G96 SoC and up to 8 GB of RAM. The smartphone has a 108 MP camera too, plus a 5,000 mAh battery. The Redmi Note 11S starts at US$249 and costs US$299 for the most expensive memory configuration.

Xiaomi has revealed the global version of the Redmi Note 11, a smartphone that launches with Android 11 and MIUI 13. The Redmi Note 11 also has a Snapdragon 680 SoC, a 50 MP primary camera and up to 128 GB of storage. The Redmi Note 11 starts at US$179 with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage.

Tesla's CEO Elon Musk bragged about riding the Cybertruck electric pickup in the EV maker's Gigafactory in Texas just when a walkaround video of what may have been the same prototype he rode had leaked out. Elon Musk is expected to give updates on the Cybertruck's price and production roadmap later today.

The International Monetary Fund has advised that El Salvador's government renege on its decision to make Bitcoin a legal tender in the country, citing "large risks associated with the use of Bitcoin on financial stability..." The success of a US$1.3 billion loan negotiation with El Salvador may hinge on following the IMF's advice.

The Legion Phone 3 series has leaked, comprising the Legion Phone 3 Elite and the Legion Phone 3 Pro. The pair will arrive with a 6.92-inch display, a 5,600 mAh battery and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. Both will also contain many gaming features, including four ultrasonic shoulder buttons.

Renowned leaker OnLeaks says that the OnePlus Nord 2T is in the pipeline with a 90Hz AMOLED screen, 4,500mAh battery with 80W fast charging support, 50MP triple rear cameras and a MediaTek Dimensity 1300 chipset.

Samsung may not be launching the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ or the Galaxy S22 Ultra until February 9, but full specifications for all devices have already leaked. Likewise, numerous marketing product images have emerged, confirming that the trio will launch in Phantom Black, Green, Pink Gold and White.

It may have taken Huawei six months, but it has announced the P50 Pro in Europe. The smartphone has a Snapdragon 888 4G chipset, plenty of impressive camera hardware and a 120 Hz display. The P50 Pocket does not come cheap though, despite arriving shortly before the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 becomes commonplace.

Huawei has revealed the P50 Pocket and P50 Pocket Premium Edition in Europe. The foldable flip phone starts at €1,299, €250 more than the entry-level Galaxy Z Flip3. Both P50 Pocket models have Snapdragon 888 4G SoCs, 120 Hz main displays and run EMUI 12 out of the box.

Huawei has revealed the Watch GT Runner in Europe, a 46 mm smartwatch with up to 14 days of battery life. The Watch GT Runner comes with numerous health tracking and exercise features, plus wireless charging support. Unusually, the Watch GT Runner supports reverse wireless charging, too.

MIUI 13 will debut globally today and Xiaomi already has builds ready for a number of its phones. After the Redmi Note 10 series, Poco X3 Pro, and Poco F3, the next phones on the list are the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and the Redmi 10.

Weeks ago, Realme indicated that it would not send out the Android 12 update to its four-month-old tablet, the Realme Pad. It appears that the bad press from that choice has helped change Realme's stance on the matter, although the company's update policy on the Realme Pad remains unsatisfactory.

The Xiaomi 12U may replace the Xiaomi 12 Ultra as the top dog in the Xiaomi 12 series. New leaks essentially confirm the existence of such a device and tip it to be powered by a chipset that will likely debut as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus. The 12U is expected to have better cameras than the Xiaomi 12 Pro and Xiaomi Mix as well.

The external monitor is as simple as it gets with nothing but two USB-C ports, power passthrough, and a surprisingly decent 1080p display with respectable response times, 95 percent sRGB coverage, and a 300-nit backlight all for $269 USD.

The range of BMW's powerful electric SUV apparently holds up quite well when being driven at high speeds which are prohibited in many countries around the world.

Two POCO X4 devices have surfaced on certification agencies. While the standard POCO X4 could be an Indian exclusive, the POCO X4 5G will be its global equivalent. The POCO X4 5G should launch with NFC connectivity, too.

Mobvoi invites its fans to turn down their distractions and turn up the fun via a pair of TWS earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC) and a succinct new name to match. They are rated for IP5X ingress-protection, "all-day" comfort and up to 21 hours of battery life thanks to their USB type-C charging case.

Instead of relying on touch-sensitive buttons, a new iteration of Tesla's futuristic yoke steering wheel in the Model S and Model X could be equipped with a regular horn.

Neuralink is a company set up by Elon Musk that apparently exists to investigate the potential for brain implants that might allow their oneday users to control their personal devices with their minds. It might be ready to progress to a clinical trial of its futuristic technology with actual human participants, if its latest job postings are anything to go by.

There is the possibility that one of the SKUs in the upcoming “Lovelace” GeForce RTX 40 series of graphics cards from Nvidia could eventually break the 100 TFLOPS barrier in regard to graphical compute performance (FP32). A noted leaker claims 90 TFLOPS is on the horizon for a board featuring the AD102 GPU.

A graphic showing benchmark results of the Core i7-12700H has been posted on the Chinese social media site Weibo. The results show that the Core i7-12700H is almost 25% faster in single-threaded and almost 35% better in multi-threaded Cinebench R20, R23, and CPU-Z benchmarks than the Ryzen 7 5800H.

Lenovo is thought to launch the Legion Y90 as a flagship gaming smartphone with distinct design cues from its predecessor. Now, however, there are signs that the next generation on from that might take a different path thereafter. It might have fairly predictable internals, yet look very different from its series' mobile devices to date.

With a low price of just US$0.072 per gigabyte, Amazon’s current deal on the SanDisk SSD Plus is the perfect opportunity to significantly upgrade the storage capacity of your desktop PC or older laptop with a 2.5-inch bay.

Users can pre-order now with an expected ship date by March. Initial benchmarks show Intel's Alder Lake series to be a significant improvement over the previous generation and even outperforming the latest mobile Zen 3 CPUs from AMD in key areas.

Garmin's website has already listed the Forerunner 955 LTE, a smartwatch that also has GPS connectivity. The Forerunner 955 should cost as much as the fēnix 7 and fēnix 7S, at least in its LTE form. The Forerunner 955 is one of many Garmin smartwatches that the company has released this year or plans to, including the Instinct 2 series.

Twitter leaker Max Jambor states that the OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G will be launched worldwide on February 11, just a few days after Samsung unveils the Galaxy S22 series. The OnePlus 10 Pro is expected to go global a month later in March.

General Motors announced the biggest single production investment in its history, a nearly US$7 billion outlay aimed squarely at the production of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra electric trucks. GM plans to surpass Tesla and become America's largest EV manufacturer, and will start by converting the Orion factory in Michigan into an electric truck plant, as well as invest in battery cell production there.

There will be no price cut for the upcoming Galaxy S22 series in the US. On the contrary, the Galaxy S2, Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy S22 Ultra will all cost more than their predecessors, the opposite of Samsung's pricing strategy in Europe. The Galaxy S22 Ultra will start with 8 GB of RAM too, a 4 GB downgrade on the Galaxy S21 Ultra.

BBK Electronics is not done with OnePlus yet, despite releasing increasingly fewer OnePlus flagship smartphones. Reportedly, OnePlus is developing the OnePlus 10 Ultra with the intention of releasing it during the second half of 2022. However, the OnePlus 10 Ultra could share an even closer lineage with the Oppo Find X5 series than the OnePlus 10 Pro does.

Flaws in a third-party software have enabled a security researcher to hack multiple Tesla vehicles. In a recent blog post, David Columbo explains how they accessed the cars and states that the bug has now been fixed.

Meta is building an AI supercomputer using Nvidia technologies. The build is underway, with 760 Nvidia DGX A100 GPUs already in use. When the supercomputer is finished later this year, Meta claims that it will be the fastest AI supercomputer globally.

Techland has posted a detailed roadmap about its plans for Dying Light 2: Stay Human. The survival horror game will get two story DLCs, multiple in-game challenges, new monsters, game modes and more for the next five years. Dying Light 2: Stay human will be available to play across all platforms on February 4.

The global version of the Redmi Note 11 series is almost upon us, as is MIUI 13. The pair will debut tomorrow during a virtual launch event, starting at 12:00 GMT. There is no Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro in sight for global audiences yet, though.

EA has confirmed via a blog post that it is working with Respawn Entertainment to make three new Star Wars games. The first is a Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the second an FPS title and the third a turn-based strategy game.

Unfortunately, Nvidia chose to compare the RTX 3080 Ti with the 2020 RTX 2080 SUPER. Of course, the performance improvements are clear, but a comparison with the RTX 3080 would have been more appropriate. The Razer Blade 17 2022 used for the RTX 3080 Ti tests appears to not feature the max TGP version and yet performance is comparable to a desktop RTX 3070 Ti.

Evan Blass has revealed more promotional materials for the Galaxy Tab S8 series and next month's Galaxy Unpacked event. Scheduled for February 9, the event will reveal 'The Epic Standard', likely just the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 series.

A new report from Bloomberg says that Nvidia will abandon its prospects of taking over SoftBank-owned ARM. However, the official announcement could come later as both companies are still optimistic about the deal and want to convince regulators about its benefits.

Microsoft presented the Surface Duo about a month after Google released Android 11. However, the Surface Duo shipped several months later with Android 10. The Surface Duo has now received its first OS upgrade, but Microsoft is still keeping its first foldable smartphone stuck in the past.

Adding to the worries of cryptocurrency investors, the credit rating agency Fitch has issued a statement defining Bitcoin mining as a potential threat to the stability of the American power supply system. Not only is crypto mining energy-intensive, Fitch says, but the plunge in Bitcoin prices could force farms to renege on their long-term electricity supply contracts.

A new report has now detailed Motorola's upcoming flagship phone, codenamed the Motorola "Frontier 22". Set for a July debut, the Frontier 22 will feature a slew of incredible specs including a 200 MP camera, 144 Hz P-OLED, and 125 W wired charging.

The upcoming Pixel Notebook (aka Pixel Fold) could cost around US$1,400 at launch, which is US$400 cheaper than the initial estimate of US$1,800. The foldable will remain exclusive to the U.S. before going international by the end of 2022.

The Rembrandt-based AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX was benchmarked on Geekbench, where it managed single-core scores of 1,593/1,616 and multi-core scores of 10,151/9,939. While it is faster than its previous-generation counterpart, it cannot hold up against the Alder Lake-based Intel Core i9-12900HK.

A new set of Xiaomi Mix 5 Pro renders surfaced recently. According to Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station, however, the leaked renders have a few errors. The leaker also reveals the existence of two Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered Xiaomi phones with flagship-grade LTPO displays.

The Micromax IN Note 2 has been announced in India with a MediaTek Helio G95, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 48MP quad rear cameras, and a 5,000mAh that supports 30W fast charging. It costs INR (US$168) and will hit shelves on January 30.

Windows 11 22H2 codename Nickel or Sun Valley 2 may be signed-off as early as February 4, according to code from a script in an internal Insider build. Further, 22H2 will be designated "config complete" on March 4 after which current Dev channel Insiders will begin the transition to Windows 11 23H2 codename Copper. The 22H2 build will then be tested in the Beta and Release Preview channels before going public later this year.

It's been all but confirmed that the Redmi Note 11 will debut on the global market with a Snapdragon 680 onboard. Sadly, though, it appears the Snapdragon 680 is actually a performance downgrade from the Redmi Note 10's Snapdragon 678.

A growing number of Apple users are apparently finding more and more creative ways to make good use of their AirTags. An army wife from Colorado has now used one of the little trackable helpers to expose and confront a lying truck driver who visited his girlfriend instead of delivering her household items.

Hasee has released new variants of its ZX9 gaming laptop with a rather strange CPU and GPU combination. For some reason, one variant, the ZX9-DA3DA, features an Intel Celeron desktop processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 laptop GPU. The presence of an LGA 1700 socket provides some added upgradability that most laptops lack, though.

Orange Pi has revealed another mini-PC, the Orange Pi 4 LTS. The new Raspberry Pi alternative relies on a Rockchip RK3399 SoC and will be available from the middle of next month, starting at US$55.

Some Apple iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro devices are suffering from pink colour overlay issues. The problem renders devices unusable, but Apple does not have a simple resolution yet. However, it does not believe that hardware issues are the cause.