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Xiaomi has started selling the Redmi Watch 2 Lite in Europe. The smartwatch retails for €69.99 and comes with a free gift. So far, Xiaomi has listed the budget smartwatch in Germany, Italy and Spain.

Reportedly, Xiaomi has settled on releasing the Watch S1 before April 2022. The smartwatch does away with Xiaomi's 'Mi' branding and will be available across Europe and Asia Pacific countries.

Samsung and IBM have come to the ongoing IEDM 2021 International Electronic Components Conference to unveil the vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET). It is a new property of potential next-gen chipsets that, as the two OEMs assert, might one day help build a smartphone that can last up to seven days on one charge.

Based on rumors and the leaked case designs from a few days ago, a gorgeous new concept render video imagines the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra flagship smartphone with a gargantuan circular quad camera setup featuring the reputable Leica branding.

Intel Arc Alchemist's segmentation, lineup, and launch timelines have leaked. It is now becoming clear that Intel is targeting Nvidia RTX 3070 / RTX 3070 Ti on the desktop with the 512 EU SKU while aiming up to the RTX 3080 on the laptop side depending on TDP configuration. Intel aims to price the cards about 10% lesser than equivalent Nvidia offerings while looking to extract 10% more performance as drivers mature.

Samsung is gearing to release Snapdragon-powered editions of the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus in China and the US. The pair, along with the Galaxy S22 Note, have also appeared in more hands-on photos. All photos appear to be of dummy units.

According to a renowned leaker, Xiaomi has settled on flat displays for the K50 Gaming and K50 Gaming Pro editions. The pair will have centred punch-hole cameras too, along with shoulder triggers like the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition.

Oppo is set to unveil the Find N tomorrow, its inaugural foldable smartphone. In the meantime, Evan Blass has leaked numerous marketing slides that confirm multiple aspects about the device's display, among other things.

Vwar has launched the Fly7, a blatant Apple Watch Series 7 copy. The Vwar Fly7 has a 1.84-inch display, a GPS module and is IP67 certified. The smartwatch starts at just US$75.

Huawei has developed HarmonyOS for multiple products, including water bottles. The smart water bottle has a touchscreen display, can sync with a smartphone and contains numerous sensors for monitoring water levels.

The Analogue Pocket will start shipping today for existing pre-orders. From tomorrow, the handheld console will be orderable again but for US$219 this time. New pre-orders will ship between Q1 2022 and 2023.

The FCC has confirmed that Samsung will release a new LED View Cover alongside the Galaxy S22 Note. The regulatory body also appears to confirm that the Galaxy S22 Note has a built-in S Pen, which would be a first for the Galaxy S series.

PS5 users will soon be able to customize their consoles with new colours such as Midnight Black, Cosmic Red, Nova Pink, Starlight Blue, and Galactic Purple. Sony has also announced new DualSense colourways. Select variants will be available for purchase in January 2022 in a handful of regions.

While its long-term momentum remains weak, Shiba Inu continues to climb in popularity thanks to its adoption as a payment option by Flexa. The services of this crypto payment company are supported by merchants like GameStop, Lowe's, Nordstrom, and more, with a total of over 40,000 stores across the US.

Ice Universe has shared a hands-on photo of the Galaxy S22, the entry-level option in the Galaxy S22 series. The photo confirms the device's rear design and that it has three rear-facing cameras.

We get yet another peek at the OnePlus Nord N20 5G, thanks to an aluminium dummy of the smartphone. Except for the radically different camera layout, its design is quite similar to the Nord N10 5G.

Huawei may be ten days away from revealing the Watch D, but hands-on photos have already leaked. The photos confirm several aspects, including the smartwatch's design and that it can monitor blood pressure levels.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is edging closer to being released, possibly as the Galaxy S22 Note. In that vein, Samsung has confirmed that it plans to release the SM-S908U in China, seemingly with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The same variant has appeared on the Camera FV-5 database with an ISOCELL HM3 camera.

Leaker @momomo_us revealed a list of possible H670, B660, and H610 budget motherboards for the Alder Lake LGA 1700 platform from various vendors. The entry-level options here, like the Gigabyte H610I DDR4, could provide budget gamers a sub-US$100 entry point to Alder Lake in the months to come.

A mining farm was recently spotted on Flexpool that appears to incorporate GeForce RTX 4090 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 7000 GPUs. While there's no way to verify if the parts are indeed next-gen AMD and NVIDIA hardware, the farm's 4.3 TH/s hash rate suggests that high-performance parts are at work.

India is currently working on a comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation to regulate the digital assets market in the country which may lead to an outright Bitcoin ban. The final say will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Twitter account was hacked to announce India accepts Bitcoin as legal tender immediately after his comments that India should "jointly shape global norms for emerging technologies like social media and cryptocurrencies so that they are used to empower democracy, not to undermine it."

OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus Nord 2 CE in early 2022 for around INR 28,000 (US$370). Some of its key specifications include a 90Hz AMOLED screen, a 4,500mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging, 64MP triple rear cameras and a MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC.

Realme looks set to debut its ambitious flagship phone yet, the Realme GT2 Pro, next week. The company has now shared an invitation for a "special event" that will likely see the unveiling of the Realme GT2 series, with the Realme GT2 Pro set to land with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Gigabyte has confirmed that it will be launching BRIX Extreme mini-PCs soon, likely in early 2022. Up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U APU will be available, complemented by a host of ports and dual-channel SO-DIMM RAM.

DJI has released new firmware for the Mavic 3, its latest drone. An updated DJI Fly app accompanies the firmware release, now at version 1.5.4. Both updates are available now.

According to a leaked roadmap, DJI plans to release multiple new products next year, including a Mini 3 drone. Supposedly, a DJI Pocket 3 is due too, among other devices.

A zero-day exploit was recently identified within the Apache log4j logging library, which can potentially be used by hackers to take over entire servers via logging messages. The vulnerability affects a number of online services, from Steam and Twitter to Amazon and Minecraft, among others.

Comparison test results for the KnowU and UBand Bio-RFID non-invasive blood glucose monitors have shown a lot of promise for those eager to move away from the painful finger-sticking solution for checking blood sugar levels. The company behind the KnowU and UBand monitors is targeting a cost usage estimate of less than US$1,000 per year.

The 12 Pro is projected as one of the higher-end new phones Xiaomi should release soon. A recent leak purported to reveal how its cases might look and, thus, how its rear cameras would be arranged. However, a new tip along the same lines calls the alleged design into question on a specific point.

Realme has emerged as India's second-largest smartphone brand, capturing 17 percent market share in October 2021, according to a Counterpoint Research report. The budget smartphone maker overtook Samsung for second place, with over 9 million phones sold, just in October 2021.

According to a report in The Elec, Samsung is planning on launching a raft of MiniLED 8K TVs in 2022, using its "Neo QLED" technology. Samsung's 2022 flagship lineup will also feature new 4K OLED TVs, including some with panels sourced from LG.

Samsung premium tablets are also set to arrive at the beginning of 2022, dovetailing the Galaxy S22 series. While the trio are a few months away, their memory configurations and colour options have already leaked.

iOS 15.2 is the next upcoming version of Apple's proprietary software for iPhones. According to a prominent industry correspondent, it is the one that will start adding features intended to prevent abusive content reaching a child's device. It might contain measures to help allay well-publicized concerns about its impact on privacy.

MSI outed a new video that teased its upcoming MSI Z690 GODLIKE flagship motherboard for Alder Lake. The video highlighted one of the Z690 GODLIKE's key features: a 3.5-in touchscreen panel, connected via USB Type-C.

Google announced that the company is developing a native app whereby players can play Google Play games natively on their Windows PCs. The app is being built without the input of Microsoft or other platforms and will allow gamers to resume their gameplay across Android and Windows devices. The software is expected to launch in 2022.

Lenovo accidentally listed the AMD RX 6500 XT as a discrete GPU option for its Legion T5 prebuilt gaming PCs. According to the Lenovo document, the RX 6500 XT will feature 4GB of GDDR6, in line with previous leaks.

It'll be tough to find a 17.3-inch laptop with the same Tiger Lake Core i5-1135G7 CPU and 100% sRGB IPS display for under $500 USD. The deal maximizes display quality and performance while the chassis design takes a back seat.

According to a report by ITHome, Lenovo and other laptop makers could be prepping entry-level notebooks equipped with the GeForce MX550. The MX550 will reportedly be the first Ampere card with just 2GB of VRAM, and will feature 2048 CUDA cores.

After Moore's Law is dead leaked die shots of the Intel Arc Alchemist GPU die, @Locunza_ took measurements, discovering that Alchemist's 396mm2 GPU die is roughly the same size as GA104, the GPU powering the GeForce RTX 3070 and 3070 Ti.

AMD's next generation of EPYC processors, currently referred to as "Genoa", are tipped to support 12-channel memory. Now, it is also slated to support 1TB of DDR5 RAM via each of these channels, for a grand total of 12TB. Then again, it may be capable of doing so under certain server-grade conditions only.

A benchmark test by CNET indicates that the new Apple Silicon M1 Max-equipped MacBook is up to 5 times faster than the models featuring an Intel Core i9 CPU. This is largely down to Apple's massive gains in GPU performance, with the M1 Max delivering rendering power on par with the GeForce RTX 3060.

Motorola's Moto Edge X30 is now officially the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered smartphone on Earth, as it has been released to pre-order in China. This event was originally intended to run until December 15, 2021; however, a company executive now claims that it has ended prematurely as all available stock has now been snapped up.

The Watch D is projected to be Huawei's first smartwatch marketed as one capable of clinical-grade blood pressure-monitoring. Now, a box presented as the wearable's original packaging may confirm that this is the case. This leak has emerged alongside claims that the Watch Fit Mini will launch alongside it later in December 2021.

Dune: Spice Wars is a new real-time strategy game with 4X elements coming in early 2022. The game takes place in the Dune universe and will draw heavily from Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel as well as the expanded Dune media. The title will be available for purchase in Early Access next year.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra - or, as the latest rumors have it, S22 Note - is believed to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in some markets. A new Geekbench 5 listing is thought to correspond with this device, although some of its details contradict earlier spec-related leaks.

Anker now reports that it became the "world's No.1 mobile charging brand" in 2020. It also marked its 10th anniversary as such a company in 2021, and attributes much of its success to becoming a leader in USB Power Delivery- (USB-PD) compatible accessories. It also now has a line in MagSafe-compatible products, as well as new type-C devices.

Amazon was penalized by Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) for misusing its market dominance. The AGCM fined the company €1.1 billion and stated that Amazon coaxed Italian shops to use its shipping service by promising perks such as Prime label and participation in sale events such as Black Friday. Amazon stated that the company will appeal the ruling.

The Wemax Go is a DLP projector rated to throw an up to 120-inch image with HDR support and a maximal brightness of 600 ANSI lumens. However, unlike most products with such specs, it is also designed to be just 1 inch in height. Its maker, asserting that it is the thinnest product capable of the ALPD standard, has put it up for crowdfunding on Indiegogo.

The Bitcoin mining network has demonstrated its resilience in the face of major country crackdowns, as the Total Hash Rate of miners completely recovered to pre-Chinese ban levels on Friday. Analysts are saying that the reason behind this quick recovery of the global Bitcoin mining network was due to a combination of factors. On one hand we had the swift reactions of mining companies which moved to more welcoming countries like Russia, Kazakhstan, or the U.S., and on the other there was the Fed's money printing spree that left investors with tons of cash they had to park somewhere.

OnePlus announced it was ready to roll the stable version of its Android 12-based software upgrade for the 9 and 9 Pro not long ago. Now, however, the OEM has stated it is necessary to "suspend" this process, thanks to user reports of multiple bugs and issues found in this official OS version, which its software team now needs to fix.