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Motorola has unveiled the Moto G Power 2022, a mid-range smartphone with a 5,000 mAh battery and a 50 MP camera like the Moto G31, Moto G51 and Moto G71. The Moto G Power 2022 is affordable too at US$199.99.

Apple has released a small update for iOS 15, building on iOS 15.1 that it issued last month. iOS 15.1.1 fixes a specific bug, but only for recent iPhones. iOS 15.1.1 likely arrives a week or two before iOS 15.2 debuts.

A high profile leaker claims with '100% certainty' that the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra has a notch, as per leaked renders. Supposedly, the notch will include two cameras that can shoot ultra-wide videos and in 4K at 60 FPS.

Austrian fire truck manufacturer Rosenbaum has developed a new high-pressure nozzle to solve the problem of expensive EV battery fire accidents. The process now involves dousing the electric car with water for hours, creating toxic runoff. The new nozzle pierces the battery pack housing, putting out the burning cells directly.

Google has reduced the price of the Pixel 5a this Black Friday to boost the popularity of its mid-range handset. The Pixel 5a shares plenty of its hardware with the Pixel 5, but with a 60 Hz display, a larger battery and a metal build.

Google has finally starting accepting pre-orders for the new Pixel Stand. The Google Pixel Stand (2nd gen) costs US$79, £69 or €79 in the US, UK and the Eurozone, respectively. The wireless charging stand works best with the Pixel 6 series, but it supports other smartphones too.

The Moto G31 is Motorola's budget entry in the Moto Gx1 series. The device features a 6.4-inch display, a large battery, four cameras and will be available in two colours across multiple markets.

The Moto G41 is one of many smartphones Motorola has launched today, including the Moto G200, Moto G71 and the Moto G51. The Moto G41 offers an OLED display, a 48 MP camera with OIS and a 5,000 mAh battery for €249.99.

Motorola has announced the Moto G51 globally, having launched the device last month in China. The Moto G51 will be available in two colours, with a 5,000 mAh battery, a Snapdragon 480 Plus SoC and a 120 Hz display. Motorola will start selling the Moto G51 in Europe first for €229.99.

We have exclusively obtained the first Cinebench R20 and R23 scores from an Intel Alder Lake-P Core i7-12700H-powered pre-sample laptop, which we suspect to be an upcoming MSI flagship. While we see decent improvements in single-core performance, the Core i7-12700H impresses a lot with multi-core scores that are significantly higher than the competition including the likes of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Apple M1 Max.

Motorola has unveiled the Moto G71, the first smartphone with a Snapdragon 695 SoC. The device also has a 50 MP primary camera and a 5,000 mAh battery, with an OLED display to boot. The Moto G71 will be available in multiple markets, starting with Europe, for €299.99.

Motorola has revealed the Moto G200, a large smartphone with plenty of flagship hardware. Motorola has included a Snapdragon 888 Plus, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage and a 144 Hz display, all for €450. The Moto G200 has a 5,000 mAh battery and a 108 MP primary camera, too.

Nissan has started taking pre-orders for its forthcoming Ariya electric SUV. The new EV will come in a range of configurations ranging from two-wheel drive to all-wheel drive when it launches in America around fall 2022.

Apple's upcoming generation of smartphones, which may be named iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, is rumored to support the new WiFi 6E standard with higher data speeds and lower latencies.

The OPPO Reno line of premium mid-range Android smartphones has become a little stale in terms of looks over the years. Now, further evidence of the OEM's intention to finally shake things up in this regard at the end of 2021 has emerged. It consists of a leak pointing to an eye-catching new rear camera module in the upcoming 7-seres' vanilla model.

Recently, Cloudflare experienced one of its largest DDoS attacks in history. The DDoS assault peaked at 2 Tbps and was multi-vector in nature. Cloudflare reassured its consumers that its system is ready to discover and mitigate attacks of this scale.

Evidence of a Redmi 10 2022 device has turned up, which has come as something as a surprise to smartphone market observers. Xiaomi only just released the “original” Redmi 10 smartphone a few months ago, with the entry-level device sporting a MediaTek Helio G88 SoC, 50 MP main camera, and 90 Hz display.

The Moto Edge X has appeared on the TENAA, detailing the device's design and specifications. The listing also confirms the same aspects about the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra, the rumoured global version of the Moto Edge X.

The TENAA has revealed the Moto Edge S30, likely Motorola's Chinese version of the upcoming Moto G200. The Moto Edge S30 features a large battery, a flagship SoC and a high refresh rate display, among other compelling hardware.

Huawei has lifted the lid on the MateBook E, a 2-in-1 with a 2.5K OLED display. The device comes in three configurations, has a Thunderbolt 4 port and will be available in two colours.

To people's surprise, Apple has announced a self-repair service for people to repair their iPhones and Macs at home. The company will provide spare parts, tools and repair manuals, representing a considerable u-turn on its previous policies.

Huawei has made the new Runner variant of its Watch GT series. Its case, band and UI have been redesigned with athletic performance in mind. It incorporates a new antenna design for improved positioning, and is rated for up to 14 days' worth of battery life. It is up for pre-order in China from now.

According to reports, Samsung is already prototyping the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4, its next-generation foldable smartphones. Big changes could be afoot for both devices, such as a built-in S Pen for the Galaxy Z Fold and an under-panel camera in next year's Galaxy Z Flip.

Samsung has outlined which devices it plans to upgrade to One UI 4 and Android 12 in India. The upgrade plan runs from November 2021 to August 2022 and includes 45 devices. Only the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, Galaxy S21 Ultra, Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 will see the OS upgrade before the start of 2022, though.

The latest Satellite Pro models feature Intel Core i5-1135G7 and i7-1165G7 processor options that integrate Iris Xe iGPUs, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of NVMe SSD storage. Windows 11 is preinstalled and configurations costs range between US$770 and US$930.

Realme is already well-known for its increasingly popular smart and mobile devices, its Android smartphones included. Now, the brand is projected to break into next-gen form-factors such as foldable phablets as early as 2022. This new rumor is based on social-media posts, as well as an alleged schematic of a relevant device hinting at high-end specs to boot.

The HaxMini is now available to order on Kickstarter. The machine features an Intel Core i5-8305G processor and comes in two configurations, starting at US$499. HaxMini expects to ship its eponymous mini-PC in February 2022.

Typically, Google releases one update per month to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. However, this month it has released two, with the second containing no changelog. Strangely, Google left it to Verizon to confirm what changes SD1A.210817.037 makes, which is available to both devices globally.

Apple may have answered a multitude of MacBook Pro-user prayers by restoring the SD card slot to the latest versions of these PCs. However, a growing number of owners claim that the "new" port is running unusually slow compared to adapters or dongles. This issue has reportedly led to replacements for some affected consumers.

The OnePlus 10 Pro is expected to arrive earlier in the year than previous OnePlus smartphones, but not globally. Instead, OnePlus will mimic Xiaomi's approach of releasing a smartphone in China first before bringing it to market a few months later globally.

TechnikNews has leaked renders and specifications of the Moto G200, one of many smartphones that Motorola is bringing to market soon. The Moto G200 contains plenty of flagship hardware, but it may be billed as a mid-range smartphone.

Motorola has announced the Moto Watch 100, a 42 mm smartwatch with up to 14 days of battery life. The Moto Watch 100 is available to order for US$99.99 and is packed full of features, but not Wear OS.

Microsoft has confirmed that you must use Windows 11 for x64 emulation on ARM chipsets. For some reason, the company has decided to drop Windows 10 on ARM, which has supported x64 emulation for nearly a year.

Several Xiaomi Redmi 7 series devices including the Redmi 7, Redmi Note 7, Redmi Note 7s, Redmi Note 7 Pro, and Redmi 7A along with the Redmi Y3 and Poco F1 will not be receiving the MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition update. The Redmi 7 series launched in early 2019 and have already received MIUI 12 stable.

Qualcomm has indirectly confirmed that Apple will switch to in-house custom 5G modems for most of its iPhones in 2023. The company revealed at its Investor Day that its 2023 supply of modems for Apple devices will slide to just 20 percent.

The sale will last until November 29. Users would be getting an excellent 16:10 touchscreen that could easily pass on pricier models like the Yoga or ThinkPad series.

Qualcomm has announced that its first serious high-performance Arm based Windows PC SoC will launch in 2023. The new chip will, as has been expected, be developed by the Nuvia team it recently acquired which includes several former Apple chip designers.

The Chinese government strictly enforces recent bans in regard to cryptomining and financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies, and it has now caught and punished one of its own officials who allegedly accepted bribes from cryptominers and thereby violated the new laws multiple times.

Amazon has released the Prime Video app for Mac devices. The app includes a mix of Apple and Amazon features, such as Picture-in-Picture and X-Ray. You can also download content to your device, allowing you to watch TV and movies offline.

The sanctions imposed by the US administration that curb Huawei's smartphone business show no signs of going anywhere any time soon. Accordingly, the OEM has reportedly come up with a new way to adapt to the situation: licensing. This would involve farming its designs - such as the signature Mate-series camera ring - out in the fully-spec'ed forms consumers might want to see.

Some Android TV users on Reddit have noticed that their big-screen devices are now appearing as connected devices when it comes to installing Google Play Store apps on their smartphones. This means the mobile devices can now be used to "tell" the TVs in question which apps to load as well as what content to display.

Developers participating in the iOS 15.2 beta program are now able to download beta 3, featuring incremental upgrades and minor bugfixes.

The three leaked models appear to be part of the Barcelo family that is launching in early 2022. Barcelo is believed to be only Cezanne refresh that is still produced on the 7 nm nodes and features the same 15 W TDP, along with the same core counts, L3 cache memory and Vega iGPUs from the current Cezanne models.

The Eagle processor is essentially doubling the number of qubits from last year's Hummingbird model that integrates 65 qubits. Featuring several layers of circuitry that improve the quantum coherence, the Eagle is now able to execute concurrent real-time classical compute workloads. IBM plans to release a 443-qubit model in 2022 and then break the 1000-qubit barrier by 2023.

Chinese servers of the popular game Fortnite stopped working on November 15 after the game failed to get approval from the Chinese government. This marks the end of Fortnite's three-year limited trial run in the country. Fortnite's failure to get approval is a byproduct of the Chinese government's tightened regulations of the games industry.

NVIDIA is expected to announce an RTX 2060 with 12 GB of VRAM soon, with a view to easing pressure on the desktop graphics card market. Now, Gigabyte has registered several RTX 2060 12 GB SKUs with the EEC, signalling that it intends to release the refreshed Turing architecture card.

Samsung's next flagship tablet has appeared on Geekbench as the SM-X906N. The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SoC and 8 GB of RAM, along with a rumoured 14.6-inch AMOLED display running at 120 Hz.

Carl Pei's new start-up Nothing has but one product to its name so far: the ear (1) TWS earbuds. The active noise-cancelling (ANC)-enabled wearables have had only one SKU since their launch. Now, however, they are slated to release again in the form of a second option that may or may not go on sale soon.

According to reports, Xiaomi is planning on releasing a new smartphone with 'aggressive cameras soon. The device will be available globally, including India, with a Snapdragon 870 and 67 W charging. Potentially, the device could be the L3A, which has made its way through the TENAA in China.

Reportedly, Google is upgrading its Pixel 6 series pre-order offer. Initially, the company offered a pair of Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, but stock issues have forced it to send out the newer Bose QuietComfort 45, instead. The company has included a Google Store voucher, too.