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The Lenovo L5 is an inexpensive projector that operates at up to 1080p. The projector is compact, has Android TV built-in and contains numerous ports for connecting external devices.

Samsung's alleged Galaxy S22 Ultra is thought to get a major overhaul in terms of its looks in early 2022. Now, the latest word on its possible vanilla and Plus counterparts corroborate others that suggest they will get considerably less of the same treatment. The phones' latest renders hint at how that may work out in real life.

Kingdel has brought another mini-PC to market. This time, the company has integrated AMD Ryzen 5000 APUs with 15 W and 45 W SKUs available. The Kingdel K15 starts at US$476 and features numerous ports.

HP has revealed the Omen 27c, a gaming monitor with a 27-inch VA panel. The curved gaming monitor operates natively at QHD, has a 240 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms response times, among other features.

A team of students from Swiss universities has developed a feline robot. The Dyana project has combined animatronics and 3D printing to create a cat-like character that moves in a feline way.

Google has confirmed plans to address the Pixel 6 Pro's display flickering issue, confirming that it is reasonably widespread. A fix is incoming, but not for another month.

Apple has just unveiled one of the strongest competitors to the AirPods Pro with the Beats Fit Pro. Not only do the earbuds support active noise cancellation (ANC), but they are also compatible with Apple's Spatial Audio technology.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires apps to ask for users' permission before collecting their data has cost social media companies US$9.85 billion. Social media sites including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and YouTube were all affected. Snapchat suffered the biggest blow to its business as it lost the most percentage revenue.

With only one year left until the anniversary of its first decade, War Thunder celebrates by offering 50 percent discounts on premium accounts, in-game vehicles, as well as on modifications, backup vehicles, and talismans. Obviously, all these only stand as a part of the entire collection of anniversary offerings available.

Zoox announced that it will initiate testing of its self-driving vehicles in Seattle in 2022. The company plans to deal with Seattle's rainy weather by employing specialized hardware in its vehicles. The Amazon company hopes to gain beneficial information from these tests to further develop its AI technology. Zoox is striving to make these vehicles commercially fit for sale when they are deemed safe.

Lenovo could be launching a new ThinkBook Plus upgrade featuring a color touchscreen tablet display within the keyboard deck instead of opting for an e-ink display on the lid like the current iteration. Specs and launch dates of the upcoming ThinkBook Plus are not currently available.

The 11T Pro is one of Xiaomi's latest high-end phones, complete with a 120Hz AMOLED display and 120W charging. Now, a new variant of the device has allegedly turned up on a Google Play database. Its model number suggests it is destined for the Indian market.

Royole was an early adopter of foldable phablet technology, although it may have been overtaken by other OEMs such as Samsung since then. Now, a new leak alleges that the company will be back in this market again with a new device that will depart from its FlexPai predecessors with a snappier new moniker. Then again, it may be less than next-gen in some aspects.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo is one of the most interesting 15.6-inch gaming laptops out there, thanks to its innovative dual-screen set-up. Now, a famous leaker claims that a possible successor or second variant for this machine is coming, with a different screen size this time around. It may or may not arrive alongside new TWS earbuds to match its branding.

According to reports, NVIDIA is preparing to release three new graphics cards before the end of the year. All are revisions of existing and past models though, with the RTX 2060 12 GB arriving first in early December.

It only took LG a year, but it has issued Android 11 to the LG Wing. Unsurprisingly, there are caveats with LG's rollout. Currently, Android 11 is only available for devices purchased in South Korea.

Xiaomi started selling the Redmi Note 11 series in China today, which it dubbed its 'double 11' event. Reportedly, the company sold over 500,000 Redmi Note 11 handsets in an hour and generated CNY 2 billion (~US$312.6 million) within two minutes.

Xiaomi is tipped to launch two new devices soon. While the leak fails to specify which devices those are, the provided specs and feature hint heavily at devices based on the Xiaomi Civi that was launched a while ago in China.

According to reports, Samsung has started mass producing the Galaxy S22 series. Theoretically, this puts the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22 Ultra on track for a January or February 2022 release.

Evan Blass has leaked the ROG Flow Z13, ASUS' latest take on the Surface Pro form factor. The 2-in-1 has a USB Type-A port, a 13-inch display and what looks like an SD card reader. The compact device seems destined to launch on November 3 at ASUS' 'wow the world' hardware event.

Founded less than a decade ago, Two Hat has been working with Microsoft's Xbox team for several years, and the time has already come for the next big step. By joining Microsoft, Two Hat will enable the Redmond giant to provide healthy, safe, and inclusive online spaces to its various online communities.

Google's first try at an in-house chipset, Tensor, is proving to be rather capable. It appears, however, that the Pixel 6's chipset isn't as original as Google's marketing would lead one to believe, with code showing a strong relationship with Samsung's Exynos.

A noted leaker has been offering up a wealth of details about a potential 2022 Apple iMac Pro that would be fitted with a choice between the M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. The supposed iMac Pro with Apple Silicon would also sport an HDMI port and possibly be priced at a surprising level. However, it seems only a medium-sized 27-inch option is on the cards right now.

Xiaomi will launch the Xiaomi 12 series in the near future and a new leak has now provided information about the line-leading Xiaomi 12 Ultra model. Apparently, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra will be equipped with a newer sensor that should deliver significantly improved telephoto capabilities.

The DJI Action 2 is even smaller than the GoPro Hero 10 Black, so it is no surprise to see it suffering from overheating issues, too. Arguably, the Action 2 is even worse than the Hero 10 Black in this respect, with DJI unable to include a 'High Temperature Mode' in EU and UK devices because of regulatory restrictions.

It seems that Intel is preparing at least two Arc Alchemist reference designs based on DG2 GPUs. The desktop graphics cards have sleek designs with silver shrouds, black fans and black PCBs.

Samsung is rolling out a new update to the Galaxy Watch4 to consumers in the US, the Netherlands, and a few other regions across the globe. The update brings new watch faces, support for backups, and an improved heart rate measurement algorithm. The update also carries the November security patch.

During the 'Break All Limits' Livestream, ASUS showcased four new power supplies. The ROG THOR Titanium 1600W is the new flagship and is 80 PLUS Titanium certified while the ROG THOR II power supplies consist of three variants and are 80 PLUS Platinum certified. The new ASUS PSUs are future-proof and support PCIe 5.0.

Xiaomi has announced the Redmi Watch 2 Lite, its third smartwatch this week. The Redmi Watch 2 has plenty going for it, including a SpO2 sensor, a GPS module and a large battery. The Redmi Watch 2 Lite will be available in six colours.

The top-end Galaxy Z Fold3 phablet has become eligible for the latest version of Samsung's One UI, as has the Galaxy Z Flip3 clamshell foldable phone. Users of either high-end device in the OEM's native South Korea can now download their first betas of the latest 4.0 version of this software, which upgrades the devices to Android 12 and its newest features.

Lenovo will debut its new high-end tablet for its domestic market, China, in a few days from now. However, an online retail site claims to have it up for pre-orders for a price in US dollars ahead of this event. In more concrete pre-launch tips, the OEM has revealed that it will come with a custom magnetic keyboard dock.

Mishaal Rahman has revealed camera configurations for two unreleased Google Pixel devices. Codenamed 'bluejay' and 'cloudripper', the pair are seemingly part of Google's R&D towards next year's batch of Pixel smartphones.

The latest LG CineBeam LED projector has debuted at under $900 in the US market. The OEM asserts that it can be set up anywhere thanks to its compact form-factor and "4-Corner" keystone technology. It is thus rated for clear, vivid and accurate images of up to 120 inches in diagonal length.

Most lithium-ion batteries, those found in mobile devices included, are incapable of working when exposed to temperatures of about -20 degrees Celsius (°C) or lower. However, the new AGM Glory series of rugged Android phones has a power-pack rated to function for a time at -40°C. They also have a 5G Qualcomm processor, 8GB of RAM, a 48MP main camera and more.

Honor has held other companies such as Xiaomi off to retain the third-highest share of the Chinese smartphone market. The OEM is now third in this market; then again, the greatest year-on-year (YoY) gain in the country went to Apple for the latest quarter of 2021 (3Q2021). Despite this success, the market as a whole shrank by 5% YoY.

A couple of CPU-Z benchmarks have surfaced showing the Intel Core i9-12900K achieving astonishing single-thread results. The new Alder Lake hybrid processor smashed its way past anything by an AMD Ryzen 9 chip and also demolished the i9-11900K. However, it seems more than likely that such single-thread supremacy comes at a high power cost.

Apple's Q4 revenue has fallen short of expectations, allowing Microsoft to become the most valuable company for the first time since July 2020. Apple earned US$83.36 billion with an annual growth of 29%. iPhone sales contributed US$38.87 billion, growing 47% year-over-year. Mac and iPad revenue also grew and came in at US$9.18 billion and US$8.25 billion respectively, representing a 1.6% and 21.4% annual growth.

The 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Max SoC has been tested on multiple benchmarks while in high-power mode. The 2021 laptop managed to churn out some slightly higher scores in a couple of tests, but on the surface the overall result appeared to be underwhelming. However, it’s possible there was a flaw in the MacBook Pro 16 testing.

OPPO has taken to launching Pro and Pro+ models alongside a vanilla variant when it comes to unveiling new Reno-series smartphones. Now, a new leak alleges that the OEM is going to shake this scheme up with their upcoming next generation. The line is said to get an SE edition for the first time.

Xiaomi has reportedly sold every unit of the super-premium Mi 11 Ultra it has for the Indian market. The Android flagship has only been on sale there for about 3 months, but is now reportedly not coming back now it is out of stock. It may be "replaced" by its own approximate successor in 2022.

TeamGroup has announced its fastest gaming SSD, the T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO. The CARDEA uses the latest NVMe 1.4 specification and PCIe Gen4x4 interface. The gaming SSD is available in different storage sizes and features two different heat sinks to fit the needs of gamers. The T-FORCE SSD performs at fast read/write speeds of up to 7400/7000 MB/s and releases in November.

Sony has reported total revenues of ~2.4 trillion yen (~US$20.8 billion) for its latest fiscal quarter (the second of 2021, or 2FQ2021). Its gaming arm accounted for nearly 27% of these takings; however, nearly every other area of the company's business, even that of its smartphones, posted year-on-year (YoY) gains.

A report by RiskIQ indicates that hackers are abusing the Discord CDN to in a range of ways to send users over 27 different types of malware, including remote access trojans that allow them to gain control of victims' devices.

This model appears to be based on the same GA103 die that was leaked back in June with the Lenovo ThinPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 laptops. It is rumored to launch at CES next year with 7680 CUDA cores and up to 16 GB of GDDR6 RAM.

Xiaomi has officially revealed the Redmi Smart Band Pro. The latest activity tracker from the popular Chinese OEM features a 1.47-inch AMOLED touch display, offers up to 450-nit brightness, and it can automatically detect up to three fitness modes. The Redmi Smart Band Pro is also capable of tracking blood oxygen saturation levels.

In many aspects, the iPhone 13 mini features the same hardware as the larger model, and its performance is similar as well. However, the 5.4-inch screen turns out to be a tad too small at times.

If you have trouble keeping up with model names, we don't blame you. Some manufacturers aren't making it any easier by giving two very different names to two models that otherwise look exactly the same.

Although it took a while, I can say that it was worth waiting for MIUI 12.5.6 Enhanced Edition, the Global Stable firmware update for the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro (also available for the non-Pro variant, of course) that often makes my phone feel like never before. Sadly, there are still some bugs here and there.

The well-known repair website iFixit has now released a new comprehensive teardown video that illustrates the better repairability of Apple's 2021 MacBook Pro, but also confirms a few annoying restrictions.

On paper, the Xperia 1 III has an excellent display. In practice, the 4K, 120 Hz and OLED display does not get that bright. DxOMark has knocked the device down a peg or two with complaints about strong green tints, too. Accordingly, the camera specialists do not rate the Xperia 1 III's display highly.