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The Vissles keyboard will apply similar optical switches and even spacing as the keys on an Apple Magic keyboard. It also happens to have per-key RGB lighting and a thickness profile of just 7.9 mm at its thinnest point.

Insomniac Games' Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was officially unveiled in a trailer that has been released as a part of Sony's PlayStation showcase today. While this may be exciting news for fans, the trailer could also cause some disappointment for people who are really looking forward to playing the new Spider-Man game for the PS5.

Santa Monica Studios finally showed off the upcoming God of War Ragnarok via its first-ever trailer. It sheds light on some new gameplay elements, the game's antagonists, i.e. Freya and Thor, and a few in-game locations. There's no telling when God of War Ragnarok will be launched, but we can expect it to happen sometime in 2022 or 2023.

Amazon has announced that the latest version of its Fire TV Stick is called the Max variant. The accessory still streams in 4K; however, its new MediaTek processor supports Wi-Fi 6 and is paired to more RAM in this generation. It is shipped with an updated remote that has the OEM's smart assistant built in.

With Windows 11's shipping date right around the corner, Microsoft has turned its attention to next year's update. The company still has time to push out another Windows 11 21H2 build though, even if it only addresses two bugs from last week's build.

The Mi Mix 4 is Xiaomi's inaugural under-display camera flagship smartphone. This is an impressive breakthrough with which to launch; however, the device's all-new spec does come with the compromise of an FHD+ resolution. However, the latest rumors suggest that the OEM is already prepared to step up to 2K in its immediate successor.

The PC version of the Japanese action roleplaying game is free to download on the Epic Games Store for a limited time only. The Complete Edition even includes all three DLCs that have been released for the main game.

TCL has announced the most budget variant of its latest 20 5G smartphone series. The new R model offers a 6.52-inch display driven by a 4,500mAh battery and runs on Android 11. Then again, the OEM has modulated its specs in order to launch it at an attractive price in Europe.

Google is finally showing more of the Pixel 6 series, starting with a new teaser video. Drawing inspiration from Drake's new album, Certified Lover Boy, Google has showcased its Material You design language and teased the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro's launch date.

Google has published Android 12 Beta 5, Android 12's final beta and the first for the Pixel 5a. Google states that the final Android 12 version will arrive for Pixel smartphones in a few weeks.

A Thursday at GeForce NOW means it's time for the streaming platform to reveal the latest additions to its library. However, despite the potentially welcome new arrivals involved this week, they may be overshadowed by another announcement that Ubisoft's most hotly-awaited upcoming releases will also become available on NVIDIA's service right from their launch.

The unannounced Galaxy Book appears to integrate an early sample of the Alder Lake-P that only runs at 2.25 GHz. There is no dGPU, but the processor does integrate an improved Iris Xe LP graphics accelerator, plus the system is equipped with 16 GB of what looks to be LPDDR5X RAM.

Carbon Mobile has relocated the production of the Carbon 1 MK II to Germany. The world's first carbon fibre smartphone is now cheaper too, and by quite a margin at that.

Some of the new improvements include better CPU and RAM prioritisation for foreground apps that can also lead to expanded battery life on laptops, faster resume from sleep mode, reduced storage footprint with non-critical apps that can install on demand, DCH drivers that reduce the occurrence of crashes and 40% lighter updates.

A group of dedicated fans of the 20 year old game Serious Sam - The First Encounter took on the task of modernizing the aging action game. The stunning results of this effort are shown in a new video, but the modification also greatly increases the hardware requirements of the iconic shooter.

A well-known leaker has provided information about the PlayStation 5 Pro, Sony's presumed mid-cycle refresh. Reputedly, the console will receive a new AMD GPU that consumes more power with the advantage of offering significantly better performance, perhaps enough to bring about true 8K gaming.

Samsung has delayed the rollout of One UI 4 beta, its Android 12-based update. The new OS was supposed to start arriving on Galaxy S21 devices in South Korea from today, before reaching handsets in other markets throughout September.

Xiaomi has another mid-range smartphone in the works, not just the 11T or 11T Pro. The Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE is expected to pick up where the Mi 11 Lite 5G left off, but at a much lower price.

Recent reports have claimed that Samsung has killed off the Galaxy Note series, effectively nuking all hopes for a Galaxy Note 22 or Note 22 Ultra. Those reports, generally sourced to popular leaker Ice Universe, look to have been based on an illogical assumption and are misguided.

Alongside the Vivo X70 and X70 Pro, Vivo has also launched the X70 Pro+, a proper flagship with impressive camera hardware, IP68 certification, and a Snapdragon 888+. The X60 Pro+ already delivered excellent camera performance and the X70 Pro+ will hope to build on that thanks to its new V1 ISP chip.

Vivo has now unveiled the latest iteration in its lineup of premium phones, the Vivo X70 series, in China. The Vivo X70 and X70 Pro both feature excellent hardware and solid camera arrays, but a starting price tag that converts into just under US$600 may prove discouraging.

GoPro's action camera retailed for €479.99 in the Eurozone last year, but this year's model will cost a lot more than the Hero 9 Black does. Reportedly, the Hero 10 Black will be over 10% more expensive than its predecessor, which is a lot to pay for the new features that it will offer.

Rumour has it that NVIDIA is planning to release two new GeForce RTX generations in 2022, leaving the GeForce RTX 30 series as the only option for a while yet. Reputedly, NVIDIA's RTX 30 SUPER 'Ampere Refresh' will debut first, and will have around nine months on the shelves before RTX 40 'Lovelace' cards arrive. RDNA 3 and RTX 40 cards could arrive at nearly the same time, too.

The DJI Mavic 3 has leaked again, this time in several renders. The Mavic 3 is expected to arrive with dual Hasselblad cameras and a larger battery than its predecessors. A possible DJI Mavic 3 release date has been discussed, too.

MediaTek has now unveiled its latest chipset for tablets, the Kompanio 900T. The Kompanio 900T sits underneath the Kompanio 1300T in the company's pecking order and will offer excellent performance and efficiency thanks to its Cortex-A78 cores and TSMC's 6 nm manufacturing process.

Realme has launched its first tablet: the Realme Pad. The slate will eventually be available in three different configurations and is powered by the MediaTek Helio 80 processor. Realme has priced the Realme Pad at a stunning starting point of just ₹13,999 (US$190) for the entry-level model. Sales of the tablet in India begin on September 16.

The Xiaomi 11T and Xiaomi 11T Pro launch nears, with Xiaomi set on unveiling the pair a day after Apple reveals the iPhone 13 series. Xiaomi has now confirmed that the 11T series will be its first devices to receive 3 Android OS updates and 4 years of security patches, matching the software support offered by other Android OEMs. Sadly, other Xiaomi devices are 'not included at this time'.

The Realme 8s and Realme 8i have been officially launched in India. Both phones are pretty feature-rich and fall under the highly competitive sub-INR 20,000 (US$271) segment. They will be available for purchase via Flipkart and Realme's official website starting on September 13

OPPO has announced new pricing and availability data for the Reno6 5G, a phone destined to stand out in the mid-range European market due to its MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC. The device also offers an FHD+ AMOLED display, fast 65W charging and triple rear cameras.

For grade school students or simple at-home multimedia playback, this subnotebook can provide more power than the usual Core i3, Celeron, or Atom without needing to break the bank or look like an eyesore.

The iBASE MI989 comes in two AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 flavours, each with two SODIMM sockets and three M.2 slots. The Mini-ITX board has four DisplayPort 1.4 ports too, and supports 5G connectivity.

The Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro is BPI's latest SBC, having already released the BPI-R2. The BPI-R2 Pro utilises a Rockchip RK3568 SoC, up to 4 GB of RAM and has a 40-pin GPIO header. The machine also has five RJ45 Ethernet ports and space for an M.2 E-Key.

Long lines have formed in front of Japanese shops that sell a reprint of some coveted Pokémon cards. The continuing hype around these trading cards apparently let some fans forget the pandemic and the strict health regulations.

DJI has unveiled its latest gimbal, the Osmo Mobile 5. The OM 5 is much lighter than its predecessor but with a built-in extension road, 3-axis stabilisation and ActiveTrack 4.0. There is one major disadvantage with the OM 5 compared to the OM 4, though.

Xiaomi will launch its first car eventually, with US$10 billion due to be invested in its EV vehicle business over the next decade. Now, the Xiaomi Community has put together a few interesting designs as to how that car could look.

Ultra-cheap laptops get a lot of bad rap for cutting too many corners. The Gateway GWTN141 is by no means perfect or even that great, but it does a few things far better than the typical cheap laptop worth mentioning.

YouTuber Moore's Law Is Dead has heard from his sources that Microsoft has a new Xbox Series S in store for us. It is slated to use an APU based on TSMC's 6N node, which will ship with additional CUs. The console will allegedly hit shelves in late 2022 for around US$350.

The LG Gram series stands for extreme light weight that you look for to no avail from other laptop manufacturers. At the same time, the new 17Z90P is still very well equipped for everyday tasks. However, the low weight also comes at the cost of some weak points.

The new action adventure developed by the Arkane Studios can easily run on older hardware on low settings, and Deathloop is also one of the rare games to support AMDs supersampling technology FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR).

Logitech has unveiled a fancy-looking docking station, and an expensive one at that. The Logi Dock can recharge devices at up to 100 W and has an integrated speakerphone for Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls.

Apple will release the iPad Mini 6 at its event in California next week, and a new leak has now put paid to some fan hopes for the smaller Apple tablet. Apparently, the iPad Mini 6 will sport an LCD, and not a mini-LED as some reports have claimed.

U.S. and South Korean RISC-V researchers managed to make Nvidia's CUDA code compatible with non-Nvidia hardware. It is quite the achievement considering AMD and Intel have not yet pursued such a solution. The RISC-V-based Vortex GPGPU essentially translates CUDA code into OpenCL instructions through the RISC-V library.

Fossil has done some optimising of its Gen 5 smartwatches, apparently. In an attempt to free-up memory and improve performance, the company has deleted about two-thirds of the watch faces that were previously available. To its credit, Fossil has added two watch faces in place of those that it has removed.

Next week, Apple will reveal the A15 Bionic, the SoC that is expected to feature at the heart of the iPhone 13 series. Leaked performance data suggests that the A15 Bionic could pack plenty of GPU power, possibly more so than even the Exynos 2200 and its AMD RDNA 2-based GPU.

Leaked iPhone 14 renders have offered an initial look at Apple's smartphones for 2022. While the iPhone 13 will look like the iPhone 12, the iPhone 14 will represent the first major design change for the iPhone since the iPhone X.

The OEM OPPO has hinted that the next major upgrade to its version of Android, ColorOS 12, will be unveiled shortly. Meanwhile, a famous leaker has intimated that the same company will collaborate with the iconic photography brand Kodak to develop a smartphone that is also a homage to a classic camera.

Motorola has introduced its latest development in completely wireless method of keeping mobile-device powered as "Space Charging". The OEM has now condensed this next-gen technology into a desktop transmitter rated to send up to 5 watts (W) of power over an increased amount of open space to a compatible smartphone.

According to a report, the Galaxy S22 Ultra may be the only device in the Galaxy S22 series to receive an Under Panel Camera and the Exynos 2200 in some markets. By contrast, punch-hole displays and the Snapdragon 898 will be headed to the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus.

Samsung skipped the Galaxy Note 21 series this year, with the Galaxy Z series taking its place. Now, it has emerged that Samsung has not renewed its Galaxy Note trademark, making the chances of it releasing the Galaxy Note 22 series seem even more remote.

The Redmi K50 range of smartphones is already rumored to arrive in the form of high-quality handsets based on the specs predicted for them thus far. Now, a prominent leaker asserts their OEM will compound them with builds rated for IP68 levels of ingress-protection. The tipster also now supports the prospect of upgraded charging tech in the upcoming devices.