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A Tesla Cybertruck collided with a Toyota Corolla in California. While only minor injuries were sustained during the collision, the Toyota seems to have taken most of the abuse. The stark contrast between the damage sustained by the vehicles seems to validate previous safety concerns about the design of the Cybertruck.

Vivo's V30 Lite, the first in the V30 series, packs a Snapdragon 695 SoC, 12GB RAM, and 256GB storage for a seamless experience on Android 13-based FuntouchOS 13. Its standout features include a powerful quad-camera setup, a vibrant 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, and 44W fast charging for its 4,800 mAh battery.

Honor's new X50 Pro offers budget-friendly excellence with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset for efficient performance. The 6.78-inch display, though lacking LTPO, impresses with 10-bit colour support. Featuring a 108MP primary camera, with a 5,800mAh battery and 35W charging, it strikes a balance between affordability and quality at 2,799 Yuan ($400) in China, making it a compelling choice

The GT5 Pro is the most up-to-date premium Android smartphone released by Realme - however, it has yet to be made available outside of China. That might be about to change, however, as hinted by a new official teaser post. It seems to combine the Pro's most prominent design cue with one of its most cutting-edge features.

Motorola is getting ready to say goodbye to 2023 and look ahead to a 2024 replete with updated, upgraded mobile devices already. The brand asserts that the new range will be the first to be augmented with its OEM Lenovo's custom AI in earnest, its flagships, Moto G-series mid-ranges and the Razr Plus' successor included.

California-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Fisker revealed in its December business update that it successfully assembled 10,142 units of its Ocean electric SUV in the year, with approximately 4,700 units already handed over to customers.

The lawsuit argues that millions of users who believed they were browsing anonymously had their internet activity covertly monitored by Google.

Elon Musk's teased 'very high' production volume plans for Tesla's first mass market electric vehicle may have led to the huge order for next-gen 3nm chips it has placed with TSMC. The new 2024 N3P production mode is faster and more frugal with power consumption than TSMC's current 3nm chips.

The 2023 Apple MacBook Pro 16 with the M3 Pro chip is currently going for 10% off the list price at Amazon. Thanks to its solid build quality, beautiful display, excellent inputs, fast performance, and unrivaled battery life, the MacBook Pro 16 is a stunning machine and is pretty easy to recommend especially at the currently discounted rate.

Apple is getting serious about generative AI, releasing its first Multimodel Large Language Model dubbed Ferret. The new AI model has been published under an open source license and was trained using 8 Nvidia A100 GPUs.

The 2027 Apple Vision Pro headset is expected to introduce cutting-edge RGB OLEDoS displays for enhanced brightness and color reproduction, according to Omdia, revolutionizing augmented and virtual reality experiences. Analysts, including Ming-Chi Kuo, anticipate no hardware updates until the launch in 2027.

Valve has unveiled a comprehensive list that it says contains the best Steam games of 2023. The list has different categories, including top-performing games measured by gross revenue and player engagement. It also highlights the titles that are most played on Steam Deck, with a controller, and in VR.

Xiaomi has now launched the Redmi 13C 5G in its home market. The entry-level devices brings a number of improvements over the standard non-5G Redmi 13C, and does so while keeping a starting price tag that converts into right about $100.

Yesterday was Xiaomi EV day, but fans of Xiaomi smartphones and wearables will also get their money's worth even sooner than the first SU7 and SU7 Max electric cars. The Xiaomi 14, Xiaomi 14 Pro and the Xiaomi Watch S3 are now available in the two pretty new colors of the Xiaomi electric fleet - at least in China.

Just a few more days before 2024 starts we can now also see the first official render images and teaser videos of Oppo's high-end camera flagship, which is set to set itself apart from the competition with Hasselblad tuning, dual periscope telefotos and a new 1-inch sensor. Oppo has now also commented the official launch date and the configurations available in China.

AOOSTAR has teased the AOOSTAR MAX and Pro7 gaming mini PCs for the international markets. They come with up to a Ryzen 7 7840HS processor and OCuLink port, enabling better performance with an external GPU setup. Pricing info is yet to be confirmed, but AOOSTAR said it will make an official announcement in mid-January.

Apple has lost another of its key employees to Jony Ive’s design firm LoveFrom. Tang Tan, who currently heads up the iPhone and Watch design teams is leaving Apple to work with Ive and Sam Altman on the smartphone powered by OpenAI’s market leading generative AI technology.

A slew of rumours out of China claim that Micro Four Thirds camera sensors will soon make their way into smartphones. While these sensors would massively improve low-light capability and potentially revolutionise video, the physics of smartphone and camera lens design suggest otherwise.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, priced at $219.99 (originally $430) on Amazon, is a standout budget tablet currently available with a 49% discount on Amazon. Boasting a 10.4-inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor, and S Pen, it offers reliable performance and great value for users prioritising affordability and quality.

Integrated Biosciences has discovered a new class of antibiotics using AI-powered drug discovery software. The new antibiotics can be effective against MRSA and other germs that have gained resistance against current drugs. This can reduce deaths from infections that do not respond to current antibiotics.

The X2 Max is a new and compact projector with high resolution and a smart system, so an external player does not need to be used. As usual for compact projectors, brightness is an issue.

Honor has now confirmed that there will indeed be a GT version of its X50 Android smartphone, and that it will launch soon. A notorious leaker purports to back the OEM's combative claims of its performance up with further specific details in advance. They include a larger-than-average battery to go with its high-end display and high-res main camera.

The recently imposed ban on sale/import of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 has been temporarily lifted by a US Court of Appeals order. While online sale has resumed today, all Apple Stores will have them in stock by December 30. Meanwhile, the ITC will have a chance to argue for reinstating the ban, which follows a lawsuit over the pulse oximetry technology used in the watch.

Previously showcased on Computex in February, the Minisforum EM780 mini PC will launch tomorrow. It has an AMD Ryzen 7840U CPU housed inside an ultra-compact 0.25-liter chassis. While it’s pocket-sized, the mini desktop has a generous number of ports and packs a proper cooling system.

Available since mid-June 2021, the Asus ROG Spatha X wireless gaming mouse topped at $199.90 at the end of November 2021 and dropped to $99.99 twice so far. After a $149.99 spike recorded last month, it is now available on Amazon for $99.99 thanks to a 33% discount while Asus has it listed for $134.

OPPO has indicated that the Find X7 series will be its first smartphones to launch with a new AI assistant out of the box. AndesGPT is based on a large language model (LLM) rated to respond up to 3.5 times faster than the industry average (depending on word-count). It is also backed to complete tasks such as generating high-quality images up to 60% faster than rival models.

Minisforum has announced a very versatile mini PC. Dubbed the Minisforum MS-01 Mini WorkStation, the tiny desktop has performance-focused specs, speedy network options, and a robust cooling solution. It’s currently up for pre-orders with a starting price of $549.

Vivo is now believed to have a third-gen foldable smartphone in the works. The X Fold3 is painted as capable of taking on rivals such as the OnePlus Open with on-trend camera specs such as a periscope zoom lens. However, it is also slated to upgrade to the current top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, while retaining a feature missing from its potential OnePlus counterpart.

Google and Fervo Energy are working to reduce the impact of climate change with the next generation of geothermal energy. Unlike wind and solar power, geothermal energy provides a continuous supply of electricity and, with government support, could become a cost-effective and carbon-free source of energy in the future.

The OnePlus Buds 3 will officially debut in the Chinese market on January 4 alongside the OnePlus Ace 3. As the successor of Buds 2, the new earbuds claim to feature good hardware with proper tuning, gearing them to “popularize flagship sound quality.”

AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 8945HS showed up on Geekbench alongside Asus' upcoming ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop. It performs on par with its Phoenix-based predecessor in multi-core but lags in single-core.

Samsung's Galaxy A15, soon to be globally released, will undergo rebranding as part of the Galaxy M lineup. Reports suggest an upcoming Galaxy M15 with a larger 6,000 mAh battery, following the trend of its predecessor, the M14. The Galaxy A15, featuring a 6.5-inch 90Hz Super AMOLED display, MediaTek Helio G99 chip, and configurations up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, stands out as Samsung's budget-friendly choice eligible for four major OS upgrades.

A new leak has revealed the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra prices. All three flagships are supposedly €50 cheaper than their predecessors in Europe.

Powered by BYD LFP or CATL nickel batteries, the first electric car by Xiaomi will also have a version with a 150 kWh pack capable of more than 500 miles of range on a charge. With the rest of its specs, the performance SU7 sedan is ready to take on the Tesla Model S.

From the same leaker that recently provided us with some of the first images of One UI 6.1 comes an official-looking infographic that provides us with a comparison of many important technical specifications of Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 Ultra. A lot of those are already known, but this is the first time that we seemingly learn how Samsung plans to distribute Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Exynos 2400 in their international models.

A few days before CES 2024 starts, the first official-looking render images of a new Lenovo Yoga Book 9i generation have surfaced, suggesting that Lenovo is planning to upgrade the innovative but somewhat controversial dual-display laptop with Intel Meteor Lake and Arc GPU in the new year.

OnePlus has announced that the launch conference of the Ace 3 is scheduled for January 4, 2024. It will come equipped with what the brand calls an "Oriental Screen," featuring a peak brightness of 4500 NITS and 8T LTPO design. Also, Li Jie Louis confirmed that it will offer the same flagship visual experience as the OnePlus 12.

The Xiaomi TV A50 is a new high-resolution television that is set to be launched at a particularly affordable price. It has a built-in brightness sensor, which is likely to have a positive impact on power consumption.

The MagicBook X16 is a new notebook with an Intel processor that stands out on account of its low weight and relatively low price. But the display is unlikely to satisfy demanding users.

The S10 Pro Ultra is a new cleaning robot from Dreame that is supposedly very efficient in both wet and dry cleaning. The device itself is particularly compact.

Pre-orders for the RedMagic 9 Pro have begun. Those who pre-order will receive a discount and may even win the smartphone itself or a particularly high discount.

A new tablet, the Teclast P30T, is now available with Android 14. The model is on offer at a very reasonable price and is aimed at customers with more general requirements.

Xiaomi unveiled its Redmi Watch 4 Xiaomi around a month ago and it is expected to be launched globally very soon. The smartwatch features a large AMOLED, an optical sensor system and a GNSS module.

Even when it was brand-new from the factory, the electric Volkswagen Golf from the 2016 model year had a comparatively modest EPA range of just 80 miles per charge. As 2023 draws to an end, a well-known YouTuber illustrates how practical the almost 8-year-old VW e-Golf is today with a noticeably degraded EV battery.

The Chinese government recently tightened its grasp on the gaming industry and predatory practices that a lot of game studios use to generate revenue. More recently, government officials have said that these new rules may be reconsidered after stock prices tumbled in the wake of the new regulations.

Amazon Prime users who would rather avoid the ad breaks will need to pay an additional $2.99 a month for a commercial-free subscription.

Microbiomes from hunter-gatherer societies are being used to help people in industrialised countries fight chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. However, this type of research also raises ethical concerns about biopiracy and scientific colonialism.

iQOO has launched its first ever Watch today (December 27, 2023). The new wearable boasts a 1.43-inch AMOLED display powered by a custom OS for its health- and sleep-tracking features, and has the option of independent eSIM connectivity. The Watch is joined in its debut by new TWS earbuds of impressively long battery life for an attractive price.

The Neo9 series has emerged today as iQOO's latest 144Hz display Android smartphones. They also boast the largest batteries of their mid-range line thus far, with flagship-grade charging across the board to boot. The newly-launched devices offer up to 1TB of internal storage, new or nearly-new top-end silicon and 50MP main cameras for ~$560 at the most.

In view of CES 2024, LG Electronics prepares to showcase their smart home AI agent that runs on multimodal AI technology. The bot is powered by Qualcomm Robotics RB5 for facial recognition and functions as a pet monitor, a patrolling security guard and a moving smart home hub on two wheels.