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No way the Nintendo Switch 2 will be a Steam Deck killer - despite alleged PS4-like prowess

Supposed Steam Deck killers are missing the point

Apple silicon-based Macs and MacBooks are set to age faster than any Mac in recent history

Microsoft Edge is getting out of control and this needs to stop

Ditch the glass: It's time to bring back less-fragile plastic smartphones

The PlayStation Showcase's hardware announcements were bad and Sony should feel bad

Opinion: It’s 2023, so shouldn’t mobile computing be better than this?

Electric vehicles for everyone: 3 reasons why EVs make sense more than ever in 2023

The new M2 MacBook Pro 14 & 16 are here, but you should probably get the cheaper M1 predecessor

The five-year-old Xiaomi Mi A1 is still alive thanks to multiple Android 13 ROMs

Starlink – What it is and who it is for

MIUI 13.0.6 Global Stable brings the April 2022 security patch to Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro users

MIUI 13 finally hits the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro, but it's far from perfect

Opinion: The new iPhone SE is a smartphone solution in search of a problem

Telegram could be banned all over the European Union

Hyundai might drop combustion engines, but hydrogen cars remain in the cards

The GeForce RTX 2050 is Nvidia's most confusing graphics card till date

Multiple Android 12 ROMs available for the four-year-old Xiaomi Mi A1

Miner exclusive cards like the Sapphire GPRO X080 and X060 aren't a solution: they're part of the global GPU supply problem

No, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is unlikely to feature a 200 MP camera

Samsung may not release a Galaxy Note 22 next year either

When do we finally get the Dell XPS 15 with AMD Ryzen CPUs?

The next generation Nintendo Switch absolutely needs this one feature that the Playstation 5 has yet to receive

The Huawei P50 Pro and its monochrome camera debut at the top of DxOMark's charts, but things aren't always as they seem

Opinion | I didn’t cancel my M1 iPad Pro pre-order after WWDC, but I did downgrade it

Android 11-based MIUI 12.5.1 brings the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro back in business

Why does Lenovo sabotage its flagship ThinkPad X1-series?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X lags behind 12 Intel Rocket Lake and Comet Lake chips while a Coffee Lake CPU and a mobile processor outbench the Ryzen 9 5950X - UserBenchmark really doesn't like Zen 3

CES and iF World Design should stop giving out so many dubious design awards and start recognizing companies for outstanding warranty practices and long-term product quality

External graphics docks or eGPUs will inevitably be a growing threat to gaming laptops

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition sold for US$2,999.99... but this is a "good" price

Intel is competing against itself, but why?

Intel's new anti-Mac adverts are hilarious - but for all the wrong reasons

Industry insiders believe Intel can spin off its fabs with a solid long-term plan that involves acquiring even more fabs

New Microsoft advert claims the Surface Pro 7 is a better option than the MacBook Pro 13, including for gaming

Looking back, 2020 was a pretty bad year for smartphone enthusiasts

I believe in ray tracing, but I do not believe in Nvidia's RTX 3000-series GPUs

Final nail in the coffin: Bar-raising AMD Ryzen 9 5950X somehow lags behind four Intel parts including the Core i9-10900K in average bench on UserBenchmark despite higher 1-core and 4-core scores

Do not install the One UI 2.5 update if you value Gcam on your Samsung Galaxy phone

PlayStation 5 devkit and final next-gen console designs are revolutionary in comparison to previous efforts leaving high expectations for the PS6

Do smartphones really need 120-Hz screens?

Opinion: This is why the Apple iPad 10.2 is a sustainable product

Analyst prediction for the most popular iPhone 12 model is counter to recent trends

8P objectives are the "next big thing" when it comes to smartphones, but are they really better?

We're calling it now: 2021 will introduce new laptops with way better webcams than ever before

The exasperating PlayStation 5 wait might be the greatest trick Sony ever pulled - but don't worry, the PS5 does exist

We demand more small phones!

Intel still leans on gaming comparisons to prove its worth, but it may have shot itself in the foot this time around

