The next vehicle in Toyota's 2022 electric car stable has just been announced with a rumored price tag quite a bit lower than that of its direct competitor the Tesla Model 3. The Toyota bZ3 is a bit longer than the Model 3 and carries BYD's blade LFP batteries and powertrain.

The Delfast California e-bike is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo. US and EU versions of the electric bicycle are available, with top speeds of 28 mph (~45 kph) and 16 mph (~25 kph), respectively. Plus, the US model has a Bafang M620 motor which can deliver up to 160 Nm of torque.

Kakuka is currently crowdfunding for its Rampage Cyberpunk fat-tire e-bike on Indiegogo. The Rampage and Rampage Pro electric bicycles have top speeds of 32 mph (~52 kph) and 28 mph (~45 kph), respectively. The pedelecs have 23-in (~58 cm) fat tires and a full-suspension system for a comfortable ride.

Xiaomi has launched a pre-order campaign for the Mijia Front-Loading Drum Washing Machine 12 kg. Thanks to its larger capacity, the gadget can simultaneously wash up to 60 t-shirts. You can control the device via a built-in touch control panel, choosing from cycles such as a 15-minute quick wash.

Apple may be preparing the company’s first Mac Pro with Apple silicon if the latest report from Mark Gurman is true. According to the insider, Cupertino is currently testing the unannounced Mac Pro with two new M2 chips that are up to four times more performant than the M2 Max.

Xiaomi has unveiled the Mijia Graphene Baseboard Heater in China, which will be available to pre-order from October 27. The gadget uses dual graphene heating elements to provide warmth in three seconds. You can control the device via the Mijia app, Xiao AI voice commands, or the built-in touch control panel.

Xiaomi has now confirmed more details of its imminent Redmi Note 12 series. The lineup will play host to MediaTek's new Dimensity 1080 5G chipset, and at least one model in the series will feature the all-new 200 MP ISOCELL HPX camera sensor.

A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign has begun for the Conga AI-powered robotic lawn mower. Three integrated HDR cameras enable the device to navigate your garden without needing a physical boundary wire. The gadget can mow up to 1,800 m² (~19,375 ft²) daily, and you can control the lawn mower via a smartphone app.

The public Alpha version 10.37 update for Garmin Fenix 7 and Epix smartwatches is now available. The latest software includes several enhancements to the recently added Morning Report feature, summarising your day ahead. The company also claims that the update resolves a battery drain issue.

The Garmin Beta version 23.80 update has been revealed and is rolling out to eligible models. The latest software brings new customizable shortcuts to the gadget and two bug fixes. The update, which follows the recent public Alpha 23.73 release, will be automatically pushed to wearables signed up to the Garmin Beta program.

Thanks to a considerable US$730 discount at a reputable US-based retailer, the 48-inch LG A2 becomes one of the most affordable entry-level OLED TVs on the market that is made by one of the big three television brands.

Tesla has received state funding to build 260 new charging stalls in total across New South Wales, at more than 30 Supercharger locations. It recently launched the Model Y in Australia and New Zealand, and wants to quickly build out its charging infrastructure there with the government's help.

Vivo's press conference for the next generation of flagship-grade, Zeiss-branded, mobile camera solutions of today (October 24, 2022) has met with an initial leak suggesting how they will look in devices such as the rumored X90 premium Android smartphone series. They are touted to come with upgraded low-light and portrait performance, as well as a new dedicated image signal processor (ISP).

Samsung's official US webstore is holding a multi-day event during which a consumer can buy a new Galaxy S22-series device with 256GB of internal storage for the price of a 128GB base model. There are also deals on the new top-end Galaxy Z Fold4, as well as potentially improved trade-in offers.

Ulefone has just introduced a new smartphone as one that a user could throw around a construction site with impunity, yet offer a high-end experience at the same time. To this end, the Armor 17 Pro packs a number of unusually premium specs for its brand, a 120Hz display, a 108MP main rear camera and fast charging with magnetic wireless charging included. On the other hand, it also rocks a 4G/LTE-only MediaTek SoC and runs Android 12.

The Motorola Moto Razr 2022 has proven a hit on the Chinese foldable smartphone market thanks to its upgrades over its predecessors. Now, it is finally ready to try and do the same in other regions such as Europe. Then again, according to the latest leaks, it might fail to undercut its main rival the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 on its impending global launch.

Lamenting Apple’s convoluted iPad ecosystem, industry insider Mark Gurman has suggested in the latest edition of his newsletter that the company was considering launching an affordable iPad model with a plastic back. Gurman believes the ill-fated iPad was Cupertino’s “only real hope” against Chromebooks in schools.

The Garmin Fenix 6X Pro smartwatch is currently discounted at Amazon in countries including the US and France. Customers in the UK can score the top discount of 36% off the typical retail price, allowing them to purchase the device for £413 (~US$468). Features of the wearable include heart rate and blood oxygen level monitors, and built-in GPS.

Just as rumored ever since Tesla introduced insurance incentives which amounted to a de facto Model 3 and Model Y price cut, the company actually slashed the starting tag of its electric vehicles in the most competitive market for them, China. The Model 3/Y price reduction is more than 9% there.

GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition renders have leaked online, not long after NVIDIA cancelled the RTX 4080 12 GB. Sporting a design reminiscent of the RTX 3070 Ti, the RTX 4070 is thought to feature lesser specifications than the vanquished RTX 4080 12 GB.

Xiaomi continues to tease the Redmi Note 12 series on social media. Now, the company has revealed the launch date of the Redmi Note 12 Pro and co, plus a few details about the smartphone's 'flagship camera', among other things.

Intel is planning to release the first batch of Raptor Lake mobile CPUs before 2023 rolls around. Leaker @momomo_us believes that the company is working on at least four Raptor Lake-H mobile SKUs, including two processors that are making their maiden appearance.

Casiris has begun an Indiegogo InDemand campaign for its A6 4K ultra short throw projector. The gadget has triple laser technology with up to 2,200 ANSI lumens brightness and can project images up to 150-in (~381 cm) wide. Plus, a built-in 20 W speaker system supports Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD technologies.

More details about the Nothing Ear (2) has leaked, the company's true next-generation TWS earbuds. Surprisingly, the Ear (2) appears to carry over almost all its predecessor's design cues, including its part-transparent finish.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has been unceremoniously dumped outside the top 10 best-performing processors in UserBenchmark’s average bench chart. While the much-praised Intel Core i9-13900K sits at the top, the Zen 4 part has to settle for a lowly position behind the i7-12700K, despite seemingly scoring much higher test marks than the Alder Lake chip.

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, One-netbook has started selling its Surface Pro 9 competitor again. Available with the Core i5-1240P or the Core i7-1260P, the OneNetbook T1 also comes with 16 GB of RAM and up to 2 TB of storage.

The Cybertruck may indeed be in the 'tooling' phase as Tesla suggested during its quarterly results recap, as it has been filmed brandishing a close-to-retail taillight group. The complete brakes/reverse light illumination pattern sequence is being demonstrated in what could be the final rear design of the Cybertruck.

While many retailers are facing GeForce RTX 4090 stock problems, quite a few RTX 3000-series video cards are available for generous discounts. This weekend's highlight is the discount offered by Amazon for the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity OC 24GB, which is down to US$999.99 from a list price of no less than US$2,399.99.

TCL is an OEM that describes itself as a "first mover" in terms of getting smart TVs based on cutting-edge miniLED technology onto the market. Now, the company claims that its latest, third-quarter sales figures for 2022 (or for 3Q2022) show that its industry leadership in this area has paid off. TCL's miniLED-related sales volumes are up by just over 20% year-on-year (YoY) for said quarter, and have seen "significant" growth over the year as a whole so far.

OPPO reportedly intends to pair the new Sony IMX890 mobile image sensor with its in-house MariSilicon X co-processor for potentially enhanced quality. This combo will apparently find a number of homes within the brand's 2023 Android smartphone range, the first of which might be the upcoming top-end Find X6 Pro. Then again, it might play second fiddle to an even higher-end main camera in that case.

The Redmi Note 12 series is set to debut in China next month. Xiaomi has a global launch planned out as well, but new reports indicates that event is months away, and the devices to be launched will not be the same as the imminent Chinese models.

Porsche Design and Garmin have teamed up to launch a new special edition of the Epix 2 smartwatch. The wearable has Porsche branding with a red, silver and black design and comes with two exclusive customizable watch faces. As with the original model, the watch has up to 16 days of battery life and features such as GPS, Garmin Pay and a heart rate monitor.

Some of the supposed specifications of a next-generation Sony Xperia compact smartphone have been shared on Chinese social media. The mysterious device, which may eventually emerge as the Sony Xperia Ace IV, is seemingly a major upgrade from the Ace III while maintaining a pocket-friendly 5.5-inch diagonal.

With the Zenbook 17 Fold, Asus has released the first large foldable convertible, which - as it turns out in our review - is a concept that integrates well into practical use. There are of course some technological challenges, but the biggest problem is the high price of 3,499 USD.

Talk of an upcoming Xiaomi 12 variant that is simultaneously Lite, 5G and NE has sparked back up again with the discovery of this alleged product name on an IMEI database. Its apparent status as a re-brand of a heretofore Chinese-market exclusive may also have been confirmed this time, thereby suggesting that a new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1-powered device is on the way to at least 1 new region.

The Realme 10 series of Android smartphones has been allegedly caught with an updated, almost Nothing phone (1)-like look to its rear cameras in earlier leaks. Now, this design may be confirmed in the form of photos allegedly associated with the upcoming mid-range devices have reportedly appeared on the official TENAA database. Meanwhile, another leak hints at a change of power brick for the 10 Pro+.

The "Samsung Galaxy A54" is now allegedly in line for a spec bump in terms of its battery capacity to go with similar changes to its design and rear cameras. However, this latest leak may prove underwhelming compared to the rest of the possibly upcoming mid-range Android smartphone's potential improvements over the existing A53.

Vivo's announcement that its "imaging strategy conference" for 2022 is imminent has led to speculation that the OEM will showcase new specs or features that could manifest in the successors to its "camera-centric" X80 smartphones. The upcoming Android devices are, for example, projected to feature a new in-house chipset that could control a 1-inch sensor in an X90-series flagship.

The new expensive Midnight Cherry Red and Quicksilver color options announced for the Model Y can only be ordered by EMEA customers as they are done in the exclusive Tesla paint shop at Giga Berlin. As if to soothe the pains of Tesla's American fans, Elon Musk confirmed that there will be at least one new Model Y color for the US market as well.

Released to universal critical acclaim for multiple platforms back in 2016, Persona 5 got the Royal version in 2019, and now this version is finally making its way to the Nintendo Switch system. This title includes more than 40 items of previously released downloadable content and carries a price tag that reads US$59.99.

Samsung Italy has confirmed that Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4 will get the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update on October 24. It is 2.8 GB in size and includes the October 2022 Android security patch.

A new leak says that Nvidia plans to bring the GeForce RTX 4090 to laptops. It will use an AD103 GPU and have a TGP of around 175 Watts. The GeForce RTX 4080 Ti is also expected to come with identical specs, although it'll probably use a cut-down version of the AD103.

The year is 2022 and Windows laptops with just 8 GB of non-removable RAM are still a thing, apparently. If your daily workloads are particularly light and undemanding, then this deal might be of interest.