The Mobvoi TicWatch GTH 2 smartwatch has launched in China for 399 yuan (~US$58). Health features of the device include SpO2, body temperature and heart rate monitors. You can also use the watch to take Bluetooth calls or remotely control your smartphone's camera. Plus, Mobvoi claims the watch can last up to 10 days on a single charge.

The MK37 smartwatch is now available via Banggood and shipping worldwide. The company claims the wearable has a thermometer to measure your skin temperature, accurate to within 0.5°C. You can also use the watch to make or receive Bluetooth calls and track your health with a reported heart rate monitor.

Sony has now announced an imminent product announcement event scheduled for September 1. While Sony does not specify, by most indications, the Japanese company will unveil its compact flagship for the year, the Xperia 5 IV, at that event.

SpaceX is lowering the monthly subscription price for its Starlink satellite Internet service citing 'improved market conditions.' The Stalink price cuts sometimes reach 50% for select users.

The 2022 Samsung NEO QLED 98-in TV has launched in South Korea for 4.5 million won (~US$3,372). The 4K device has up to 5,000 nits brightness, and the display can be split into four 4K screens simultaneously showing the content of your choice. The QNB100 has an integrated 6.4.4 speaker system and support for Dolby Atmos.

The Portronics BEEM 300 projector is now available in India for ₹19,999 (~US$251). The gadget can throw images from 50-in to 200-in (~127 to 508 cm) wide in multiple aspect ratios with up to 250 ANSI lumens brightness. You can use the built-in 10 W speakers or connect your own via various ports.

Sony has announced that the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition will cost a smidgen more in many places, but not the United States. The price changes are effective immediately in all locations except for Japan.

Hardware leaker kopite7kimi is not done updating his RTX 40 hardware estimates. This time, the leaker reports on a few changes to the memory and power spec of the RTX 4080. The card, which is reportedly more powerful than the RTX 3090 Ti, is now slated to consume close to RTX 3090-levels of energy.

One of the first images of the GPD Win 4 handheld gaming console have emerged online. They showcase a largely identical design to the GPD Win 3. The console will reportedly feature a larger screen and run a current-generation processor from AMD.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has been confirmed for a mid-November debut and will go up against Apple's A16 Bionic and MediaTek's potential Dimensity 9100. According to a new leak from China, however, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 could focus on efficiency, likely at the expense of raw performance.

Moon photos on iPhones could soon take an exponential leap in quality if potential clues left in the Apple Far Out event invitation point to reality. The Apple events website has been updated to promote the upcoming September 7 launch event, where it is expected the iPhone 14 range and Apple Watch Series 8 will be officially unveiled.

According to POCO's latest teaser, its next upcoming Android device might by powered by a new MediaTek Helio-series processor. Despite the affordable nature of the silicon, the brand also hints strongly at a finish often reserved for higher-end handsets. The resulting product might launch in India soon.

Fitbit has announced the Sense 2 and Versa 4, its latest flagship smartwatches and replacements for the Sense and Versa 3. Still running Fitbit OS, the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4 both feature design updates compared to their predecessors, as well as new features.

Intel detailed a few tidbits about its upcoming Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake offerings at Hot Chips 34. The company also showed the architecture of a 6P+8E Meteor Lake part with separate CPU, GPU, I/O, and SoC tiles all packaged together using Foveros 3D packaging technology. Intel Graphics Compiler patches also suggest that Meteor Lake's tGPU may support hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

Fitbit has released its next-generation Inspire fitness tracker, now on its third generation. The Fitbit Inspire 3 contains several significant upgrades from its predecessor, including a colour OLED display with always-on display (AoD) functionality. The Fitbit Inspire 3 is orderable now in multiple markets and with several watch strap types.

Live events are great—you get a chance to meet the developers and try out upcoming releases early—but often it's impractical to get to the event in person. Fortunately, many of the games on show at the 2022 Gamescom Indie Arena Booth have playable demos on Steam for those of us who can't attend.

A leaked Cinebench R20 score of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 processor has shown up online. It nets single and multi-threaded scores of 773 and 7,701, which are 25% faster than its Zen 3 counterpart, but slower than the Core i7-13700K, which scored 814 and 11,243.

The Asus ROG Phone 6D is supposedly on the way with a MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ in tow. Said phone has reported been put through the paces over at AnTuTu, yielding test results that edge out the vanilla ROG Phone 6 with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Although the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 family is expected to arrive in October, a fresh leak revealed that the GeForce RTX 4090 with an impressive 24 GB of memory has been in production for more than a week already. This card is expected to feature four display connectors, namely a single HDMI and three DP.

ASUS has lifted the lid on the ROG Swift OLED PG42UQ, a 42-inch gaming monitor with a high resolution and high refresh rate OLED panel. Also equipped with numerous ports, the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG42UQ will be available later this quarter for US$1,399.

ASUS has announced the ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ, a 48-inch gaming monitor with an OLED panel. Running at 4K and 138 Hz, the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ should compete with the LG UltraGear 48GQ900, another gaming monitor with which it shares many specifications.

ASUS has unveiled the ASUS, ROG Swift PG27UQR and ROG Swift 360Hz PG27AQN, a pair of 27-inch gaming monitors with fast IPS panels. Arriving later this year, the ROG Swift PG27UQR and ROG Swift 360Hz PG27AQN are 4K/160 Hz and QHD/360 Hz gaming monitors, respectively.

With the Surface Laptop Go 2, Microsoft continues to offer a compact 12-inch companion that scores with sufficient performance and a high-quality case in everyday operation. Besides the price being too high, the laptop particularly lacks a keyboard illumination.

ASUS has announced the ROG Strix XG32AQ, as well as sharing more details about the ROG Strix XG32UQ. Both 32-inch gaming monitors, the ROG Strix XG32AQ and ROG Strix XG32UQ will appeal to different audiences on account of their panel resolutions and refresh rates. ASUS has finally announced pricing for the ROG Strix XG32UQ, too.

Acer has a new initiative to fight climate change as well as focus on renewable energy sources and this is also reflected in its new Chromebook Vero 514 laptops that feature chassis made of recycled materials. To promote a low energy impact on the environment, these models are powered by Intel's Alder Lake-U processors and support up to 16 GB of LPDDR4X RAM plus up to 256 GB NVMe storage.

AMD's Zen 4 X3D lineup could be launched sometime in H1, 2022. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D will use a second-generation V-cache and perform up to 30% faster than the corresponding Zen 4 processors.

The NB2 SoC includes four RISC-V cores produced by SiFive, as well as an iGPU, NPU and VPU. LeapFive employed 12 nm nodes to produce the chips and also offers motherboards that expand the SoC capabilities with additional ports and features.

Xiaomi continues to tease the NoteBook Pro 120G on social media. Having confirmed the laptop's release date earlier this month, the company has now shared several specifications, including its processor type and that it will feature a high refresh rate display.

The Anker 621 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) 5000mAh has been launched in the US on Amazon. The gadget has been designed for the latest iPhone models, with a maximum power output of 7.5 W. MiniCell technology keeps the portable device compact at 0.45-in (~11 mm) thick and weighing 5 oz (~142 g), with strong magnets to hold your phone in place.

The Vwar DT3 Mate smartwatch is now available globally via AliExpress. You can connect the watch to various iOS and Android smartphones, enabling you to take Bluetooth calls on the device. Built-in GPS helps track your movement, and NFC allows you to make payments via Alipay or unlock smart doors.

According to OnePlus, there is nothing with the OnePlus 10T, despite JerryRigEverything's evidence to the contrary. Having rubbished the YouTuber's findings, OnePlus insists that the OnePlus 10T is stable enough for everyday use and has successfully passed all internal testing procedures.

Huawei is slowly expanding availability for the Mate Xs 2, its latest foldable smartphone. Having been available in the Eurozone since June, the company has announced its introduction in the UK, along with its launch pricing. The company has confirmed that it will offer a healthy pre-order bonus too, worth £299.99.

Honor and Genshin Impact have come to Gamescom 2022 to announce that the Magic4 Pro is the worldwide smash hit game's exclusive smartphone sponsor. The two brands assert that the flagship device's Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 power and GPU Turbo X technology is perfect to explore the game's latest region, as found in its freshly-unveiled Version 3.0 update.

Apple has confirmed that the next major iPadOS upgrade will indeed fail to arrive at the same time as that of iOS. The Cupertino giant has indicated that this is because it intends to skip v16.0 and progress directly to 16.1 instead for the stable update for the general public. Then again, the latest official statement on the matter might dash hopes for a truly macOS-like interface in an Apple tablet.

Tesla raised its Full Self-Driving Beta software price by the whopping 25% from the US$12,000 add-on that the FSD Beta mode costs now. It played good and bad software news, though, as it brought cloud-based driver profiles that owners can use in, say, rented Teslas.

The Mate 50 series will make its grand debut on September 6 in China, and new leaks have now revealed more details about the phones, including camera information of the Mate 50 Pro, and Huawei's prime choice of SoC for the lineup.

Ready to download via the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store, Samsung Internet 19.0 Beta uses AI to detect and stop trackers, as well as to take care of phishing attempts. This version also comes with various minor tweaks and fixes, and is expected to launch officially at the end of the year.

The Gamescom 2022 event starts on August 23, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. While nobody knows exactly what's in store for us sweaty gamers this year—except for the developers and organisers, of course—the presentation schedule and list of partners sure is promising.

Huawei has finally set a date for the debut of its Mate 50-series smartphones. Word of another new MatePad Pro that might do so alongside the premium handsets has arisen. The slate is said to have a high-end display and to run a version of HarmonyOS that may make it more 'PC-like' than ever before.

A supposed Sony Xperia 5 IV price tag has been unearthed that will delight those waiting to get their hands on the upcoming more-compact version of the Xperia 1 IV. In addition, there have been a couple of hints that the Xperia 5 IV could soon be launched, although one tipster claims there will be another Xperia model released beforehand.

An early AMD Ryzen 5 7600X prototype is being sold on a Chinese marketplace for RMB 9,999 (~US$1,400). The engineering sample has a base clock of 4,400 MHz and was manufactured sometime in May 2022.

The TCL T7G TV has been launched for pre-order in China. The 4K TV, which runs on Android, has a 3840 x 2160 px resolution and up to 1,000 nits of brightness. The device supports various technologies, including Dolby Vision IQ and Dolby Atmos. Plus, you can cast from a smartphone to the TV by tapping the gadget on an accompanying NFC card.

Sony has confirmed that the Bravia Z9K 8K Mini LED TV will soon be available to pre-order in some European countries. The device has many features, such as XR 8K upscaling and gesture controls. Exclusive tools for PS5 include Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode to optimize the image.

Xiaomi may have the Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro to release soon, but it is also preparing to release more flagship smartphones. Seemingly, the company has registered the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro with the EEC ahead of their global release. Meanwhile, the first members of the Redmi Note 12 series may have been spotted in a separate listing, also global models.

Garmin has started distributing the final version of a comprehensive update for Epix 2, Fenix 7, Forerunner 945 and Instinct 2 series smartwatches. Dubbed the August 2022 update, the software will add many features to eligible smartwatches and cycling computers, including SatIQ and heart rate variability (HRV) status.

Nothing brought the Phone (1) to market in July, a month before Google released the first stable Android 13 build. Subsequently, Nothing has confirmed that its mid-range smartphone will not receive Android 13 for a while yet, and must make do with Android 12 for the rest of 2022 instead.

Samsung has confirmed long-standing rumors of a 5G version for its Galaxy A23 smartphone by making this device official in the Taiwanese market. It has a 6.6-inch FHD+ display that is also 120Hz, a 5,000mAh battery and a 50MP main camera it shares with the A13 5G. That smartphone can also be bought in Taiwan soon, starting at ~US$230.

Even before the launch of the Pixel 6 series, there were rumours that all models would support Face Unlock functionality. Still in development nearly a year after the release of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, new information suggests that facial recognition could be used in conjunction with the device's optical fingerprint sensor.

Sony has now officially confirmed that PlayStation VR 2 will arrive in as little as a few months. Expected to launch with over 20 games, the next-generation VR headset will represent a technological uplift from the existing PlayStation VR and will face competition from the Meta Quest 2, plus the upcoming Meta Quest Pro.