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Redaktion, 29 Apr 2019 17:35

An IdeaPad S540 with GeForce GTX 1650 should be an affordable option for gamers on a budget. (Image source: Lenovo)

Lenovo brings the new supercharger GeForce GTX 1650 to its IdeaPad S540 laptop

Lenovo will be offering its IdeaPad S540 laptop with a new discrete graphics card option in the form of Nvidia’s recently released mobile GeForce GTX 1650. It was previously expected that the S540-15IWL model would come with discr...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 Apr 2019 17:33

The availability of some Intel chipset tiers may still suffer well into 2019. (Source: IndustryWeek)

Intel CEO says effects of chip shortage likely to persist into 3rd quarter of 2019

Intel's new chief executive officer (CEO), Bob Swan, has conceded that the company's "supply constraints" may still impact on the diversity of the chipsets it offers as this year goes on. Swan has admitted that this will be a "cha...

Deirdre O Donnell, 29 Apr 2019 13:59

The 240 Hz-capable Alienware m15 is a viable alternative option. (Image source: Dell)

240 Hz screen for Alienware Area-51m not coming until next year but there are plenty of other options

It’s been reported that Dell’s powerful Alienware Area-51m gaming laptops will not be receiving panel upgrades to 240 Hz in 2019. More and more OEMs are turning to this particular refresh rate as a major selling point for updated ...

Daniel R Deakin, 28 Apr 2019 09:46

Intel's earnings for Q1FY2019 are relatively unprepossessing. (Source: The Verge)

Intel reports first-quarter earnings for 2019

Intel has made its earnings report for the first quarter of this financial year (Q1FY2019) available to the public. In it, overall revenue is described as "flat" compared to Q1FY2018. Its "data" business has declined by 5% in the ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Apr 2019 18:14

An 8K TV at a tech conference. (Source: WhistleOut)

The 8K tech market will be worth US$68 billion in 7 years

The 4K display standard is likely to be immediately succeeded by its 8K counterpart in the fullness of time. ResearchandMarkets has estimated that, even though this next-gen solution only pulled in about US$2 billion worldwide in ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Apr 2019 17:46

Those who want to install the 1903 update need hard-disk space of 32GB or greater now. (Source: Neowin)

Windows to increase minimum storage requirements for 1903 update

The May 2019 update is set to be the next major upgrade to Windows 10. However, those with older machines may have particular trouble with getting it to work after installing it. This is because Microsoft has raised the minimum re...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Apr 2019 16:52

Chuwi Aerobook (Intel Core m3-6Y30) will launch April 29 at US $470

After running a successful Indiegogo campaign, Chuwi will be selling its Aerobook at a reduced price on April 29th and 30th. The Aerobook features an Intel Core m3-6Y30 (the same CPU used in the 2016 12-inch MacBook), 8 GB of RAM,...

Sam Medley, 26 Apr 2019 04:11

Do you have one of these? If so, stop using it immediately. (Image source: Apple)

Dangerous fruit: Apple recalls specific wall plugs over electric shock risk

Did you buy a Mac, iOS device or the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit between 2003 and 2010? If you did, chances are that you received a wall plug too. Turns out that the three-prong adapters sold in certain countries during that pe...

Alex Alderson, 25 Apr 2019 19:43

Microsoft's Surface hardware is continuing to gain market traction. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft Surface sales jump 21 percent

Microsoft’s Surface sales are up 21 percent in strong signs that its bet on hardware is starting to pay off. It is now the seventh quarter in a row that its Surface sales have topped US$1 billion.

Sanjiv Sathiah, 25 Apr 2019 12:46

Why is there no Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q? The new GTX 1660 Ti may be responsible

The GTX 1660 Ti is designed with a graphics subsystem power of 60 W to 80 W compared to 80 W to 90 W on the mobile RTX 2060 to suggest that the GTX 1660 Ti is already an "RTX 2060 Max-Q" is several ways. We take a closer look at t...

Allen Ngo, 24 Apr 2019 20:00

The new Creative Outlier Air earbuds. (Source: Creative)

Creative releases the Outlier Air true-wireless earbuds

Creative has finally joined the true wireless earphone market with the new Outlier Air buds. They boast IP5X ingress protection, 10 hours of playback on a single charge and graphene in their driver-diaphragms. These Bluetooth 5.0 ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 24 Apr 2019 17:44

Intel engineers to hold AMA on Reddit for feedback on the Graphics Command Center software

Top comments include the omission of spyware, data collection, and bloat. Users also don't want to see yet another GeForce Experience copycat where account creation is required just to use the software.

Allen Ngo, 24 Apr 2019 17:10

HP Spectre x360 13 with 4K UHD touchscreen and 512 GB SSD now on sale for $1050 (Image source: HP)

Deal | HP Spectre x360 13 with 4K UHD touchscreen and 512 GB SSD now on sale for $1050

Update: The original deal is back. The barely six-month old HP Spectre x360 13 convertible is now $500 USD off. If you were considering a Pavilion or Envy before, then we recommend looking into this flagship Spectre instead as it ...

Allen Ngo, 24 Apr 2019 17:07

This familiar old interface isn't going anywhere after all. (Source: Softonic)

MS Paint has been spared discontinuation (again)

Microsoft had announced a plan to finally put the legacy app Paint to rest in future versions of Windows. However, as with the last time the company tried this, it was met with user pressure to retain the beloved old drawing utili...

Deirdre O Donnell, 24 Apr 2019 16:32

MSI GT75 equipped with a Core i9-8950HK (Source: MSI)

We have concerns about the 9th gen Intel Core i9-9880H and i9-9980HK

What was once just one Core i9 option (i9-8950HK) will now be split into two (i9-9880H and i9-9980HK) for this latest mobile Core ix generation. Based on the performance history of the i9-8950HK, however, we're not expecting the i...

Allen Ngo, 24 Apr 2019 15:00

The iPad Pro could be taken more seriously as a laptop alternative soon. (Source: PCMag.com)

iPads may finally gain mouse support with iOS 13

The tech leaker Stephen Troughton-Smith has supported a rumor that an iPad will gain the ability to pair properly with a mouse with the next iOS update. This new feature will allegedly be a new accessibility option in the new upgr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 23 Apr 2019 19:55

Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic integrates Core i9-9980HK, 240 Hz 4K panel, and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics (Source: Gigabyte)

Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic integrates Core i9-9980HK, 240 Hz FHD panel, and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics

The Taiwanese OEM is squeezing every ounce of performance it can from its Aero 15 design. This latest "Classic" model boasts the new octa-core Core i9-9980HK for improved multi-thread performance over the hexa-core Core i9-8950HK....

Allen Ngo, 23 Apr 2019 19:50

MSI introduces Prestige P75 with 9th gen Core i9 CPU and 4k display

To coincide with the official reveal of Intel 9th gen, MSI will be revamping both its gaming G Series and professional P Series with the latest Core i9 CPUs and GTX/RTX GPUs. The upcoming P75 will be the first ultra-thin 17.3-inch...

Allen Ngo, 23 Apr 2019 16:56

ROG:REDEFINE 2019 | The new Asus Zephyrus M GU502 is more powerful yet slimmer compared to last year's ROG GU501GM

The Asus Zephyrus M GU502 offers up to date internals with the Core i7-9750H and RTX 2060/1660 Ti GPU options. The new generation is also slimmer than last year's GU501GM and sports slimmer display bezels and an overall lighter ye...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 23 Apr 2019 16:44

New Razer Blade 15 refreshed with 144 Hz, 240 Hz, OLED, Core i7-9750H, and 802.11ax options (Source: Razer)

New Razer Blade 15 includes 144 Hz, 240 Hz, OLED, Core i7-9750H, and 802.11ax options

In contrast to the full 17.3-inch Blade Pro chassis refresh, the Blade 15 will be getting internal processor and display updates including 144 Hz, 240 Hz, and OLED options starting at $1999 USD.

Allen Ngo, 23 Apr 2019 15:50

ROG:REDEFINE 2019 | The Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502 brings the goodness of AMD Ryzen 7 3750H and NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti in a slim form factor

Asus has introduced a new member to the Zephyrus family with the Zephyrus G GA502. The GA5002 aims to bring the Zephyrus series to a wider audience and is powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 3550H CPU and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 23 Apr 2019 15:08

Budget-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad L340 coming with GTX 1650 graphics for $869

The upcoming 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch budget models will be some of the cheapest Turing-based gaming laptops when they launch next month. The new IdeaPad L340 is essentially the same as last year's IdeaPad L340 but with more powerf...

Allen Ngo, 23 Apr 2019 15:00

ROG:REDEFINE 2019 | The Asus Zephyrus S GX502 offers a 9th gen Core i7 CPU and a 240 Hz PANTONE-validated G-Sync display with Optimus support

Asus has announced the successor to the Zephyrus GX501 with the Zephyrus S GX502. The GX502 now comes with the 9th gen Core i7-9750H CPU and RTX 2060/2070 CPU options with NVIDIA Optimus support. The GX502 also features a PANTONE-...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 23 Apr 2019 15:00

WhatsApp may change its emojis soon. (Source: WABetaInfo)

WhatsApp to update its current set of emoji stickers; is working on animated ones, too

WhatsApp is reportedly working on animated stickers in its latest betas. This enables a user to superimpose a a moving piece of art (e.g. a drawing or character) on a message. A blog has also apparently found that the app is going...

Deirdre O Donnell, 22 Apr 2019 17:13

Light Theme at work on Windows 10 version 1903. (Source: Thurrot)

Windows 10 May Update now available via Insider Preview

Microsoft has made the next upcoming version of Windows 10 available via its Insider Preview program. It is called 1903, or the May 2019 Update. An SDK for this build is also now ready to download.

Deirdre O Donnell, 19 Apr 2019 18:52

The NexDock 2 will ship in September 2019. (Image source: Nex Computer)

NexDock 2: Crowdfunded laptop shell closes in on its US$500,000 stretch goal

With just over 24 hours to go, the NexDock 2 has already received 956% of its campaign goal. Nex Computer has one more surprise up its sleeve if the campaign can get to US$500,000 though.

Alex Alderson, 19 Apr 2019 15:21

Lenovo ThinkPad E495 & E595: ThinkPad Laptops with AMD Ryzen 3000 listed for the first time

Lenovo ThinkPad E495 & E595: ThinkPad Laptops with AMD Ryzen 3000 listed online for the first time

AMD Ryzen 3000 for laptops has been announced a few months ago and the PC OEMs are starting to release more and more new laptops with these CPUs. Now, two new Lenovo ThinkPad laptops are listed on the website of the manufacturer. ...

Benjamin Herzig, 17 Apr 2019 15:38

HP EliteBook x360 830 G6 coming with Whiskey Lake-U, WiFi-6, and privacy camera shutter

HP EliteBook x360 830 G6 coming with Whiskey Lake-U vPro, WiFi-6, and privacy camera shutter

While mostly just a minor refresh, security buffs and business users will appreciate the new camera slider and updated hardware-level anti-virus and recovery features.

Allen Ngo, 16 Apr 2019 18:00

Google has teased its upcoming Pixel 3a, 3a XL launch event - the May 8 date here is from the Australian site. (Screenshot: Notebook Check)

May 7 launch confirmed for Google Pixel 3a, 3a XL, hints of an Avengers connection in URL

Google has all but officially confirmed that its Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL models are set to launch on May 7. The company has posted a teaser on its store that says “Help is on the way,” in a clear nod to the Google Assistant featu...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 16 Apr 2019 03:57

Asus ZenBook S13 UX392 with 97 percent screen-to-body ratio now shipping for $1399

The narrow-bezel Asus ZenBook UX391 will now be even narrower with the ZenBook UX392. Asus is promising a lighter and faster GeForce-powered Ultrabook than the Dell XPS 13 while offering a larger 13.9-inch display.

Allen Ngo, 15 Apr 2019 19:20

Apple wants to be powered by renewables as much as possible by 2020. (Source: GreenBiz)

Apple procures pledges from Foxconn, TSMC to fulfil its orders using renewable energy

Apple has convinced its main manufacturing partners, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn, to makes its parts and/or devices using green energy by 2020. This achievement is a big part of the OEM's current ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Apr 2019 21:30

PUBG has been banned in Nepal. (Source: Polygon)

Nepalese authorities order nationwide ban on PUBG

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, or PUBG for short, is one of the Korean studio Bluehole's biggest success stories. However, some state regulators seem not to like it as much as its millions of players do. Nepal is the latest countr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Apr 2019 16:37

The NexDock 2 can turn your smartphone or Raspberry Pi into a laptop. (Image source: Nex Computer)

NexDock 2: Huawei, Samsung and Raspberry Pi laptop shell reaches almost US$400,000 on Kickstarter

The NexDock 2 takes the power of your smartphone or Raspberry Pi and creates a laptop experience with a Full HD display, a plethora of ports including a headphone jack, four USB ports and a HDMI port. The NexDock 2 is currently av...

Alex Alderson, 12 Apr 2019 12:29

Disney+ may or may not disrupt major players such as Netflix later this year. (Source: Disney)

More details on new Disney+ streaming service to be made available soon

The new Disney+ streaming service will entail a mixture of old and new shows from all of the studios under its umbrella. This, therefore, includes Lucasfilm, 21st Century Fox, Pixar and Marvel. Therefore, Netflix may indeed forfei...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Apr 2019 18:55

VAIO releases A12 2-in-1 in Europe

The VAIO A12 is the latest convertible laptop from the Japanese OEM. The A12 offers a bevy of ports and decent specifications, but the high price (€2300/£2000) may be prohibitive to many consumers. The VAIO A12 is available in Eur...

Sam Medley, 11 Apr 2019 18:39

The alleged new app icons for discrete Apple Podcast and TV apps. (Source: 9to5Mac)

Apple to phase iTunes out in favor of standalone media apps in future versions of macOS

iTunes, the unified account by which Apple apps and services are accessed on devices such as Macs, seems to have been around forever. However, it also appears that this is no longer the case. A 9to5Mac contributor has confirmed ru...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Apr 2019 16:38

India is now one of YouTube's biggest markets. (Source: Rotor Videos)

YouTube calculates that it has 265 million active users in India, expects this to roughly double by 2020

YouTube has amassed a 265 million-stong user based in the Indian market. Speaking at a recent Google conference, the service's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, projected that this number would grow further to 500 million by next year. The exe...

Deirdre O Donnell, 10 Apr 2019 19:11

Google could be prepping a more compact variant of the Pixel Slate. (Source: 9to5Google)

Google hints at successor to the Pixel Slate

Despite word of layoffs at Google’s hardware division, it appears that a successor or stablemate for the Pixel Slate is still in the works. A slideshow presented at the Cloud Next 19 conference in San Francisco hints that a smalle...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 10 Apr 2019 13:15

New Intel Whiskey Lake SKUs are likely to be available with increased boost clocks. (Souce: YouTube)

New Core i7-8665U and Core i5-8365U Whiskey Lake-U SKUs spotted in leaked Lenovo ThinkPad X390 specs

Two new Intel Whiskey Lake-U SKUs, the Core i7-8665U and the Core i5-8365U, were spotted in leaked ThinkPad X390 specifications. These new CPUs are almost identical to the existing Core i7 and Core i5 options except for the fact t...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 10 Apr 2019 09:05

The Honor MagicBook is getting a Zen+ Picasso upgrade. (Source: VMall)

Honor MagicBook with AMD Ryzen 5 3500U will be released on April 17

A 2019 refresh of the 14-inch Honor MagicBook is going to be released on April 17, according to a Chinese retailer. The main difference between the upcoming version and the 2018 laptop is a processor upgrade: Last year’s AMD Magic...

Daniel R Deakin, 10 Apr 2019 08:56

Hopes for an all-new MacBook Pro design for 2019 have been dashed. (Source: Apple)

Ming-Chi Kuo now thinks 16-inch MacBook redesign won't come until 2021

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is known for his usually accurate predictions surrounding the notoriously secretive company’s plans. After initially hinting that an all-new MacBook Pro design with a 16-inch display could arrive this ye...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 09 Apr 2019 12:44

MIT has reportedly "severed ties" with Huawei and ZTE

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) vice-president of research Maria Zuber has stated that the university will discontinue its new and existing partnerships with the OEMs ZTE and Huawei. This decision is reportedly connect...

Deirdre O Donnell, 08 Apr 2019 19:49

AMD details 12 nm Ryzen 7 3700U Zen+ APU to compete against the 14 nm Intel Core i7-8565U

The new mobile Zen+ Ryzen 7 Pro 3700U (4.0/2.3 GHz) will be just marginally faster than the outgoing Zen Ryzen 7 2700U (3.8/2.2 GHz). When compared to the Intel Core i7-8650U, however, AMD is promising up to 258 percent faster gra...

Allen Ngo, 08 Apr 2019 15:00

A cut-away diagram of an EUV machine. (Source: IEEE Spectrum)

TSMC will fire on all 7nm-making cylinders by the next half of 2019: new report

According to a new report by DigiTimes, the uptake of 7nm chips from TSMC was at its lowest 2019 ebb in the first quarter of this year (1Q2019). However, the company expects its orders to push its relevant processes to their full ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Apr 2019 23:10

The Huawei SuperCharge 12000 is unveiled on stage. (Source: Huawei)

Huawei's new 40-watt, 12000mAh power bank set for April 11 release

Huawei is set to release its latest power bank for sale for the first time in China. This will take place in the coming week (on April 11, 2019). The OEM alleges that this power bank is compatible with devices that can charge at 4...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Apr 2019 19:09

Aukey's new Dynamic Detect could enable a device to get the most out of USB-PD chargers. (Source: Aukey)

Aukey unveils Dynamic Detect, a new fast-charging solution for USB-PD chargers

Aukey, a common name in USB power and mobile-device accessories, has launched a new technology called Dynamic Detect. It allows a dual-port USB-Power Delivery (USB-PD) charger to recognize the number of devices connected to it and...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 Apr 2019 18:48