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A possible Huawei MatePad T10 makes its way onto Geekbench
Huawei's MatePad line of tablets is thought to get new, affordable members soon. According to the leaker Roland Quandt, they are called the T10 and T10s. The new series is thought to run on the Kirin 710A processor and distinctly low-end amounts of RAM for 2020. One of them may have inadvertently confirmed this by showing up on Geekbench. At least, a device called the Huawei AGS3-AL09HN has appea ... Read more
2020-07-17 03:11:45
Logitech Launches New 'Folio Touch' Keyboard Case With Trackpad for 11-Inch iPad Pro
Logitech today announced the launch of the Logitech Folio Touch, a new keyboard case with trackpad designed for the 11-inch iPad Pro models released in 2018 and 2020. The Logitech Folio Touch is Logitech's first keyboard with trackpad designed for the iPad Pro and it serves as an alternative to Apple's own Magic Keyboard. Logitech previously released the Combo Touch, a keyboard with trackpad th ... Read more
2020-07-17 03:08:12
New DDR5 SDRAM standard sees performance boost, dual-channel DIMM
They were two years behind schedule but the industry group overseeing memory technology development and standardization has finally announced the officials specs for the new DDR5 SDRAM standard. The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association said I'm a report issued Tuesday the new memory specifications will provide developers with twice the performance power and lower power consumption. Among the ... Read more
2020-07-17 03:08:12
Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G Demonstrates How Zen 2 Will Make AMD's APUs Relevant Again
There is still no word on when AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (codename Renoir) desktop APUs will launch, but the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G is here to delight us in the meanwhile. Someone has put the octa-core APU through its paces (via @TUM_APISAK) on Geekbench 5. By now, it shouldn't be any surprise that Renoir will come wielding the Zen 2 microarchitecture. The 7nm APUs will retain the Vega iGPU, but Zen 2 a ... Read more
2020-07-17 03:04:43
The Lenovo Legion will have the most powerful speakers put on a phone, says new teaser
The Pro model of the Lenovo Legion will have the most impressive audio system of any phone so far, says General Manager Chen Jin. He specifically called out the Xiaomi's Mi 10 Pro and Black Shark 3 Pro, saying that the Legion's speakers will have a nice symmetrical layout and will be tuned better. The Legion will feature two forward-firing speakers with large cavities – 1.4 cc – and will have an ... Read more
2020-07-17 03:04:43
Coronavirus: TikTok deletes 29,000 rule-breaking videos
TikTok says it has deleted about 29,000 coronavirus-related videos that broke its rules in Europe alone since the beginning of 2020. The video-sharing app says it does not allow misinformation that could harm an individual's health or public safety. It said about 3,000 of them contained medical misinformation and described the numbers as "low-level". The number of coronavirus-themed v ... Read more
2020-07-16 23:28:52
Samsung DeX wireless mode might be coming with the Galaxy Note 20
Samsung DeX might finally be getting a wireless mode soon. The company has been quiet about the potential changes it might have in store for DeX by the end of the year, but new evidence found by XDA-Developers indicates that Samsung hasn’t given up on the idea of a wireless mode for its desktop environment. On the contrary, the company appears be working on this feature as we speak, and with a bit ... Read more
2020-07-16 03:12:01
Mobvoi launches first noise-cancelling headphones to rival the Sony WH-1000XM3
Mobvoi has announced its first-ever pair of over-ear headphones, the TicKasa ANC, which come with active noise cancellation and support for Hi-Res Audio. The company, which is best known for its TicWatch smartwatches, has previously released true wireless earbuds like the TicPods ANC and the TicPods Pro, but this is the first time that it's branched out into over-ear cans. According to Mobvoi, ... Read more
2020-07-16 03:12:01
This tiny PC packs an unbelievable amount of power thanks to an AMD Ryzen 4000 CPU
Asus recently revealed its PN50 mini PC, and now the manufacturer has spilled some more details for the UK market on the supremely compact computer (which is just a 115mm square, and 49mm thick). Asus notes that the PN50 will be capable of driving an 8K display (at 60Hz), or you could hook up four 4K monitors (at the same refresh rate). The manufacturer further boasted that the device offers arou ... Read more
2020-07-16 03:07:10
Ultra-cheap Windows Home 10 hybrid PC gets faster with new CPU
Kano has unveiled its second-generation Windows 10-based hybrid PC designed with education in mind. The new system is powered by Intel’s Celeron N4000 SoC, promising better performance than the previously used SoC, and continues to be shipped with custom educational tools. Ever since the inception of the OLPC project more than a decade ago, the vast majority of inexpensive PCs for education ha ... Read more
2020-07-16 03:07:10