Apple’s pre-WWDC hardware run continued with the launch of a refreshed iPod touch powered by the A10 Fusion SoC, the same chip that first appeared in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The 2019 iPod touch comes in a new 256GB capacity but otherwise, is largely the same as its sixth-generation predecessor with a […]
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Leaked iOS 13 screenshots reveal new dark mode and updated apps
Apple is due to hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote next Monday, but we’re already getting an early look at what the company will likely announce. 9to5Mac has obtained screenshots of iOS 13, and they show the new dark mode that Apple is rumored to be including. The dark mode appears to work […]
AMD announces Ryzen 9 3900X flagship desktop CPU, Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD’s third generation of Ryzen CPUs are here, including the company’s first mainstream CPU to feature 12 cores, the Ryzen 9 3900X. The company is announcing five new processors as part of the lineup, all with a release date of July 7th. AMD is claiming their new Zen 2 cores deliver 15% more IPC than […]
Dell’s overhauled XPS 13 2-in-1 has Intel’s 10th Gen processors
At Computex 2019 Dell announced that it would bringing improvement to its XPS 15 and XPS 13 2-in-1 models along with a full redesign for the XPS 13 2-in-1. The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 was an interesting device from a few years ago, but things like its Y-series processor and so-so battery life held it […]
Alienware m15 and m17 gaming laptops get a new design, 9th gen Intel chips
Dell’s premium gaming brand at Computex 2019, the company is bringing that same design to its m15 and m17 laptops although unfortunately without the modular components of the Area-51m. The new design for the m15 and m17 borrows a lot from the Area-51m, to the point where the new laptops essentially resemble slimmed down versions […]
Intel Launches 10th Generation Ice Lake 10nm CPUs At Computex 2019
Intel has officially launched its mainstream (and volume) 10nm CPUs dubbed Ice Lake. Featuring the Sunnycove microarchitecture, the Ice Lake CPUs are shipping right now and should be on the shelves shortly. As always, the mobility side starts to ship first with desktop and enthusiast following along later. New Ice Lake processors will range from […]
Qualcomm and Lenovo reveal the first Snapdragon-powered 5G PC
Qualcomm announced during its Computex press conference today that it will launch the first Snapdragon-powered 5G PC with Lenovo. The two companies describe the PC, called Project Limitless, as “the world’s first 7nm platform purpose-built for PCs that offers 5G connectivity.” The laptop runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform, which is designed to support […]
Microsoft’s Your Phone App for Windows 10 can no longer be uninstalled
Microsoft has stated that you will not be able to uninstall the Your Phone App from Windows 10 as it is now tightly integrated into the operating system. Since the October 2018 Update, Microsoft has been adding numerous features into the Your Phone app in order to bridge the gap between mobile and the Windows […]
Apple could bring dual Bluetooth audio connections to future iPhones
Apple’s next iPhone could allow users to connect two pairs of Bluetooth headphones at the same time, claims a report this morning from Japanese tech blog Mac Otakara. The blog says the function will be similar to Samsung’s Dual Audio Feature, which lets users play music or other audio from their Galaxy phone or tablet […]
Nvidia announces RTX Studio laptops featuring Quadro RTX graphics
Razer Blade Studio Edition laptops they taking things beyond gaming and focusing this one on the creative professionals by adapting their attractive designs signature look going straight for the throat of Apple. If it wasn’t for the signature white keys of the Mercury White design of the Razer Blade line you could easily mistake this […]
Asus put two 4K screens on its extravagant ZenBook Pro Duo laptop
The ZenBook Pro Duo has not one, but two 4K screens. (At least if you’re counting horizontal pixels.) There’s a 15-inch 16:9 OLED panel where you’d normally find the display on a laptop, then a 32:9 IPS “ScreenPad Plus” screen directly above the keyboard that’s the same width and half the height. magine a MacBook […]
AMD’s next-gen Navi GPU debuts in July with the Radeon RX 5700 series
Although it was Ryzen 3000 and Zen 2 taking the center stage at AMD’s Computex 2019 keynote, CEO Lisa Su was generous enough to reveal new details about their next generation GPU. AMD is debuting a new “RDNA” gaming-first architecture with the Radeon RX 5700 optimized for performance per clock and high clock speeds. AMD […]
Huawei chief would be ‘the first to protest’ China retaliation to Trump ban
At the end of a hellish week for Huawei, founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei was part defiant and part humble in responding to his company’s placement on a US ban list. In speaking with Bloomberg, he’s made the assertion that he neither expects nor hopes for a retaliation from the Chinese government against the Trump administration’s […]
Microsoft’s Project xCloud will stream three generations of Xbox games
Microsoft has struggled to compete with Sony in the realm of console exclusives, but one of the best things about the Xbox One is its backwards compatibility with past Xbox titles an area where Sony has woefully dropped the ball. According to Microsoft, backwards compatibility will continue to be a focal point in its cloud […]
Samsung releases some clever Disney and Pixar wallpapers for the Galaxy S10
Users have created some clever wallpapers to hide the hole, and Samsung recently partnered with Disney to release a series of its own custom wallpapers that camouflage the camera. Now it looks like Samsung wants to jump aboard as well. The company has partnered with Disney to release a series of wallpapers that camouflage the […]