Apple Launches New 13" MacBook Pro: 10th Gen Ice Lake and New Scissor Keyboard
Today Apple is releasing new revamped versions of its 13” MacBook Pro line-up, most notably updating the series with the new scissor-switch style Magic Keyboard, as well as giving...
85 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/4/2020Updated iPhone SE Camera Testing: Replacement Phone Shows Much Improved Results
Last week we published our initial review of Apple’s new iPhone SE. In the piece, I had remarked that the camera was relatively disappointing and suffered from a lack...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/30/2020Sponsored Post: Here Are All of the Z490 Motherboards Announced During Gigabyte’s AORUS Direct
During its AORUS Direct event on April 30, Gigabyte announced a brand new line of motherboards: the Z490 series. These boards have been designed with Intel’s new elite 10th...
32 by Sponsored Post on 4/30/2020Xiaomi Launches Mi Note 10 Lite, Redmi Note 9 & Note 9 Pro Globally
Today Xiaomi is launching a trio of mid- to low-end devices, and we’re seeing the global launch of the new Mi Note 10 Lite, Redmi Note 9 Pro and...
28 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/30/2020DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 Spec Released: Defining Alt Mode for USB4
As the tech industry gears up for the launch of the new USB4 standard, a few more parts first need to fall into place. Along with the core specification...
12 by Ryan Smith on 4/29/2020AMD Reports Q1 2020 Earnings: CPU Sales Fuel Big Gains
As the first quarter 2020 earnings period continues, up next is AMD, who has reported their earnings for the first three months of the year. The company, enjoying an...
12 by Ryan Smith on 4/29/2020GPUs Unleashed: Intel Releases First Unlocked GPU Driver For OEM Systems
While Intel’s integrated GPUs have made immense strides over the past decade, there’s been one particular legacy they’ve been unable to break free from: OEM driver locking. Due to...
33 by Ryan Smith on 4/28/2020Sponsored Post: On April 30, Gigabyte is Making an Announcement - And it’s a Big One
On April 30 at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT, Gigabyte is planning to stream a special event known as AORUS Direct on its YouTube. Nobody knows *what* specifically will...
94 by Sponsored Post on 4/27/2020NVIDIA Closes Mellanox Acquisition, Adds High-Speed Networking to Tech Portfolio
Just over a year ago, NVIDIA announced its intentions to acquire Mellanox, a leading datacenter networking and interconnect provider. And, after going through some prolonged regulatory hurdles, including approval...
21 by Ryan Smith on 4/27/2020Khronos Announces OpenCL 3.0: Hitting the Reset Button on Compute Frameworks
Today something is happening for which I’m not sure there’s any parallel for in the computing industry – and certainly, there’s never been anything like it in the GPU...
70 by Ryan Smith on 4/27/2020NVIDIA's GTC 2020 Keynote Is Back On: To Be Broadcast on May 14th
After becoming the victim of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus not once but twice, NVIDIA’s GTC 2020 keynote address has finally been rescheduled. The virtual keynote is now set to be...
34 by Ryan Smith on 4/24/2020Intel: Tiger Lake Client CPUs Coming Mid-Year
Along with detailing the nuts and the bolts of their Q1 2020 earnings, as part of Intel’s financial presentation, the company also offered a quick update on their upcoming...
140 by Ryan Smith on 4/24/2020Intel Reports Q1 2020 Earnings: Another Strong Quarter For Both Client and Datacenter
Kicking off earnings season for the tech industry, Intel yesterday evening reported their financial results for the first quarter of the year. And, like pretty much every Intel quarter...
49 by Ryan Smith on 4/24/2020Crucial Announces P5 and P2 NVMe SSDs: Going In-House for the High-End
Micron's consumer brand Crucial has introduced two new NVMe SSD product lines, including their first high-end NVMe SSD which features Micron's in-house SSD controller design. However, Crucial's adoption of...
31 by Billy Tallis on 4/23/2020How Cheap Can You Get a 6.52-inch Smartphone? DOOGEE’s X95 is only $60
Even in 2020, I would have never have guessed you could build a 6-inch or above large display smartphone for anything less than $100. We have seen a number...
25 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 4/23/2020XPG Enters the Gaming Notebook Market with the 15.6-inch XENIA
XPG, the gaming arm of prolific storage vendor ADATA, has just announced its first-ever gaming notebook, the XENIA. Designed in collaboration with Intel, the 15.6-inch XENIA is based on...
25 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/22/2020Patriot Launches External PXD M.2 PCIe Type-C SSDs: Up to 2 TB
Back at CES 2020, we revealed that Patriot Memory was displaying one of its next generation of storage products, the PXD External SSD with USB Type-C. Now available to...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/21/2020Two New Razer Blade Steath 13 Notebooks: With Intel 10th Gen Ice Lake & GTX 1650 Ti
Off the back of the release of two new Blade 15 series (NVIDIA GeForce RTX and Intel 10th Gen models), Razer has also unveiled two new variations of its...
37 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/21/2020European Processor Initiative Backed SiPearl Announces Licensing of Arm Zeus Neoverse CPU IP
SiPearl, a new France-based company that is being backed and receiving grants from the European Comission’s European Processor Initiative project, has announced that is has licensed Arm’s next-generation Neoverse...
10 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/21/2020LG Teases "Velvet" Phone with Snapdragon 765
We’ve already been quite surprised by the fact that to date LG still hasn’t talked much about a successor to the G8. Last year, LG had explained that going...
25 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/21/2020