Rivian, an electric car maker touted as a competitor to Tesla and supported by the likes of Facebook and Amazon, recently hit a US$100 billion valuation on the stock market, despite the fact that the company has only ever manufactured and delivered 15…
Huawei patent describes how blood pressure monitoring could work in the Watch D
A patent that Huawei filed last year has shed light on how the Huawei Watch D measures blood pressure. Seemingly, Huawei’s approach relies on three sensors, with two measuring your wrist thickness and fat levels, which a smartwatch uses to correct the…
Samsung must be getting tired of all these Galaxy S21 FE leaks as near-complete marketing images appear online
The Galaxy S21 FE may not be due for another two months, but almost all its English marketing assets have leaked. Samsung will launch the Fan Edition in a minimum of four colours, and with the Exynos 2100 or Snapdragon 888, depending on where you live.
World’s first iPhone with USB-C sells for whopping US$86,001 on eBay but is unsuitable as a daily driver
Engineering student Kenn Pillonel’s modded iPhone X with the Lightning port swapped out for a fully functioning USB Type-C port has sold on eBay auction for an astounding US$86,001. However, the device is more of a collector’s item as Pillonel has cau…
AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 Phoenix-H to top out at eight cores at 40 W while Raphael-H will offer 16 cores at 45 W+ TDP, Strix Point to use Zen 5 and Zen 4D hybrid
Rumor | New information pertaining to AMD Ryzen 7000 mobile APUs indicates Phoenix-H parts will offer up to eight 5 nm Zen 4 cores at up to 40 W while Raphael-H will go up to 16 cores and 32 threads above 45 W TDP. The mainstream desktop Ryzen 8000 se…
Samsung Exynos 2200 will be fitted to S22 models in Europe and Russia only, due to low yields of new 4 nm process says tipster
Samsung’s Exynos 2200 will still make an appearance in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 series, despite rumors to the contrary. A tipster with a reliable track record says that the E2200 will be headed to Galaxy S22 models in Europe and Russia, while t…
Xiaomi amasses over US$3.02 billion in turnover during Singles Day day sales, pipping Apple to top spot
Xiaomi has reported that it turned over CNY 19.3 billion (~US$3.02 billion) during 11.11 day sales, also known as Singles Day in China. The Redmi K40 even outsold the iPhone 13, with Apple generating slightly less turnover than Xiaomi.
The Google Pixelbook line will remain stale with no Pixelbook 2 until 2023 at the earliest
Google has confirmed that it has no plans to release a new Pixelbook this year, let alone next year. In fact, a next-generation Pixelbook, tentatively called the Pixelbook 2, will not arrive before 2023.
The Xiaomi 12 series will include a Mini version
Rumor | The rumor mill has taken a more than slightly cryptic post from a famous Weibo leaker and run with it in the form of claims that it points to a variant of the possibly upcoming Xiaomi 12 flagship series with a much smaller screen size than nor…
GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition: PC version pulled from sale as GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas Remastered are plagued by bugs and technical issues
The release of the highly anticipated remastered versions of GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas is a huge disappointment for many fans. Rockstar Games has now even stopped selling the PC version of the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition due to techn…