The latest technology news from around the world
Qualcomm has, very quietly, just launched the new Snapdragon 678. The new chipset isn’t particularily newsworthy, unlike their most recent flagship Snapdragon 888. At best, it is an incremental upgrade to the existing popular mid-range Snapdragon 675. The changes are so small that sounds similar to the Snapdragon 768G vs 765G, which was exclusively used…
Realme introduced the X7 and X7 Pro back in September and the Realme V5 in August. It is now confirmed that the Realme X7 Pro will be extending outside of China with a global release, starting with Thailand. In the UK we got the Realme 7 5G which is an upgraded version of the Realme…
This week Apple finally announced their over-ear active noise-cancelling headphones. Apple has always charged a premium for its products, justifying it with the just works argument or the premium design. While it is inevitable the AirPods Max will be good; they set a new standard for premium pricing from Apple. In the UK we get…
The Linksys Velop range of mesh Wi-Fi systems is a popular option, and one of the few brands I have not had a chance to review yet. Their current Wi-Fi 6 mesh system (MX5300 & MX10600) is a tri-band system which is typically prohibitively expensive, however, with a price of £479.99 currently for the Linksys…
This year we have seen Google Plays Store and the Apple App Store receive a lot of negative press attention with their 30 percent cut of payments. Things came to a precipice recent months after Epic Games, maker of the popular game Fortnite, sued Apple and Google, claiming they violated antitrust rules with the commissions…
The Byte4 Mini Desktop PC is a highly versatile and affordable fanless mini PC with dual ethernet ports (optional POE) and plenty of ports making this an appealing, affordable PC for many uses. Specification and Features Processor: Intel Celeron J4125 4 core, 4 threads 2.00 GHz base 2.7Ghz burst with Intel UHD Graphics 600 OS:…
With the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official and new phones launching within the next couple of months we will start to see a lot more leaked benchmarks. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is quite an existing chipset, being the first to introduce the brand new ARM Cortex-X1 CPU architecture, which is a performance-focused CPU, at the sacrifice…
Qualcomm has thrown a curveball with the naming of their new flagship chipset. What was expected to be the Snapdragon 875 has now become the Snapdragon 888. The naming convention is due to 888 being regarded by the Chinese as a symbol of fortune and prosperity, though I am not sure why they opted to…
It is currently expected that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 will feature support for the latest Wi-Fi 6E standard. We should have confirmation of this by the end of today. Wi-Fi 6E vs Wi-Fi 6 The Wi-Fi standard builds upon the existing Wi-Fi 6 by using the 6Ghz channel as well as 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz. The…
Qualcomm has thrown a curveball with the naming of their new flagship chipset. What was expected to be the Snapdragon 875 has now become the Snapdragon 888. The naming convention is due to 888 being regarded by the Chinese as a symbol of fortune and prosperity, though I am not sure why they opted to…
Cleer has been around for a few years now and specialising in portable audio including true wireless earphones, over-ear headphones and portable speakers. The Cleer Flow II appear to be the same as the existing, well-reviewed Flow headphones. However, this new model integrates Google Assistant which gives you one-touch access to voice functions and the…
As you would expect from Anker, they have lots of deal for Black Friday this year. All of these are now live, some last until the 30th while others end on the 29th. I have picked out the highlight below, but the list is extensive. The Anker and Eufy storefront pages have a special deals…
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