Laptops/Tablets

Intel and Lenovo on Monday announced a multi-year collaboration to accelerate convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve world’s most challenging problems. Lenovo, the leading global system provider of “TOP500” supercomputers, would optimise Intel’s full portfolio of HPC and AI hardware and software solutions to serve as the foundation for its

Security vendor Bitdefender has disclosed details of a new speculative execution security vulnerability in Intel CPUs dating back to 2012, which could be used to steal sensitive information including passwords from a computer. The newly discovered issue, named SWAPGS, could also negate all the patches so far released for the infamous Spectre and Meltdown flaws.

Flipkart’s National Shopping Days sale has entered its final day today. The sale kicked off earlier this week to take on Amazon’s Freedom Sale while celebrating the upcoming Independence Day. With less than 12 hours left for the sale to end, there are still quite a handful of deals you can grab at the last

Huawei Technologies on Friday offered the first glimpse of an in-house software that may someday replace Google’s Android, an important step toward reducing its reliance on American technology. “HarmonyOS,” previously code-named “Hongmeng,” is a long-gestating operating system that could soon find its way into smart TVs and lower-end phones. The OS embodies Huawei’s shift toward

Samsung Galaxy Book S, an new ultra-thin and lightweight always-on connected laptop, is now official and it draws power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor. The Galaxy Book S features a premium metallic build and is claimed to deliver an impressive battery life of 23 hours, thanks to hardware-level performance optimisations that are claimed to

Huawei on Friday offered the first look at its upcoming EMUI 10 experience that will be preloaded on the company’s next generation of smartphones. The company revealed that the next-generation Mate phones will be first to get the stable version of EMUI 10. Huawei also announced that the beta version of EMUI 10 will be

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday released the second generation of its processor chip for data centres and said that it had landed Alphabet’s Google and Twitter as customers. AMD competes against Intel to supply chips for data centres that power internet-based services. Both firms have come to rely on data centre chips for growth

Samsung has launched the new Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) tablet in India. The tablet comes with dual speakers, massive battery, and a metal body. It comes in two variants – LTE and Wi-Fi + LTE – and the Wi-Fi only variant of the slate is now listed for pre-order via Flipkart and Samsung’s official

Flipkart National Shopping Days sale has kicked off for Flipkart Plus members, being held on the occasion of India’s upcoming Independence Day. Flipkart’s big sale will be available for everyone else starting midnight, August 8. The National Shopping Days sale on Flipkart includes discounts and bundled offers on popular mobile phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, and

Expanding its gaming portfolio in a big way in India, Taiwanese computing giant Acer on Tuesday launched eight new gaming laptops, across several lineups. The new Acer gaming laptops are priced starting at Rs. 59,999, and will go up to Rs. 4,49,999. A number of these laptops were showcased by the company this April. The

Xiaomi is gearing up to launch a new gaming laptop, and now detailed specifications of this upcoming device have been leaked online, giving us details about its display, processor, GPU, and even storage. The company has been rolling out several teasers online counting down to August 4 i.e. this Sunday, suggesting that the new gaming

We’ve seen solid-state drives (SSDs) replacing hard drives (HDDs) in PCs and laptops, but they aren’t always ideal for everyone. While flash memory chips are a lot faster than spinning platters, you can’t get anywhere near the same amount of storage space at the same prices. Some people are willing to make the tradeoff, but

Intel has officially announced the first of its 10th Gen Core CPUs, which will be based on the 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ architecture making these the first Intel 10nm processors to ship in volume after a delay of nearly four years. The first products in the 10th Gen Core family will be U-series and Y-series models

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is official. The new Samsung tablet comes with a 5.7mm thin body, a large 10.5-inch WQXGA Super AMOLED display, a 64-bit octa-core processor, and a 7,040mAh battery. It is equipped with an improved S Pen, and has four speakers for better multimedia experience. The box-shaped tablet has rounded corners, considerable bezel

LG UltraFine 5K Display has been updated to support the latest Apple MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models. The new 27-inch UltraFine 5K Display from the South Korean company supports P3 wide colour gamut and 500-nit brightness. The monitor also comes with a new display panel that produces 218 pixels per inch (PPI). Further, there

RedmiBook 14 has received two new variants that take the price of this budget laptop even lower. Quietly unveiled in China, the new RedmiBook 14 variants with an 8th-generation Intel Core i3 or Core i5 processors come with 256GB SSD and Intel onboard graphics. The RedmiBook was unveiled in May this year as the first laptop

Samsung’s rumoured upcoming high-end tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6, has once again leaked in some fresh image renders. Now, with these new images, there’s nothing new left to reveal that we haven’t already seen, but one thing we can be pretty sure about is the fact that the Galaxy Tab S6 is definitely nearing its

Network Attached Storage or NAS devices have evolved from being plain data storage boxes to special-purpose computers that come in many shapes and sizes. From basic, two- (and even one-bay) devices targeted at home users, to multi-bay devices with specifications that can rival some enterprise servers, NAS devices serve various functions and are available at

While some smartphone manufacturers will launch their 5G-enabled phones this year itself, Apple will wait until 2020 to introduce its lineup of iPhone models with 5G support. Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had earlier predicted that Apple will introduce 5G support in two of its three new iPhone models next year. In his latest note to

HP Spectre Folio and Spectre x360 LTE variants have been launched in India. The devices pack dual-SIM (Nano) slots, and HP has partnered with Reliance Jio to offer data benefits to the buyers. The customers buying the HP Spectre Folio and HP Spectre x360 will get 1.5TB of high speed 4G data from Reliance Jio

US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not grant Apple any relief for tariffs on parts made in China for its Mac Pro computer and later added he thought the firm would build a plant in Texas. “Apple will not be given Tariff waiver, or relief, for Mac Pro parts that are

Lenovo Tab V7 tablet was launched in India on Thursday. Key specifications of the tablet include a 6.9-inch full-HD display, cellular connectivity options, a large 5,180mAh battery that is touted to offer up to 30 hours of talk time, a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a 5-megapixel selfie camera as well. The Lenovo Tab V7 tablet

Microsoft has announced that it is slowing down the pace at which it releases major new versions of Windows 10. The twice-yearly Windows 10 updates, which have until now introduced significant new features but have also caused some backlash for being disruptive, will turn into alternate major and minor releases. The company is also changing how

Intel forecast current-quarter profit and revenue above estimates and raised its full-year revenue forecast on Thursday, allaying concerns about a global semiconductor sales slowdown and curbs on US sales to China’s Huawei Technologies. Intel shares rose 4.9 percent to $54.70 in extended trading. The chip industry is in a slowdown, with research firm Gartner forecasting a 9.6 percent drop

Just when we thought that Nvidia had succeeded in asserting its dominance with the new GeForce RTX Super series, AMD played a tried and true card, cutting prices to regain the advantage. Nvidia timed its launch to hurt AMD as much as possible and prevent favourable comparisons against its own offerings, and for a few

Chipmaker SK Hynix warned on Thursday of a supply disruption due to an escalating trade dispute between South Korea and Japan, and said it would cut investment and production to support a nascent recovery in chip demand. The global memory chip market is bottoming out after more than a year of steep price falls, and hopes

The annual QuakeCon gaming convention and tournament, organised in Dallas Texas each year to celebrate id Software’s much-loved games, is usually accompanied by a special Steam sale. This year’s deals are now live and will be available till July 30. Highlights include up to 80 percent off on many popular current and past id Software games,

Apple is rolling out an iOS update specifically for iPhone and iPad models launched in 2012 and earlier to fix a GPS time rollover issue. The problem, which is commonly known as the Week Number Rollover issue, is caused by GPS systems tracking weeks as a 10-bit field. This pushes the systems to reset their

Apart from the Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro, Huawei sub-brand Honor on Tuesday also launched the Honor MagicBook Pro and the Honor Band 5 fitness band. The laptop sports a slim metal body, weighs just 1.7kg, and is powered by the eighth generation Intel Core i5 or i7 Processor. The Honor Band 5 fitness

Photo Credit: LetsGoDigital A concept image shows how a foldable iPad may look like Apple is working on a new 5G-enabled iPad with a foldable display and could launch it in 2020, a media report said. The rumour comes from London-based global information provider IHS Markit’s analyst Jeff Lin, who has claimed that Apple was