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Samsung Dual Slide smartphone with Galaxy S21 camera design

Samsung patents advanced technology for a retractable smartphone with a rollable display. Enables users to enlarge the screen area by about 30%. The high-end Samsung Galaxy S21 series was introduced last week. Three models are introduced with a completely new camera design. Luckily more top models from Samsung are expected to arrive this year, including… Read more

The Medium is slow-burning psychological horror on the Xbox Series X

Filed under: Games Review It can be clunky, but a chilling, gruesome atmosphere makes it work The Medium is a game about a person who is able to live in two worlds, experiencing the realms of the living and the dead at the same time. Developed by the same team behind the 2019 adaptation of… Read more

Intel Shows Off Monstrous Xe HPC GPU Die Shot

Home News (Image credit: Intel) We’ve known about Intel Xe Graphics for ages, and the integrated Xe LP variant has been shipping in Tiger Lake laptops since last fall. Raja Koduri, Intel’s senior VP of Architecture, Graphics, and Software, has tweeted various images of Xe HP chips in the past. Today, he posted a die… Read more

Intel’s Iris Xe DG1 GPUs Are Finally Coming to Desktops, But OEM Only

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s Xe Graphics has been out for a while now, in the form of 11th Gen Tiger Lake laptops, but the discrete variant (Iris Xe Max) has only been in a few notebooks. Now, Intel is finally releasing its Iris Xe for desktops, but they’re not what you would expect,… Read more

Oppo Reno 4 Z review: Affordable 5G

(Pocket-lint) – Throughout 2020 the battle for dominance in the mid-range smartphone market burned fierce. With one group of companies in particular showing it was more than willing to add some competition to a market that had grown a little stagnant in the wake of manufacturers chasing that four-figure price bracket. That group, of course,… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

Sony could bring back the Xperia Compact to compete with the iPhone 12 mini

Sony is reportedly set to bring back its “Compact” line of phones in 2021 with a new Xperia Compact model. It will offer a 5.5-inch display and dimensions more in line with Apple’s (relatively) diminutive iPhone 12 mini rather than the increasingly large phones that Sony has offered for the last few years. The new… Read more

Cambridge Audio’s flagship DacMagic 200M boasts native MQA and DSD support

Home News (Image credit: Cambridge Audio) If you’re looking for a versatile DAC and headphone amplifier to handle your assorted hi-res music library, Cambridge Audio may have just what you need. The British audio brand has just launched its latest flagship model, the DacMagic 200M. Successor to the previous generation DacMagic Plus, the DacMagic 200M… Read more

Some RTX 3060 Cards Could Cost More Than RTX 3060 Tis

Home News GeForce RTX 3060 (Image credit: Nvidia) The GeForce RTX 3060 (codename Ampere) will launch next month at $329. However, early retailer pricing suggests that third-party GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card will likely cost a lot more than Nvidia’s MSRP – maybe even as much as the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. CCL Computers (via… Read more

Seagate Ships 20TB HAMR HDDs Commercially, Increases Shipments of Mach.2 Drives

Home News (Image credit: Seagate) Seagate said this week that it had begun commercial shipments of its hard drives featuring heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology back in November and expanded the evaluation program for its dual-actuator Mach.2 HDDs, which offer twice the performance of a standard hard drive. The company is confident that its technology… Read more

Q Acoustics Q Active 200

Our Verdict Q Acoustics bravely enters uncharted waters, but out-of-character sonic shortfalls let down an otherwise decent first effort For Thoughtfully designed Vast hub connectivity Punchy, room-filling sound Against Lacks dynamic and rhythmic expression No dedicated control app Stands are expensive extras It’s a simple fact of life that the more there is to do,… Read more

heise + | Upcycling: Building Micro-NAS with Banana Pi M1, FreeBSD and ZFS

Upcycling: Building Micro-NAS with Banana Pi M1, FreeBSD and ZFS Write FreeBSD to SD card and prepare speed exhaust localize external hard drive Start FreeBSD Conclusion When we switched to FreeBSD out of curiosity tested various ARM-based single board computers (Single Board Computer / SBC), two older Banana Pi M1s stood out from the crowd:… Read more

Audio Research Reference 80S power amp offers flagship design at lower price point

Home News (Image credit: Audio Research) Audio Research has some impressively spec’d valve amplifiers under its belt, as demonstrated by its near-flagship Reference 160M (mono) and Reference 160S (stereo) power amps. They’re roughly £30,000 ($30,000) and £20,000 ($20,000) two-channel offerings respectively, though, so we’re pleased to hear the American audio giant has packed similar features… Read more

Focal Arche

Our Verdict The Arche is well-built and beautifully designed in its simplicity, and is a great choice if you’re after a high quality DAC for your headphones, but if you’re using the Arche in your main setup, stick with the XLR outputs, as the RCA alternatives are sporadically noisy. For Beautiful, solid design Exceptional isolation… Read more

Honor V40 5G is official with Dimensity 1000+ chipset, 50 MP main camera

Honor has announced its first phone since the company officially has separated from Huawei – say hello to the Honor V40 5G. The device comes with a Dimensity 1000+ chipset, a new 50 MP camera, and plenty of more specs to be intrigued about. The screen of the Honor V40 5G is a 6.72” OLED… Read more