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Iran Reveals Simorgh Supercomputer, Says Another Is Imminent

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Iran announced this week that its new supercomputer, Simorgh, has debuted with a peak performance of 0.56 petaflops and plans to reach 1 petaflop in two months. Al Jazeera reported that Simorgh was “said to be wholly designed and built by a team of Iranian engineers, who developed the country’s… Read more

Sharp’s new flagship phone has a giant 1-inch camera sensor and Leica branding

It appears that Leica has found a new mobile camera partner, following Huawei’s sanctions-induced retreat from the international smartphone market. Sharp just announced the Aquos R6 in Japan, and its Leica-branded lens sits in front of what is now the largest camera sensor on any phone. The 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor is similar in specs to… Read more

US Senator Wants to Know How Huawei Still Has Hard Drives

Home News (Image credit: Seagate) A senior U.S. senator on Tuesday filed a formal enquiry with three makers of hard drives — Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital — asking whether they complied with a regulation that requires them to obtain a license to sell HDDs to Huawei. Republican senator Roger Wicker this week decided to… Read more

Samsung won’t physically attend Mobile World Congress

Samsung representatives won’t show up in person to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, according to a statement obtained by Reuters. The company says it has “made the decision to withdraw from exhibiting in-person” and will instead attend remotely to prioritize the health and safety of its customers and employees. Samsung has yet to… Read more

Honor Play 5 series officially coming on May 18

Honor is expected to bring its new Play 5 series of phones and the company has now revealed when will the launch take place – May 18. Next Tuesday we’ll see a phone with four cameras on the back, a waterdrop notch on the front and apparently an OLED screen since the official poster reveals… Read more

TSMC’s 5nm manufacturing process to be used on ASIC miners

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, General Tech Bitmain, one of the most prominent manufacturers of ASIC crypto miners, has reportedly ordered chips from TSMC. Based on the 5nm process node, these chips should offer improved performance at lower power consumption, making Bitmain products more profitable and attractive to miners. The report coming… Read more

Oppo Find X3 Lite review: A solid mid-ranger

(Pocket-lint) – Oppo has enjoyed some successes recently; with some players faltering, such as Huawei, it’s clear that Oppo is attempting to step into the vacuum that’s been left behind. The Oppo Find X3 Pro received rave reviews as a flagship. It’s also flanked by a couple of devices that share its name: the Find… Read more

TSMC to Produce 5nm Chips for Cryptocurrency Mining

Home News (Image credit: Bitmain) As Bitcoin and Ethereum reach record-high prices, miners can increase their spending on hardware and companies developing mining ASICs waste no time rolling out new models. Bitmain, a designer of mining accelerators, has reportedly placed an order with TSMC to produce an ASIC using the foundry’s latest N5 fabrication process… Read more

Canalys: PC and tablet markets record doubled sales in Q1 2021

Canalys has posted its quarterly report on the PC and tablet market, and the numbers for Q1 2021 are more than impressive – computers and slates doubled in sales on a yearly basis, while Chromebooks in particular posted a whopping a 275% increase. Canalys is keeping the Chromebooks in a separate category because they are… Read more

Check this video comparing HarmonyOS and EMUI 11 side-by-side

We recently saw a video revealing the design and major features of Huawei’s HarmonyOS. Now we are looking at another clip showing a quick speed test comparison between EMUI 11 and HarmonyOS 2.0. You can watch it below. As you can see, apps on the phone running EMUI 11 load a tad faster than HarmonyOS… Read more

Xiaomi is getting back into the premium tablet game, MIUI reveals

The premium Android tablet range for the past few years has been limited to say the least with Samsung and Huawei being the only viable options. According to new info uncovered in MIUI 12.5 system apps by Xiaomi tipster kacskrz and the XiaomiUI Telegram group, we’re in for at least three premium Snapdragon 8-series powered… Read more

OnePlus 8 Pro vs OnePlus 8: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – They might not be the newest flagships, but the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro are still available to buy in a number of global markets and could well be worth grabbing now that they’re cheaper than they used to be. Still, which should you pick? With its flagship phones, OnePlus prides itself… Read more

Huawei Reportedly Preps 32-Inch Monitor with 3:2 Aspect Ratio, 4500×3000 Resolution

Home News (Image credit: Huawei) Multiple reports from China say that Huawei is prepping a 32-inch display with an unorthodox 3:2 aspect ratio. The monitor will carry Huawei’s new MateView trademark and will be aimed at professionals who need to have a lot of space both horizontally and vertically. Being a new player on the… Read more

Bolt Food is the latest food delivery platform on Huawei AppGallery

Huawei brought the ride-hailing app Bolt on its AppGallery back in summer 2020, and today Bolt Food joined the family as well. The food delivery service is an alternative to Uber Eats, as well as a direct competitor to Takeaway, Foodpanda, and other similar platforms. Bolt Food on AppGallery The Bolt Food app will be… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 foldable phone with virtual buttons

The Samsung Z Flip 3 foldable smartphone will be greatly improved. With larger cover display, a 120Hz flexible screen, a triple camera and stereo speakers. After the introduction of the Galaxy S21 series in mid-January this year, we now have to wait for the successor to the Galaxy Z Flip. This clamshell smartphone was announced… Read more