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Apple AirPods Pro 2 SiP leaks in two sizes

According to past rumors Apple is looking to change up the design of its AirPods Pro successor. The new versions will reportedly feature a more compact round design without the signature stems. Now, a new leak surrounding the next iteration of AirPods Pro is making rounds and it concerns their upgraded system in a package… Read more

Best Desktop CPUs for Workstations 2020

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) If you’re after the best processor for work, a lot of the decision boils down to just what your work is. Most processors can handle just about any workload you throw at them, given enough time. But faster CPUs (with more cores and/or faster clock speeds) chew through tough workloads… Read more

Get killer on-the-go sound quality with this portable phone package

Home Features (Image credit: Audioquest) For the true music fan, there should be as little difference as possible between listening to your music on your home system and listening when you’re out and about – whether that’s simply being in the garden, on a walk or even (fingers crossed for the future) on your daily… Read more

11 great apps ready for your new 2020 M1 Mac

This year marked the introduction of the first Macs to be powered by Apple’s own silicon instead of Intel chips. As is evidenced by our reviews of the M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, these machines are incredibly powerful and offer wicked fast performance. This is especially true for apps that are… Read more

Pepper Jobs XtendTouch Pro Review: Pretty, Portable OLED

Our Verdict A stunning AMOLED panel helps the XtendTouch Pro stand out among the portable monitor competition. But a required power hub and a high retail price mean this screen will mostly appeal to professionals. For Astounding image quality and brightness More versatile than competition Touch controls work well Against Expensive, especially at retail price… Read more

2020 Winners and Losers: Huawei and Honor

2019 was particularly bad for Huawei due to obvious reasons and at least some of us thought that 2020 would. Still, against all odds, Huawei managed to stay afloat and was even able to launch some great products ranging from headphones and smartwatches to smartphones and notebooks. Huawei had a big shift in its strategy… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 – Performance test of graphics cards at 3440×1440 and 5120×1440 resolutions. How does ray tracing and DLSS work then?

If you do not feel overloaded with Cyberpunk yet 2077, while patiently waiting for the first performance test to be completed with non-standard resolutions, you will finally be able to satisfy your curiosity. Just finished measuring on monitors with aspect ratio 21: 9 and 32: 9 allowed to enrich the database of results with the… Read more

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio Review

Introduction MSI sent us the Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio, its flagship custom-design graphics card based on the RX 6800 XT “Big Navi” that shook things up in the discrete graphics card market this November. This card sees MSI pull out its very latest generation Gaming X board design that debuted with its… Read more

LG’s new ‘QNED’ TVs will have up to nearly 30,000 tiny LEDs behind the screen

LG might be the company that’s most synonymous with OLED TVs, but tonight it’s announcing what to expect from its LCD-based sets in 2021. Like other manufacturers including TCL have already done (and Samsung is expected to soon join in on), LG is adopting Mini LED technology for its premium LCD 8K and 4K TVs… Read more

Amazon Fire HD 8 review: The affordable entertainment tablet

(Pocket-lint) – Amazon churns out Fire tablets at a great pace; available three sizes, with regular updates, the Fire HD tablet has been a constant of technology for a few years. The offering hasn’t changed hugely over recent years, with minor tweaks defining the different versions, rather than the bigger steps you’ll find on premium… Read more

2020 Winners and Losers: OnePlus

OnePlus became a different company this year. It had been gradually opening up to a wider product line, first with the mid-season T-upgrade, then with the introduction of Pro models. However, in 2020 the door swung all the way open and through it walked not only a mid-ranger, but even an entry-level phone. Winner: OnePlus… Read more

Ashes of Creation aims to be the WoW killer in MMORPGs and prepares to start its Alpha 1

by Pablo López 25 / 13 / 2020 10 Ashes of Creation shows the first battle against a boss at open world, preparing to enter the open phase Alpha 1. From time to time it is convenient to talk about other video games apart from the typical ones such as Fortnite or Minecraft have been… Read more

heise + | Iron Age: How LFP cells are changing the battery market for electric cars

An iron phosphate cell is comparatively large and heavy. Nevertheless, Tesla and Volkswagen want to advance this development, and for good reasons. The BYD models D1 (in the picture) and the premium sedan Han are delivered with LFP cells. These are built directly into the outer crash shell. This is called Cell-to-Pack (CtP). BYD itself… Read more

The wide range of the range (II.): Helmut on the cooling mat

Since my train was stranded and the iPhone had nothing more to say, I listened to Helmut the bus driver. The air conditioning is currently insufficient, he said, so he got a coolkeeper, a special seat mat so that he doesn’t have to stew in his own juice the whole shift. Fortunately, he drives a… Read more