Monthly Archives: August 2018

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Android Oreo Tablet Launches With DeX Support For Desktop-Class Productivity

After a few leaks regarding its impending arrival, Samsung has officially unveiled its Galaxy Tab S4, its latest take on a "premium" Android tablet. A few years ago, Android tablets seemed to be all the rage, but they have seemingly fallen out of favor in recent years (Google has abandoned its...

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MSI Confirms 8-Core Intel Coffee Lake Support For Z370 Motherboards Via BIOS Update

Late last week, we came across an ASRock motherboard box shot that alleged Intel's H310 Express chipset will have support for upcoming 9th generation Core Coffee Lake Refresh processors. Today, MSI is providing evidence that the Intel Z370 chipset will also support the new CPUs. Confirmation of the support came courtesy of a news update posted...

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Turing's HubblePhone Dual Screen 5G Smartphone Concept Is A Gorgeous Snapdragon 855-Powered Pipe-Dream

A company called Turing (not to be confused with the rumored name of NVIDIA's next-generation consumer GPU) is taking the concept of a dual-screen smartphone the next level. Turing introduced the HubblePhone, a futuristic device that it is aiming to release in a couple of years. To Turing's credit, the...

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New York State Boots Spectrum For Throttling Netflix And Online Games In What Essentially Amounts To Extortion

Charter is not making many friends in high places in New York. Just the opposite, the New York State Public Service Commission announced it has revoked its approval of a 2016 merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable (TWC) due to Charter, doing business as Spectrum, wavering on promises...

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Sony Xperia ZX2 Premium Now Shipping With 5.8-inch 4K HDR Display And $1,000 Price Tag

Sony has begun shipping a new flagship phone, the Xperia XZ2 Premium, though you better be ready to spend some big bucks if you want to bring one home. The handsets costs $999.99 (let's just call it a grand), and there is no cheaper option. There also is not a...

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Intel 8-Core Coffee Lake CPU And Z390 Motherboards Launching In October According To Roadmap Leak

If past leaks are any indication, Intel is getting ready to launch a handful of 9th generation Core processors, essentially a refresh of Coffee Lake, including one or two 8-core CPUs. To go along with the new chips, Intel is also prepping a Z390 Express chipset. When will it all...

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Windows 10 'Your Phone' App Brings Easy Access To Android Files On A PC

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17728 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. With this build, Microsoft says that it will soon bring the first set productivity features to the Your Phone app for Windows Insiders with an Android device. With that app, file access between your...

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Huawei Didn’t Need The U.S. To Take Second Place In Global Smartphone Market

Huawei has been trying its best to break into the U.S. market for smartphones and other devices, but is facing significant roadblocks. Specifically, U.S. lawmakers have urged Google and other U.S. firms to get away from using all Huawei hardware over security concerns and its close ties to the Chinese government. Despite...

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Vega+ to be stripped of Sinclair and ZX Spectrum brands

A retro games console crowdfunding campaign is to lose the right to feature the brands of the original computers it is based on. The revelation coincides with the delivery of some units of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ to backers, albeit without most of the games originally promised to be...

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Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei

Apple has reported record third-quarter revenues of $53bn, driven by sales of iPhones and wearable devices. Its iPhone sales grew by 20% in the quarter, while services revenue increased to $9.6bn. Apple said revenue in its wearables product line, which includes the Apple Watch, Air Pods and Beats, had grown to $10bn...

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