Chinese phone maker Oppo has announced it’s licensing its VOOC fast charging technology for use in automobiles, third-party chargers, and other products. But the company is also demonstrating a new wireless charging technology called Wireless Air Charging that makes it easier to charge gadgets when you place them near a charging mat, and not necessarily in […]
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Compal ZeroEdge laptop concept has a 99% screen-to-body ratio
The war on bezels continues. In recent years phone and laptop makers have pushed the limits of screen-to-body ratios, and now Taiwanese manufacture Compal is pushing things to the limit with a new concept design for a laptop with nearly no bezels at all. The Compal ZeroEdge has a 14 inch OLED display that wraps […]
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Turn an Asus PN50 into a fanless Ryzen PC with Akasa’s Turing A50 chassis
The Asus PN50 is a small desktop computer with up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4800U processor stuffed into a case that measures just 4.5″ x 4.5″ x 1.9″. Introduced last year, it’s about the closest thing you’ll find to an Intel NUC with a recent Ryzen processor. But like most Intel NUC devices, the […]
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Universal Android Debloater disables unwanted system apps, no root required
Most Android smartphones come with at least a few basic apps pre-installed. Some come with a lot of apps that you may not want or need. And while this isn’t something that’s unique to Android device, the bloatware that often comes with Windows PCs can usually be uninstalled. Android bloatware is a tougher nut to crack, […]
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Last call to export your Google Play Music data (it shuts down Feb 24)
Google announced last year that it was replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music and shutting down the older online music streaming service. But before pulling the plug, the company launched tools that would let you transfer your data to YouTube Music and/or download any music you’d uploaded to Google Play’s cloud storage. And you’re […]
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Asus PN41 fanless mini PC with Intel Jasper Lake chips coming soon
A few years after launching the Asus PN40 line of small form-factor desktop computers with fanless designs and support for low-power 6-watt Intel Celeron or Pentium Silver chips, Asus is preparing to launch a new model called the Asus PN41. It will likely be virtually identical to its predecessor on the outside, but under the […]
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Daily Deals (2-23-2021)
Best Buy is running a Flash sale with deep discounts on hundreds of products including laptops, phones, tablets, speakers, headphones, and other accessories. Some of the deals look suspiciously like the same prices the store was offering yesterday, but other deals are brand new. Here are some of the day’s best deals. Windows laptops Asus […]
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Lenovo launches ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga laptops with Intel Tiger Lake or AMD Ryzen 5000 chips
2 Comments on Lenovo launches ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga laptops with Intel Tiger Lake or AMD Ryzen 5000 chipsLenovo is refreshing its ThinkPad laptop lineup with a bunch of new models powered by a choice of 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” or AMD Ryzen 5000 processors. If you’re in the market for a fairly compact model, the new lineup includes the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 series notebooks with 13.3 inch displays and thin and light designs. […]
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Compal Scroll concept is a different kind of rollable phone
The LG Rollable phone may not ever see the light of day (or maybe it will). And the jury is still out on whether Oppo’s rollable phone with a similar design will make the move from concept device to real-thing-you-can-buy. But LG and Oppo aren’t the only companies looking for ways to use rollable screens […]
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10.1 inch TCL tri-fold display could be coming to tablets, phones, or laptops
TCL’s product lineup includes smartphones, tablets, TVs, audio gear, and home appliances. But the company also makes displays, and as interest in foldable devices has grown in the past few years, TCL has shown off a number of foldable display prototypes. The latest is a 10.1 inch tri-fold screen that can be folded in half […]
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Hackers add TV output to the Nintendo DS Lite using a hidden feature of the handheld game console
2 Comments on Hackers add TV output to the Nintendo DS Lite using a hidden feature of the handheld game consoleReleased in 2006, the Nintendo DS Lite is a handheld game console with two displays but no official support for sending video to a TV or external display. Unofficially though? A group of hackers have found a way to do just that. What’s interesting about the Nintendo DS-TV-Out Restoration Project from the folks at Lost […]
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Google Pixel 5a leaked, is nearly a clone of the Pixel 4a 5G, but with dual cameras
For the past few years Google’s Pixel line of smartphones has consisted of a flagship model and a mid-range model. But in 2020 Google shook things up a bit by releasing two cheaper alternatives to the Pixel 5, the Pixel 4a and Pixel 4a 5G. Now it looks like Google is preparing to launch its […]