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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 modem brings support for 5G Advanced (for faster speeds and better coverage)

When wireless carriers began rolling out 5G networks they promised faster speeds, reduced congestion, and lower latency. The idea was to build on 4G and enable billions of internet connected devices including phones, computers, cars, and appliances to get online and talk to one another. But so far it’s honestly pretty hard to see much […]

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Dimensity 1050 is MediaTek’s first smartphone processor with mmWave 5G support

MediaTek is already one of the world’s top smartphone chip makers, with a range of products for budget, mid-range, and flagship devices. But you don’t see a lot of flagships in the North American market sporting MediaTek processors. Maybe that’ll change now that MediaTek has unveiled its first processor with support for mmWave 5G networks. […]

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Lilbits: Nothing’s phone (1) coming this summer, NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin dev kit available now

The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance. First announced in November, a Jetson AGX […]

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Project Ironman is an AR headset that may land on Verizon’s 5G network

A previously unrevealed AR headset has Surfaced on Twitter this morning. Dubbed Project Ironman, the device is reportedly being developed by Lenovo and Motorola as a flagship device for the Verizon 5G network. This doesn’t appear to be a totally new collaboration. Lenovo’s product page for the ThinkReality A3 specifically mentions tethering the glasses to […]

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Samsung Galaxy Book pro 360 5G is compact convertible notebook with an AMOLED display and S-Pen support

Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro 360 5G is a 2.43 pound notebook with a 13.3 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, a Samsung S-Pen for pressure-sensitive input, and, as the name suggests, support for 5G cellular networks. Powered by an Intel Tiger Lake processor, the notebook also has a Thunderbolt 4 port, stereo 4 watt […]

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TCL Tab Pro 5G is a 10.4 inch Android 11 tablet for Verizon

The TCL Tab Pro 5G is a 10.36 inch tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Available from Verizon for $400, it’s TCL’s first 5G-ready tablet available in North America. TCL notes that customers can also save $100 off the purchase price if they pick up an eligible Android […]

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Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.23, OpenBSD 7.0, Windows 11, and yet another mini-laptop

Ubuntu 21.10 isn’t the only new release of a free and open source operating system today. The OpenBSD team have also released version 7.0 of their Unix-like operating system based on BSD rather than Linux. And while operating systems are cool and everything, they’re not much use these days without a proper desktop environment, and […]

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Intel launches Core i7-1195G7 and Core i5-1155G7 chips and a new 5G card for laptops

As expected, Intel is adding two new chips to is Tiger Lake-U family. The new Intel Core i7-1195G7 is the company’s most powerful U-series chip to date, with support for Turbo boost speeds up to 5 GHz, while the Core i5-1155G7 processor is a step up from the Core i5-1135G7 chip that currently powers dozens […]

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon modem M.2 card reference designs could bring 5G to more devices

Most modern flagship smartphones and many upper mid-range models are now shipping with support for 5G networks. But Qualcomm wants to make it easier for device makers to bring 5G support to laptops, desktops, virtual reality hardware, professional equipment, and other products. So the chip maker is launching a pair of M.2 card reference designs […]

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 is the first 10 Gigabit 5G modem (burn through data caps in seconds)

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X65 5G modem is the first modem that promises to deliver 10 Gigabit speeds over 5G networks. With theoretical top speed of 10 Gigabits Per Second (Gbps) or 1.25 Gigabytes per second (GB/s), you could download the equivalent of an hour of Netflix HD video every second. Of course, real-world speeds will likely be […]