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For a few years now, Apple has offered an iMac Pro all-in-one machine alongside the Mac Pro desktop system. It seems that the pricey iMac Pro won't be around for much longer though, as it appears to be getting discontinued.  The first sign of this popped up on the Apple …

While Apple moved the iPad Pro over to USB-C connectivity years ago, the company has been resistant to bringing this change to iPhone, opting to stick to its own ageing Lightning interface. Unfortunately, it sounds like Apple won't be changing its mind on this in 2021.  According to Apple analyst, …

Last night at the PlayStation State of Play, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy VII Remake would be getting a PS5 upgrade as well as a new episode in the form of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. Shortly after however, Square Enix made a couple more announcements, including a Final …

AMD and Samsung have been working together on a mobile GPU for quite some time. Earlier this year, Samsung gave an update on the development of this GPU, stating that it would feature in the next flagship Exynos SoC, but it didn't detail how it would be used. Back then, …

Samsung is revamping its commitment to security on Android devices. Moving forward, Galaxy devices will now receive regular security updates for a minimum of four years after release, with updates set to be delivered on a monthly or quarterly basis. Previously, Samsung offered up three years of security updates for …

When you think of AAA gaming experiences on mobile, many turn to Pascal’s Wager as a prime example. The Souls-like game garnered a moderate fan following thanks to its “console-grade production values”. Now, the developers have announced that Pascal’s Wager: Definitive Edition is coming to PC. Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition …

The past few years have seen a major increase in both the number and quality of video game-related films. From movies such as Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many more upcoming titles, it would seem as though the age of film adaptations for video games is back once again. …

While the iPad Pro received an upgrade to a higher refresh rate display a couple of years ago, Apple has been slow to move beyond 60Hz on the iPhone. During that time, the Android smartphone market has almost entirely jumped over to 90Hz or 120Hz displays. This year, Apple may …

Back in Spring of 2019 it was announced that a TV show based on the classic PlayStation game series ‘Twisted Metal’ was in development. Word on the show has been mostly quiet ever since. Now however, a number of potential details have leaked, including the story’s synopsis as well as …

Microsoft's ambitious foldable phone concept, the Surface Duo, will officially be available outside of the US starting next week. On the 18th of February, the dual-screen Android smartphone will release in Europe and Canada, although it has quite the price hike in the UK compared to the US.  Equipped with …

Owners of the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE are flashing a custom vBIOS with 155W TGP to increase the RTX 3080 laptop GPU performance. Featuring a default TGP of 115W, increasing up to 130W through Dynamic Boost, the RTX 3080 laptop GPU found on the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 …

It seems that the Chinese tech giant, Huawei, also wants a piece of the gaming market. According to the latest reports, Huawei is developing new gaming notebooks and a gaming console to rival Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. As per the news shared on Weibo by TomatoPrince (via HuaweiCentral), …

Ever since it was first announced that HBO would be making a TV show based on the PlayStation exclusive The Last of Us, many fans have been speculating on who might be playing the two main characters, Joel and Ellie. While names such as Hugh Jackman and Kaitlyn Dever were …

Many trepidatious fans were left surprised following the release of the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie. What was first mocked for its initial character design and tone following the original trailer eventually turned into a surprisingly funny family friendly film.Thanks to its commercial success, a sequel was all but confirmed. …

We check out the 5980HS mobile CPU in the ASUS ROG Flow X13

Razer is about to launch the Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma, a universal dock with 10x ports and RGB lighting to greatly expand and centralise connectivity for your setup.  Featuring Thunderbolt 4 interfaces, the Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma allows users to transfer data at blazing fast speeds, connect to multiple displays …

While film adaptations of video game franchises have typically underwhelmed both critically and commercially, the Resident Evil series of films managed to be a major success in at least one of these fronts. As such, following the conclusion of the Milla Jovovich-starring series, it was announced that there would be …

 We've known for a while now that Apple is already working on chips beyond the Mac's current M1 SoC. This week, we got some new details, with four unannounced SoCs leaking.  This leak comes from Longhorn, containing a list of upcoming Apple SoCs. There are four in total, two belonging to …

We've known about IKEA's partnership with ASUS ROG for a while now. The two companies began planning ‘gaming furniture' back in 2020 and in January, this line of products officially launched in China. As it turns out, this isn't a China-only arrangement, as launches are planned in other countries throughout …

Not long ago, AMD has announced its Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors, but it seems that there are a few SKUs that weren't revealed at that time. Now, thanks to a few HP laptop spec sheets and a mysterious benchmark entry, we know about the Ryzen 5 5650U and the Ryzen 7 5850U. 

Since Intel's announcement of Tiger Lake-H45, we have been wondering when the company will release its planned 8-core SKUs. Thanks to an XMG representative, we now have a fairly trustworthy source sharing a possible release date, stating that laptops powered by Intel Tiger Lake-H45 will be available in Q2 2021. …

In recent years, Netflix has shown support for a number of video game properties, expanding their worlds through anime adaptations. Though previous efforts have released to mixed responses, the streaming service is continuing to adapt more video games. Following on from the Resident Evil, Castlevania and Dragon's Dogma adaptations, Netflix …

Back in 2020, Asus and IKEA announced a partnership to design gaming furniture. Although the first piece of the gaming line of products is scheduled to be announced on January 29th, Ikea has uploaded the images of most products to the website, leaking the line-up early.  The pictures shared by …

The eight-core, sixteen-thread Ryzen 9 5980HS is a performance monster in its 35W TDP mode, but there are some quirky clock speed and throttling behaviours with the Flow X13 laptop. Let’s have a closer look...

More details about the upcoming AMD Ryzen 5000 mobile processors have surfaced through a leaked presentation. Besides describing the improvements coming with the new architecture, this presentation also includes comparisons between the Ryzen 5000H APUs and the currently available mobile APUs and CPUs from AMD and Intel. Besides the leaked slides …

3DMark Time Spy scores of the upcoming RTX 3060 and 3070 Mobile GPUs have surfaced. These GPUs will be featured in multiple mid/high-range gaming laptops in February, but thanks to this leak, we get our first glimpse of their performance before their launch.

Late last year, Apple began to put the ‘battery gate' scandal to rest by settling one of the more prominent class-action lawsuits over the issue in the US. In December though, it quickly became clear that Apple was still in trouble with consumer groups in Europe. Now, a consumer advocacy …

Once again, the Geekbench 5 database is giving us a glimpse of what to expect from Intel and AMD's upcoming processors. This time, the two CPUs spotted in the database were the Intel Core i7-11375H and the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS, with Intel coming out ahead in single-core and AMD's …

Update (22/01/21): Earlier this week, Nvidia began changing some of the messaging around Max-Q, planning to drop the GPU differentiating moniker for the upcoming RTX 30 GPUs for laptops. Nvidia already got in touch with us once to explain this, stating that Max-Q has grown “beyond only GPU optimisations”. Now …

Could this be the dock for you if your laptop has limited connectivity options?