The Honor X8, which is official in China, is now available globally.
Apple Card has been out for nearly three years now but it’s only available in the US. This might change soon as the Cupertino tech giant recently acquired UK-based fintech company Credit Kudos which handles consumer banking data and makes credit assessment checks. According to reports the deal is estimated at $150 million and will help Apple in its quest to offer Apple Card across the UK and Europe.
Nvidia unveiled new GPUs, but no, it’s not the RTX 4000 series. Instead the company is introducing a number of workstation GPUs – one for the desktop and several for professional laptops.
Year One was just a warm-up year, says Nothing (Carl Pei’s new company). In that time the company was founded, attracted investors and launched its first product (the ear (1) TWS headset). What’s next?
Sony announced that it is working on Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support for the PlayStation 5 (it has been since late 2020, actually). This feature will be released “in the coming months”, other features are rolling out now with today’s update.
Samsung is about to announce a new smartphone, called Galaxy M53 5G. It will arrive on March 27 in Vietnam, but its specs, features and renders already leaked online, as well as another Geekbench listing of the SM-M536B variant.
The developers of Chernobylite have decided to donate funds to Ukraine with the help of the new DLC, 100% of the proceeds from it will go to humanitarian support.
In early March, Netflix announced that it was stopping its work in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. Now there is information that the company is introducing new restrictions.
Motorola’s latest flagships are the Edge 30 Pro and Edge 30 Ultra, which come with speedy 68W fast charging. The company is apparently thinking this is not enough and has developed an even faster charger – 125W.
As expected, Oppo just announced its Oppo K10 in India today. The phone brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 680 chipset, a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery with 33W charging.
Xiaomi’s Redmi announced the Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G in India two weeks ago. The Note 11 Pro+ 5G is already on sale in the country, and starting at noon local time today, the Note 11 Pro will also be available for purchase in India through Mi.com, Amazon.in, Mi Home, and other retail partners.
Starting Tuesday, Instagram users from the US will be able to tag brands’ products on their posts. This feature was previously only accessible to business or creator accounts. The feature will be available to all users “over the next few months”.
Motorola’s newest flagship smartphone has three names: Edge X30 in China, Edge 30 Pro globally, and Edge+ in North America. The Edge+ was first unveiled in China on December 31, and it made its international debut in February. However, there wasn’t a release date for the Edge+.
The Xiaomi 12 Pro is nice and high-end alright, and it’s recently escaped China, but it’s definitely no Ultra. Following the shockingly good Mi 11 Ultra from last year has to be a Xiaomi 12 Ultra, and today a new rumor from a usually reliable tipster tells us when to expect it to finally appear.
Trimble RTX GNSS location technology for Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 powered phones is coming later this year in Q2. The industrial technology company is partnering with Qualcomm to deliver meter-level (3 feet) location accuracy for smartphones which Trimble says is 5x more accurate compared to currently used mobile correction services platforms.
