The Vivo X51 - which was called the X50 Pro for its Eastern launch - is a big deal for a number of reasons. One, it's the first Vivo phone to launch across much of the globe - expanding the company's horizons with significant intent. Two, it's got a gimbal stabilisation system built into its main camera system - which is perhaps more accomplished than any other system you'll … [Read more...] about Vivo X51 review: Gimbal goodness
Archives for November 2020
Samsung Galaxy Book S (Intel) review: Slimline supreme
The world of laptops is becoming a more complex landscape to navigate. This Samsung Galaxy Book S, for example, is actually the second such device to launch - only this one's based on an Intel i5 processor, while the original launch was built on a Qualcomm processor. No big deal, right? Wrong. The Qualcomm 8cx device, despite offering super battery life and LTE for mobile … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Book S (Intel) review: Slimline supreme
Gigabyte Aorus 17X review: Gaming to the extreme
The Aorus 17X is an extreme gaming laptop - think desktop replacement - meaning it can do everything a serious gaming machine can, but is also portable. Best gaming laptops: Alienware, Asus ROG, Razer, Acer Predator, HP Omen and more As you might have gathered from the price tag, the Aorus 17X is a monster of a gaming machine with some serious power under the hood. It's … [Read more...] about Gigabyte Aorus 17X review: Gaming to the extreme
RedMagic 5S review: Gaming great, but an everyday average
The Red Magic 5S wears its heart on its sleeve. There's no doubt that this is a gaming phone through and through, what with its jazzy blue and turquoise - also known as 'Pulse' - colourway, 144Hz refresh rate screen, fan vent openings to the side and a built-in cooling fan (that makes a bit of a whistling sound). It's not a dramatically different device to the RedMagic 5G - … [Read more...] about RedMagic 5S review: Gaming great, but an everyday average
Spotify gets Stories – Testing it with Some Big Artists
It’s 2020 and every social media app out there has this one feature known as Stories. Having Twitter and LinkedIn jumped on this wagon, how Spotify can be left out? In a recent development, the music streaming company has started testing out its own take on stories, in association with some major music artists. Spotify’s take on stories is a little different- Instead of … [Read more...] about Spotify gets Stories – Testing it with Some Big Artists
Microsoft, Google are improving Chrome’s dark mode on Windows 10
Windows 10 and Chrome’s dark mode gives your eyes a welcome break when you’re browsing the web at night. While Google Chrome’s dark mode works fine and it also respects Windows 10’s theme preference, it only changes the colour of the top-level UIs of the browser. Google is working on a new update for Chrome on Windows 10 and macOS that will add the dark theme to almost every … [Read more...] about Microsoft, Google are improving Chrome’s dark mode on Windows 10
Microsoft Teams will stop working for millions of users today
Microsoft Teams has gained wide popularity across the globe for its seamless video calling experience. The video calling platform can be used on the desktop as well as mobile phones. The company has now announced to end Teams support for Internet Explorer 11 users with the aim to move them to Edge. The company announced ending Teams support on Explorer 11 earlier this year. … [Read more...] about Microsoft Teams will stop working for millions of users today
AMD EPYC Rome in (Deep) Mini-ITX? ASRock Rack’s New ROMED4ID-2T
ASRock Rack has unveiled its latest small form factor motherboard designed for AMD's EYPC processors, the ROMED4ID-2T. It is based on a new proprietary form factor similar to Mini-ITX, affectionally colloquialized as 'Deep' Mini-ITX, which is slightly larger than standard mini-ITX. The board supports for EPYC Rome 7002 processors up to 64 cores. Being able to amalgamate up … [Read more...] about AMD EPYC Rome in (Deep) Mini-ITX? ASRock Rack’s New ROMED4ID-2T
ASRock Brings Zen 2 NUC : 4X4 BOX-4800U Renoir Mini-PC Reviewed
AMD-based ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) systems are slowly gaining market acceptance, with the Zen architecture slowly catching up with Intel on both the performance as well as power consumption front. AMD's latest and greatest has been reserved for the high-end desktop market, with the parts meant for low-power / compact systems appearing a few quarters later. Zen 3-based … [Read more...] about ASRock Brings Zen 2 NUC : 4X4 BOX-4800U Renoir Mini-PC Reviewed
Intel’s New eASIC N5X Series: Hardened Security for 5G and AI Through Structured ASICs
The programmability of a processor is a scale is all about flexibility and performance – something highly programmable and customizable is adaptable to all sort of situations, but often isn’t as fast. However, something that has a very specified compute pathway can go very fast, but can’t do much beyond that pathway. On the flexible side, we have FPGAs, that can be configured … [Read more...] about Intel’s New eASIC N5X Series: Hardened Security for 5G and AI Through Structured ASICs