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HP Envy x360 13 (2020) review: This small 2-in-1 is more premium than its price
Between its small, slim design and its snappy AMD processor, HP's midrange convertible laptop is worth seeking out. If I was still commuting regularly on a bus or train, the HP Envy x360 13 two-in-one laptop would be on my shortlist. It would also be a top consideration if I were shopping for an older high school or college student. It's small, stylish and light at just less than 3 pounds (1.3 kg ... Read more
2020-09-24 03:14:41
AMD Big Navi might still be faster than the RTX 3080
We’re just weeks away from the launch of AMD’s RDNA 2 GPUs, but a firmware listing may have prematurely outed the specs for the the company’s highly-anticipated Big Navi cards. An eagle-eyed Redditor found a listing in the new ROCm (Radeon Open Compute) firmware that reveals some of the specs for the so-called Sienna Cichlid GPU - otherwise known Navi 21 or Big Navi - which will arrive as the fla ... Read more
2020-09-24 03:11:44
Intel NUC 11 PRO ‘Tiger Canyon’ detailed
A new series of Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) has been detailed. The next generation Tiger Lake NUC has been detailed Intel is adding a new series of NUCs called 11 PRO (Tiger Canyon). The PRO series is meant for business and commercial use. These are not the same series as Panther Canyon (NUC 11 Performance), also featuring Tiger Lake, as those are meant for consumers. Intel Tiger Cany ... Read more
2020-09-24 03:11:44
Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition revealed with nearly top specs for a lower price
The Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition is a more affordable version of the flagship phone ‘for the fans,’ which means it prioritizes cameras and display quality at a more favorable price than the rest of the Galaxy S20 line, starting at $699 / £699 / AU$1,149 for the sub-6 5G model. The phone goes as low as £599 / AU$999 for the 4G-only version, which isn’t coming to the US, though a different mmWave ... Read more
2020-09-24 03:07:46
Adata's first desktop PC is a 5-liter NUC with integrated graphics
We were fairly impressed with Adata’s first foray into gaming PCs, which began a few months ago with the XPG Xenia 15, a genuinely impressive laptop with better-than-expected battery life. For its followup act, Adata is trying its hand at a mini PC with its new XPG Gaia. The Gaia is based on Intel’s NUC 9 Extreme Kit, or otherwise known as Ghost Canyon. That is not necessarily a bad t ... Read more
2020-09-24 03:07:46
NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s
People living in England and Wales are being urged to download the government's official contact-tracing app following its official release. NHS Covid-19 instructs users to self-isolate for 14 days if it detects they were nearby someone who has the virus. It also has a check-in scanner to alert owners if a venue they have visited is found to be an outbreak hotspot. Anyone over the age of ... Read more
2020-09-23 20:57:12
AMD Navy Flounder and Sienna Cichlid GPU Specs Leak in ROCm Update
A sharp-eyed redditor found a listing in the new ROCm (Radeon open compute) firmware update that reveals some of the specs for the highly-anticipated RDNA2 Sienna Cichlid (Big Navi) and Navy Flounder (Navi 22 or 23) graphics cards. Things could change over the next month as AMD fine-tunes its gear, so take these specs with a grain of salt - even though the numbers come from an official firmware up ... Read more
2020-09-23 04:14:12
Chrome OS is getting a light theme, here it is in action
Over the last few years, one of the more major enhancements to operating systems like iOS and Android is the addition of a dark mode. Chrome OS is going in the opposite direction by bringing a dedicated light theme, which we managed to get our hands on early. With a dedicated system-wide theme switcher, apps for Android and iOS have recently been able to match that desired color theme. Considerin ... Read more
2020-09-23 04:14:12
Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Redefining Gen4 Performance
Samsung’s 980 Pro is set to redefine the company’s product line up, and perhaps the entire high-performance market, with a combination of the speedy PCIe 4.0 interface paired with a new controller and flash, all of which delivers brutal performance in many types of applications. That isn't too surprising given the drive's rated speed of up to 7/5 GBps of sequential read/write throughput and 1 mill ... Read more
2020-09-23 04:10:46
Windows 10 antivirus is getting a huge upgrade
Microsoft has unveiled a series of changes to its Windows 10 antivirus service that will bring all the company’s extended detection and response (XDR) facilities under one roof. Announced at the company's Ignite 2020 event, the changes will see Microsoft 365 Defender (formerly Microsoft Threat Protection) and Azure Defender consolidated under the umbrella of the Microsoft Defender antivirus servi ... Read more
2020-09-23 04:10:46