From Tom's Hardware: International Data Corp. (IDC) reports that the global PC market experienced a downturn in the third quarter of 2023, with a 7.6% drop in shipments, totaling 68.2 million units. However, there is a silver lining as the market has seen a sequential rise in the past two quarters...
From The Verge: German tech site WinFuture shared leaked marketing shots of the the OnePlus Open today and claims it will arrive in the US on October 19th for around $1,700.
The pictures show OnePlus’ rebadged Oppo Find N3 is more Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 than Pixel Fold — it’s taller than it is...
From CNET: Google's new seven-year software update commitment for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro is a significant step forward for Android. But it also highlights one of the biggest weaknesses most Android phones face, regardless of their price: They don't get enough software support. Google's $449...
From Tom's Hardware: The Wi-Fi 7 standard is yet to be finalized, but Intel's BE200 Wi-Fi 7 controller is apparently already in short supply. As noticed by @ghost_motley, lead times of the Intel BE200 Wi-Fi solution have gone from six weeks to 12 weeks on Mouser, a major chip distributor.
"Intel...
From The Verge: Meta is looking down the road at a follow-up to the Quest 3, which is releasing this week, and plans to take cues from Apple’s Vision Pro while it races to mainstream its VR tech. That’s according to Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, who writes that the...
From PC Mag: Amazon’s Luna is adding the ability to buy games, specifically games made by Ubisoft.
Luna is a cloud gaming platform developed by Amazon that allows customers to play games on not their PC or Mac as well as their Fire TV, Fire Tablets, iPhone, iPad, Android devices, and select Samsung...
After attending several different comic conventions and markets for my girlfriend's shop, I think I can generally predict who will show up and spend money based on some criteria. One criterion that seems to be notable is the cost of entry to the event. Free events generally attract a lot of people with varying interests, which leads to many window shoppers. This group of people have not put any direct money down to attend in the first place, so...
What the inside of something looks like has always fascinated me. Growing up, I would peruse these Dorling Kindersley books over and over. They had the most interesting diagrams explaining concepts from nature to science. Each of them was as interesting as the last. For example, one would describe the ecosystem of a tree with a huge picture of the tree, but certain sections would be opened up to reveal the different animals or insects that made...
From The Verge: Microsoft is planning to finalize its $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week. A source familiar with Microsoft’s plans tells The Verge that the company is eyeing up Friday October 13th as the closing date where it announces to the world that the 20-month...
From PC World: If you haven’t looked at the consumer PC market lately, maybe don’t — it isn’t a pretty picture. Of course that’s bad news for companies like Intel, whose bread and butter is selling the chips that almost literally run the industry. But Intel’s higher-ups see hope on the horizon, in...
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