The holiday season is one of the best times to make a gaming laptop purchase, but as you can already tell, Amazon and other online retailers continue to list RTX 4080 models for insanely high prices. Fortunately, opting for a renewed version is an excellent way to save money while also getting a 90-day warranty, and with the Acer Predator Helios 16, you get to keep hundreds of your hard-earned cash because this absolute beast of a machine is available for just $1,799. Aside from a few marks and cosmetic imperfections, this version of the Predator Helios 16 is no […]
OpenAI's continuous work on exploring AI and the technological possibilities it holds has been creating quite the buzz for a while now, with users and the tech community hooked on their new model release and the advancements it has in store. While the company is vigorously working on the development of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), many key employees of previously prominent companies have joined OpenAI to play their part in bringing AGI forward. Now, the company's CEO Sam Altman, hinted on the AGI benchmark to be hit in the next five years, and also mentioned about the impact on society […]
Back in August, my partner and I decided to invest in Whisker’s Litter-Robot 3, which I raved about in my subsequent review that you can check out here. While there was a bit of a learning curve for my sweet furbaby, he has since adjusted and all the p...
The mobile computing space saw Huawei witness an impressive 70 percent growth in the first quarter of this year, and now the company has seen a similar outcome in the foldable smartphone category, only this time, the figure is much larger. According to the latest data, the Chinese firm had a 257 percent year-over-year growth for Q1 2024, becoming the biggest vendor for this period. However, Huawei was not the only company that experienced a shipments surge in Q1 2024, so let us get into the details. Motorola and Honor came out on top with up to a whopping 1,260 […]
The Kirin 9000S launch last year, followed by the Kirin 9010 that powers Huawei’s newest Pura 70 series, has helped the company reach a new high as far as smartphone chipset shipments and revenue go. The latest data reveals that the former Chinese giant’s HiSilicon division, which is responsible for mass producing Kirin SoCs, shipped 8 million units in the first quarter of 2024 and generated $6 billion in revenue. However, compared to the competition, Huawei has a long road ahead of it as it slowly takes back its lost market share. MediaTek holds first place for the highest smartphone chipset […]
Apple recently introduced a trade-in promotion in the U.S., where potential buyers can receive a higher credit on their older iPhones if they upgrade to a newer model. However, that is not the only region where the company has an ongoing offer because various online stores in China are slashing prices on select iPhone 15 models. For those wondering, it is likely Huawei and its recently launched Pura 70 series that has forced Apple’s hand. Discounts of up to $318 have been applied to the top-end iPhone 15 Pro Max, as Apple is feeling the heat of Huawei’s resurgence The […]
The Kirin 9010 succeeded the Kirin 9000S when Huawei officially unveiled the Pura 70 series earlier this year, but the company was also working on another version of its latest chipset without keeping anyone in the loop. Called the Kirin 9010L, the existence of this silicon was found thanks to a thorough investigation of the newly announced Nova 12 Ultra Star Edition, which differs from the regular version. Here, we look at what sets apart the Kirin 9010 and the Kirin 9010L. Kirin 9010L is the slower version of the Kirin 9010, with fewer cores running at lower clock speeds A […]
The Kirin 9000S and other variations of this chipset allowed Huawei to regain lost ground in China, making its competitors highly nervous over its phenomenal comeback. Unfortunately, the company is required to keep up with its rivals by introducing more advanced silicon with every generation, which is why one rumor claims that the company would lower the supply of all Kirin 9000 chipsets as it invests its time and resources on the 5nm process and its ‘Kirin PC Chip.’ However, one strategy based on a new claim is that the highly affordable devices starting from $300 would be treated to the […]
Optica Foundation is a charitable organization based in Washington that was found to have been accepting funds from Huawei to promote global research and academics. The Chinese firm has been awarding millions in prize money to scientists since 2022, and when the U.S. government caught wind of this partnership, their reaction was what you would expect it to be. Two lawmakers have come in guns blazing, criticizing Optica for its involvement with a company that is included in the U.S. trade ban, and now claim that research institutions’ ability to comply with the law has been compromised. Optica has repeatedly […]
The Kirin 9000S enabled Huawei to regain its lost market in China, staging a comeback that is making rivals like Apple nervous and probably frustrating the Biden administration as their continued efforts to stifle the competition overseas have been fruitless. However, as Huawei shifts towards mass production of advanced chipsets for smartphones and PCs, it will have to take away production resources from all Kirin 9000 variants, as mentioned by one tipster. Huawei is also focusing on its in-house HarmonyOS Next platform, which should be optimized for its next-generation Kirin chipsets It is not just smartphones and tablets that Huawei […]
The U.S. trade ban on Huawei has materialized a completely different outcome than what the opposing authorities envisioned because the Chinese firm has not only mounted a strong comeback on its home turf with successive releases of flagship smartphones that have grown in popularity, but the company plans to one-up its efforts on the software side too. A new report states that Huawei fully intends to rid itself of Google’s Android operating system by switching over to HarmonyOS Next entirely. The new platform will reportedly house 4,000 apps at first. HarmonyOS Next’s total applications count will rise to 5,000 within […]
There is no denying that the Huawei Pura 70 series has been making waves for some time now. The phones went official in China and then debuted in the international market, and even though they are no longer running Google Mobile Services, the phones have still managed to make a mark. Now, the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra has been listed as the best camera phone by DXOMark, which is something that should not really surprise anyone, considering the company's history of making some really robust camera phones. The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra wipes the floor with the competition in terms […]
Chip makers Intel and AMD fluctuated on Wednesday after Intel confirmed a small revenue hit to the SEC in a filing after the U.S. government levied fresh sanctions against the Chinese technology firm Huawei. Intel was down by almost 3% and kept a flat line during most of the trading day, while AMD initially jumped by more than a percent only to rapidly lose these gains. Intel's filing came at a time when the firm is investing heavily in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing technology to allow it to capture the global contract chip manufacturing market in an industry dominated by Taiwan's […]
Keeping pace with earlier sanctions to stop American-origin semiconductor technologies from making their way to the Chinese military, the U.S. Department of Commerce has further restricted some chips that Intel and Qualcomm can supply to the Chinese technology firm Huawei. The new sanctions are in response to national security interests, according to a Department of Commerce spokesperson who spoke with the Financial Times, which also reported on the license revocations. U.S. sanctions against Huawei have focused on leading-edge semiconductor technologies as well as products such as artificial intelligence processors, which might be used by the Chinese military. The sanctions have […]
The mobile computing space saw Huawei witness an impressive 70 percent growth in the first quarter of this year, and now the company has seen a similar outcome in the foldable smartphone category, only this time, the figure is much larger. According to the latest data, the Chinese firm had a 257 percent year-over-year growth for Q1 2024, becoming the biggest vendor for this period. However, Huawei was not the only company that experienced a shipments surge in Q1 2024, so let us get into the details. Motorola and Honor came out on top with up to a whopping 1,260 […]
The Kirin 9000S launch last year, followed by the Kirin 9010 that powers Huawei’s newest Pura 70 series, has helped the company reach a new high as far as smartphone chipset shipments and revenue go. The latest data reveals that the former Chinese giant’s HiSilicon division, which is responsible for mass producing Kirin SoCs, shipped 8 million units in the first quarter of 2024 and generated $6 billion in revenue. However, compared to the competition, Huawei has a long road ahead of it as it slowly takes back its lost market share. MediaTek holds first place for the highest smartphone chipset […]
Apple recently introduced a trade-in promotion in the U.S., where potential buyers can receive a higher credit on their older iPhones if they upgrade to a newer model. However, that is not the only region where the company has an ongoing offer because various online stores in China are slashing prices on select iPhone 15 models. For those wondering, it is likely Huawei and its recently launched Pura 70 series that has forced Apple’s hand. Discounts of up to $318 have been applied to the top-end iPhone 15 Pro Max, as Apple is feeling the heat of Huawei’s resurgence The […]
The Kirin 9010 succeeded the Kirin 9000S when Huawei officially unveiled the Pura 70 series earlier this year, but the company was also working on another version of its latest chipset without keeping anyone in the loop. Called the Kirin 9010L, the existence of this silicon was found thanks to a thorough investigation of the newly announced Nova 12 Ultra Star Edition, which differs from the regular version. Here, we look at what sets apart the Kirin 9010 and the Kirin 9010L. Kirin 9010L is the slower version of the Kirin 9010, with fewer cores running at lower clock speeds A […]
The Kirin 9000S and other variations of this chipset allowed Huawei to regain lost ground in China, making its competitors highly nervous over its phenomenal comeback. Unfortunately, the company is required to keep up with its rivals by introducing more advanced silicon with every generation, which is why one rumor claims that the company would lower the supply of all Kirin 9000 chipsets as it invests its time and resources on the 5nm process and its ‘Kirin PC Chip.’ However, one strategy based on a new claim is that the highly affordable devices starting from $300 would be treated to the […]
Optica Foundation is a charitable organization based in Washington that was found to have been accepting funds from Huawei to promote global research and academics. The Chinese firm has been awarding millions in prize money to scientists since 2022, and when the U.S. government caught wind of this partnership, their reaction was what you would expect it to be. Two lawmakers have come in guns blazing, criticizing Optica for its involvement with a company that is included in the U.S. trade ban, and now claim that research institutions’ ability to comply with the law has been compromised. Optica has repeatedly […]
The Kirin 9000S enabled Huawei to regain its lost market in China, staging a comeback that is making rivals like Apple nervous and probably frustrating the Biden administration as their continued efforts to stifle the competition overseas have been fruitless. However, as Huawei shifts towards mass production of advanced chipsets for smartphones and PCs, it will have to take away production resources from all Kirin 9000 variants, as mentioned by one tipster. Huawei is also focusing on its in-house HarmonyOS Next platform, which should be optimized for its next-generation Kirin chipsets It is not just smartphones and tablets that Huawei […]
The U.S. trade ban on Huawei has materialized a completely different outcome than what the opposing authorities envisioned because the Chinese firm has not only mounted a strong comeback on its home turf with successive releases of flagship smartphones that have grown in popularity, but the company plans to one-up its efforts on the software side too. A new report states that Huawei fully intends to rid itself of Google’s Android operating system by switching over to HarmonyOS Next entirely. The new platform will reportedly house 4,000 apps at first. HarmonyOS Next’s total applications count will rise to 5,000 within […]
There is no denying that the Huawei Pura 70 series has been making waves for some time now. The phones went official in China and then debuted in the international market, and even though they are no longer running Google Mobile Services, the phones have still managed to make a mark. Now, the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra has been listed as the best camera phone by DXOMark, which is something that should not really surprise anyone, considering the company's history of making some really robust camera phones. The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra wipes the floor with the competition in terms […]
Chip makers Intel and AMD fluctuated on Wednesday after Intel confirmed a small revenue hit to the SEC in a filing after the U.S. government levied fresh sanctions against the Chinese technology firm Huawei. Intel was down by almost 3% and kept a flat line during most of the trading day, while AMD initially jumped by more than a percent only to rapidly lose these gains. Intel's filing came at a time when the firm is investing heavily in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing technology to allow it to capture the global contract chip manufacturing market in an industry dominated by Taiwan's […]
Keeping pace with earlier sanctions to stop American-origin semiconductor technologies from making their way to the Chinese military, the U.S. Department of Commerce has further restricted some chips that Intel and Qualcomm can supply to the Chinese technology firm Huawei. The new sanctions are in response to national security interests, according to a Department of Commerce spokesperson who spoke with the Financial Times, which also reported on the license revocations. U.S. sanctions against Huawei have focused on leading-edge semiconductor technologies as well as products such as artificial intelligence processors, which might be used by the Chinese military. The sanctions have […]