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It's a fairly busy Computex 2026 for Acer this year. Among other devices, Acer also announced three new Iconia Duo tablets running on Android, designed for professionals looking for creativity and productivity devices on the go. Acer Iconia Duo S14 The Iconia Duo S14 is the top-of-the-line tablet with 14.2-inch OLED screen and 2,880 x 1,840px resolution. Yes, that means the aspect ratio is 3:2 making it ideal for productivity. A MediaTek Dimensity 8300 chipset sits behind the wheel paired with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB internal storage. The latter is expandable via a microSD card up...

The OnePlus 16 has so far been rumored to sport a 50MP main camera and a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, but today a new rumor from prolific Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station switches things around. According to him, the OnePlus 16 actually has a 200MP main camera and a 50MP periscope telephoto camera, along with a 50MP ultrawide. Obviously, we can't tell what's accurate from all these contradictory leaks. OnePlus 15 It might be that OnePlus is still testing different configurations on different prototypes and all of these are leaking while the company...

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft officially unveiled the Surface Laptop 8 (13.8” and 15”) and the Surface Pro. These are powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips. Microsoft has now shifted its attention to Windows on ARM with the Surface Laptop Ultra, which is powered by the mighty Nvidia RTX Spark chipset. However, the company also has Snapdragon-based devices in the pipeline, according to a new leak. The Microsoft Surface Pro 13” will feature the Snapdragon X2 Elite – one of the variants with 12 Prime “Oryon” cores. The chipset will be paired with 32GB of RAM (soldered) and a PCIe 4.0...

Google’s recently announced $99 Fitbit Air fitness tracker is already on open sale, and it just got a neat addition for DIY fans. Google released the official Fitbit Air design guidelines featuring the tracker’s exact dimensions, tolerance margins and 2D CAD files (PDF), so you can 3D print custom bands and accessories. The guidelines come with exact mating dimensions, tolerances and specifications for attach and detach force. Fitbit Air is comprised of two key components, with the “pebble” housing the sensors, batteries and key components, as well as the “sleeve,” which wraps around...

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a MacBook Pro competitor powered by the Nvidia RTX Spark. What if you could have that but minus the laptop? Meet the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box. The pitch is short but sweet: 1 petaflop of compute, 128GB of RAM, can run 120 billion parameter models locally. To add a bit more detail, that is 1 petaflop of FP4 with sparse matrices and the RAM is unified so it is shared between the CPU and the GPU. Speaking of which, the RTX Spark combines a 20 core Grace CPU (10x Cortex-X925 + 10x Cortex-A725) and a Blackwell GPU, which is the architecture...

Last year, Xiaomi launched the 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max in September, while vivo and Oppo came out with the X300, X300 Pro, Find X9, and Find X9 Pro in October. According to a new rumor from China, Xiaomi will launch the 18 series this September, which is hardly surprising. However, the source claims that vivo and Oppo are also aiming to unveil the X500 series and Find X10 series, respectively, in September too. Xiaomi 17 Pro Max That would allow them to better compete with Xiaomi from the beginning. Xiaomi will likely still have a short exclusivity window for using Qualcomm's...

Samsung released the One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy M55 last week, and now it's the Galaxy M55s that's getting upgraded to stable One UI 8.5. [#InlinePriceWidget,13354,1#] The One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy M55s comes with firmware version M558BXXU3DZE3, and India is among the first countries to receive it. Samsung Galaxy M55s In addition to the Galaxy M55s, Samsung also released the One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy F16, Galaxy F17, Galaxy F55, and Galaxy F56. All smartphones are receiving the update in India, but the rollout should expand to other...

The new REDMAGIC 11S Pro is equipped with the latest technological developments from a company that has made it its mission to build phones that not only deliver top-of-the-line performance but can actually sustain that performance for hours-long gaming sessions. And you can pick one up a day earlier than most people. REDMAGIC is running its usual early bird promotional campaign – starting today, you can grab a voucher that will let you purchase the phone on June 9, 24 hours before the start of global open sales on June 10 (there is a detailed timeline at the bottom). You can get the...

After unveiling the Lava Bold N2 4G in India back in February, the Indian brand has now announced the 5G variant of the handset. The Bold N2 5G comes with a bigger battery and the Unisoc T8200 chipset. It sports a 6.75-inch LCD display that offers an HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The screen features a waterdrop notch, which houses a 5MP front facing camera. The Lava Bold N2 5G is powered by the 6nm octa-core Unisoc T8200 SoC, which is paired with the Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. It is available with 4GB LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB UFS 2.2 storage. Lava is offering a 6,000mAh battery...

Google today announced fake call detection for the Phone by Google app. This protects you from what the company refers to as "the growing threat of impersonation scams", which are now using AI deepfakes. Here's how these scams work. First, the scammers spoof the originating phone number of, say, one of your family members, "routing calls through internet-based software to make it appear as though the call is originating from a familiar contact", Google says. Then they use "easily accessible" AI deepfake technology to sound exactly like "an authority figure, family member, or...