Laptops/Tablets

Beijing hit out at Canada for banning telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE from Canadian 5G networks on Friday, calling Ottawa’s concerns for security risks “groundless” and warning of retribution.   Canada’s long-awaited measure on Thursday follows the United States and other key allies, and comes on the heels of a diplomatic row between Ottawa and

Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei and ZTE 5G gear to protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. “We intend to exclude Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told reporters in Ottawa. “Providers who already have this equipment installed

Amazon Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids next-generation tablets have been announced in the US on Wednesday. According to the company, the new tablets double the RAM and offer up to 40 percent more battery life than the previous generation of Fire 7 tablets. These affordable tablets share similar specifications, including a 7-inch IPS touchscreen

HP Omen 16 (2022) and Victus 15 (2022) gaming laptops were launched in the US on Wednesday. The laptops are quite similar to the previous generation of machines except they now have revamped cooling systems as well as have new processor options from Intel and AMD. In addition, HP says that both Omen 16 (2022)

Acer Swift 3 OLED was launched on Wednesday along with upgraded Acer Spin 5 and Acer Spin 3 models that are aimed at professionals seeking powerful performance. These Swift and Spin range of notebooks feature 12th Gen Intel Core processors and Windows 11. The company has also announced that it is launching the Acer Chromebook

iPhone 14 series, AirPods Pro 2, and three Apple Watches have been tipped to be launched at an upcoming Apple event in September, said to be scheduled for September 13. As per the tipster, it remains uncertain whether the event will be held online or offline, but more information on this front will be known

The tablet market in India grew 68 percent year-on-year in the first quarter ended March 2022, with Lenovo leading the chart, a Cybermedia Research report released on Monday said. According to the report, tablet shipments are likely to register a healthy 10-12 percent growth in 2022. The 4G tablets recorded 74 percent year-on-year growth during

A ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has upped its threat, saying its goal is now to overthrow the government. Perhaps seizing on the fact that President Rodrigo Chaves had only been in office for a week, the Russian-speaking Conti gang tried to increase the pressure to pay a ransom by

Oppo Pad Air is expected to launch as the new addition to Oppo’s newly started tablet lineup. The Chinese company has listed the Oppo Pad Air tablet on its China website for bookings. A tipster has also posted about the rumoured specifications and features of the upcoming tablet. The tablet is expected to get a

The United States and European Union will announce a joint effort to avert a “subsidy race” as they scramble to boost production of scarce semiconductor chips, a senior Biden administration official said. The move will be unveiled at the second meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), taking place on Sunday and Monday

Realme Pad, the Chinese brand’s first tablet offering, was launched in India in September last year. Now, the company is reportedly gearing up to launch its next-generation Realme Pad tablet with 5G connectivity. Ahead of the official announcement, key features of the upcoming tablet have leaked online. As per the leak, there will be two

Huawei AX3 Wi-Fi 6 Plus-enabled dual-core router was launched in India on Friday. Huawei Consumer Business Group India said that the router offers faster speed, larger capacity, lower latency, and higher power efficiency as compared to older models. It comes with chipset collaboration technologies that make use of the Chinese company’s indigenously-developed Gigahome Wi-Fi chipsets

Samsung Electronics is in talks with clients about hiking prices for chip contract manufacturing by up to 20 percent this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The move, expected to be applied from the second half of this year, is part of an industry-wide push to raise prices to cover rising materials and logistics costs, Bloomberg

HP has launched new devices for the Z ecosystem, which includes two new ZBook mobile workstations, two new Z conference displays, and a new high-speed docking station. The company has also released HP Anyware and Z by HP Data Science Stack Manager programs. The newly launched ZBook Fury G9 and ZBook Studio G9 can handle

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) has been silently launched in Italy. The tablet is equipped with a Snapdragon 720G SoC, along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The 2020 version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was powered by an Exynos 9611 processor under the hood. The tablet sports a 10.4-inch

Asus Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition has landed in India. This limited-edition laptop commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Asus P6300 laptop spending 600 days in orbit on the MIR space station. This was the company’s first laptop to be sent into space. It sports a space-inspired design which includes multiple easter eggs. The Taiwanese

India’s financial crime fighting agency asked a court on Thursday to re-instate a freeze on $725 million (roughly Rs. 5,624 crore) in the Indian bank accounts of Xiaomi as it investigates fund transfers by the Chinese smartphone giant. The enforcement directorate had seized the money saying Xiaomi had illegally transferred funds abroad to three entities,

Facebook parent, Meta Platforms, and chip maker AMD on Wednesday said they were partnering for a mobile internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs down to make broadband more accessible around the world. The programme, called Evenstar, was launched by Meta in early 2020 and promotes a platform called OpenRan that makes it