Many SoCs are being prepared for upcoming 2025 devices, and a recent benchmark suggests that a MediaTek chipset could make Chromebooks as fast as they have ever been this year. Referencing the GeekBench benchmark, ChromeUnboxed discovered the latest scores of the MediaTek MT8196 chip, which has been reported on for some time now. With the chip being housed on the motherboard codenamed ‘Navi,’ the benchmark shows the chip excelling in single-core and multi-core benchmarks, as well as in GPU, NPU, and some other tests run. The publication notes that MediaTek MT8196 is an ARM-based SoC, that is likely a Dimensity…
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Not every tablet needs to be packed with features. Sometimes, the essentials are all it takes, which makes tablets like the Lenovo Tab M9 all the more appealing. As a matter of fact, this Lenovo product is part of an exclusive doorbuster sale: Right now, when you order the Lenovo Tab M9 (4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage) through the manufacturer, you’ll only pay $94. The full MSRP on this model is $150. It’s one of the best tablet deals we’ve seen all week, so don’t miss out! Lenovo Tab M9 Lightweight and portable is the name of the game…
Amazon Prime Video has plenty of comedy movies with a selection that changes from one month to the next. The three comedies on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in February 2025 include a few classics that were released in the 21st century, yet it feels like they just came out yesterday. One, in fact, is almost 20 years old, and the other celebrates its 25th anniversary next year. Yet these hilarious and iconic films still hold up today and will have you in stitches. These choices are also perfect Valentine’s Day watches. Legally Blonde – 2001 Reese Witherspoon…
The Super Bowl is only a few days away now, which means we can expect to see plenty of last-minute sales on TVs, soundbars, and other home theater gear. But if you want to treat your Super Bowl party guests to an evening of immersive audio they’ll never forget, you’ll want to have a solid Bluetooth speaker lying around. Fortunately, we came across a great sale while vetting through Bluetooth speaker deals: For a limited time, when you purchase the JBL Partybox Encore Essential through Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and a handful of other retailers, you’ll only pay $250. The…
If you’ve got friends and family coming over to watch Super Bowl LIX, you’ve still got time to purchase an upgrade for your home theater setup. You can make a big splash with the 85-inch Samsung QNX1D Neo QLED 4K TV, which is available with an attention-catching $2,250 discount from Samsung’s TV deals that slashes its price from $4,000 all the way down to $1,750. You won’t always get the chance to buy this display for less than half-price, so what are you waiting for? Proceed with the transaction right now to make sure that you get it in time…
During Qualcomm’s earnings webcast for the first quarter of 2025 (timestamp 22:49 if you’re interested), President and CEO Cristiano Amon shared a very specific data point: Within the sale of U.S. retail of Windows laptops above $800, [Qualcomm] had more than 10% share. In other words, out of all the Windows laptops priced above $800 and sold in the U.S. between October and December 2024, more than 10% were powered by Snapdragon X chips. The first thing you might notice here is that 10% is a much bigger number than the 0.8% market share Qualcomm was reported to have during…
Apple may be ready to enter the foldable space as early as 2026. A massive leak report has shared details of what the company might have in store for upcoming devices. Well-known leaker, Jukanlosreve recently shared on X that Apple may have plans to introduce a foldable iPhone in 2026, and a foldable iPad/MacBook device the following year in 2027. The informant noted that Apple is focusing on larger designs for the foldable iPhone, more like the Galaxy Z Fold line, the One Plus Fold, or Google Pixel Fold line. There is not much development for smaller models, similar to…
Paragon Solutions, a startup that sells access to surveillance technologies including phone spyware, has cut ties with the Italian government, according to reports in The Guardian and Haaretz. On Thursday, citing an anonymous source, The Guardian reported Paragon had first suspended its contract with Italy on Friday after WhatsApp said it had disrupted a hacking campaign leveraging the Israeli startup’s spyware targeting around 90 people. On Wednesday, Paragon terminated the contract once the company determined that the Italian government had broken “the terms of service and ethical framework it had agreed under its Paragon contract,” according to the British newspaper.…
The idea of a foldable iPhone has floated around the web for a long time, but we have more evidence the device might exist than ever before. Well-known tipster Jukanlosreve shared a post with a huge amount of new information, including the estimated size, release schedule, and much more. The detail that immediately stands out is the thickness. At 9.2mm while folded and 4.6mm when unfolded, the proposed iPhone is only slightly thicker than the Honor Magic V3, the current thinnest foldable on the market. And the second most notable detail is the whopping 12-inch screen. According to the post…
Video game genres ebb and flow in terms of popularity, but the first-person shooter (FPS) has remained one of the biggest for generations. While there are plenty of amazing FPS games on PS5 and Xbox Series X, with most even being cross-platform games, the PC is still the ideal platform for shooters. You’re free to use a standard controller on PC, but mastering the mouse and keyboard controls allows you to play at a much higher level. Of course, not every FPS game is a multiplayer game, and developers have pushed the genre to its creative limits on PC. Steam…
