Laptops/Tablets

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year’s most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation has found. The world’s three biggest computer companies, Lenovo, HP and Dell, have told school districts they have

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ users are reportedly suffering from the infamous ‘green tint’ display issue that plagued the Samsung Galaxy S20 range earlier. This issue essentially sets a fairly distinct green shade on the display, if the brightness is pushed below a certain limit. This

The Trump administration announced on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips. The US Commerce Department actions, first reported by Reuters, will expand restrictions announced in May aimed at preventing the Chinese telecommunications giant from obtaining semiconductors without a special license –

Slim and light laptops are becoming more affordable, and it’s always good to see manufacturers paying attention to what people really want. If, like me, you spend most of your day using a laptop and have to carry it with you wherever you go, it had better not become a burden. Thankfully modern laptops use

Honor Watch GS Pro is expected to launch at the IFA 2020 trade show on September 4. Honor is set to deliver a keynote address at the event in the German capital of Berlin, where it is expected to launch the new smartwatch alongside the global variants of its Honor Pad 6 and Honor Pad

Huawei MateBook X has been launched in China after the Huawei MateBook Pro X was unveiled in February this year. The MateBook X boasts of a pressure sensitive track pad and a sleeker and more light weight form factor. It comes in multiple configurations and can be equipped with up to a 10th Generation Intel

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 is coming to India “soon” as its Amazon India promotional page has gone live. The Galaxy Tab S7 was launched on August 5 during Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, alongside the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+. The Amazon page does not have an exact release date as of yet but it does come

Lenovo has unveiled five new additions to the Yoga lineup including the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i (13-inch), the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro (14-inch), the 2-in-1 Lenovo Yoga 7i, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro, and the Lenovo Yoga 6. They feature next generation Intel CPUs (presumably the 11th generation Intel Tiger Lake processors) and

Samsung has promised three generations of Android OS updates for close to 40 devices in its portfolio. Earlier, Samsung had confirmed only Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices as eligible for this new policy, but has now shared an extensive list of phones eligible for the updates. Besides the devices on the list, this policy

Lenovo Legion 7i, Legion 5Pi, and Legion 5i laptops have been launched in India. The laptops are powered by the 10th-generation Intel Core CPUs and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs. Lenovo’s Legion lineup of laptops is aimed at gaming and productivity, thus they feature high refresh rate displays that are vivid with high colour

Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the government’s lawyers said on Monday, as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a US warrant charging her with bank

Apple said on Monday it had expanded a program that provides parts and training to independent repair shops to cover its Mac computers. Apple initially launched the program last year, but it only covered iPhones, the company’s biggest-selling product. Mac users previously either had to use Apple or an authorised warrant service provider to get

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers are set to attend hearings in a Canadian courtroom via telephone on Monday, arguing for the Canadian attorney general to release more confidential documents relating to her arrest. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a US warrant charging her

A Texas court has ordered Apple to pay more than $500 million (roughly Rs. 3,742 crores) in damages and interest for 4G patent infringements held by intellectual property company PanOptis. The US tech giant — now worth almost $2 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,49,70,000 crores) — vowed to appeal Tuesday’s decision. “We thank the jury for

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i has been launched in India as the company’s latest premium laptop offering. It is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core processor and features a 60Wh battery. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i comes with a screen that opens 180 degrees and boasts of a slim and light design. The laptop has an option

Apple has released iOS 13.6.1 and iPadOS 13.6.1 as its new software updates for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. The latest iOS update fixes a “green tint” issue that was noticed by iPhone 11 users. Both the iOS 13.6.1 and iPadOS 13.6.1 updates also resolve a problem that could cause unneeded system data files

RedmiBook Air 13 has been launched in China as the latest entrant in the Xiaomi sub-brand’s Air series. The thin and light notebook comes with the latest 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor and integrated graphics. The RedmiBook Air 13 will be offered in two configurations and a single colour variant. While this notebook has been

Chinese firms like Xiaomi are facing delays getting approvals from India’s quality control agency for their goods, five industry sources told Reuters, as the business environment deteriorates after a clash on their Himalayan border. Greater scrutiny of Chinese imports follows calls for boycotts from Indian nationalist groups linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party,

Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest PC maker, smashed expectations with a 31 percent leap in first-quarter net profit, as the coronavirus pandemic spurs businesses to shift to remote work and schools to switch to online learning. Consumers stuck at home are also spending more on PCs and other smart devices for entertainment purposes, the Chinese

Apple’s iPhone launch event may be delayed from September this year. A fresh leak suggests that the iPhone 12 series is expected to be unveiled in October this year, with the launch event sometime in the week starting October 12. Shipping of the iPhone 12 is expected to begin within a week of the launch,

Redmi G gaming laptop is launching on August 14. It’s being launched by Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi in China for now. The brand teased the launch of the new laptop through its Weibo account. The Redmi G will be the first gaming laptop by the brand, which already has its RedmiBook range of notebooks in 13-,

Amazon Prime Day 2020 sale has entered its last day in India. The two-day sale brings hundreds of deals and offers on popular mobile phones, laptops, headphones, smart TVs, and other products. Prime Day 2020 sale is exclusive to Amazon’s Prime members, and is held once every year. As the sale is set to end

Toshiba, the Japanese company that was once popular in the tech world for its Satellite range of notebooks, has finally quit the laptop market and transferred all its stake in the laptop business to Sharp. The new development comes over two years after the Tokyo-headquartered company sold 80.1 percent shares of Toshiba Client Solutions to

Intel seems to have become a victim of a massive internal data breach, with around 20GB of confidential information reportedly stolen and leaked by an anonymous hacker. The leaked information is said to include various internal documents – some of them marked “confidential” and “restricted secret” and were under non-disclosure agreement (NDA). There is also

For years Microsoft Word has been the go-to word processor for many people, but there’s no denying the fact that Google Docs is just as popular. For a free word processor, Google Docs offers a bunch of built-in tools and features that let you create documents, collaborate with others, save these documents online or offline,

macOS Big Sur public beta has now been made available for all members of the Apple Beta Software Program. Unveiled during the keynote at WWDC 2020 in June, macOS Big Sur is set to bring several design changes and updates to Safari, Messages, and Maps. It is said to be a noteworthy redesign of the

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday denied a media report that it is considering buying a small stake in SoftBank Group’s chip company ARM Holdings. The Korea Times newspaper reported Samsung’s interest in buying a minority stake of between 3 percent and 5 percent in the British chip designer as a way to reduce its royalty payment,

macOS security researcher and former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle has discovered a new vulnerability that would have allowed a hacker to take control of a Mac device by using a simple Microsoft Office file. The researcher discovered that hackers could easily misuse the ‘macro’ feature in Microsoft Office to take control of devices. Microsoft Office

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ have been unveiled as the South Korean giant’s answer against the Apple iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 7. The Galaxy Tab S7 comes with an LCD panel, while the Galaxy Tab S7+ offers a Super AMOLED display. Samsung has also designed a new book cover keyboard

The founder of China’s largest chipmaker SMIC said on Tuesday he was “optimistic” China could catch up with the United States in the next generation of semiconductors but that US efforts to contain its technology sector could not be taken “lightly”. Richard Chang, also the former CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), told a