16-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Pro gets updates Just weeks from the first-ever virtual WWDC 2020, Apple has announced a smattering of upgrades and options to its two Mac workflows: the Mac Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro. Graphics improvements to 16-inch MacBook Pro Previously available with the top graphics configuration of a Radeon
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Sony ZV-1 vlogging camera launched Renowned for its prowess with video and stills, the Sony RX-100 has been reincarnated with the ZV-1. Despite bearing a striking resemblance to the former, the Sony ZV-1 brings a complete suite of video-centric features. Sony ZV-1 audio improvements Upon first glance, the top plate of the Sony
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iOS 13.5 brings face mask and contact tracing app improvements Apple's reputation for timely and accessible software updates have come through for iPhone users with the introduction of iOS 13.5 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As we prepare to reopen our countries in stages, face masks and contact tracing apps will be part
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IFA Berlin organisers gfu and Messe Berlin have held a virtual press conference earlier today, attended by media from the world over. IFA directors Dirk Koslowski and Jens Heithecker went over the organisation's plans to hold a "real-life" IFA Global Press Conference 2020 and IFA 2020 within the year. IFA Executive
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Should I get a 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro or a 16-inch or the MacBook Air? Yes, you read it right - not all MacBooks are created equal. Despite the deluge of coverage gushing over the new 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro, the other headline spec bumps don't apply across the board. The left
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Second-generation iPhone SE Singapore price & launch Four years after the iPhone SE was launched in 2016, Apple has followed up its budget smartphone line with the second-generation iPhone SE, which comes to Singapore priced at SGD 649. Flexing the same A13 Bionic chipset used on the flagship iPhone 11 Pro,
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Huawei P40 Pro review and comparison The Huawei P40 Pro was launched just days ago, alongside the P40 and P40 Pro Plus. It’s a chaotic time to launch a phone, amidst a growing COVID-19 pandemic, and in spite of almost a full year of Trump-led sanctions. With all odds against Huawei, let’s
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Apple has lowered the price of the MacBook Air while boosting its performance and storage. It boasts twice the CPU performance and up to 80% faster graphics performance and now starts with a base 256GB storage. The new MacBook Air 2020. Image: Apple Starting at SGD 1,449, the Apple is targetting students
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Oppo has announced its Find X2 series of flagship smartphones about a week after its planned launch date at Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona that has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The Find X2, which continues Oppo's vanguard Find X branding that was last seen in 2018, sports top-notch
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Oppo Find X2 Finally Finds a Launch Date Foiled by the cancellation of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain due to COVID-19 fears, Chinese mobile manufacturing giant Oppo has set its sights on Friday, March 6th for its hotly-anticipated flagship Find X2 launch, to take place just in just days. The sophomore
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Adidas FWD-01 Singapore Review The Adidas FWD-01 in all its chunky glory. Image: Adidas It's now possible to be adorned from top to toe with your favourite brand (the one with three stripes). In partnership with Zound Industries, the Swedish audio muscle behind brands like Urbanears and Marshall, Adidas has introduced the
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Covid-19 contagion fears spark tech event cancellations, factory closures Previously known as the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or the racially-charged "Wuhan virus", the extremely contagious Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across its start point in the Chinese city of Wuhan and beyond. Nothing is spared - even the innocuous world of technology has
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Samsung has announced its S20 family of smartphones at its annual Unpacked launch event at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco earlier today. The trio of devices, the Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra deliver notable performance boosts across the board. Image: Screengrab from Samsung Unpacked live stream Galaxy S20,
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Venerable street photography icon and the brand's maiden X-series camera, the Fujifilm X100 has just received its latest update in the X100V. The film-inspired design, similar to its four predecessors belies the X100V's modern updates including a whole new lens, borrowed from the Fujifilm X-Pro 3, The all-new Fujifilm
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The smartphone industry is at a crossroads. Good phones have become cheaper and there is less of an incentive to upgrade your thousand-dollar phone each year. With a few tradeoffs, smartphones like the Google Pixel 3a and the Huawei Nova 5T deliver some kind of flagship performance at a fraction
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In 2012, Leica's inaugural Monochrom turned heads all around with its "limited" black-and-white functionality and astronomic price point. For a digital camera that was limited to black-and-white shooting, the Monochrom cost an astronomical USD 10,000. The Leica M10 Monochrom. Image: Leica This year, the Monochrom gets a redo based on the winning
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Massachusetts-based upscale audio manufacturer Bose has announced plans to permanently shut down brick-and-mortar stores in Australia, Europe, Japan and North America. Most widely known for its popular QC-series of noise cancelling headphones, Bose has also eked out a solid reputation for hi-fi audio components like CD players and speakers. More
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Remember 2010? You might, but I don't think you do. Let's jog your memory: the birth of life-changing apps Instagram, Kickstarter and Flipboard. The very first iPad unveiled alongside the iPhone 4, and Team Android gets its very first Nexus smartphone - the precursor to today's Pixel smartphones. 4G starts
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MINDEF has announced a potential data breach affecting the Institute of Health Sciences (HMI Institute) and ST Logistics. Caused by separate malware attacks, the possible data breaches affecting the two vendors affect more than 140,000 MINDEF and SAF personnel. Affecting about 2,400 MINDEF and SAF staff, the data breach at ST
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Key manufacturing partner Foxconn has been embroiled in an Apple-led investigation after defrauding the Cupertino tech giant of NTD 1.3 billion (USD 43M) over a three-year-long scam. Though based in Taiwan, Foxconn's Chinese facility at Zhengzhou had allegedly sold iPhones manufactuered from rejected parts to a Taiwanese mastermind. According to a Taiwanese
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