Under pressure from a resurgent AMD, and with Qualcomm intent on entering the PC processor market, Intel has announced its next generation processor architecture. Called Sunny Cove, it will replace Intel’s current Skylake architecture and its derivatives starting from the second half of next year. Sunny Cove: An Improved Architecture
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As the competition in the PC processor market intensifies between Intel and AMD, Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8cx, its first PC processor. Aimed mostly at ultraportable laptop market, Qualcomm claims that the 8cx is the first 7nm chip in a PC platform, though AMD is not far behind with
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On the second day of its annual Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship mobile processor for 2019: the Snapdragon 855. Compared to the current Snapdragon 845, the Snapdragon 855 features a CPU that is 45-percent faster, and a GPU that is 20-percent faster. It will be
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OPPO has just launched its brand new flagship concept at Suntec City, where customers and visitors alike can stand a chance to win amazing gifts and prizes, such as the new OPPO R17 Pro. This will be the brand’s first concept store outside its home market of China. [caption id="attachment_134346"
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After months of dropping hints and weeks of releasing teaser videos, Nikon has finally officially unveiled its Z series mirrorless camera system. Their launch of the Z-series involved two full-frame (FX-format) cameras, three lenses, and an F-mount (FTZ) adaptor, with more lenses and accessories in the pipeline. Nikon Z7 –
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At the ongoing Gamescom conference in Germany earlier today, Nvidia unveiled its latest generation of consumer graphics cards: the GeForce RTX 2000 series. Based on Nvidia’s new Turing architecture, the cards feature real-time ray-tracing technology, ushering into the mainstream technology once exclusive to big budget Hollywood productions. The top-of-the-line RTX2080Ti
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In a blog post earlier this week, Microsoft announced its intention to add support for leap seconds in the next major update to Windows 10, likely coming in October, as well as its next upcoming version of Windows Server, Windows Server 2019. This will be done through the implementation of
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TP-Link Deco M9 Plus TP-Link, a leading provider of consumer and business networking products, has announced the launch of its latest smart mesh WiFi system, the Deco M9 Plus. At a local event earlier this week, TP-Link showed off the smart hub functionality of the Deco M9 Plus, demonstrating its
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Belkin has released the world’s first Apple-approved power bank that accepts Lightning input for charging. Called the BoostCharge Power Bank Lightning 10K, It features a 10,000mAh capacity, as well as 2 standard USB ports for output. While the product is not the first power bank in the market featuring a
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Intel Chief Executive Brian Krzanich resigned last Thursday, following reports of a “consensual relationship” with a female employee, violating Intel’s non-fraternization policy. Current CFO Robert Swan has been named as interim CEO with immediate effect. Krzanich leaves at a trying time for Intel. Over the past year, it has seen
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At an internal event last week, Instagram celebrated yet another milestone: 1 billion monthly active users. That is 1 000 000 000 people and businesses, who log in to use the service at least once a month. That number stood at just 800 million in September last year, meaning that
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Despite the growing ubiquity of competitors like Chrome in the past few years, Microsoft has been trying to shift more users to adopt Edge as their primary browser. Edge was launched along with Windows 10, back in 2015, replacing the venerable Internet Explorer as the default browser for Windows. While
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Back at the start of May, LG announced their latest flagship phone, the G7 ThinQ. The LG G7 ThinQ replaces last year’s LG G6 as the company's compact-sized mobile flagship and is the first smartphone from LG to feature the ThinQ branding at launch. ThinQ is the name of LG’s
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At an event at Porsche Centre Singapore, in a showroom full of Porsche cars, Huawei and Porsche hosted the local launch of the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS. A result of the ongoing collaboration between Porsche Design and Huawei, the Mate RS squeezes all the latest cutting-edge technology from the P20
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In a move laced with irony, Mozilla would soon be putting paid advertisements into its popular browser Firefox. These advertisements would come in the form of sponsored links shown when one opens a new browser tab. [caption id="attachment_132625" align="aligncenter" width="849"] The New Tab page on a Firefox browser. Image: Mozilla[/caption]
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Lenovo’s upcoming Z5 might just be the world’s first all-screen, no notch, no bezel smartphone. In a post on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, Lenovo Group Vice President Chang Cheng shared a sketch of what could be the Lenovo Z5. If this is true, Lenovo’s next flagship could be a
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Nokia proves yet again it is alive and kicking! HMD Global, a Finnish company founded in 2016 by former Nokia executives, has received the license for the Nokia brand name. They have since been developing and releasing new smartphones and feature phones. From the Nokia 3310 to the Nokia 8,
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1More is officially coming to Singapore, launching their brand at a private event prior to the start of CanJam 2018. In a room high up in Pan Pacific Hotel, Ari Morguelan, director of PR/Media at 1More USA, gave us an overview of the 1More's current product line-up, as well as
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CanJam returned to Singapore for the 3rd time, featuring over 100 brands showcasing their latest and upcoming products at the ballroom of Pan Pacific Hotel. The VRZone team headed down on a fine Saturday afternoon to bring you the latest from the audio industry. Beyer The most prominent booth right
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The Sony Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact have finally arrived in Singapore! First announced at MWC back in February, the XZ2, along with the XZ2 Compact, will replace the XZ1 and XZ1 Compact as flagships at the top of Sony’s Xperia line-up. VR Zone got to try out both
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