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
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Two years after their first entry into the mirrorless full-frame category with its EOS R, Canon has announced the EOS R5 alongside additional mirrorless lenses. With this update, Canon resolves a slew of complaints that bugged the EOS R and EOS RP. The Canon EOS R5 with RF24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS
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Samsung Electronics Singapore has announced that the Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone has been sold out in less than an hour after its announcement. At its Unpacked event, the Korean electronics giant also revealed the S20 family of flagship smartphones. Available in Mirror Purple and Mirror Black, the Galaxy Z
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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 X100V.
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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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Often put in the same camp with the 2013 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the recent Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreaks, the recent Wuhan coronavirus is on course to wreak havoc globally with thousands infected and hundreds dead. We've just shared some tips to protect yourself from the
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Elon Musk's electric automobile-churning brainchild Tesla has overtaken Volkswagen with a sudden surge in share price pushing its market value over USD 100 billion (SGD 135.72 billion). The Tesla Model S. Image: Tesla Second only to Toyota, Tesla's sudden increase in share prices was driven by a rare declaration of
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At 280Hz, the TUF Gaming VG279QM is now available in Singapore at an MSRP of SGD 589. The monitor was announced alongside the 280Hz-capable TUF Gaming VG259QM and the 170Hz ROG Strix XG279Q in December last year. The first in the world to deliver refresh rates of up to 280Hz
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Fujifilm has announced the X-T200, their latest APS-C crop sensor mirrorless camera that replaces the X-T100 that was launched mid-2018. It boasts improvements from its predecessor across the board, including an enhanced EVF, fully articulating LCD, upgraded AF, HDR and video stabilisation. The Fujifilm X-T200. Image: Fujifilm At the centre
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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
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Samsung co-CEO DJ Koh has been replaced by Roh Tae-moon, the company's youngest president yet. Koh will continue to helm the IT & Mobile Communication (IM) division of the Korean electronics giant. This comes amidst gathering momentum for Samsung's 2020 smartphone launches - four of which were previewed at CES
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Debuting at CES 2020, the Jabra Elite Active 75t has been announced in Singapore, months after the classic Jabra Elite 75t was launched. Updated models of the wildly popular Jabra Elite Active 65t true wireless in-ear headphones that we loved, the Jabra Elite 75t features a revamped form-factor and increased
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We're still reeling from the sensory overload of CES 2020, attendants were swarmed by headline exhibits and launches. This year, we saw Sony's self-driving prototype that catapulted them into the automotive space, Nikon's new D780 DSLR, Withing's new wearable that would undercut and outdo Apple, and Shure's Aonic line that
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Aside from 5G networking, autonomous vehicle technology retained primacy at the forefront of CES 2020. Mobileye, an Intel-owned company responsible for producing the top chipsets for vision-based autonomous vehicles, showcased its advances at the show this week. The company's focus on vision-based autonomous driving echoed Tesla CEO Elon Musk's remarks
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Nikon has just launched the D780 at CES 2020, a follow-up to the Nikon D750 of 2014. Similarly situated at the more accessible end of the full-frame DSLR offerings, the D780 seems to be the culmination of lessons learnt by Nikon on the Z series mirrorless cameras. The Nikon D780.
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Ivanka Trump, Daughter and Advisor to the President of the United States Donald Trump spoke at length with President of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Gary Shapiro at CES 2020 earlier today. In the audience were CES 2020 attendees, which included analysts, media, industry attendees amongst others. CTA-issued attendant wristbands
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Sony is one of the world's largest consumer electronics companies in both scale and scope. With a product portfolio encompassing everything from hi-fi audio, television, photography, videography and smartphones, the last thing you'd expect is for the company to expand into... automobiles. The Sony Vision-S prototype self-driving car. Image: Ian
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Withings, a health wearable company based in France, has announced the ScanWatch at CES 2020. Stylish and refined on the outside, the Withings ScanWatch is the first wearable to combine medical-grade single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) readouts with sleep apnea detection - a health condition that affects about a billion people worldwide.
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American professional audio heavyweight Shure has announced a brand-new line of premium wireless consumer products at CES 2020. Dubbed Aonic, the line premieres with the Aonic 50 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones and the Aonic 215 True Wireless Sound Isolating Earphones. "The biggest legends in music - Elvis, The Beatles, Jimi
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We're gearing up to attend CES 2020 at Las Vegas this coming week - the biggest, baddest event on the tech calendar every year. It's a new decade, and after all is said, done and reminisced about the decade of the 2010s, we're ready for the next one. 1. Artificial
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