MobileNews

MIUI 12.5 Global Stable ROM testing program announced for Poco phones

Xiaomi announced its MIUI 12.5 back in December last year, but Poco phones are yet to receive the update. Now the company has announced a testing program for plenty of its devices globally and you need to be fast because slots are limited. Here’s the full list of eligible devices and their respective regions. POCO F3 [MI, RU, ID, EEA] POCO X3 PRO [Global, IN, EEA, RU, ID] POCO X3/NFC…
Read more
MobileNews

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is finally reaching Europe on May 11

Xiaomi went all-in with the Mi 11 Ultra this year, producing what is its first proper mainstream flagship smartphone ever to be released internationally (as last year’s Mi 10 Ultra was a China-only affair). The company unveiled the Mi 11 Ultra’s European eye watering €1,199 pricing at an event in late March, but it stayed mum on a release date for the continent. Now thanks to…
Read more
MobileNews

See if the Huawei Mate X2 survives a durability test

Foldable smartphones are generally considered to be more fragile than ‘normal’ ones, unlike gaming phones for example – then again it turns out that among the latest batch of the latter, two out of three do snap in two or three parts when bent. So you may…
MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE mentioned on Samsung Mexico’s website

Following the buzz around the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE as of late, the latest leak comes from the actual phone maker. As first reported by , Samsung Mexico had briefly displayed mention of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE in its homepage. The website read “Conoce más sobre Galaxy…
MobileNews

Roku vs. Google: Who’s really to blame in this battle that only stands to hurt customers?

This week, a feud between Google and Roku boiled over to the point where the YouTube TV app was removed from the Roku platform. This story is still developing, but as it stands today, we’ve heard stories from both sides, so let’s try to summarize everything that’s happened so far. Table of contents Here’s what Roku says Here’s what Google says Looking at the context How does AV1 play…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

German pilots film their drone hack of a Tesla

It’s well known short traders are atop the many, many things Tesla honcho Elon Musk hates in this world. But it’s a safe bet mischievous drone geeks now populate that list ­– especially after a pair of pilots hacked one of his luxury rides open from the air. Pushing…
NewsPhotography

My Time with the Fujifilm X-E4

I’m not the first on the block to write about the Fujifilm X-E4, but I finally got around to doing it and I’m glad that I did. Full disclosure: Fujifilm North America sent me the Fujifilm X-E4 free of charge along with the new 27mm f/2.8 II, thumb grip, and bottom plate hand grip, so basically the entire kit. However, there were no strings attached and I was not required to talk about the…
Read more