Chip designer Ambarella has announced two new chips for automotive cameras and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) based on its CVflow architecture for artificial intelligence processing. The Santa Clara, California-based company unveiled the CV22FS and CV2FS automotive camera system-on-chips (SoCs) with CVflow AI processing and ASIL-B compliance to enable safety-critical…
IKEA's smart blinds now work with Apple HomeKit
January 6, 2020
IKEA’s smart blinds should be much easier to control if you live in an Apple-centric household. The home furnishing giant is now rolling out HomeKit support for its FYRTUR blinds, making them easy to control without either using the remote or relying on Google…
OnePlus 8 Lite dummy confirms triple camera
January 6, 2020
The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro are the successors of the OnePlus 7T family and are expected to arrive in the first half of 2020. However, a non-flagship variant called OnePlus 8 Lite is expected to tag along, expanding the company’s portfolio to three phones.
Today, a…
Seagate is launching its FireCuda Gaming solid-state drive (SSD) and BarraCuda Fast SSD with the goal of hooking gamers who are on the go.
SSDs are faster than hard drives, but historically they’ve been more expensive and don’t have as much storage capacity compared to hard disks. But they’re becoming a better solution for gamers because the capacity is getting better and so are the speeds.
Realme 5i arriving in India on January 9
January 6, 2020
Realme 5i will be the latest device in the brands portfolio which is expected to be slightly more affordable due to less impressive front-facing camera and design of the back panel.
It is already allegedly on sale in Vietnam for the equivalent of $185 at one online…
Earlier this week, Samsung announced two new Galaxy phones: the S10 Lite and the Note 10 Lite. “S” and “Note,” in Samsung parlance, usually mean “really high-end.” These two phones are not that. After spending a half-hour poking around at both of them, I am able…
Samsung unveils its AI-powered 8K TVs for 2020
January 6, 2020
Samsung revealed its new QLED 8K TV last night in Korea, and now the US unveiling is under way.
We already heard about interesting features like its “digital butler” that will control other devices, including older stuff that can’t connect to networks using an IR blaster, multitasking with picture-in-picture and the AI ScaleNet tech that streams “8K quality” video by…
NVIDIA unveils a 360Hz 'world's fastest' esports display
January 6, 2020
And the hertz just keep on comin’. NVIDIA today unveiled the ASUS ROG Swift 360, a monitor with a 360Hz refresh rate, making it “the world’s fastest esports display.” The Swift 360 is designed specifically for professional gaming and training —…
We’re at that weird point in the week where CES simultaneously has and hasn’t started, and it’s already becoming clear Samsung isn’t sticking to business as usual in 2020. That’s partially due to the hype surrounding its curious Neon project…
HP Envy 32 All-in-one review: A PC posing as media center
January 6, 2020
All-in-one computers typically aren’t that exciting, not when we’ve got ultra-thin laptops hogging the spotlight. But HP’s new Envy 32 All-in-One might make you rethink what’s possible with a large table-top PC. It’s a multimedia powerhouse, with a 31.5-inch 4K HDR screen, powerful Bang & Olufsen speakers, and NVIDIA graphics. While it’s not quite as…
