Apple Watch Series 7 gets durability tested in latest ad
How much of a beating can an Apple Watch Series 7 take? Apple has just the video to demonstrate titled Hard Knocks and accompanied by artist Jack White’s Power of Love tune. The short 98-second clip gives the Apple Watch Series 7 a run with all kinds of objects, surfaces and liquids of varying temperature and complexity.
From Gsmarena
OnePlus’s challenger to the Nothing phone (1) launches in India
After its recent debut in the European region, the OnePlus Nord 2T made its way to the Indian market. The device comes as a successor to the OnePlus Nord 2. It brings some nifty upgrades like a new Dimensity 1300 SoC and a flagship sensor to the higher mid-range segment. The pricing significantly varies in both markets for the base variant. The device in India costs ₹28,999 ($367), and it’s priced at £369 ($446) in the U.K.
The 5G-touted OnePlus Nord 2T has a 6.43-inches AMOLED display. It also keeps the 90Hz refresh rate, like the Nord 2. It’s an HDR10+ certified display that comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top. The device utilizes an in-display fingerprint sensor for authentication. On the outside, the design looks identical to the predecessor; merely, you’ll see a significantly large camera module this time.
From Android Central
Realme sells 2 million GT Master edition smartphones
Realme introduced the GT Master and GT Explorer Master smartphones 12 months ago. The devices had a distinctive suitcase design, developed by Naoto Fukusawa and inspired by people’s desire to travel in pandemic times.
The smartphone duo was quite popular since its launch, and today Sky Li, Realme CEO, revealed that 2 million units were sold worldwide even if the availability of the Explorer was rather limited.
From Gsmarena
Infinix Note 12 5G series teased by Flipkart with 108MP camera and AMOLED screen
Infinix currently has four smartphones in its Note 12 lineup – Note 12, Note 12 G96, Note 12i, and Note 12 VIP. None of these support 5G networks, but the company will soon launch Note 12 series smartphones with 5G connectivity.
This revelation comes from Indian online retailer Flipkart, which set up a promo page on its website for the Infinix Note 12 5G series. It also includes a couple of images that give us a glimpse of the Note 12 5G series smartphone and confirm a few specs – 108MP triple camera, AMOLED screen, and USB-C port.
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Detailed screenshots of Galaxy Watch5 leak running One UI Watch 4.5
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 has not yet been released. The wearable isn’t expected to arrive until Samsung’s fall hardware launch event – usually sometime after August. The latest leak from @evleaks shows detailed screenshots of the next version of Samsung’s One UI Watch 4.5 over Wear OS 3.5. Here are some new watch faces for the new watches.
From Gsmarena
Razer’s latest acquisition could level up your haptic gaming chair experience
Razer has officially announced its acquisition of Interhaptics, a.k.a. Go Touch VR SAS, a company well known for its haptic feedback products.
Razer has developed products with Interhaptics before, including the Nari Ultimate headphones back in 2018 and even a haptic gaming chair called the Enki Pro HyperSense. And in the press release announcing the acquisition, Razer stated that Interhaptics would remain independent but closely meld with Razer’s ecosystem.
Interhaptics has developed for a wide range of gaming platforms like PCs, consoles, mobile devices, virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. One of its most well-known VR products is the Sense Glove, which simulates touch and interaction with virtual objects by giving physical feedback.
From Techradar
Samsung’s new 3nm process promises better performance in a smaller footprint
Samsung has kicked off initial production of its 3nm process node, which uses the gate-all-around (GAA) transistor architecture to boost performance while reducing power usage.
The new process promises improved performance in a smaller surface area than the 5nm process. Samsung claims the first-generation 3nm process cuts power usage by 45%, while improving performance by 23% and shrinking the surface area by 16% compared to 5nm. The second generation promises even better performance: 50% less power consumption, 30% improved performance, and 35% smaller surface area.
Bloomberg reports that the South Korean tech giant will begin mass production of next-generation chips in the first half of 2022. According to the report, Samsung is the first to begin producing 3nm chips, beating TSMC to the punch.
Samsung notes that the use of Multi-Bridge-Channel FET marks the first time the GAA technology is put into use.
From Android Central
GPU supply no longer the problem for Nvidia – now it could be lack of graphics card demand
We all know that lack of supply was a massive issue for Nvidia with RTX 3000 GPUs, but now it seems that problem has morphed into waning demand – which is seemingly set to impact its incoming RTX 4000 graphics cards.
As spotted by VideoCardz, an article from DigiTimes – translated by RetiredEngineer on Twitter, and served with a course of caution, plus a side-order of skepticism thrown in – asserts that Nvidia is facing a combination of factors which when cumulatively considered are bad news for the RTX 4000 range.
From Techradar
Buckle Up, ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Part 2 Streaming After Netflix Crashed
Stranger Things is back for the final showdown. Season 4, part 2 is streaming on Netflix now, and after the intense battle with Vecna, the final two episodes have fans excited. Or they did, right up until Netflix crashed.
Viewers complained that the streaming service delivered them an error message as they stayed up late to watch the season finale. It seems to be working fine now, however.
From Cnet
Planes on Mars: Engineers Design Sailplane for Another World
In April 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter took flight and opened up a new era of off-the-ground exploration on the red planet. A team led by engineers at the University of Arizona wants to fly even higher with an ambitious concept for a motorless sailplane that could soar above the Martian surface.
A paper published this month in the journal Aerospace details a preliminary design for a Mars sailplane that could fill in the science-observations gap between surface rovers and orbiting spacecraft. The proposed plane would be equipped with sensors and cameras and use wind energy to fly for hours or even days.
From Cnet
