Redmi Note 11 series launched
The base Redmi Note 11 starts at 1,199 yuan (~$187) for the 4GB/128GB variant, all the way up to 1,699 yuan (~$266) for the 8GB/256GB option.
Like the idea of the Redmi Note 11 Pro? It has a starting price of 1,799 yuan (~$281), with a promotional price of 1,599 yuan (~$250).
Those who want a super-fast charging mid-ranger will need to spend a starting price of 1,999 yuan (~$312) for the Redmi Note 11 Pro Plus. But Redmi is offering a promotional price of 1,899 yuan (~$297).
The Redmi Note 11 series is only available in China for now, but we’re guessing a global launch is on the cards later this year as well.
From Android Authority
Honor X30 series unveiled with large displays and Dimensity chipsets
Ahead of China’s biggest shopping holiday – Single’s Day (November 11) Honor went ahead and released two new midrangers – the X30i and X30 Max. They are powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity chipsets, pack spacious LCDs and ample sized batteries.
From Gsmarena
Huawei introduces affordable Enjoy 20e with two different chipsets
The Enjoy 20e with the HiSilicon chip will be sold with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage. It will run HarmonyOS 2 out of the box, while the MediaTek “standard” version will boot EMUI 10 and have 4GB of RAM. This means that the only thing setting the P35 Enjoy 20e from the Enjoy 10e is the fingerprint scanner on the back of the newer phone.
The Enjoy 20e has a 5,000mAh battery and a modest dual camera on its back with a 13MP unit and a 2MP depth sensor. At the front a waterdrop notch inside the 6.3″ LCD of HD+ resolution hosts the 8MP selfie shooter.
From Gsmarena
Intel’s Next-Gen Alder Lake Processors Are Officially Here, and Now We Know All the Details
Intel has officially announced details on its much-anticipated 12th-gen Alder Lake processors, including pricing and performance details for three new chips.
The good news: While Intel’s 11th-gen processors weren’t particularly innovative or exciting or…differently-shaped, the 12th-gen processors are very different. They’re built with the Intel 7 process and are the first processors to utilize Intel’s new-ish hybrid architecture—and yes, the different architecture means you’ll need a new Z690 motherboard to upgrade.
Intel’s latest hybrid architecture mixes different cores on the same chip: Big, high-powered performance cores (P-cores) and small, low-powered efficient cores (E-cores). This type of hybrid architecture isn’t totally new—we saw its predecessor in Intel’s Lakefield processors—but it’s coupled with a hardware-based optimization tool called Intel Thread Director, which streamlines performance by directing tasks to the correct cores: P-cores handle the powerful, single-threaded tasks, while E-cores take care of background processes and multi-tasking. Intel Thread Director was built alongside, and is officially supported by, Windows 11, so you’ll need to upgrade basically everything if you want to maximize efficiency and performance.
And, of course, the new processors and corresponding motherboards are the first products to support DDR5 (up to 4800) memory, so that’s another thing to upgrade.
From Gizmodo
Get ready for 12th Gen Intel CPUs with these new Z690 motherboards from ASUS
ASUS announced new Z690 motherboards today that support 12th Gen Intel processors, which look to be among the best CPUs on the market. The motherboards feature DDR5 memory module support and PCIe 5.0 slots for video cards and storage. The ASUS Z690 platform includes ROG Maximus, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, ProArt, and Prime motherboards. The new motherboards from ASUS are available for preorder starting today.
The ASUS Z690 motherboards support 12th Gen Intel Core processors, which come with up to 16 cores and 24 threads. They feature PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, NVME RAID, Thunderbolt 4, 10 Gb Ethernet, and Wi-Fi6E on select motherboards.
Normally, DDR5 is limited to a maximum of 1.1 volts. ASUS bypasses this restriction in its Z690 motherboards with a combination of circuitry and firmware. PC owners can apply manual tweaks or enable ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile (AEMP) in the BIOS. ASUS explains that it worked with Adata, Corsair, Crucial, Geil, G.SKILL, Kingston, Klevv, and Teamgroup to ensure compatibility and stability.
From Windows Central
Google announces Android 12L, a feature drop for large-screen devices
Google today announced a preview of Android 12L, which may sound like a new version of Android, but Google calls it “a special feature drop that makes Android 12 even better on large screens.”
The idea here is to provide users on tablets, foldables and Chrome OS laptops — anything with a screen above 600 dp — with an improved user interface.
The developer preview of Android 12L is now available for developers who want to give it a try, as well as a new Android 12L emulator and support for it in Android Studio.
But 12L is also for phones, Google says, confusing no one. Since you won’t really see most of the new features there, though, the focus right now is on other devices, with beta enrollments for Pixel devices launching later in the preview.
Since Google calls it a “feature drop” and “feature update” in its announcement today, we’re not looking at a full fork of Android for these devices the way Apple split up iOS and iPadOS. Instead, it’s an update for large-screen devices that introduces additional multitasking tools and an optimized user interface. By default, Android 12L should also make apps look better on these devices, too.
From Techcrunch
New Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Upgrades To Quad-Core Processor
Over the years, we’ve seen a steady stream of updates for the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s flagship single-board computer (SBC), with each new release representing a significant boost in processing power and capability. But the slim Raspberry Pi Zero, released all the way back in 2015, hasn’t been quite so fortunate. Beyond the “W” revision that added WiFi and Bluetooth in 2017, the specs of the diminutive board have remained unchanged since its release.
That is, until now. With the introduction of the $15 USD Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, the ultra-compact Linux board gets a much-needed performance bump thanks to the new RP3A0 system-in-package, which combines a Broadcom BCM2710A1 die with 512 MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM and a quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 CPU clocked at 1 GHz. In practical terms, the Raspberry Pi Foundation says the new Zero 2 is five times as fast as its predecessor with multi-threaded workloads, and offers a healthy 40% improvement in single-threaded performance. That puts it about on par with the Raspberry Pi 3, though with only half the RAM.
From Hackaday
Intel Alder Lake Mobility CPU Benchmarks Leaked: Faster Than The Apple M1 Max, Smokes AMD 5980HX, 11980HK
The Alder Lake’s powerful p-cores effortlessly take the performance crown in the single-threaded benchmark with a score of 1851. To put this into perspective, Apple’s 5 nm-based M1 Max chip scores 1785 in single-threaded performance. The Core i9 11980HK (note: we found several overclocked and stock benchmarks for this processor on Geekbench but will be using ‘stock’ configurations considering our ADL score is also stock and makes for a like-for-like comparison) follows behind with a score of 1616 and AMD’s best mobility chip clocks in at 1506. This means Intel has improved the single-threaded performance by 14.5% generation over generation.
Almost all of us expected Intel to win on the single-threaded front because of high clock rates and some serious architectural improvements but what is surprising is that they even beat the Apple M1 Max on the multi-threaded front. The Alder Lake Core i9 12900HK mobility processor gets an astounding 13256 score which is followed by Apple at 12753 points. The Intel 11980HK (stock) is further into the horizon at 9149 points and AMD clocks in at 8217 points. This is a generation over generation increase of almost 45% in roughly the same TDP – although not surprising because even though the ADL-P CPU only has 8 “big cores” the small cores have proven to be quite powerful as well.
From Wccf
Some early Pixel 6 buyers report screen issues: weird flickering, green tint, a second punch hole
Display flickering when pressing start button while phone is off.
Another issue that cropped up is a green tint on the display of a Pixel 6. It’s not an uncommon issue with OLED panels, many brands have experienced it, Google included (on the Pixel 4 XL and 5a previously).
Perhaps the most bizarre issue was a Pixel 6 Pro with a second punch hole in the screen that overlapped with the first. Check out the video below. The owner reports that this really appears to be a hole rather than a patch of dead pixels. This story has a happy ending, though, as the store replaced the defective phone.
From Gsmarena
Another crypto marketplace has been hit by a major cyberattack
Hackers have stolen about $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance, by exploiting a bug in their flash loaning system to siphon away all Ethereum-based tokens on the platform.
This is Cream Finance’s third hack this year alone. The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform allows users to loan and speculate on cryptocurrency price variations.
“Our Ethereum C.R.E.A.M. v1 lending markets were exploited and liquidity was removed on October 27, 1354 UTC….No other markets were impacted,” shared Cream Finance on Twitter.
From Techradar
