The title of the best true wireless earbuds is usually being battled for held by the likes of Samsung Galaxy Buds and Apple AirPods (2019), but that title is constantly being threatened by affordable pretenders.
Some of these cheaper models, like the Optoma NuForce BE Free5s give brands like Apple and Samsung a run for their money. Wicked Audio’s ARQ true wireless earbuds, on the other hand, do not.
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Someday, a truck will be more like a rolling, portable workshop than something you actually drive. In many ways, trucks are already heading in that direction, and one early sign of progress is the new power outlet in the truck bed of the 2019 Chevy Silverado.
Granted, it’s a fairly minor addition. However, I decided to try quite a few tests with the outlet to see how it all worked, and what life with a truck in the future might be like.
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Samsung has continued its ‘Odyssey’ into true gaming laptops with the updated Notebook Odyssey Z. This laptop isn’t the most powerful Samsung gaming laptop, as that title goes to the model it showed off at CES 2019, but it offers a balanced package with a more portable 15.6-inch display, an 8th-Generation Intel Core i7 processor (CPU), and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics.
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Fiio is a company that likes to try things with its audio products. That’s especially true for the company’s affordable FA1 Earphones, that offer a certain amount of modularity to them, courtesy of MMCX (micro-miniature coaxial) cables that literally plug into the cable and earpieces.
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Google Stadia is due to launch this November, and now further details are beginning to emerge regarding its business model.
The streaming service will release in select territories with a Pro subscription tier that will cost players £8.99 a month, coming with a select library of titles on release which will include Destiny 2.
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No one needs a 2020 Jaguar F-TYPE, but it’s completely understandable to really, really want one. The tricky part is which version of this sport/luxury 2-seater car to buy. There’s the initial decision of fixed-roof coupe or convertible. After that, there are budget and power considerations to take into account.
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The days of businesses buying chunky “enterprise” laptops in bulk are waning. These days, we all want to use a sleek, modern laptop, regardless of whether we’re at work or at home. The Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 knows this, offering the security features IT departments require without sacrificing its high-minded design.
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The next entry into Huawei’s Mate series is most likely going to be called the Mate 30, and include a Mate 30 Pro model, with previous experience telling us it will be revealed during the second half of 2019. Huawei is in the midst of battling a ban by the U.S. government, but this has not stopped rumors and leaks giving us an idea about the Mate 30.
This is what we know about the Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro so far:
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The Samsung Galaxy Fold’s display issues may have meant a future of foldable devices has been postponed for the moment, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from coming up with plans for another smartphone with a foldable screen. This time, patents have revealed a concept for a Samsung smartphone with a rollable screen. That’s right, the “Galaxy Roll” isn’t just a tasty morsel from a space-themed sushi restaurant — it could be Samsung’s next bizarre device.
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/android/rollable-samsung-smartphone-patent-2019/
The 2020 Jaguar XE brings the highly renowned Jaguar style and supple ride quality to the premium compact sedan class. Even though we seem to live in a world dominated by crossovers, this kind of car still has many commendable qualities. And the XE has its own set of virtues that make it a credible contender against the well-established BMW 3 Series and Audi A4.
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At E3 2019, AMD revealed not only its full stack of Ryzen 3000 CPUs, but also its new-generation of “Navi” graphics cards, now known as the RX 5700 series. Based on a new RDNA architecture and built on a 7nm process node, just like AMD new-generation CPUs, the RX 5700 series is the most advanced line of graphics cards AMD has ever released. At the top of the line is the RX 5700 XT, the flagship of that range with some serious performance capabilities.
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As a laptop reviewer, I’m often spending time with the latest and greatest devices. Laptops that push the envelope in design and performance, and lately, even those with a more adventurous form factor. Not all these are successful, but one that sticks out in my mind over the past year or so is the HP Spectre Folio, a convertible 2-in-1 literally constructed of leather.
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hp-spectre-folio-long-term-review/
Asus will launch a sequel to the ROG Phone (that stands for Republic of Gamers, for those new to Asus’s gaming brand) later this year, and rumors of its specification and more are starting to leak. The first Asus ROG Phone was released at the end of 2018, and the new model is likely to arrive slightly earlier this year. Here’s what we know about it so far.
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As a followup to the all-new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 that bowed for 2019, Chevrolet has introduced an all-new Silverado HD for 2020. Boasting a polarizing new design, an all-new gas engine and an increased towing capacity, buyers will find a lot to love in the new Silverado HD, which offers some great tech, including an available camera system that allows you to see inside and behind your trailer, making towing easier than it’s ever been. And that’s important, because towing and hauling is what these trucks are all about.
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Apple customers who own an older-generation MacBook Pro may need to pay attention to recent safety recall issued by the technology company.
Via a press release published Thursday, June 20, Apple announced that a certain older model of its MacBook Pro may contain a battery that may overheat and “pose a safety risk.” The recall is said to only affect 15-inch, Retina display MacBook Pros “sold primarily between September 2015 and February 2017.”
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Sony has had a rough history when it comes to smartphones. Last year, the company vowed to do away with its boxy design philosophy and adopt more modern sensibilities. But the tech landscape changes quickly, and those phones are already starting to look a little dated. At Mobile World Congress 2019, Sony unveiled three new phones it hopes will lead the company into the future, though whether Sony really has a future in the mobile business remains to be seen.
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Microsoft has been showing off a new prototype privately to its employees, an innovative dual-screen device that currently goes by the codename “Surface Centaurus.” It’s a project that’s been in the works for years, having taken a few different forms as it’s evolved. As of yet, it’s never been officially spoken of by Microsoft, only hinted at in rumors and reports.
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The 2020 Audi Q7 is getting a handful of updates, incorporating Audi’s latest tech. The three-row family SUV gets revised styling, as well as the newer version of Audi’s MMI infotainment system previously seen on the Q8 and other models. Audi is only discussing the European-market Q7 at this time, but most of the changes will likely carry over to the U.S.-market version.
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The Honor 20 is a great little phone. It’s lightweight, has a decent camera, comes in a shiny color, and isn’t all that expensive. Despite this, not only is it difficult to recommend, but I also question why it needs to exist at all. I have no doubt there are many justifiable business reasons behind it, but when the Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20 Lite seem to give us all we need, the standard Honor 20 feels redundant.
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Google will be launching its much-rumoured cloud gaming platform, Stadia, in November this year.
It is effectively the company’s “Netflix of games”, with games hosted on remote servers and video streamed to connected devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers and TVs.
But what will Stadia offer? And how will it be different to existing cloud gaming services?
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What will it look like? How fast will it be? And most importantly, how deep a hole will it burn in your wallet? All questions born on the tongues of tech gossips the world over.
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Ford F-150 pickup truck buyers looking for more off-road capability can upgrade to a Raptor, but Ford has never offered an equivalent model for the larger F-Series Super Duty. The new-for-2020 Tremor package isn’t quite a Super Duty Raptor, but it does add more off-road ability to Ford’s heavy-duty pickup truck.
Instead of trying to be a bigger Raptor, the 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty Tremor is designed to take on the Ram Power Wagon. Like the Power Wagon, the Tremor is an upgraded version of a heavy-duty truck, and was built to excel at slow, technical rock crawling.
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There’s little doubt that the Valve Index is the next-generation VR headset people have been clamouring for: It has an ultra-crip display that runs fairly well even with older GPUs, a wider field-of-view, a higher refresh rate and Valve’s knuckle controllers that can track the movement of every finger.
All said, it’s the complete VR package that we wanted three years ago.
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A Casio G-Shock smartwatch is in development.
That’s according to Casio’s head of watch design, Ryusuke Moriai, who told Digital Trends in an interview. The watch is not yet ready for release, and details are still strictly confidential, but we do know that when it’s released, the G-Shock smartwatch will meet the strict toughness standards essential to any timepiece bearing the G-Shock name.
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Chip maker AMD is on a roll at the moment, having recently announced its new third-gen Ryzen CPUs. But that’s a desktop processor. What of its mobile offerings?
Enter the HP Envy x360 13 2-in-1 convertible. It’s not an entirely new laptop. Indeed, we’ve seen it before last year. But it has been upgraded with AMD’s latest 3000 series APU. The previous version of the Envy x360 13 made do with the AMD Ryzen 2000 series chip and didn’t entirely blow us away with either its outright performance or battery life.
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https://www.techradar.com/reviews/hp-envy-x360-13-2019
Dodge keeps finding new ways to keep its Charger sedan and Challenger coupe alive. The two cars can trace their DNA back to the 1997 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, but Dodge keeps adding more power and features to keep fans of American muscle coming back. Dodge launched a Widebody option for the Challenger for the 2018 model year, and now the Charger is gets the same treatment for 2020.
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A big challenge for camera makers launching any new mirrorless system is having enough lenses to tempt people to adopt it. Developing a full range of optics takes time and a lot of investment, and it’s a process that a number of manufacturers are currently engaged in.
Like Canon, Nikon has made it as easy as possible for early adopters of its latest Z6 and Z7 models to use existing lenses designed for SLR and DSLR bodies through an adapter, but part of the appeal of the new line is that it arrives with new lenses, ones that exploit the physical and technological advantages of the new system.
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For a while, we’ve tracked the prospect of a Galaxy Watch 2 arriving from Samsung later this summer, but for now we’re going to have to settle for another sequel smartwatch.
SamMobile says it has been sent images of the Watch Active 2, the first of which was only released in April this year as an affordable alternative to the Galaxy Watch.
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The fact that Google Stadia, the game streaming service from the search giant, will work over your internet connection and not require a traditional console, has lead some to speculate that the price of its games may be notable cheaper than those you’d buy for other platforms.
After all, to get the high-res, 4K versions of the games, you’re going to already need to be paying out for a pricey internet connection, and a premium subscription to the Google Stadia service itself. The fact that the most sought-after releases will cost an additional fee may irk some.
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Even though engine downsizing is a common trend among all types of vehicles of late, people still tend to associate full size pickup trucks with big V8s. Six-cylinder engines have become more commonplace these days, with trucks like the Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 offering solid six-pot options. But Chevrolet is taking matters one step further.
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