Qualcomm announces faster Snapdragon Wear 4100 chips for smartwatches TechSpot

Back in 2018, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform for smartwatches with a 'big-small-tiny' architecture that was supposed to deliver great performance while sipping little power from the small batteries that you can fit inside the typical wearable. However, that wasn't enough to breathe more life into Android Wear smartwatches.





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Our favorite gaming keyboard is currently just $110 TechSpot

Featuring a durable aluminum construction, RGB lighting customization, and Cherry MX "Speed" switches, the Corsair K70 MK.2 is one of the best gaming keyboards you can buy. It's currently just $110, $60 off the regular price.





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Warner Bros could release an open-world Harry Potter RPG in late 2021 TechSpot

Avalanche Studios is rumored to be working on the game, with Warner Bros acting as publisher. Obviously, neither company has commented on any of the rumors or leaks, but that isn't saying much, especially given that the latter has actively taken down the leaked footage in the past.





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Google acquires North, maker of the Focals smart glasses TechSpot

Google today announced that they are acquiring North, a Canadian company best known for its Focals smart glasses. Google likely wants to incorporate Focals holographic tech into future hardware products.





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YouTube TV receives a hefty $15 price hike TechSpot

Unfortunately, YouTube TV has arguably seen its value proposition drop over time. The Google-owned platform launched at just $35/month in 2017, but over the past 3 years, its price has crept up to $50.





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Samsung's new 870 QVO SATA line includes a monster 8TB SSD TechSpot

Samsung on Tuesday officially introduced its second-generation quad-level cell (QLC) drive, further pushing the boundaries of what is possible in terms of high-capacity consumer flash storage with a capacity of up to 8TB.





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Discord is about more than just gaming TechSpot

In a blog published earlier today, co-founders Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy said they have streamlined the new user onboard experience and added additional server templates to help newcomers get going. They’ve also increased video and voice capacity by 200 percent and squashed hundreds of bugs as part of their...





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Watch the world's first video conferencing call which took place 50 years ago today TechSpot

It was 50 years ago to the day that the first commercial video conferencing call took place. Just half a century later, video calling via smartphones is utilized by millions of people on a daily basis.





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Opinion: Power efficient computing gains notoriety TechSpot

One of the few benefits many people have experienced as part of the great work-at-home and learn-at-home experiment that we’ve all been through is improved air quality. In fact, because of the significant reduction in both commuting and travel, both the visual and measured quality of the air has gotten...





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AT&T brings low-band 5G service to 28 additional US markets TechSpot

Worth highlighting is the fact that we are talking about AT&T’s low-band 5G wireless service which differs greatly from the ultra-fast high-band network that utilizes millimeter wave tech, or what most people typically think of when hearing the term “5G.”





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As lawsuit continues, Nintendo finally apologizes for Joy-Con drift problem TechSpot

As the name suggests, drifting is a hardware issue where one of the Joy-Con sticks registers input even when it’s not being touched, causing the player to drift in one direction. It’s said to be particularly noticeable in first-person shooter games, and while calibrating can help, some say the controllers...





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Uber reportedly offers to buy Postmates for $2.6 billion TechSpot

Uber has reportedly made a tempting takeover offer to Postmates, one of the US's largest delivery services. According to a report from the New York Times that was later confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, the deal could see an official announcement early this week.





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Amazon is rolling out Watch Party social viewing feature for Prime members TechSpot

Amazon’s Watch Party is a native social viewing experience for PC users. According to Variety, it consists of synchronized video playback controlled by the host alongside a chat window on the right side of the video stream. With support for up to 100 participants, Amazon is practically guaranteeing that nobody...





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Crysis Remaster arrives next month, gameplay reveal tomorrow TechSpot

It was back in April when we finally got confirmation that the long-rumored Crysis remaster was on the way. Developer Crytek said it would be heading to all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch—quite a surprise for a game that was used as a benchmark for PC power due to its...





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Belkin launches a compact Thunderbolt 3 dock with versatile I/O options TechSpot

Belkin claims that its latest dock is the world's first to combine Thunderbolt 3 and dual-power connectivity. While the former spec will enable up to 40Gbps speeds on supported laptops, the latter feature lets users passthrough up to 60W of power to connected devices through the dock's USB-C PD port.





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TikTok and 58 other Chinese-made apps banned in India TechSpot

India’s Ministry of Information Technology writes that it has received many complaints about apps stealing and surreptitiously transmitting data to servers outside of the country, thereby threatening the “national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.” There’s no mention of China in...





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GeForce Laptop Roundup: Comparison of Gaming Laptops' Graphics Performance TechSpot

Today we return to the realm of laptop graphics hardware to talk about Nvidia's refreshed line of GeForce GPUs. We've already looked at two of the new GPUs: the RTX 2070 Super Max-Q and RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, but alongside these Nvidia has also updated the rest of the series...





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