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Thunderbolt 4 products fix a big USB-C problem 

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Other World Computing will ship a dock with a Thunderbolt 4 port for $150 before the end of the year. The big advantage is that it can convert a single Thunderbolt …

Tags:Thunderbolt| USB

Foxconn Developing microLED AR smart glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Foxconn is developing microLED-based AR smart glasses with Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL) as part of a three year ITRI project. The EOSRL devices are said …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Foxconn (Honhai)| MicroLED

Lenovo Takes Orders for X1 Foldable PC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Lenovo is now taking orders for the ThinkPad X1 Fold. It has a 13″ foldable display. It comes with Intel’s Lakefield processors, two USB-C ports and a …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Lenovo| PCs

Interested in Computer Graphics? 

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The BBC made a documentary about computer graphics in its excellent Horizon series – in 1981. What We Think It’s an interesting item to view again! This was when I was …

Tags:Graphics Processing

Fraunhofer IIS launches webinar series on next-gen technologies

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Fraunhofer IIS is planning a three-part series of webinars on next generation broadcast and streaming technologies covering HDR and MPEG-H audio abong other topics. The webinars take place on October …

Tags:Fraunhofer| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Streaming Audio

Osram Opto reportedly to become mini LED supplier for Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes, quoting ‘industry sources’ said that Osram will be a supplier of miniLEDs for Apple’s MacBook. It also said that Apple will have an iPad Pro with 10,000 LEDs early in …

Tags:Apple| MiniLED| Osram

LG Electronics files for QNED trademark

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UK TV Reviewer, Vincent Teoh, spotted that LG Electronics has applied for a trademark in Europe for the QNED acronym. What We Think Of course, you could believe that Teoh spends …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| QNED| Samsung