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AyaNeo Next Pricing Announced, Starts at $1,285 for Early Birds

What They Say Tom’s Hardware reported on a new Indiegogo project for a hand-held gaming PC called the AyaNeo Next/Pro. Although Tom’s likes the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and Radeon RX Vega 8 GPU, the device seems to have an unexceptional 7″ 1280 x 800 resolution IPS LCD with touch. That makes the display the … Read more

Sanctions on Russia from the West and Industrialised Asia

As widely reported, there have been severe restrictions placed on the Russian financial system in retaliation by the West to the unprovoked invasion of the Ukraine. Korea, Japan and Singapore have joined in the condemnation and introduced financial sanctions. However, China has refused to recognise the invasion using that word. Turkey has said that it … Read more

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team of 300+ people working on it. UploadVR reports that a ‘key member’ of the team., Mark Lucovsky, left to join Google … Read more

Strategy Analytics: realme Becomes Europe’s Fastest Growing Smartphone Brand in 2021

According to new research from Strategy Analytics, realme is the fastest growing smartphone brand in Europe in 2021. Abhilash Kumar, Industry Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said “ realme’s smartphone shipments in Europe grew +500% YoY and +548% YoY in Q4 2021 and 2021 respectively. It managed to become the fastest growing smartphone brand in both … Read more

Links Week Starting 28th February 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. We were sad to see that VGX expert, Doug Trumbull had died last month. Around five years ago, Chris visited his place. (A Visit to Trumbull Studios) CTA: … Read more

TCL Reinforces its Commitment to 5G and Expands Portfolio with New Smartphones, Tablets, and CPEs at Mobile World Congress 2022

TCL, a pioneer in display technology and affordable, premium smart experiences, unveils a range of smart devices at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022. Reinforcing TCL’s mission to provide 5G connectivity for all, the mobile announcements include an expanded TCL 30 Series line-up, with five new smartphones including a feature-rich 5G model. These are announced alongside … Read more

New Galaxy Book2 Pro Series Enables Work-From-Anywhere Flexibility With Peace-of-Mind Security

Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy Book2 Pro series, a flagship PC lineup featuring the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 with S Pen functionality and Galaxy Book2 Pro with 5G. Both form factors combine the flexibility and versatility needed for today’s evolving work and learning lifestyles and are built with Samsung’s mobile DNA. The result is a … Read more

Tanvas Video Shows a Haptic-enabled Flexible AMOLED

What They Say Haptic technology supplier, Tanvas of the US, posted a series of videos showing its haptic technology demonstrated on a flexible OLED. The 12.1″ display uses Tanvas PET film-based touch and haptic technology and because it combines touch and haptics, it avoids extra layers in the display stack. Earlier in February, Tanvas said … Read more

Fatigue, Techlash, and the Great Escape in Education

I never wanted to write this article. Or maybe I really did intend to write it all along, having predicted this all would happen exactly a year ago. I predicted a techlash coming from educators who were tiring of the stresses accompanying the pandemic. In my article “The Worst of Times: Education in the Crosshairs” … Read more