Tag: Technology & Electronics
The Snapdragon X Elite is Qualcomm’s most powerful chip to date
On Tuesday, at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm announced a major addition to its line of mobile chips with the Snapdragon X Elite, which the company is calling its most powerful processor to date. The Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite is the successor to last year's Snapdragon 8cx Gen…
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Apple confirms ‘scary fast’ event for the night of October 30
Apple just confirmed another streaming event for October 30 at, wait for it, 8PM ET. Tis the spooky season, so why not hold a presentation at night? The tagline for the event is “Scary Fast” so it certainly sounds like there will be some hardware announcements. We already had the…
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Xreal’s $399 Air 2 augmented reality glasses are now available to pre-order
While Apple, Meta and others continue to work with full-on headsets for augmented reality (AR), Nreal has been selling much smaller AR glasses since 2021. Now the company, which has rebranded to Xreal, just released a new version called the Xreal Air 2 in Europe and the US, after launching…
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The Morning After: OnePlus’ thinner, more affordable flagship foldable
Compared to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5, not only does OnePlus’ first foldable pack two larger displays, it’s also thinner and lighter — as long as you don’t count the hulking camera module. The most impressive thing the Open is doing is putting pressure on the price of big foldables. …
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones review: A new spin on a reliable formula
There are a few things you can bank on when it comes to Bose headphones. The first is powerful and effective active noise cancellation (ANC) that’s been the best in the industry for years. You can also reliably expect that the company’s new set of cans will be comfortable over…
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Discord’s latest teen safety blitz starts with content filters and automated warnings
Discord is introducing new safeguards to protect young users. On Thursday, the company announced Teen Safety Assist. With this week’s initial rollout, the program consists of two features: Automated alerts and content filters. Moving forward, when a user a teen hasn’t chatted with before sends a direct message, Discord will…
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