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Lensless cameras may reduce mobile phone camera shortcomings
Summary Mobile phones are too thin to allow excellent glass as in dSLR and enthusiast compacts Caltech has developed a method to focus light without a lens The technology at…
There is a new Qualcomm SoC coming with 14nm architecture. Snapdragon 435 vs Snapdragon 450.
The current top of the line 400 series is Snapdragon 435, but Qualcomm will soon be releasing Snapdragon 450 to replace the 435. (more…)
Google AI is now programming itself
Summary Google has announced AutoML -- automatic machine learning, which beats human engineers at some things. In the future, Google foresees AI neural net design becoming simple enough for the…
Xiaomi Mi Cloud storage is full. The Mi Cloud storage scam.
Summary Xiaomi is forcing full resolution picture taking, which fills up your Mi Cloud space fast, which forces you to buy additional storage if you wish to continue using it.…
China just turned on the world’s biggest floating solar power plant
China has just turned on the largest floating solar farm in the world. The farm is capable of pushing 40 megawatts of juice and floats on a manmade lake in Anhui,…
Oukitel K10000 Pro has a megantic 10000mAh battery
Coming in at 14mm, Oukitel does away with the thin-is-in fad and goes for broke with the 10,000mAh battery K10000 Pro. As with the K6000 Plus, the K10000 Pro adapts…
Elephone resorts to crowdfunding for Elephone Z1
You've got to hand it to Elephone. They have a knack for catching the public's eye and creating excellent levels of hype and awareness. Quality is another matter, but you…
Elephone claims the Elephone Play X will have better picture quality than iPhone 7 Plus
Elephone will soon be releasing the Elephone Play X. This phone will be a " JDI 1080P display, USB type-C and the front Home key will carry fingerprint security. (more…)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600x vs Intel i7 6850k
The tension for AMD fans can be felt in the air. We are about a week away from their official release of AMD's Ryzen CPU (previously known as 'Zen'). To…
Google forcing interactive notification in the Android Nougat 7.1 update
For many users one of the most frustrating things about Chinese phones from Xiaomi and Miuzu and other Chinese brands catering mostly to the China market is that they don't…
Meizu M3X will be the first MTK6757 Helio P20 phone
MTK6757 Helio P20 has arrived Meizu has been putting out phones even longer than Xiaomi, with their first release back in 2007 (Xiaomi's first mobile wasn't released until 2012). And,…