vivo V30 in for review

This is the vivo V30 - one of the first Snapdragon 7 Gen 3-equipped phones around, and the latest in vivo's stylish V series. It comes with a USB cable, a case, and one of the chunkiest chargers we've seen. It justifies its size with 80W peak power output, so we'll let it slide. vivo V30 unboxed The V30 is up to vivo's high standards for design and build quality. In a world that's ever moving to a flat, matte look, the vivo V30 is svelte and very curvaceous. The Aqua model we have for review has a flowing texture underneath the rear glass that's reminiscent of ripples on...

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Deal: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ and Tab S6 Lite discounted, Apple iPads also on sale

The free storage upgrade for the Galaxy S24 series from last week is no longer available. Amazon and Best Buy are still offering their gift cards, but you’re only getting half the storage. Also, the OnePlus 12 and 12R are still on pre-order, nothing has changed there. So, let’s look at some tablets this week instead. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is a relative newcomer. It’s an entry-level slate, but it has an 11” IPS LCD, a 1,920 x 1,200px (16:10) panel running at 90Hz. It is powered by the Snapdragon 695, so there is a 5G option, but there is no discount on that one. As for the Wi-Fi only...

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Both Samsung and TSMC will be keeping 2nm chip manufacturing in their home countries

Leading chip manufacturers Samsung and TSMC are already drafting plans for their respective 2nm manufacturing. According to a recent report by the SCMP (South China Morning Post) and the Korean Times, Samsung is planning to start 2nm manufacturing in South Korea next year. The company is also investing a total of KRW 500 trillion ($371 billion) by 2047 into a “mega-cluster” semiconductor plant near Seoul, consisting of 13 chip plants and three research facilities where 2nm manufacturing will take place. As for TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited), it plans to...

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New Snapdragon 8 Gen series SoC tipped, could be the SD 8s Gen 2 or Gen 3 Lite

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC recently surfaced with an AnTuTu score of over 3 million. It will likely go official in September or October this year, but before that, Qualcomm could announce a new Snapdragon 8 Gen series SoC, tipped to have model designation SM8635. The word comes from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, who said the SM8635 is manufactured on TSMC's 4nm node and includes one Cortex-X4 core clocked at 2.9GHz, with the graphically intensive tasks handled by the Adreno 735 GPU. DCS also claimed that the SM8635 has an AnTuTu score of around 1.7 million. It's unclear...

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Apple is reportedly preparing to buy an AI startup to anonymize private data in images

You know how both Google and Apple blur faces and license plates and other potentially personal info from their maps imagery? It’s an important step to protect user privacy, which is well appreciated. In the modern AI-driven age, it comes as no surprise that there might be a better and more elegant solution. Enter German AI startup Brighter AI. Its Deep Natural Anonymization 2.0 technology promises to achieve facial and data anonymity through AI modification of images rather than blurring. This results in a way more natural look for the resulting images and downright makes blurring seem like...

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Apple Vision Pro torture test is hard to watch but pretty informative

The internet is a wonderful place, and of course, it was just a matter of time before somebody started abusing the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro for "testing purposes". If you have a weak stomach for test gore, you probably shouldn't watch the video. Joking aside, while definitely not scientific in any way, the video does provide some actually valuable insights into the general durability of the headset. First, the good news is that you probably don't have anything to worry about with general use. The Vision Pro tanked small bumps and scrapes like a champ. Other than some scratches on...

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Here are all of Apple's official promo videos for the Vision Pro

Apple's first "spatial computer" became available earlier today, following a very successful pre-order campaign (for a niche expensive product like this one). The Vision Pro headset starts at $3,499 and is currently only for sale in the US. Apple has today outed its second video ad for the Vision Pro (the first one went out a few days ago), here it is: At the same time, Apple's created a bunch of videos meant to help you figure out how to use the headset. Let's start with attaching the power cable and turning on the Vision Pro. Next up, let's see how to set up the Zeiss...

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