Jul 27
Britney Spears’ Mom Says Star’s Dad Had ‘Physical Altercation’ With Her Sons
Posted in: Today's ChiliJamie Spears is “incapable of putting my daughter’s interests ahead of his own,” Lynne Spears told the court.
Jul 27
Google TV for Android is getting a new look, with improvements to the UI along with the recommendation system. The update – which is rolling out in the US this week – adds new 16:9 widescreen movie and show posters, along with Rotten Tomatoes scores. There’s also the ability to flag whether you’ve already seen something, so that it won’t … Continue reading
Jul 27
McLaren is adding a new droptop to its line-up, with the 765LT Spider chopping the roof off the most recent Longtail. Only 765 of the convertibles will be produced – and only a third of that making it to North America – each with an electrically-operated, one-piece carbon fiber roof and a 755 horsepower engine. The result, as you might’ve … Continue reading
Jul 27
A set of updates were sent by Apple to their various machines out in the wild over the past week that you should be aware of. For the iPhone, we’re talking about iOS 14.7.1 and the security content therein. If you’ve already updated your iPhone to iOS 14.7.1 and do not own any other Apple products, you’re good! You can … Continue reading
Jul 27
MediaTek has its hands on a good chunk of the Chromebook laptop market, thanks to the efficiency of its processors. Still, it is about to take things to the next level by helping OEMs add affordable 5G to more computers.
The Kompanio 1300T is a 6nm 8-cores processor that can be considered a laptop version of the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 utilized in smartphones. Typically, these laptops (or tablets) processors support a higher temperature (or TDP = thermal design point).
It means they can operate faster and hotter for more extended periods, making them appropriate for computer-like compute workloads which are inherently higher than smartphones’. That said, these ARM-based processors use much less power than your typical PC chip and can have significant advantages when it comes to battery life.
The Kompanio 1300T supports 16GB of RAM and UFS 3.1 for storage. That gives OEMs a good amount of configuration and pricing flexibility in the market segments they target. The support for 120Hz 1440p displays also appears reasonable and more than enough in real-world use cases.
MediaTek’s mobile expertise offers exciting potential for video calls because these platforms have high-powered image processing capabilities in the form of dedicated image processors. That assumes the OEMs would install great hardware (we have a camera hardware benchmark for that).
Built-in 5G wireless broadband is one of the most critical aspects of these upcoming Chromebooks since Chrome OS is a web-based platform. It makes a world of difference in productivity terms when going from indoor WiFi connectivity to an always-connected paradigm. With MediaTek’s new offering, I expect to see more 5G, in more Chromebooks, at more affordable prices: consumers win.
New Kompanio 1300T devices will appear during the third quarter of 2021.
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T Processor for 5G Chromebooks
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Jul 27
The release of the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset was given a bit of a kick in the pants by reports of skin irritation on the faces of some users. Though Oculus suggests that “a very small percentage of users” reported said skin irritation where the foam portion of the facial interface rests on the skin, they’re offering a replacement … Continue reading
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