Aaron Leong
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Oppo's upcoming Find N5 foldable phablet is thin enough to make even regular slab phones jealous. More importantly for our U.S. readers, almost every aspect of the Find N5, including its slimness, near-invisible display crease, and of course, potent innards will show up in its corporate cousin, the OnePlus Open 2...
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Sennheiser's consumer audio division has released a wallet-friendly headphone by way of the HD 505. It's a wired, open-back circumaural headphone that sits under the vaunted HD 600 series, something Sennheiser claims to bring the company's signature balanced sound to a wider audience as much as to audiophiles. Judging...
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No one would blame you if you didn't realize that the entity behind the defunct E3 gaming expo—Entertainment Software Association, or ESA—still exists. The group is back with a new gaming event, but it's not what you might expect. Called "iicon" or Interactive Innovation Conference, this event isn't open to the public...
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2024 was apparently good to Ferrari. It made strong profits and momentum nearly across the board, which has given the famed car brand the confidence to not just launch several new vehicles this year, but reveal its first ever EV. Some of the new models are expected to be an SF90 Stradale successor and a track-focused...
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If you've seen photos of the far side of the moon, specifically of two long canyons within what is called the Schrödinger basin and wondered what created them, look no further—researches have determined that ejecta from an ancient asteroid strike carved out the grand canyons (Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck) in...
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ASUS is coming in early with the Zenfone 12 Ultra premium flagship phone. Previous Ultras were traditionally launched in summer, but alas here we are with some nice upgrades, including camera sensors, a gimbal stabilizer, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, plus AI this and AI that. Two downers though: firstly...
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Almost by accident, a researcher stumbled upon a unique galactic event 50 million years in the making. Apparently NASA's Hubble Space Telescope had captured a ringed galaxy (LEDA 1313424) that not only heavily resembles a bullseye, but with nine (perhaps more) rings now holds the record for the most rings observed in...
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Sonos has plans this year to launch a video streaming box and sources say that it could cost a pretty penny. It promises to be a one-stop shop for all your entertainment streaming services and needs, which is par for course in this category. However, the box also promises to be an HDMI switcher with passthrough...
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As a part of its grand plans for outer space domination, China intends on sending another Chang'e probe into space next year. The mission this time is to search for water potentially frozen in the far side of the moon after previous Chinese probes had found potential for further exploration. Discovering frozen water...
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The next Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could (and we stress could) have a selfie camera feature that has long been incorporated by other brands, namely an under-screen camera. A rumor appearing on X states that the camera hole isn't visible on the display of a prototype S26 Ultra. Of course, whether this is true or...
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An eBay seller and collector wants to sell one of the handful of Nintendo GameCube "announcement models" still in existence. This particular unit was one of the few announcement units at the Space World 2000 product premiere, which makes this piece of gaming console history quite special. We just don't think it's...
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Unless you've been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, news of President Donald Trump's import tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada shouldn't come as a surprise. With Trump finally signing executive orders on Saturday under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the heavy tariffs (up to...
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At the Galaxy Unpacked event last month, Samsung revealed what could in store this summer: the Samsung-Google XR headset, a pair of smart glasses, the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and a tri-fold phone. Pertaining to the latter, a leakster has come forward claiming that the new model will be called the Samsung Galaxy G Fold with...
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Ford Performance has unveiled two new crate motors for your next project car: one is the supercharged 7.3-liter 1,000+ horsepower Megazilla 2.0 V8, while the other is the supercharged 5.0-liter 810 hp Coyote V8. One is completely street legal and even comes with a two-year warranty; unfortunately it's not the...
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Samsung is still months away from revealing its latest family of Galaxy Z foldables, but leaks have emerged presenting specs on both the Z Fold 7 phablet and Z Flip 6 compact flip phone. One piece of good news is that there will be no price change from the Z Fold/Flip 6 (memory and storage configuration dependent, of...
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Yes, there's a chance that a recently spotted asteroid named 2024 YR4 could strike Earth in 2032, but experts are deeming the 196-foot wide small-body a low 1-in-83 strike risk, although others believe the closeness of the approach path to our planet in eight years still warrants some due caution. Still, we're usually...
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Porsche took the Taycan GTS to the frigid climes of Finland to attempt another Guinness World Record. This time, the car, in the hands of Porsche instructor Jens Richter, successfully drifted the electric sports sedan around the company's Artic Center circuit for a total of 132 laps for 46 minutes, covering 17.5...
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If the pictures and video below are any (true) indicators, the upcoming iPhone SE 4 will retain the previous generation's simple back cover while gaining build and materials that nearly matches its pricier siblings. Eagle eyed viewers will also notice the inclusion of a notch in the front for the camera and sensors...
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A growing number of Garmin activity watch users are reporting watches being rendered unusable when powering up or when starting a GPS track. Many owners also report their watches displaying a blue triangle before their watches seized to function. The source of the issue is unknown, but Garmin's troop of support and...
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Nothing is hyping up the Internet with a short teaser depicting its trademark Glyph-like lighting effects surrounding (possibly...maybe) a triple camera array. What phone does the camera island belong to? Is it the Nothing Phone (3) or (3a)? Or perhaps it's all a ruse and not a phone at all. Maybe it's Nothing's...
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About a week ago, a sheriff's office in Chelan County, Washington, received an SOS alert via satellite. The notification came from an Apple Watch belonging to a backcountry skier and alert data indicated that the skier had fallen 1,000 feet near Steven's Pass Ski Area and that the person sustained a leg injury. Upon...
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Samsung has laid down the gauntlet with a bold declaration that progress on developing a non-invasive continuous glucose monitor is progressing swimmingly. A company executive claimed that positive strides in active diabetes monitoring sensors combined with AI "will be a game-changer." However, the executive and the...
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