Aaron Leong
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Ay caramba, a four cylinder grand tourer for $107,000? That's what it'll cost buyers to own the new 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT43. Even if it's pricey up front, the car is actually now the cheapest in the whole AMG GT lineup, undercutting the AMG GT55 by $30k. That said, if an open-top experience is more of your thing, may...
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Oura, one of the leaders in the growing smart ring arena, claims that Apple doesn't have what it takes to make an Apple smart ring. It believes that Apple doesn't want a ring to undercut what the Apple Watch already does so well. Well, those are some fighting words, indeed. Presently, Apple has scrapped its plans for a smart ring, but with
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Oh my, what big 200 megapixel eyes you have! Aimed at mobile photography enthusiasts, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra (due early 2025) will be packing four rather capable cameras, one of which is a 200MP periscope lens with 100mm focal length and 4.3x zoom. Its three other cameras aren't slouches either, plus the fact that the...
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Ever looked at your smartphone charging port and thought: "Hey, that'd make a great mouthpiece for a digital flute of some kind?" Well, an Italian company has done one better by creating a USB-C-powered MIDI controller with a mouthpiece users can blow into. When paired with a companion app, your mobile device turns...
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Smartphones powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite beastmode chipset are beginning to trickle in. One of the first is the Nubia RedMagic 10 Pro series, launching initially in China this week with the international version arriving in December. These flagship gaming phones will be packed to the gills with big numbers...
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Alphabeats, pioneers in mental and focus training by fusing music with neurofeedback technology, have teamed up with Muse to bring music-driven mental training to their consumer electroencephalogram (EEG) platform. This partnership lowers the price barrier to a wider spectrum of users, undercutting Alphabeat's current...
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A one-off version of Lamborghini's flagship V12-powered Revuelto has been unveiled. Called the "Opera Unica" (meaning "unique piece of design"), the car has a unique paint job inspired by the brightest star in the Taurus Constellation with an interior to match. The car was shown off at the Esperienza Arte in Shanghai...
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Suffering from a severe case of midlife crisis? Just won the lottery and need some ideas on what to spend it on? If your answer is "yes" to one or the other (or both), you might be interested in purchasing one of the ten Batman Tumbler replicas being made by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) and...
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In an interesting turn of events, iPhone users may soon be able to use Google's Gemini assistant on their phones, and also initiate it directly from the lock screen, which would give Siri some proper competition. If a leak by a user in Philippines is any indicator, the Gemini Live app could soon appear in an Apple App...
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A long-term study monitoring health impacts of 83,000 adults have definitely found that standing desks per se might not be all they're cracked up to be. Following years of scientists (and standing desk advocates) warning on the harms of sitting, this new study comes as a shocker. Don't worry though, there's no need to...
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Foldable smartphones may still be niche products, but they've become tech showcases for their respective brands. Chinese phone maker Oppo is arguably one of the forerunners in this aspect and if rumors of the upcoming Find N5 are any indicators, this foldable will be the most potent of its kind come 2025. With more...
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Kia is back at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas with a couple of EV concepts—one is a modular campervan for go-green adventurers, while the other is an toughened version of the EV9 SUV. If the North Korean automaker has anything to say about it, at least one of these cars may make...
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Honda has revealed the first V-3 engine ever with force induction, and an electric one at that. Not only is it a looker, but the water-cooled engine arranges three pistons in a 75-degree vee—two angled towards the front and one towards the rear—and sports electric forced induction. It's meant for large-displacement...
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General Motors is hard set on developing its own custom user interface for some of its future products, replacing the likes of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The reason? Improved safety, usability, and driver attention. The company believes that removing smartphone projections and integrating apps into GM's own...
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According to an anonymous tip, Apple is working on 90Hz refresh rate LCD panels that could find their way into multiple products, including the 2025 iPad Air, Studio Display monitor, and perhaps even the iMac. Can we say that it's about time it happened? The current 60Hz displays on these devices have been crying for...
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Over the weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning that there have been deceptive videos in circulation "falsely claiming to be from the FBI relating to election security." Two misinformative videos pertaining to ballot fraud and Kamala Harris' husband have been called to light as false with...
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Amazon's highly-anticipated Kindle Colorsoft e-book reader may have had fans lining up to get their grubs on the company's first ever color e-reader, but merely a week after release, some owners are getting a case of buyer's remorse. Complaints are coming in about a strip of yellow tint at the lower quadrant of the...
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Huawei is about to unleash the Mate 70 series of flagship smartphones into the wild, and leaks are showing significant upgrades to the chipset, battery, and camera package. The phone is also expected to be announced in November, pipping out Samsung's Galaxy S25 for the limelight. Of course, the final beast-of-a-phone...
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The OnePlus 13 has officially landed in China and it looks like a proper stonker of a phone, as many leaks and teasers before it have hinted at. While there's a chance that the specs of the global model (when it arrives in 2025) may have minor changes, we believe the core features will carry over. Future buyers can...
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Porsche is rolling them out like hotcakes! Fresh off the 2025 911 GT3 (a.k.a. 992.2 generation) release earlier in October, the German automaker is offering the new 992.2 version of the enthusiast-focused 911 Carrera T. Some of the changes and surprises for this iteration include the debut of a convertible model, more...
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However you see it, Nothing has a strong global fanbase, and what better way to show that you're listening to your fans than having them help develop a special edition Nothing phone? As a first byproduct of the Nothing Community Edition Project, the Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition is quite unique—it has a...
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A joint statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (CISA) have revealed that parties affiliated with People's Republic of China have gained access to U.S. commercial telecommunication infrastructure. Some of the phones targeted by the attack...
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