Mastercard wants in on esports, and it’s going in big. The company Tuesday announced in Singapore a new partnership with the Riot Games’ League of Legends, which is currently one of the biggest (if not the biggest) esport. A recent tournament, the Mid-Season Invitational, saw close to 20 million players watching online streams, and the …
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Canon has a new shooter to take on Sony’s lead in the full-frame mirrorless segment. The EOS R made its official debut today and joins the Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras as the new kids on the block. While pricing for the EOS R has not yet been revealed — Canon will only reveal it on Sept. 12 — the …
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The red OnePlus 6 makes a statement. James Martin/CNET The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. CNET was first to report that the OnePlus 6T will arrive in October for $550, sold exclusively by T-Mobile in the US. The OnePlus 6T is the next iteration of OnePlus’ successful franchise of “affordable high-end” Android phones. They typically sell at …
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If you like using Windows on your Mac, then Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac may fit your needs. The updated software, released Tuesday, lets you run Microsoft Windows as a virtual machine on your Macbook or Mac and sports features that lets you seamlessly copy and paste information back and forth between Windows and MacOS. Parallels said the 14th version comes with …
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If you want to shoot super-high quality virtual-reality video or images, Insta360’s new Pro 2 could be just the thing. Loaded with six cameras that can take 8K 360-degree 3D videos and 12K photos, the Insta360 Pro 2 is meant for professional videographers and has a $5,000 price tag to boot. It also shoots high dynamic range videos, which alongside …
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The Art of Science, an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia, has taken on the interesting challenge of blending art and a healthy dose of science education. The free exhibition, held at the Federation Square in the city, features images and videos taken from medical research, and the pictures of cancer cells or protein structures are visually stunning. With five days left …
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Huawei’s Honor Play, a gaming focused phone, will go on sale Tuesday in four new countries in Asia. This marks the Play’s first appearance outside China since it was first announced back in June. The gaming focused phone will likely also be announced at IFA Berlin at the end of the month. Loaded with a feature called GPU Turbo, the …
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It looks like the cat, well chip, is out of the bag. A teardown of Xiaomi’s beautiful Mi 8 Explorer Edition, which features a transparent back panel that lets you supposedly peek into the phone’s innards to see stuff like a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, has revealed that the chip you see isn’t actually a sticker, but it’s also not the actual processor …
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Apple‘s had Face ID on its iPhone X for a while now, and Samsung aims to have something similar or even better, soon. The Korean tech giant has been granted a patent for its 2014 filing of a biometric camera by the US Patent Office, and it will feature iris recognition as well as 3D face recognition, reports Patently Apple. It will …
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With Apple’s AirPower still very much missing in action, those looking to wirelessly charge their AirPods can look to Ortek’s aptly named Wireless Charging Receiver for AirPods APR-100. Resembling the old iPhone docks, the APR-100 plugs into the AirPods case’s Lightning port and acts as a receiver for Qi charging. It does increase the size of the AirPod case by a …
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