Aloysius Low

Singapore parent takes school to court to get kid’s iPhone back

If you’re looking for a textbook example of helicopter parenting, a father in Singapore has stepped up to the plate. The man sued his son’s school over a confiscated Apple iPhone 7, which he used during school hours in breach of its rules. The phone was to have been confiscated for three months, but the …

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Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan first in Asia to get new iPad Pro

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Some of the most exciting news out of Apple‘s WWDC conference was the announcement of two new iPad Pros. But if you live in Asia and want one, you may need to do some travelling.  The 10.5- and 12.9-inch tablets will hit Singapore …

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This box of graphics cards is immersed in liquid to keep cool

If I told you a great way to keep your flaming hot PC components cool is to dunk them into a mysterious liquid you’d probably think I’m crazy. I’m not. Allied Control’s Immersion Cooling demo at Computex Thursday was certainly cool. The company squeezed 10 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards, stripped of their cooling fans, as well as two Intel …

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This clever case mod is a PC stored in a giant plastic sphere

In Win’s Winbot looks like it dropped out of a giant gachapon vending machine. But while a gachapon machine dispenses plastic bubbles filled with toys, this one’s got a powerful PC inside. Inside, the Winbot is no slouch. It comes loaded with an Intel Core i7 processor, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card and a 1,250W power supply from …

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Toy train chugs along with no battery thanks to infrared lasers

The toy train chugged endlessly along the Wi-Charge booth… until I put my hand over it to block the laser that was transmitting power to it. It’s certainly impressive tech, especially considering it’s the only thing being demoed at the booth. It was surrounded by signs stating clearly that there were no batteries powering the toy train. It’s not the …

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This necklace helps keep women in India safe

It’s no secret that India has problems when it comes to the safety of women.  While the government has been taking steps to address the issue after horrific incidents and widespread protests, sexual crimes apparently continue to occur. But a Singapore startup is hoping to help women feel safer, as well as ensure they have help if they need it. …

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Don’t expect a super

If you still prefer your powerful gaming laptop to have a palm rest below your keyboard, Dell may be one of your options in the future. Unlike the radical designs of Acer’s Predator Triton 700 and the Asus ROG Zephyrus — both moved the keyboard downward and are doing away with the palm rest to fit GeForce GTX 1080 into …

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AMD: Hey Intel, we have lots of CPU cores too

AMD’s new 16-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU is all set to take on Intel’s 18-core Core i9 in high-end desktops. Making the announcements on Wednesday in Taipei at its Computex press event, the company said the new CPUs would be shipping in summer 2017. It’s not the first time AMD’s debuted multicore chips though — earlier models like the Ryzen 7 featured up …

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This spinning wheel case mod is a fidget spinner deluxe

I’ve seen plenty of case mods in my career covering tech, but this spinning case is pretty much the best I’ve come across. Made by “Modder Crow” from Thailand, the Wheel of Star took first place at CoolerMaster’s Case Mod World Series 2017 and it’s hard not to see why. The inner components are hidden carefully behind the design, but …

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Asus goes big on slim laptops at Computex

Now playing: Watch this: Asus finds its Zen with the world’s thinnest convertible… 1:04 There wasn’t a new ZenFone to be seen at Computex and it feels deliberate. Instead of launching a new phone like last year at one of the biggest PC-focused events in the region, the Taiwanese manufacturer is going back to its roots with a launch of …

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