For its annual August Samsung Unpacked event, the company promised us at least five new devices, and delivered with the Galaxy Z Fold 2, a couple of Galaxy Note 20 models, the Galaxy Buds Live, the Galaxy Tab S7 tablet, Galaxy Watch 3 and more. Following similar events by companies like Apple, which have shifted events …

Microsoft’s xCloud cloud-gaming service is getting some accessories of its own. Along with today’s news that the service will be launching on Sept. 15 as part of its $15/month XBox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, the company heralded new mobile entries in its Designed for Xbox line, in this case just slightly modified versions of existing third-party products.  Mobile controllers are …

It’s a big week for AMD and Lenovo’s partnership: On Wednesday, the two co-launched the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro processor for Lenovo’s new ThinkStation P620, and Thursday, Lenovo followed up with new gaming systems. They’re essentially variations on the Intel-based systems announced in May. The laptop CPU of choice for the laptops is unsurprisingly AMD’s Ryzen 4000 H series, the …

Leica’s a slow-moving giant for a camera company, though fans don’t seem to mind. Its latest expansion to its M10 interchangeable rangefinder line finally breaks the 24-megapixel barrier for color with a new home-grown 40-megapixel sensor in the new M10-R. (The Monochrom turned 40-megapixel earlier this year). The company claims the new sensor has a better dynamic range than the …

Razer’s coming to battle the small fries who currently dominate the market of 60% mechanical keyboards with its Huntsman Mini, the first prebuilt mainstream model and Razer’s first. It will come in two colors — black and Mercury (the Huntsman Mini Mercury Edition) — with a choice of Razer’s purple (clicky) or red (linear) optical switches. And if you’re shoehorning …

Gentlemen, start your rendering engines. AMD finally brings a workstation-class — in other words, security-conscious — processor to challenge the Intel Xeon on the desktop with its Ryzen Threadripper Pro. With up to 64 cores, the pro version of AMD’s multicore powerhouse Threadripper processors incorporates essentials like support for massive amounts of memory and board-level security, critical for uses which …

If you always yearned for a white Dell XPS laptop but needed something bigger than 13 inches, now you’re in luck: Dell has expanded its white scheme to the 2020 models of the XPS 15, as well as to the redesigned, smaller XPS Desktop. The company also launched new, sleeker-looking models of its mainstream S-series monitors, headlined by a 32-inch …

Future former camera manufacturer Olympus announced (PDF) Wednesday it has agreed to sell its imaging business to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners. The deal will be complete by the end of the year. JIP bought Olympus’ telecom business in 2012 and snapped up Sony’s Vaio computers in 2014, to name a couple investments. Though cameras is the best known area …

Acer’s entry-level thin and light-ish gaming laptop debuted last year everywhere but here in the US. Now the Predator Triton 300 is finally joining its big brother, the Triton 500, in North America, as announced during Acer’s Next @ Acer live event on June 23. The new version of the Triton gets an up-to-date processor, new graphics chip options and …

Dell’s gaming gear for the Alienware-averse crowd is getting a revamp this summer, most notably at the top of the line. The new Dell G7 laptop differentiates itself from its popular sibling the G5 with a sleek redesign, available in a 17-inch or 15-inch model. Dell rounds out its updates with flat and curved 27-inch gaming monitors. In addition to …