As it does most years, JBL announced several new products at the IFA trade show in Berlin, which is taking place in-person and virtually in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new products include additions to its true-wireless headphones and portable speaker lines along with some new models in its PartyBox speaker collection. Here’s a …

The IFA tech show may not be running as normal in Berlin, due to the coronavirus, but that didn’t stop Samsung from showing off a wealth of new gear in a virtual press conference it called “Life Unstoppable.” Alongside its newly unveiled Galaxy Fold 2 foldable phone, here’s what the company had to offer. The Premiere 4K laser projector This …

Samsung’s Galaxy A42 5G phone. Samsung Samsung has announced three more mobile products: the Galaxy A42 5G smartphone, the budget Galaxy Tab A7 and the Trio wireless charger. The company on Wednesday hosted a virtual Life Unstoppable event taking place at the same time as the virtual IFA electronics show in Berlin. The new 5G phone will be part of …

Update, Aug. 17, 2021: Google has unveiled the Pixel 5A with 5G, which we have reviewed. Original story follows. After a delayed launch and months of leaked teasers, Google’s Pixel 4A finally arrived in August. The second-gen budget Pixel was officially unveiled for $349 (£349, AU$599). This year, however, Google didn’t launch a 4A XL, which would have been a direct …

Walmart has seen its e-commerce business grow enormously during the coronavirus pandemic, as millions of people have avoided venturing into stores. The big box retailer is now doubling down on its ambitious e-retail goals to help it keep expanding online and to help shoppers get digital orders faster. On Monday, Walmart said it’s building out its e-commerce membership program to …

After months of staying at home, chances are you’ve streamed your share of TV shows and movies. And maybe you’ve noticed a thing or two about whatever streaming device you’re using. Maybe Netflix doesn’t load as quickly as you’d like, maybe the remote is a pain to operate, maybe that old tablet is slowing to a crawl. In short, maybe …

Remember the opening scene from the original Iron Man, when Tony Stark’s convoy is ambushed and the eccentric billionaire whips out a phone that swivels open to call for help? The year was 2008, and that was an LG VX9400, one of the company’s earlier forays into phones that rotate to open, rather than flip. We may be getting a sequel. …

Intel officially announced its 11th-gen Core mobile processors, Wednesday, as well as its Iris Xe integrated graphics that promises discrete-level performance. Dynabook (formerly Toshiba) didn’t waste any time getting these new CPUs into a couple of its small work laptops, the upcoming Portege X30W-J two-in-one and X30L-J notebook.  Made from magnesium, both systems are incredibly lightweight, with the two-in-one coming …

As part of Intel’s rollout of its 11th-gen Core mobile processors with Iris Xe graphics, Acer on Wednesday announced updates to its line of slim, lightweight laptops, the Swift 5 and Swift 3. At launch, the Swift 5 will also be one of the first laptops to meet the requirements of Intel’s Evo platform as part of the chipmaker’s Project …

After months of canceled events, the IFA trade show in Berlin is going to try something different: entertain actual attendees in person.  IFA will proceed from Sept. 3 to 5 with a scaled-back in-person component and other virtual events. Mainstays like Samsung are opting to forgo IFA entirely and instead host their own digital launches. The show will only let …