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The wait is over! Obi-Wan Kenobi has premiered on Disney Plus, marking the return of a fan-favorite Star Wars character, starring Ewan McGregor. The series launched with a two-episode premiere last night, May 26, jumping the gun on the announced air time by a few hours. The remaining four episodes will roll out weekly on Wednesdays going forward. For the duration, we’ll be offering Obi-Wan Kenobi recaps every week on the day of release, so check back here every Wednesday starting next week.
2017 is coming to a close and three major SoC announcements from the big Android mobile chip vendors are rounding off the year. Qualcomm just unveiled its Snapdragon 845, Samsung recently gave away a few details about its next generation Exynos 9810, and Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 is already available in a few products.
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We can’t compare these chips side by side yet, as we’re still waiting on 2018 flagship smartphones to even be announced, let alone arrive in our hands for testing.
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Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Friday, 7 August 2020 1. Finally: The new Sony WH-1000XM4 headphonesTristan Rayner / Android Authority
Oh hey the new Sony WH-1000XM4 are out!
We’ve been seeing some clues that the already excellent Sony WH-1000XM3 were being upgraded, and the new XM4s build on what was already very good.
The (legendary?) XM3s have been at the top of high-end active noise canceling (ANC) recommendation lists forever.
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The Razer mask concept we saw at CES 2021 — known as Project Hazel — will become a real product. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan told Yahoo Finance the product is moving out of the concept stage and into reality. Unfortunately, we don’t know when it would be available nor how much it would cost. At CES 2021, Razer showed off a bunch of new products you can buy, including its newest Blade laptops.
What is Zombie Madness II? Zombie Madness II is a slide and tap shooting game where you mow down hoards of zombies with an ever increasing array of weapons and grenades. It sports modest, but decent graphics, a free (with no in app purchases) price tag, and pretty decent ratings so far.
Here is how it works. Your base has a wall along with a bunker. You can upgrade your bunker, your wall, and add up to four other bunkers to aid in your fight against the zombie hoard.
Android 4.4 KitKat limits the access of apps to the microSD card, by only allowing them to write files to their own folders, a problem that causes issues for all kinds of apps, from file explorers, to music apps, and more.
There’s an entire debate to be had about the purpose of this restriction. Some say it’s a thinly veiled move by Google to push users towards cloud services in general, and Drive in particular.
Whether you’re trying to get caught up on your podcasts or just block out bad freestylers on the train to work, the Treblab Z2 wireless noise-canceling headphones will get the job done. Right now you can get a pair at 69 percent off.
The Z2s feature trademarked Sound 2.0 technology to deliver crisp, clear sound for up to 35 hours of listening, so you can go for days without needing a recharge.
Plenty of speculation has begun to whirl around the Mate 10, some of which was fueled by Huawei‘s own CEO. Even so, we are not at the point where folks will purchase unlocked phones more than carrier variants, something Huawei might have known about, given its alleged partnership with AT&T.
According to The Information‘s sources, the US’ second-largest carrier will sell Huawei’s upcoming flagship device sometime during the first half of 2018.
There is a lot to love about the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. From its the massive and gorgeous display, to its great built-in software, or even the S Pen. Hey, maybe you just think it is sexy.
While some of these were also present in the OG Note, one of the most unique features making its way over to the Note 2 is known as multi-window. This new software feature allows you to run multiple apps in a split-screen mode, effectively taking multitasking to a whole new level.
The OnePlus 5 might be known for its design and cost, but OnePlus really pushes its camera system. After all, the company teamed up with DxO, the company behind the DxOMark camera benchmark, with the OnePlus 5’s box having the “Dual Camera. Clearer Photos” tagline embossed on it. It appears as if DxOMark took note of the camera system too, since the benchmark deemed it one of the better ones out there.