Xiaomi to launch Mi Box, new Mi TWS earphones on Friday

Xiaomi is launching its Mi 10 lineup in India on Friday, May 8. In series of tweets, the company and its regional director Manu Kumar Jain revealed more stuff will be introduced during the live stream - a device that turns every TV into a Smart TV which is most likely a Mi Box; and true wireless earphones resembling Apple's AirPods. Imagine watching all that amazing content on #Internet on your TV.Imagine turning your TV into a #SmartTV.😎Mi fans, we're launching one more device with #Mi10 on May 8. Leave your guesses in comments.Tag your friends who need to turn their TV into a...

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Poco F2 Pro launch details leak, it will be on May 12

The follow-up to the original Pocophone F1 is a highly-anticipated phone and we had quite a few leaks for the last couple of weeks too. And those of you who are looking forward to the release would be happy to know that it's happening as early as next week. So here's the POCO F2 Pro launch details for you guys. Feel free to retweet 👍Date: 12 May 2020Time: 14:00Location: Madrid, Spain.— Sudhanshu (@Sudhanshu1414) May 6, 2020 According to a reputable leakster, the Poco F2 Pro launch will happen on May 12 in Madrid, Spain at 14:00 local time. Of course, it's not official and we...

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Huawei's HiSilicon division enters the top 10 global semiconductor ranking

Huawei's HiSilicon chips are getting increasingly popular these days and it shows. According to the most recent market analysis, the fabless chipmaker entered the top 10 global semiconductor rankings and it's actually the first Chinese company ever to do so. In just one year, the company jumped to 10th position from 15th with an impressive 54% growth year-over-year compared to the first quarter of 2019. HiSilicon accounts for around 14% of the TSMC's sales in 2019 and combined with Apple, both secure 37% of TSMC's total sales. Nvidia is the other addition to the top 10 rankings with...

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Microsoft announces the Surface Book 3, Surface Go 2 and Surface Headphones 2

Microsoft just announced a slew of new products with the Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2 being the highlight. There aren't any major design changes with the Book 3, but the under the hood tweaks are significant while the Go 2 is having both. The biggest change in the Surface Book 3 is the newest 10th Generation Intel CPUs on board. The company is keeping both flavors - the 13.5-inch and the 15-inch variant. The former can be configured with Core i5 and Core i7 processors with the base model starting at $1,599, while the base model with a discrete Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU starts at...

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Samsung extends warranty on some of its products in Croatia even further

Samsung, along with other big OEMs, extended the warranty on most of its products due to the COVID-19 crisis about a month ago. With the service centers closed, the company had to compensate its customers somehow, so anyone with a Samsung device with expiring warranty between March 20 and April 30 will be able to fix their phone until May 31. Today, Samsung Croatia is extending that period even further. Since the extended period is slightly different depending on the market, the new date for Croatian Samsung owners is pushed back to July 15. Initially, customers in the country had...

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Xiaomi starts recruiting MIUI 12 Global ROM pilot testers in India

Xiaomi announced its MIUI 12 custom Android skin last month. The beta program for MIUI 12 is already live in the company's home country China, and now Xiaomi is looking for MIUI 12 Global ROM pilot testers in India. Xiaomi is currently recruiting MIUI 12 pilot testers for only two smartphones - Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro - but the list of eligible devices will likely grow soon. Those interested have time until May 14, 9 PM IST to apply for the pilot testing program. You can head over to the source link at the end of this article for all the details. But do note that this isn't the...

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