OnePlus announced a new budget phone along with a tablet and a watch. The OnePlus 15R sits below the flagship model, featuring a 6.83-inch 165Hz AMOLED screen and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip. It comes with 12GB of RAM and either 256GB or 512GB storage, priced around 664 or 760 dollars. A huge 7400 mAh battery supports 80-watt charging.
The phone uses a 50 megapixel main camera and boasts high durability ratings. The Pad Go 2 tablet has a 12.1-inch LCD screen and a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra processor, starting at 332 dollars. The Watch Lite is a 170 dollar smartwatch with a 1.46-inch display and over 100 sport modes, though its charger is sold separately.
AMD added a low-power version of its RX 9060 XT graphics card. The new Radeon RX 9060 XT LP model cuts the typical board power to 140 watts, down from 160 watts on the standard 16GB card. This also lowers the recommended power supply requirement to 450 watts.
The trade-off is a slight underclock, reducing peak FP32 performance from 25.6 to 25 teraflops. It retains the same 16GB of memory and core hardware specs. This SKU is aimed at compact or quieter builds where thermal and power budgets are tight, offering easier system integration with a small performance concession. It is not a different class of card, just a tuned variant for efficiency.
Sapphire thinks the messy memory market might calm down a bit in about six to eight months. Company rep Edward Crisler said prices could stabilize, but not necessarily drop back to what consumers want. He described the current volatility as a supply issue mixed with major uncertainty, causing manufacturers to act defensively.
Stabilization just means prices stop swinging wildly, not that they will go down. They could settle at a higher plateau if supply stays tight. This directly impacts graphics card costs too, since VRAM is a key component. Crisler noted that price adjustments are already happening.
He warned against panic buying, saying it makes shortages and high prices worse. If your current PC works, waiting for a more...
An early Geekbench listing shows Intel's upcoming Panther Lake mobile chip, the Core Ultra 7 365, might be slower than current models. The eight-core processor, with four performance and four efficiency cores, was spotted in a Lenovo test system. It scored 2451 in single-core and 9714 in multi-core tests.
These numbers are lower than existing Lunar Lake chips like the 268V and 258V, trailing by roughly six to eleven percent. The result could be due to pre-release firmware, different power limits, or platform tuning on the test unit, which had 64GB of RAM. Early benchmarks often do not reflect final retail performance. More data from production systems is needed to see if this is an actual step back or just a quirk of immature software.
FSP launched a new small form factor case called the S210 series. This microATX tower, with a volume of around 23 liters, aims for space efficiency without sacrificing standard parts compatibility. The black model measures 350 by 212 by 310 millimeters and uses SPCC steel with a tempered glass side panel. Mesh sections on the front and top aid airflow, and it features a built-in carry handle.
The chassis fits graphics cards up to 340 millimeters long and CPU coolers up to 170 millimeters tall. It accepts standard ATX power supplies, though length is capped at 140 millimeters. For cooling, it supports a 240 millimeter radiator or two fans on top plus a single rear fan. Storage options include mounts for three 2.5-inch drives, with one...
Kingston is warning that SSD shortages are about to get worse. Cameron Crandall, a company manager, said on a podcast that NAND flash supply constraints will likely intensify within a month, pushing prices even higher. Costs for this crucial component have already skyrocketed this year, jumping about 246 percent. Most of that increase happened in just the last two months.
Since NAND flash makes up nearly 90 percent of an SSD's cost, these rises directly impact final product pricing. The situation is creating major uncertainty, leading OEMs to lock in large supply contracts. While some industry reps advise against panic buying, they admit challenges will persist for months.
The storage crunch is not limited to solid-state drives...
Zimbabwe might be on the verge of an investment shift, thanks to carbon credit insurance. This financial tool, while still new locally, is seen as a way to unlock foreign cash for green projects. Officials like Zida CEO Tafadzwa Chinamo say it can de-risk investments, making the country more attractive for climate finance.
Experts argue that this insurance is key to drawing in private money. It protects investors from policy changes or project failures, making lenders more willing to finance things like renewable energy. Kuda Manyanga and Byron Zamasiya point to successful projects in Ghana and Senegal where risk coverage secured major funding. They contrast that with stalled ventures in Africa, including Zimbabwe’s own Harava solar...
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe wants to bail from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. This delisting, needing shareholder approval, would erase over 700 million dollars from the market's total value. Analysts, like Kuda Taimo, warn that this guts one of the exchange's most liquid and popular stocks, further wrecking investor confidence.
The company claims its share price is grossly undervalued. It hopes that going private will unlock shareholder value and improve capital access. Their market cap swung wildly after the announcement, briefly hitting a billion dollars before settling near 739 million. With Econet gone, the whole exchange's value could drop to around 2.35 billion dollars from over 3 billion.
This move continues a bad trend for the...
Audulus just went permanently free. The modular audio app, which runs on iOS, iPad, Mac, and now iPhone again, dropped version 4.7 with no subscriptions or paywalls. You get the full node-based environment for building synths and effects.
They added a new tier of paid content called Pro Modules. These are optional one-time purchases for more advanced, production-ready tools. The update also brings back iPhone support and adds AUv3 plugin functionality for use in other music apps.
Other features include Lua and Canvas scripting for custom DSP and visuals. It supports MIDI input and output, along with iCloud syncing across devices. The app itself remains a visual playground for creating instruments or processors from scratch.
