Lenovo, the ThinkPad brand’s guardian since 2005 seems to have let lightness and slimness take a back seat with the XI Extreme. However, does the new ThinkPad offer enough to merit a buy? Let’s find out.

Publication: Digit

This is a list of the top 3 products put together by the publication across different segments. AMD’s Radeon RX 590 has received a mention under the Mid-range graphics card category.

Publication: Digit

The latest member of the new NVIDIA RTX family is the mid-tier RTX 2060. Having managed to incorporate a whole new paradigm with the hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing feature, the new Turing architecture based NVIDIA cards were marketed with a lot of emphasis on the ray tracing and DLSS features. The RTX 2060 would be the at the bottom of the RTX stack with upcoming entry-level cards not shipping with any RT cores.

Publication: Digit

Laptops are losing it! Just about a decade ago, laptops were bulky devices that you were forced to lug to your workplaces in boring black bags. Working on them was equally boring, since they were not the very most visually pleasing. But with brands like Sony and Lenovo styling up laptops in different form-factors, designs and colours, things started brightening up. As Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) became a trend, the onus was on the user to procure devices, so laptops became sleeker and cooler looking.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Don’t look now: Storm clouds are gathering over tech. Chinese consumers have pulled back their spending, blowing a $9 billion hole in Apple’s recent quarterly revenue China was again a culprit when Nvidia warned last month that its revenue would come in 20 % below expectations, though the graphics chip maker also blamed slack de­mand from Bitcoin miners and cloud data centers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Autonomous cars have traversed all the way from science fiction to reality in just a few years. Taking us to the age of driverless cars, Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, introduced the world’s first commercial robotaxi service in Phoenix, US, in December. While questions about risks, safety and moral dilemmas’ when a car has to decide whether to run over a group of children or kill its own occupants’ remain, we can still imagine a future filled with driverless cars.

Publication: Mint ; Hindustan Times

Budget laptops for everyday or casual use are abundantly available in the market, but finding one that doesn’t sacrifice a lot to fit a low budget can be a tricky affair. Asus is targeting cost-conscious buyers with its recently launched VivoBook 15 (X505Z).

Publication: NDTV Gadgets360

Intelligent networking is already making its way into the enterprise, forever changing the ways in which both traffic and resources are managed. 2018 was a definitive year as the use of AI was dominated by big tech companies like IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and a few smaller tech-based start-ups are leading the way in the early adoption of these and other technologies. A key breakthrough has been Cloud-based AI which has made the technology cheaper and easier as we came to the close of 2018.

Publication: Communications Today

Acer has launched two Chromebases for meetings and personal computing. The Acer Chromebase for Meetings 24V2 is a one-touch video conferencing system for small spaces, while the Acer Chromebase 24I2 is an ideal office workstation or can be used as an in-store kiosk. The Acer Chromebase for Meetings 24V2 supports conferencing with up to 25 callers with Google Hangouts Meet, up to 50 callers with G Suite Business, and up to 100 callers with G Suite Enterprise.

Publication: Digit

CES is such a big show that there’s never enough time to see everything, or to write about it all. Since the show earlier this month, I’ve discussed my opinions on some of the big trends: Every product is trying to be “smart,” with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant winning the battle for orchestrating the smart home.

Publication: PCMag

The Acer Predator XB271HU monitor has the perfect list of specs for gamers with a WQHD resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and G-Sync built-in. Acer is a common name when it comes to gaming monitors, and the Predator XB271HU is big reason why. This 27-inch gaming monitor ticks all of the right boxes, combining high refresh rates, good resolution, and low response time in a value-stuffed package.

Publication: Business Insider

NVIDIA today released GeForce 418.81 WHQL software. The drivers add support for mobile versions of GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs. The desktop version adds optimization for 3DMark Port Royal benchmark, in addition to its DLSS (deep learning supersampling) AA setting. The drivers add or improve NVIDIA SLI support for “Anthem,” “Assetto Corsa Competizione,” “Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2,” “Life is strange Season 2,” “NBA 2K19,” and “Space Hulk Tactics.” CUDA version 10 is included with these drivers.

Publication: Tech PowerUp

NVIDIA announced the latest member in the RTX family, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. The RTX 2060 will reportedly rival the previous gen GTX 1080 in terms of performance. Unlike predictions made by industry analysts, the RTX 2060 does indeed have 30 RT cores giving it real-time ray-tracing capabilities.

Publication: Digit

Over the last few years we’ve been witnessing a laptop revolution with a massive leap in performance thanks to newer technology from both NVIDIA and Intel enabling manufacturers to do more with these mobile devices. We’ve seen more and more sub brands come out from OEM’s focusing on just gaming devices. One such brand that has shot up in popularity is Legion, from Lenovo.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Laptops are losing it! Just about a decade ago, laptops were bulky devices that you were forced to lug to your workplaces in boring black bags. Working on them was equally boring, since they were not the most visually pleasing. But with brands like Sony and Lenovo styling up laptops in different form-factors, designs and colours, things started brightening up.

Publication: The Asian Age

Everything you’ll ever need to build your own PC. Whatever your budget. The listicle puts together the best combination of components for setting up your own rig across different price ranges. AMD products have received multiple mentions across the different segments.

Publication: Digit