Recent rumours have indicated that Xiaomi plans to introduce the Redmibook 13 in India, which made its debut alongside the Redmi K30 in China. The laptop has a 13.3-inch FHD screen and includes an 89 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The notebook is expected to be available with 10th generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 options. The laptop also comes with 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage, and 2GB Nvidia MX250 graphics card. The Redmibook 13 runs on Windows 10 operating system. Expect the notebook to cost in the vicinity of Rs 45,000 for the base model.

Publication: Indian Express

Exactly a decade ago, the mobile phone screens were invaded by suicidal birds and maniacal pigs. The game called Angry Birds quickly became a rage and even became a movie. Possibly the first instance where a pure virtual product became a brick and mortar brand too. A couple of years later came another game that became an even bigger rage. Candy Crush has nearly 250 Million monthly active users and is the world’s most played game ever.

The ongoing Coronavirus epidemic in the Chinese mainland could threaten the release of Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X gaming consoles. The next-gen consoles are likely to be rolled out in the 2020 holiday shopping season. New York City-based financial services company Jefferies Group has told investors that the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV could create an impediment to the release of both the upcoming gaming consoles.

Publication: News18

Future Apple MacBook and iMac devices may ditch Intel processors and adopt AMD as a replacement. Although there’s no public announcement by Apple on this, several macOS Catalina codes referring to AMD processors, indirectly confirms that the plan might be underway. As reported by Macrumours, the codes mentioning AMD processors were seen from macOS 10.15.2 beta to 10.15.4 beta versions.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Performance oriented platforms generally fulfill the needs and requirements for high-end gaming but the hardware requirements for efficient content creation is even more demanding. Content creators require high-end processors, RAM, graphics cards, and storage devices to get their work done as efficiently but low RAM capacity limits the efficiency of programs that have higher memory requirements, imposing a bottleneck on overall performance. Although AMD and Intel have added support for single DIMM 32GB DDR4 memory, the market is lacking when it comes to high capacity memory kits, limiting potential performance and system stability for content creators.

Publication: Telecom Today 

Apple could replace Intel processors with AMD in its future MacBook and other Mac devices according to a report. The rumours surfaced after the code for macOS Catalina 10.15.4 beta showed references to AMD’s APUs, TechRadar reported quoting a tipster. As per the @_rogame, the codes do not directly contain references to AMD but its Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), which is a combination of both CPU and GPU. Apple uses AMD graphics in select MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro and Mac Pro models, but it relies on Intel processors for all the MacBook laptops and PC devices.

Publication: News18

Sony and Amazon are the latest companies to pull out of a major European technology show due to fears over the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Sony said Monday it’s scrapping its appearance at Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile industry trade fair, in Barcelona, this month. Last week, Ericsson, one of the show’s biggest exhibitors dropped out, along with South Korean electronics giant LG and graphics chip maker Nvidia.

Publication: The Asian Age