The coronavirus pandemic has forced majority of businesses globally to work from home. Committed to ensuring business continuity for its customers, Dell Technologies is promoting greater engagement through collaboration tools and promoting online productivity tools. “We believe that a modern workforce is a connected workforce and the current situation requires a digital workplace—personalised team member experience, simplified IT consumption and enabled dynamic teams,” Alok Ohrie, president & managing director, Dell Technologies, tells Sudhir Chowdhary in an interview.

Publication: Financial Express 

Lenovo has joined the ranks of OEMs offering the 15W Ryzen 4000 mobile processors on retail, with an MSRP of just $689. The new IdeaPad 15 featuring the entry-level Ryzen 5 4500U is now available on Lenovo’s web store. It’s a hex-core part lacking SMT with a base and boost clock of 2.30GHz and 4.0GHz, respectively. The graphics responsibilities are handled by the Radeon RX Vega 6 iGPU which has already proven to be a capable option.

Publication: Hardware Times

Riding once again on its Azure Cloud business, Microsoft reported $35 billion in sales up 15 per cent year-on-year in its third quarter of 2020, with net income at $10.8 billion (up 22 per cent). The company saw tremendous growth in the productivity and business processes and Intelligent Cloud segments as cloud usage increased, particularly in Microsoft 365 including Teams, as customers shifted to work and learn from home.

Publication: ET Telecom 

Xiaomi has gained immense popularity for itself in the smartphone world for introducing and selling high value for money products. The company might soon step into the laptop segment. Popular tipster, Ishan Agarwal has claimed that the company might reveal the Redmibook series in India after the lockdown has been lifted in India. The tipster suggests, Xiaomi India chief has been in talks to bring the new product category to India.

Publication: Livemint

A good laptop should not only have a great screen or a good processor, but it should also offer a longer-lasting battery life. As laptops have become more and more powerful, they tend to take a hit when it comes to battery life. After thorough research, we have come up with a list of laptops that offer up to 10 hours of battery life, ensuring an all-day battery with a single charge, which will be useful for students and even professional users.

Publication: Gizbot

“We’ve begun to unveil more details behind the technical and hardware components that make PlayStation 5 such an innovative and powerful platform – the ultra-high-speed SSD, integrated custom I/O system, custom AMD GPU with ray tracing, and highly immersive 3D audio. With these capabilities, PS5TM will allow developers to maximize their creativity, building expansive worlds and new play experiences in the games they design,” reads the official announcement.

Publication: Gizbot

RedmiBook 14 was announced back in May last year in the company’s home market China. Months after its launch, the model was refreshed with the 10th gen Intel Core i7 processor. Though the notebook from Redmi has been existent in the market for almost a year, there is no clarity regarding when it will be launched in the global markets including India.

Publication: Gizbot

When Microsoft Corp reports earnings on Wednesday, analysts expect some areas of its business to take a hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic, with lower-than-expected sales in areas like advertising on its LinkedIn social network.  But analysts also expect a surge in the use of Microsoft’s cloud computing services and collaboration tools such as the Teams app “as more companies are effectively forced into the cloud” by stay-home orders, as Macquarie Capital analysts Sarah Hindlian-Bowler and Calvin Patel wrote in a research note.

Publication: Moneycontrol

In another fillip to Make in India in the tough COVID-19 times, PC and printing major HP Inc on Monday announced it is expanding its manufacturing footprint in India by setting up a new facility in Chennai with electronics giant Flex Ltd.

Publication: YourStory

Lenovo has joined the ranks of OEMs offering the 15W Ryzen 4000 mobile processors on retail, with an MSRP of just $689. The new IdeaPad 15 featuring the entry-level Ryzen 5 4500U is now available on Lenovo’s web store. It’s a hex-core part lacking SMT with a base and boost clock of 2.30GHz and 4.0GHz, respectively. The graphics responsibilities are handled by the Radeon RX Vega 6 iGPU which has already proven to be a capable option.

Publication: Hardware Times 

When it comes to business laptops, chances are you wouldn’t look much beyond the iconic Lenovo ThinkPad machines. Users swear by them and wouldn’t trade these rock-solid computing devices for anything else. To their credit, Lenovo left these untouched over the years, in the sense that the core strengths remained the same—longevity, military grade strength, security features for enterprise users, good battery life and a keyboard that is a delight to type on.

Publication: News18

Where have you been the whole of last month? In the gun-infested alleys of GTA 5 or the demonic realms of Doom Eternal? We say any virtual world is better than the outside world, and if your shivering wallet is renting out space to coins at the thought of upgrading to a gaming laptop, Dell’s G5 15 SE could cat healing quickly sell comfort without sapping your bank balance.

Publication: Stuff

Xiaomi has been expanding its presence in India at a rapid rate and after making itself felt in the smart TV and home appliance segments, the company is now looking to enter the laptop segment. There have been rumours floating about Xiaomi bringing its RedmiBook series of laptops to India later in 2020 but according to a fresh report, it now seems that Xiaomi may be hurrying up to bring the laptops as soon as possible.

Publication: India Today 

In another fillip to Make in India in the tough COVID-19 times, PC and printing major HP Inc on Monday announced it is expanding its manufacturing footprint in India with setting up a new facility in Chennai with electronics giant Flex Ltd. Flex will manufacture HP Desktops and Workstation PCs at the plant on a contractual basis. The facility is scheduled to be operational from August this year.

Publication: News18

Xiaomi is expected to launch RedmiBook 14 laptop in India as this device has already received the BIS certification. The same laptop is available in China with a price label of RMB 3,999, which is around Rs 40,130 in India. The brand could launch this notebook with a similar price tag in India. The base model comes with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD storage, and Intel Core i5 processor.

Publication: BGR India 

New Lenovo Legions laptops are coming tipped to be the 5 series but interestingly there are references to the Legion 5 and 5i on the Lenovo PSREF site as well. There are three models listed on PSREF including the Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05, 15IMH05H, and 15ARH05.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo has introduced a new budget laptop dubbed Ideapad 5. The Lenovo official UK and US sites have already listed the Lenovo Ideapad 5 for purchase. It is priced at $690 for the model with 8GB RAM while in the UK, pricing starts at £405. It comes in Platinum Grey, Granite Grey, Light Teal colours.

Publication: The Mobile India 

Finally Lenovo’s Ryzen 4000 powered laptops have made their way into the market and is one of the first laptop series to be available as well. The Lenovo IdeaPad 5 has a starting price of $689.99, although you can get a modest discount with a Lenovo coupon code.  The “EXTRAFIVE” coupon gives you $34 off its list price which ultimately brings down the price to $655. This mid-range AMD powered laptop gives you a battery life of up to 14 hours which is exceptional and makes it ideal for business purposes.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo has launched a new IdeaPad 5 laptop, which is the latest affordable device from the company. The brand will be selling the new Lenovo Ideapad in three colors, including Platinum Grey, Granite Grey, and Light Teal. The budget laptop comes with AMD’s latest Ryzen 4000 series chip. It is backed by up to 1TB of storage and up to 16GB of RAM.

Publication: BGR India

Lenovo seems to be working on a new 14″ Yoga notebook powered by AMD’s Ryzen 4800U processor. It’ll be an ultrabook class laptop, but thanks to the Renoir APU powering it, it’ll trade blows with full-fledged desktop parts. A Lenovo manager from Beijing has shared the Cinebench R20 scores of the Yoga 14s, and it kicks ass. The Lenovo Yoga 14s features a Ryzen 7 4800U under the hood, running with a cTDP of 27W. It scores a whopping 3,573 points in the Cinebench R20 multi-core benchmark, complemented by a strong 483 points in the single-core test.

Publication: Hardware Times 

One of the key driving factors behind AMD’s new RDNA graphics architecture was scalability. GPUs leveraging the new design are expected to power gaming devices all the way from handheld devices to high-end 4K gaming PCs. While the latter is something AMD has already done in the past, the former will be a foray into a new market segment, one that has been dominated by ARM chips since time immemorial. NVIDIA has had a bit of experience here with its Tegra GPUs, but they form a very small niche.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Well, this takes overclocking to a whole new level! The German Youtuber der8auer managed to overclock an old AMD FX-8350 to an extremely high clock speed of 8.1 GHz. Of course, that endeavor asked for a lot of cooling that you and I aren’t gonna go for. The results were quite interesting.  Despite the crazy high clock speed, the experiment does however prove that modern CPU efficiency has come quite a ways.

Publication: TechQuila

PC makers expect demand for laptops to rise even after the covid-19 lockdowns are lifted as they anticipate the work-from-home culture to last for at least a short-term. Besides, the companies will now focus more on the online channels, since offline retail will take time to return to normalcy. Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer and Gaming PC, System Business Group, Asus India, said that while demand from enterprises will rise due to work from home needs, consumer demand could also increase for “study from home” needs.

Publication: Livemint

Its been few days since the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 processor has been revealed but Tum Apisak has already found the CPU being tested in an MSI system on Geekbench 5. The entry-level chip performs significantly better scoring a single-core score of 1,095 points and 4,507 points in the multi-core test. The Ryzen 3 3100 feature 4 cores and 8 threads with 3.6 GHz base and 3.9 GHz boost clock speeds and 16 MB of L3 cache.

Publication: TechnoSports

Google recently announced two months of free access to its premium cloud-based game streaming service – Stadia. Now, a new report surfaced on the web claims that the game streaming platform has witnessed a surge in users. The step was taken by the tech giant to encourage people to stay at home during the coronavirus breakout.

Publication: Gizbot

At Microsoft, 47,000 developers are generating nearly 30,000 bugs a month and these vulnerabilities get stored across over 100 AzureDevOps and GitHub repositories to quickly spot critical bugs and stay ahead of the hackers. According to Scott Christiansen, a senior security programme manager at Microsoft, large volumes of semi-curated data are perfect for machine learning.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Laptop and PC brand HP has set up a free helpdesk support for PC users across brands to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) and individuals adapt to their new work from home requirements. Available for a limited period of time, the new service is aimed to resolve the IT-related challenges faced by users working from home due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Publication: The Times of India 

Apple Inc is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on three of its own Mac processors, known as systems-on-a-chip, based on the A14 processor in the next iPhone. The first of these will be much faster than the processors in the iPhone and iPad, the people said.

Publication: The Indian Express 

Over the last month, major cybersecurity firms, tech giants like Google and Microsoft, and government law enforcement agencies like the FBI have all sounded the alarm on the massive spike in cyber attacks across the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic. With most of the world working from home, and remote working platforms gaining unprecedented traction, the sudden increase in malicious attacks is no surprise, say cybersecurity firms.

Publication: The Times of India 

Big Tech firms set to report quarterly results in the coming days are facing the challenge of spotlighting their roles battling the coronavirus pandemic without seeming as though they are cashing in on upheaval from the health crisis. The normal talk on profits and revenue projections are likely to be replaced by discussions on how the world’s most powerful companies are helping research for a COVID-19 treatment, protecting workers and easing the pains of locked-down consumers.

Publication: Mint

The Red team is enjoying a chunk of market share in the desktop processor market as well as in the server market. With its Ryzen 4000 APUs, it has stormed the world with its incredible performance with its efficient 7nm node.  So, AMD is again hitting hard against Intel with its price-to-performance ratio in the mobile processors as well. However, the supplies of the new Ryzen 4000 APUs are quite limited which is delaying laptops to hit the market at an extensive amount.

Publication: TechnoSports

As previously rumored, Apple is indeed making the switch from Intel Corp. to its in-house venture. Recent reports confirm that Apple Macbooks will run on a 12-core 5nm SoC in the form of the A14. The last time that Apple made a major switch was back in 2008 when Nvidia GPUs had a major failure rate with its chips. But that was just a move between manufacturers, not a complete architectural change.

Publication: TechQuila

The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X can support up to 24 PCIe 4 lanes. (Image source: AMD). The budget AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Matisse desktop processor has been tested on Geekbench 4 in combination with an ASRock X470 Gaming-ITX/ac motherboard. The new CPU has thrown up a single-core score and multi-core score that can beat the median scores for the thousands of Intel Core i7-7700K that have appeared on the same benchmark.

Publication: India Gone Viral

HP has introduced remote assistance for its PC users in India to ease consumer woes during the coronavirus lockdown. This remote service will be available free of cost, and is extended to PC users of all brands. The company will assist users on issues such as general performance, network, security, and mobility. This new service has been launched as Indian business and consumers are compelled to work from home amid the pandemic. This remote service assistance will be offered to small and medium businesses (SMBs) and individuals as well.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday. Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.5 billion in March from $883 million in February, while spending on games played on high-performance personal computers climbed 56 percent to $567 million in the same comparison.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday. Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.5 billion in March from $883 million in February, while spending on games played on high-performance personal computers climbed 56 percent to $567 million in the same comparison.

Publication: The New Indian Express 

Digital transformation, digital workspaces, and security were the key highlights we saw in 2019 and we expect the momentum to go on in 2020. IDC recognised Lenovo India as the leader in the PC business in FY1920, having achieved an unprecedented market share of 33.7 per cent (FY YTD share as per IDC: FY1920 Q3). We are the only player in the market still committed to PC innovation with our trusted brands such as Think and Yoga, which are highly recognised in the industry and among customers.

Publication: CRN

PC and printing major HP Inc. on Thursday introduced a limited-period free helpdesk support to PC users of all brands to address their operational issues in India. HP’s announcement comes days after Global PC maker Lenovo announced remote servicing of laptops and PC users. In the absence of regular support and service channels, HP is making this service available to PC users of all brands to ensure they can operate without hindrance and maintain business continuity.

Publication: Livemint

The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV-H9201T Ultrabook is an expensive premium ultrabook, which retails for Rs. 2,49,990 and offers features like a 15.6-inch primary display with UHD resolution and a secondary screen. As per the performance, it comes with the 9th Gen Intel Core i9 processor with 32GB RAM and 6GB dedicated graphics card.

Publication: Gizbot

Rumours of Apple producing ARM-based Macs have been around for some time now, with Bloomberg originally reporting that Apple would roll them out by 2020/2021. Now another Bloomberg report is corroborating the earlier story, claiming that Apple is working on several chip designs, the first of which will be a 12-core processor fabricated on the 5nm process.

Publication: Digit

Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on three of its own Mac processors, known as systems-on-a-chip, based on the A14 processor in the next iPhone. The first of these will be much faster than the processors in the iPhone and iPad, the people said.

Publication: Livemint

But these cheaper and faster SSDs might give you the option to boost up the performance of your CPU and GPU provided they can support this new tech. Currently only AMD CPUs and GPUs are the ones who can take this benefit. The Crucial P2 and P5 SSDs appear to be one of the first SSDs to be so much more affordable, and we expect more of the new Gen4 SSDs to be launching in the market soon.

Publication: TechnoSports

Xbox Series X is one of the most awaited gaming consoles from Microsoft and the company is expected to launch the console in the second half of this year. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is no certainty about the exact launch date of the console. The console is equipped by the eight-core AMD ZEN 2 CPU, clocked at 3.8GHz. On the graphic part, the console uses a custom RDNA 2-class GPU with 12 teraflops of power and 52 compute units, clocked at 1.82GHz each. The Xbox Series X will also support up to 8K resolution for the enhanced gaming experience.

Publication: Gizbot

As of now, we know the specifications of the Xbox Series X console as shared by Microsoft. The console will use a custom made eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU, clocked at up to 3.8GHz. For handling graphics, a custom RDNA 2-class GPU with 12 teraflops of power and 52 compute units, clocked at 1.82GHz each, is being used. The Xbox Series X will come with support for up to 8K resolution.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

In order to bring the “Zen 2” core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide by leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology for increased productivity, AMD has introduced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family. This includes the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors along with AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with more than 60 designs in development.

Publiaction: Gadgets Bridge 

AMD has fleshed out its desktop Ryzen 3000 CPU family with the new Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100 models, aimed at entry-level gamers, content creators, and home and office users. Both are based on the same ‘Zen 2’ chiplet architecture and 7nm manufacturing process as their Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 9-series counterparts. These are both quad-core models and do not feature integrated graphics capabilities. The Ryzen 3 3100 is priced at $99 (approximately Rs. 7,600 before taxes) and the Ryzen 3 3300X will cost $120 (approximately Rs. 9,200).

Publication: Gadgets 360 

3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen™ 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development. Taking advantage of the AMD world-class portfolio of technologies, these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors bring the groundbreaking “Zen 2” core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide, leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology for increased productivity.

Publication: CellIt

The AMD Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 lineup is comprised of the Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and the Ryzen 5 series. With the Ryzen 5 3600 starting from US$199, system builders on tighter budgets had no option but to go for an Athlon or an Intel Core i3 option. All that changes today as AMD has introduced two new processors, the Ryzen 3 3100 and the Ryzen 3 3300X, in its Ryzen 3000 lineup to fill the void in the US$100 to US$150 segment.

Publication: Notebook Check 

PC and printer major HP Inc. on Wednesday announced its partnership with educational content provider Gamooz in India to provide free resources to educators and students who have transitioned to remote learning. The company in partnership with Gamooz will provide access to educational content to its customers, from worksheets to 2D Augmented Reality content supported by the Gamooz app to make learning more engaging and fun.

Publication: Livemint

It looks like Acer is another OEM offering AMD’s Renoir APUs with relatively inferior graphics options. The newly launched Acer 5 (2020) will include AMD’s Ryzen 4000 APUs (up to the 4800H), but on the GPU side, you’ll be limited to the GTX 1660 Ti. Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake-H (up to Core i7-10750H) based laptops, however, will come with discrete GPU options up to an RTX 2060.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Reputed hardware leaker, _rogame has shared an unknown AMD APU, codenamed “AMD Arctic” which is speculated to be the desktop counterpart of the Ryzen 4000 mobile processors. According to the source, the chip in question is faster has a TDP of 35W, and is faster than the 15W Ryzen 5 4600U and Ryzen 7 4700U. The integrated graphics are on par with a 6CU 7nm Vega processor, meaning that it’s either an unannounced 35W Renoir part or an upcoming desktop APU.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Publication: Stuff India  

On the other side of things, there’s a beefy desktop, powered by an Intel Core i7-8700K overclocked to 4.9GHz, sporting 32GB of DDR4 memory and has an Nvidia RTX 2070 Super to manage graphics duties. To this, we have connected the LG Ultragear 27GK750, a 27-inch gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time.

Publication: Digit

Much like the Surface Go, the Microsoft Surface Go 2 will run on Windows 10 Home in S mode. The device will have two variants, powered by an Intel Core m3-8100Y and Intel Pentium GOLD 4425Y processors, respectively, the report has added. The memory options on the Surface Go 2 could be 4GB and 8GB whereas the storage is likely to come in 64GB eMMC and 128GB SSD options. There will be microSD card expandability on the Surface Go 2 as well.

Publication: India Today 

HP has refreshed its 13.3-inch Envy 13 clamshell and Envy x360 13 with new designs and CPUs this summer. The company has used the latest Ice Lake CPUs and AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile processors. Talking about the HP Envy 13 2020 clamshell, HP has trimmed the thicker bezels for a higher screen-to-body ratio and a smaller footprint. The 2020 model measures just 194.6 mm in length compared to 211.5 mm on the 2019 model.

Publication: TechnoSports

Today, on Earth Day 2020, Accenture, Intel and the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation announced Project: CORaiL, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution to monitor, characterize and analyse coral reef resilience. Project: CORaiL was deployed in May 2019 to the reef surrounding Pangatalan island in the Philippines and has collected about 40,000 images, which have been used by researchers to gauge reef health in real time, claim the companies.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

AMD is continuing its onslaught on Intel, and announced two new desktop processors, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Both the processors are built on the new Zen 2 architecture which utilizes a 7nm manufacturing process. The new processors will sit at the entry-level segment of the Zen-2 based processors and are expected to go toe-to-toe with Intel’s offerings.

Publication: Digit

The Tainwanese giant is known for its mid-range VivoBook 14 series which gives decent specs at reasonable price point. So it seems Asus will be updating its VivoBook 14 series with the latest processors. Pointed by the tipster @_rogame, the Asus VivoBook 14 is said to be offering the new AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 7 4700U APUs.

Publication: TechnoSports

Acer Nitro 5 is one of the most popular gaming laptop series and we all know how much value the Nitro 5 laptops provide at cheap price point. Acer has always updated its Nitro 5 series with latest AMD and Intel hardware, paired with NVIDIA GPUs. So, when new laptop gaming processors are out from both Team Red and Blue, the company will be updating its laptop with these new CPUs.

Publication: TechnoSports

A major element of the current AMD Zen 2 gaming processors is its towering price. With the cheapest option of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 costs $199 (about Rs 15,280), the processors are out of the budget of a lot of users wanting to build custom gaming PCs on a budget. To fill this void of the price point, AMD is set to launch two new processors that will be much cheaper, starting at $99 (about Rs 7,598).

Publication: BGR India 

AMD’s Zen2 desktop CPU lineup has got two new additions — the AMD Ryzen 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3300x. Both CPUs offer a four-core, eight-thread design with support for PCIe Gen 4.0 with lower TDP compared to the competition from Intel. These CPUs are made for the entry-level market and they are also capable of handling gaming, as they offer higher boost clock speeds. These processors will be the go-to option for those, who want to build a gaming PC under Rs. 50,000 and here are the details.

Publication: Gizbot

Acer had earlier announced the refresh of the Acer Nitro 5 2020, featuring Intel’s latest 10th generation processors and powerful Nvidia GPUs. The laptop will now come with up to an Intel Core i7-10750H processor and up to an Nvidia RTX 2060 GPU. Acer has now announced that they will be launching an AMD Ryzen powered version of the Nitro 5 2020 as well, but it will not be getting a high-end GPU like its Intel counterpart.

Publication: Digit

AMD has announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development.

Publication: IT News Online

Global PC market leader Lenovo on Monday launched the ”SmarterEd” free online education platform in collaboration with eVidyaloka, a non-profit organisation (NGO), which allows students from classes V to XII to choose their teachers, select the subject they would like to learn, and take out time to learn as per their convenience. It is designed to encourage Indian youth to participate in digital remodelling of the education system, by matching learners with volunteer educators in one-on-one online learning sessions.

Publication: Outlook

Cybercriminals are opportunistic by nature, altering their attack methods to compromise endpoints and access critical data. This is never truer than during times of change such as now with the overnight shift to a global remote workforce. With cybercriminals ramping up activity, organizations need to protect their remote workers starting with the devices they use to get their jobs done.

Publication: Express Computers 

AMD’s Radeon RX 5600M GPUs are expected to be paired alongside the Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” notebooks, bringing the fight to NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 and 1660 Ti mobile graphics chips. Although we haven’t been able to test the 5500M or 5600M just yet, we do have a few benchmark scores on hand. The results are quite encouraging, with the RX 5600M beating both the GeForce GTX 1650 as well as the 1660 Ti by a sound margin, and leveling with the RTX 2060 (mobility).

Publication: Hardware Times 

It looks like Acer is another OEM offering AMD’s Renoir APUs with relatively inferior graphics options. The newly launched Acer 5 (2020) will include AMD’s Ryzen 4000 APUs (up to the 4800H), but on the GPU side, you’ll be limited to the GTX 1660 Ti. Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake-H (up to Core i7-10750H) based laptops, however, will come with discrete GPU options up to an RTX 2060.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Tech giant Microsoft is all set to launch its latest Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2 devices. A recent leak revealed that Microsoft is planning to incorporate Intel’s latest 10th Gen Processors in the Surface Book 3.

Publication: The Times of India 

Nvidia’s game streaming service, GeForce Now, is going through quite a turbulent start. A recent blog post confirms support from Bungie, Epic Games, Bandai Namco and Ubisoft while pointing out that some games will be removed before its commercial launch.  For more than two years, GeForce Now has been stuck in Beta. In that time Google and Microsoft released their own game streaming services, Stadia and Project xCloud beta respectively.

Publication: IGN

NVIDIA’s GeForce Now continues to lose games at a faster pace despite recent additions. NVIDIA has now announced that all titles from Warner Bros., Xbox Game Studios, Codemasters and Klei will lose support for the game streaming service on April 24. The platform has been losing major game titles at a brisk pace.

Publication: BGR India 

Today, AMD revealed the long-rumored updates to the Ryzen 3 lineup. The new Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X bring Zen 2 cores to gamers on a budget. 4 cores with SMT should work just fine for gamers playing at 1080p unless of course, the occasional hard-hitting game arrives.

Publication: TechQuila

Chipmaker AMD has announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3 3300X processors and also, the AMD B550 chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

AMD was silent for quite a while in its entry level dekstop CPU lineup, only bringing the APUs to the market. The Ryzen 5 1300 and 1300X were long forgotten and we’re not upgraded to Zen 2, the Zen + based were only confined to the OEMs, but now there are some good news for you all enthusiasts.

Publication: TechnoSports

In order to bring the “Zen 2” core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide by leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology for increased productivity, AMD has introduced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge

AMD has posted new information about its future updates, the next versions of CPU architecture Zen 2. One way of promoting our updated components manufacturer chose budget positioning devices. So, the price tag on the modification will not be much above a hundred dollars.

Publication: The Times Hub 

Chipmaker AMD has announced the newest additions to the 3rd gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors and also, the AMD B550 chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development.

Publication: The Times of India 

AMD has announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development.

Publication: TechQuila

MSI has decided to Renoir club with two new all-AMD laptops featuring the Ryzen 4000 APUs and the Radeon RX 5500M. The MSI Bravo 15 and 17 are now officially up for pre-order, starting at $929 and $1,099, respectively. These notebooks are targeting budget-conscious gamers looking to play eSports and FPS on the go.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Lenovo Ideapad S145 (81N30063IN) laptop features an AMD dual-core A6 processor, 4GB of RAM, 1TB of storage space, Windows 10 OS, and a 15.6-inch display. It gets the power from a 2 Cell Li-Ion battery under its hood.

Publication: Gizbot

The monitor is also AMD FreeSync certfied which helps to minimize screen tearing. Even though MSI is marketing the MAG301CR as being “HDR-ready” but its not actually certified by any HDR standards. For the I/O ports, we have two HDMI 2.0b ports, one DisplayPort 1.2a port and a single USB Type-C port.

Publication: TechnoSports

So you recently got your hands on a shiny new graphics card? And you want more performance than what you paid for? With both AMD and NVIDIA packing in more cards in mid-range budgets, it’s getting harder to distinguish between each other’s value. You could get 2 different GPUs at the same price but get a wildly different performance out of them. That’s where overclocking comes in. MSI Afterburner has a neat auto overclocking feature (called OC Scanner) that you can use without getting into the nitty-gritty.

Publication: TechQuila

At CES 2020 in January, One of the eye-catching products was the Lenovo Thinkbook Plus. The dual-screen notebook featured a secondary e-ink screen to improve its resourcefulness. However, we now learn that the laptop is now on reservation in China via Jingdong (JD.com). The notebook now carries a 8,499 Yuan price tag (about Rs 91,700). The device will go on sale starting on April 24, 2020.

Publication: BGR India 

IT hardware company Lenovo on Monday started a free online education platform which allows students to get guidance from teachers on a one-on-one basis. The company has launched the online platform, SmarterEd, in collaboration with a non-profit organisation and has registration of volunteers to teach on the platform.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

With remote work increasing security gaps and the high economic pressure for businesses large and small to perform, Dell Technologies is arming customers with security solutions and best practices to better secure their PCs so they can stay focused on serving their end customers.

Publication: Express Computers 

At Acer, we make sure employees have up to date passcodes, know how to authenticate to their systems, and are aware of increased scams and phishing attempts that are happening around COVID, states Chandrahas Panigrahi, CMO and Consumer Business Head, Acer India, as he describes how Acer is handling the Covid 19 crisis.

Publication: Express Computers 

A couple of rumours on the web have already pointed out towards the arrival of an ARM-based Apple Macbook later this year among other products. However, as per a tipster Apple may also have a game controller in the pipeline. It is worth adding that the tipster named @L0vetodream talked about iPhone 9 (now iPhone SE) to launch in second week of April, in late March (which turned out to be true).

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Semiconductor manufacturer Intel pipped Samsung to regain the top spot in the market as the downturn in the memory market affected leading vendors, according to advisory firm Gartner. Samsung Electronics, the number one vendor by revenue in 2018 and 2017, moved to the second spot. Worldwide semiconductor revenue fell 12 per cent to $419.1 billion in 2019 from the previous calendar year, Gartner said.

Publication: Mail Today

The conclusion is a no brainer. The Radeon RX 5600 XT wins by a decent margin. On top of that, it’s cheaper too. Before you start, let me continue. EVGA’s RTX 2060 KO Edition is only available in the US and a few select regions. For the vast majority of gamers, the RTX 2060 still costs nearly $350. At the moment, the Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT is available for $289 on Newegg. Out of all the 5600 XTs, this is the fastest variant and the one we tested, so don’t look any further.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Many OEMs including ASUS and Lenovo are pairing AMD’s Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” mobile processors with dedicated graphics parts that are slower or near-about as powerful as the accompanying integrated graphics solutions. While this normally wouldn’t be an issue with the 45W high-performance H series, many vendors are doing the same with low-power 15W (cTDP: 25W) Renoir APUs, pairing them with low-end discrete GPUs such as the MX350.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The refreshed HP Envy x360 15 is priced starting at $699.99 (roughly Rs. 53,400) for the AMD SKU and $849.99 (roughly Rs. 64,900) for the Intel SKU. The device will go on sale in May in the US. It features a 4K AMOLED display with 88 percent screen-to-body ratio, up to 10th Gen Intel Core CPU with optional Nvidia GeForce MX330 graphics. There is an option of AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile processors with Radeon graphics as well. The laptop offers an 18.5 hours battery life and connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth v5.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Recently, we’ve discussed about several CPU benchmarks pertaining to the new Intel 10th gen Comet Lake-H Core i7-10875H in the Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR X8 laptop that is currently under review. Now, we shall take a preliminary look at the sustained performance of the chip. We compare the Core i7-10875H with the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS in the Asus Zephyrus G14. Also included in this comparison are the Core i7-10750H in the Acer Predator Triton 500, which is currently under review, the 9th gen Core i9-9880H in the HP Omen 17, and the Core i7-9750H in the Schenker XMG Pro 15.

Publication: Notebook Check 

Lenovo has announced 24×7 free technical support for all laptops and PCs, including those of other brands as well. The support will be free of cost and will be available via a toll free number. The technical assistance support will include basic operating system related troubleshooting.

Publication: The Times of India

Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook led a companywide virtual meeting on Thursday to address concerns about the impact of Covid-19 and discuss the iPhone maker’s plan to return to work. During the meeting, Cook called the pandemic an “uncertain and stressful moment,” but expressed confidence that the company will emerge strongly from the crisis, as it did after the 2008 recession and following a near-bankruptcy in the late 1990s.

Publication: Indian Express 

Minecraft, one of the most popular world-building games has released a new beta for Windows 10 which will allow players to take advantage of Nvidia’s RTX technologies including the DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing in the game. Interested game enthusiast can download the beta version and start playing right now. But do note that you must have a Windows 10 PC with minimum requirements.

Publication: Gizbot

The Lenovo Yoga C640 is in our studios for review! We tell you if this is a powerhouse and is everything you may need from a work from home standpoint. This convertible by Lenovo is priced comfortably and comes in a perfect size, but under the hood, does it get everything right? Find out.

Publication: NDTV

The Taiwanese giant has made an interesting move by bringing back its NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and listing “new” one. The GT710-4H-SL-2GD5 is the new GPU but with the ancient tech but it still remains very popular on Amazon for its cheap price and can be used for low graphics use. The GPU is still based on the Kepler architecture, the GeForce GT 710 features 192 CUDA cores, 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM and a bandwidth of just 40 GB/s along with a 954 MHz base clock.

Publication: TechnoSports

ASUS India is all set to roll out the ‘Back to School’, e-learning courses for students aged 10-18, from April 20 – May 31. As a part of the association with Toppr, students can purchase ASUS laptops and pay an additional amount of Rs 699 to avail Toppr’s advanced plan worth Rs 40,000 for one year. The company said the campaign is conceptualized using insights on what drives the youth of today, as per the company’s official release.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine 

If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then Sony will produce fewer PS5 in its first fiscal year than the PS4. This is because the price of the console is expected to be higher than the launch price of the PS4 and may put off some customers to purchase the console at launch.  According to Bloomberg, “The PS5’s loftier price tag may also deter initial take-up.

Publication: Digit

Data storage, processing and management are critical now as most activities worldwide move online during coronavirus lockdowns. Migration to the cloud was happening even before this crisis but now, organizations are depending on cloud services more than ever.

Asus has updated its entire gaming laptop portfolio with AMD Ryzen 4000H gaming processors already and now they will update their premium laptop series i.e. the ZenBook 14 with the new Ryzen 4000U mobile processors. The ZenBook 14 with the name of UX434IQ will feature 16 GB of LPDDR4x RAM clocked at high 4,266 MHz speed along with a 1 TB Samsung PM981 SSD. It’s clear that the UX434IQ will be one of the first Ryzen 7 4700U-powered laptops.

Publication: TechnoSports

In the late 2000s, high-speed data access and seamless connectivity allowed companies to access servers from a remote location. It allowed organisations to scale capacity by the click of a button and a pay-as-you-go model developed. Clouds provided a much-needed boost to new age start-ups. Now, any developer could create an app and run it on Amazon, Microsoft or Google’s servers and make millions or billions in the process.

Publication: Financial Express 

HP has revamped its 2019 Envy 17 which was already having pretty specs like Wi-Fi 6, Core i7 Comet Lake-U CPUs, along average GPU performance. But the design which included an optical drive made it look a bit boring. In 2020, HP has totally redesigned the 2020 Envy 17m-cg0013dx and will begin shipping later this month according to HP. The laptop now features 17.3-inch FHD IPS backlit multi-touch display with 86% screen-to-body ratio with 100% sRGB colour gamut.

Publication: TechnoSports

By mid-March, John Lyotier’s travel software business Left was cratering with the spread of the pandemic. Seeking to cut costs, he reached out to his office landlord, who offered rent relief. Then he contacted Amazon, asking to “explore creative financing opportunities” for his monthly cloud-computing bill. The response was succinct. “’Nope, that’s the way it is,’” Lyotier recalled.

Publication: The Economic Times 

So, it turns out that AMD will indeed be retaining its AM4 socket for the next-gen Ryzen 4000 desktop processors. That’s not it though. Both the B450 as well as the X470 chipsets will support the Vermeer CPUs through a microcode update. This was confirmed by an XMG employee on a Reddit thread.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Sony Corp plans to produce far fewer units of its upcoming PlayStation 5 in its first year than it had for the previous-generation console’s launch, according to people familiar with the matter. The Tokyo-based tech giant is limiting its initial production run in part because it expects the PS5’s ambitious specs to weigh on demand by leading to a high price at launch, the people said, asking not to be identified because the subject is private.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will start at Rs 27,900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro. For the bigger 12.9-inch iPad Pro it will cost Rs 31,900. In India, the existing 11-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 71,900 for the WiFi only model, while the WiFi+ cellular model costs Rs 85,900. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 89,900 for the WiFi model and Rs 103,900 for the WiFi + cellular model.

Publication: Indian Express 

This will mark the franchise’s debut on Nintendo’s portable platform. Before this, back in 2007 Crysis debuted as a PC exclusive game due to its future-proof graphics capabilities. “But can it run Crysis?” soon became the big question when it came to testing high-end PC hardware. Just recently we saw the game getting fan-developed raytraced graphics for NVIDIA’s RTX cards. With Crysis: Remastered the game will now officially support NVIDIA’s attracting technology, as well as AMD’s DXR implementation when that drops.

Publication: TechQuila

We have compiled the performance of Doom Eternals on various PCs with different GPUs to give you an idea of the actual performance of the game on your PC if it has a similar GPU. The game has a great storyline and it is optimized to offer good performance even on an entry-level GPU with at least 3GB video memory.

Publication: Gizbot

AMD’s Navi GPUs mark the company’s return to the high-performance graphics card market after a multiple-year absence. The Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT offer near-RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super level performance while costing markedly less. One thing that hasn’t changed in over a decade is AMD’s reference cooler. It’s still the same blower-style cooler that runs hot and looks like a cinder-block. As such, we recommend everyone to get a third party aftermarket Radeon RX 5700 card. The best ones are the Sapphire Pulse, XFX Thicc and the Powercolor Red Devil.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Xiaomi is expected to launch the laptop RedmiBook 14. RedmiBook 14 was launched in China last year. In October, Xiaomi launched RedmiBook 14 Ryzen Edition. The laptop sports an AMD Ryzen 7 3700U processor and comes with a 14-inch FHD IPS display 5.75mm ultra-narrow bezel. The laptop has a screen-to-body ratio of 81.2%.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine 

Laptops powered by the new Intel 10th gen Comet Lake-H processors have now started to become available and we’ve been steadily receiving quite a few of them in our test labs. Previously, we have exclusively posted some first benchmarks of Comet Lake-H that we received from industry sources, which showed Intel continuing to have a small yet appreciable lead in single-core performance compared to AMD Ryzen 4000 H-series chips.

Publication: Notebook Check 

The world is under lockdown and it doesn’t seem like the situation is going to improve anytime soon. However, many companies are giving away products and services to encourage people to stay indoors. Joining the bandwagon is Sony PlayStation, who is giving away free games as well to keep everyone inside.

Publication: MensXp

The worldwide shipments of PC declined 12.3 percent decline in the first quarter of 2019, its sharpest decline, at 51.6 million units due to the coronavirus outbreak, which resulted in disruptions to both the supply and demand of PCs, as per a Gartner report. The top three vendors’ market share remained unchanged from the previous quarter and accounted for 65.6% of PC shipments in the first quarter of 2020, an improvement from just over 60% in the first quarter of 2019.

Publication: ET Telecom 

Wan to build a solid gaming rig to game at 1080p? Confused of which CPU and GPU combo to go for? Then here’s our AMD Gaming PC build guide so that you can throw any modern game at 1080p and get high frame rates, thanks to the Ryzen 5 3600 & RX 5600 XT combo. The world’s most advanced processor in the desktop PC gaming segment that can deliver ultra-fast 100+ FPS performance in the world’s most popular games. 6 Cores and 12 processing threads, bundled with the Quiet AMD Wraith Stealth cooler.

Publication: TechnoSports

These best touch screen laptops are all priced under Rs. 40,000, making them affordable and almost anyone can buy these devices without aby budget constraints. So here are the top touch screen laptops available in India, which are priced under Rs. 40,000 from various brands. The Lenovo Ideapad C340 (81N60042IN) laptop retails for Rs. 39,990 and is powered by the AMD Ryzen 3 3200U CPU with 4GB RAM and 256GB SSD. It comes with a 14-inch IPS LCD touch screen with FHD resolution, making it a portable and affordable touch screen laptop.

Publication: Gizbot

German publication WinFuture has reportedly got hold of dealer list of Surface Book 3 pricing and models, and it suggests that the Microsoft Surface Book 3 will be priced between EUR 1,000 (roughly Rs. 83,000) and EUR 4,000 (roughly Rs. 3,33,900) range. The device is expected to be available in 13-inch and 15-inch display sizes, and be powered by 10th generation Intel Core i5-10210U and the Intel Core i7-10510U CPU options.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

A new report suggests that search giant Google, which is usually known for its Android software in the smartphone market, has made some strides in the processor front as well. The company is said to be working on its own processor with some help from Samsung. These are said to power next year’s Chromebook models and company’s own Pixel smartphones as well, reports Axios. Making its own chipset for hardware products will likely bring Google at par with Apple since it also makes its own Apple A-series processors.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

A simple scan through the social media website and forums will be enough to realise that Android apps built for Chromebooks don’t play well most of the times. They are not well optimised and certainly take more space and internet data. So, Google is trying to solve this problem by replacing Android apps with PWAs or Progressive Web Apps. As confirmed by Dominick Ng – Tech Lead/Manager on Chrome OS Apps Platform, web apps/PWAs, security UX to Chrome Unboxed website, this treatment that was given to Twitter last week is now being given to Google’s YouTube TV as well.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Asus laptops with dual screens breathe fresh life into the mobile computing space thanks to their ZenBook Duo series. With that in mind, the new, updated Zenbook Duo will replace last year’s innovative dual-screen laptop with 10th gen Intel processors and a better battery. There was a point where innovations in laptops grew stale a few years ago. That was until apple brought the touch bar to the MacBook in 2016.

Publication: TechQuila

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, network solutions, and green computing technology. today announced that its industry leading portfolio of servers optimized for 2nd GEN AMD EPYC Processors has achieved 27 world record Performance benchmarks and counting.

Publication: UNI

We know that AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile APUs are great for laptops and with increasing laptops featuring these APUs we are getting a look of the power of these processors. The next OEM will be Lenovo, who is bragging about the capabilities of its Ryzen 4000U-series processors. The company did already announce the fact that they will be upgrading a lot of ThinkPad laptops with the new Ryzen 4000 series APUs. Now the company has offered an insight into how the Ryzen 7 4800U and Ryzen 5 4600U APUs perform on their system.

Publication: TechnoSports

The Lenovo Ideapad C340 (81N60042IN) laptop retails for Rs. 39,990 and is powered by the AMD Ryzen 3 3200U CPU with 4GB RAM and 256GB SSD. It comes with a 14-inch IPS LCD touch screen with FHD resolution, making it a portable and affordable touch screen laptop.

Publication: Gizbot

It makes you realize why NVIDIA has been marketing its RTX features as a key feature of the Turing lineup. While the RTX Supers are a worthy upgrade compared to the GTX 10 series cards, the vanilla 20 series was a more toothless lineup. There are rumours of a Super version of the RTX 2080 Ti but I believe it’s unlikely. NVIDIA doesn’t face any competition in the top-end GPU space. AMD is presently working on midrange variants of Navi, so while we can expect the RX 5500 XT and the 5600 XT soon enough, there’s still no word on Big Navi.

Publication: TechQuila

Gaming has become a big industry in India, with so many new intriguing games launched in just the past year and many more around the corner, it is only going to get bigger. Often, we might not be able to find a laptop or a desktop that works well with our gaming needs so it is good to assemble one. This guide will take you through detailed steps of building a powerful machine which can tear through any game your throw at it.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

The edge-to-cloud company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Monday announced that its HPE Financial Services (HPEFS) subsidiary is designating more than $2 billion in financing to help customers with cash-flow or liquidity issues during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The $2 billion financing will be applied to help customers ensure business continuity and adapt in the current environment by addressing new technology financing needs, and convert their IT infrastructure into new sources of capital, the company said in a statement.

Publication: Outlook India 

One by one the world fell into a lockdown announced by COVID-19 affected countries and a month after, it continues to be quiet on the streets. Businesses have moved to working from home despite most of their operations being shut. IT tech giant Microsoft has been one of the first few companies to understand the gravity of the COVID-19 situation and announced work from home before the lockdown. The company has also actively taken a few initiatives to lend its support in tackling the pandemic. Talking to Radhika Udas, Microsoft’s spokespersons – Jared Spataro has shared some valuable insights and suggestions for small businesses to cope with this pandemic and stay afloat.

Publication: Express Computers

A new macOS update was supposed to fix problems, instead it has been causing more. Mac users have been reporting a host of problems including bricked MacBooks after installing the update. And the timing could not be worse. With almost the entire world working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, bricked up MacBooks are no less than nightmares. “The 8 April 2020 Supplemental Update for Catalina 10.15.4 brought the system down for a few hours,” said MacBook user on Apple’s discussion forums.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

A couple of days ago, Apple announced that it was partnering with Google to start a contact tracing system for COVID-19. However, in a report posted by The Verge, Apple has talked a bit more about about the system and how it will work as well as its limitations. Before we get to that, here’s a quick recap. Apple and Google plan to implement COVID-19 contact tracing in two steps. The first step would be to release APIs that would enable interoperability between Android and iOS when using apps from public health authorities. The second step would launch later and would enable broader use of a Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform.

Publication: Digit

At $159, MSI’s Mech variant of the Radeon RX 5500 XT is easily not only the cheapest Navi 14 GPU but also the best budget 1080p graphics card. While the 4GB VRAM might turn some people off, we’ve done extensive testing that proves the 4GB buffer won’t be an issue. It consistently beats NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 Super by a fat margin, all the while costing less.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Lastly, our work has produced an efficient supply chain that can operate on a global level. Some of our achievements have also come through important, long-standing partnerships with other leading technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, AMD, VMware, NetApp, Nutanix and more, which allow us to tailor the best solution for each individual customer.

Publication: Express Computers 

The Acer Nitro is a sleek, slim 23.8-inch PC monitor made for those who game. Every part of the monitor is tuned to offer better gaming experience. The fast refresh rate of 144Hz means frame rate is extremely smooth and the latency is low. This will give you advantage in fast-paced games, like those shooting games. Speed is the key word here, with a 1ms excellent response rate. The monitor supports AMD Radeon FreeSync technology which lets the monitor work in tandem with the graphics card to make varied frame rate smooth, while maintaining good quality visuals. The monitor has 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution.

Chinese electronics company Lenovo on Wednesday announced that its upcoming lineup of Legion PCs will feature the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPU with Max-Q Design and up to new 10th Gen Intel Core H-Series mobile processors.  Lenovo’s gaming-centric personal computers will be powered by the new GeForce RTX SUPER GPUs with Max-Q Design. This will enable gamers to enjoy higher clock speeds and new levels of realism in today’s AAA games, the company said.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine 

Origin EON15-X AMD | Origin recently announced the EON15-X AMD gaming laptop, which is the only laptop on our list that can be touted as a desktop replacement. The laptop can only be configured with AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors, up to a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900 CPU. The EON15-X can be retrofitted with an Nvidia RTX 2060 or RTX 2070 mobile graphics card, which seems just about right for its 15.6-inch FHD (1080p) 144Hz IPS display. The Origin EON15-X AMD is a gaming powerhouse, starting from UDS 1,624 (Approx. Rs 1,24,100) and going all the way up to USD 3,499 (Approx. Rs 2,67,350).

Publication: Moneycontrol

Recently the leaks from AdoredTV showed the specs of the new Zen 3 CPUs based on 7nm+ process from TSMC. An article from DigiTimes (reported via Tom’s Hardware) has stated that the new AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop processors are still scheduled to release sometime around September. As Intel has already gearing for the launch of new 10th gen Comet Lake desktop CPUs this month, AMD also won’t be sitting ideal either.

Publication: TechnoSports

Sony has finally given the world a glimpse at its upcoming PlayStation 5 (PS5) by revealing the DualSense wireless controller for its next-gen console. The upcoming PS5’s DualSense controller relies on a new technology that takes advantage of haptic motors, rather than rumble motors.

Publication: Indian Express

On 15 March, several Microsoft Xbox Live users took to social media lamenting that they were unable to log-in to their Xbox consoles. The issue was fixed a couple of hours later. However, five days later, the service went down again with users experiencing issues in “Matchmaking”, “Party Chat”, and “Looking for Groups” sections within Xbox Live, the social part of Xbox.

Publication: Livemint

If you are in the market for Mac Pro, Apple is giving people in the US a chance to save some bucks as the tech giant has made the powerful workstation available on its online store for refurbished products. According to a report in MacRumors on Friday, a model with base configuration which is currently retailing for $6,299 is available for $5,349 on the store for refurbished products.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

When you are looking to buy a laptop that you will be carrying with you on travel, whether it is a trip for business or one for pleasure, it can help you can do some work and keep a tab on what is happening in your office. For it, you primarily need a laptop with two things: One, it should be light. This is because you will be carrying the laptop in your luggage, backpack or bag. And two, it should be powerful enough to handle the work you will do on it.

Publication: India Today 

Google rolled out a new update for its cloud gaming service, Stadia. In this update, some codes revealed upcoming features like touch screen controls and Android TV support that Google is working on for Stadia. These unreleased features of Google Stadia were discovered by 9to5Google. Touch screen controls will be one major feature for Stadia as it will do away with the need of having a controller.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

For risk modelling dependent industries such as insurance, stock trading, banking, pharma, life sciences, retail, FMCG, that depend heavily on their risk modelling algorithms on a daily basis, high computing power platforms such as Amazon EMR, Azure HD Insight, Google Dataproc can be leveraged along with machine learning plat- forms such as (Google Cloud Auto ML, Amazon Sagemaker,Azure ML) on the cloud.

Publication: The Financial Express 

Home working software also exceeded expectations, including office, collaboration, virtual desktop, remote access and security. AMD, in particular, is doing well, increasingly being accepted as a competitive alternative to Intel by businesses as well as consumers, the report said. With production constraints in China easing, few businesses will be spending on technology for their offices, while many homes will have been freshly equipped.

Publication: The Times of India 

NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1650 Super to address the shortcomings of the vanilla 1650. The Super was faster than both the RX 570 as well as the GTX 1060. AMD’s answer was the Radeon RX 5500 XT. While the 8GB variant was dead on arrival, the 4GB model still has some excellent value, this one in specific. With the $20 rebate, it’s going for the same price as the 1650 Super’s launch MSRP: $169.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The Red team’s product lineup doesn’t seem over yet, a couple of months ago the Ryzen 9 4900U was spotted in the datasheet for a Lenovo Yoga Slim notebook. Now, the Ryzen 9 4900U APU has appeared on theUserBenchmark as part of a system labelled “AMD Ted3-RN”. After the launch of the impressive Ryzen 9 4900H and 4900HS we all anticipated for a Ryzen 9 4900U to be official, and now the leaks of it clearly indicate the fact AMD is waiting to reveal its new efficient as well as powerful 8 core APU to counter Intel’s latest offerings.

Publication: TechnoSports

Sony has unveiled its new controller for the upcoming PlayStation 5 gaming console. The company is calling it ‘DualSense’, which is a departure from the ‘DualShock’ naming convention previously used for the controllers. In a blog post, the company has revealed that the DualSense controller has started shipping to developers so that they can implement its features into their games. As to when the PlayStation 5 will debut, there is no official release date, but the blog does indicate that it will be launched around the US holiday season.

Publication: Gadgets 360

Chinese technology company Lenovo has announced that its upcoming lineup of Legion PCs will feature the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPU with Max-Q Design and up to new 10th Gen Intel Core H Series mobile processors. Powered by the new GeForce RTX SUPER GPUs with Max-Q Design on the new range of Lenovo laptops, gamers will now enjoy higher clock speeds and new levels of realism in today’s AAA games, claims Lenovo.

Dell’s refreshed XPS 15 and rumoured XPS 17 laptops have been in the news for some time, and now it is speculated that the company may have accidentally published an image showing the new XPS laptops. According to a Reddit user, four mysterious laptops were spotted on Dell’s Precision Laptops page (now taken down) where two did not appear to resemble the older generation Precision laptops.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

ASUS recently launched Geforce GTX 1650 GDDR6 graphics cards for the ROG Strix, TUF Gaming and Phoenix lineups. Compared to the previous Geforce GTX 1650 with GDDR5, it has upgraded memory resulting in a 50% increase of the bandwidth. It proves to be a better option for 1080p gaming and with some push, it will be good for 1440 gaming too. Furthermore, it’s cheaper than its successor Geforce GTX 1660.

Publication: TechQuila

Samsung recently started shipping its premium as well as expensive Samsung Galaxy Chromebook convertible at a whopping price of $999. To follow them, Asus has started shipping its new Chromebook Flip C436 in the US and will be quite similar to the Chromebook 715 carrying a hefty starting price of $799.99. Even though of its hefty price tag, the Chromebook Flip C436 2-in-1 laptop has a lightweight magnesium alloy chassis weighing just 1.1 kg.

Publication: TechnoSports

Asus has arranged an e-gaming tournament called ROG Showdown. The healthy competition among gamers will give pump them up during the Coronavirus lockdown imposed in many parts of the globe. The ROG Showdown consists of multiple tournaments with games including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PUBG PC, League of Legends and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. The tournaments began on April 3 and are set to go on until April 29. Here’s the complete schedule for the tournaments alongside a guide to how you can play and get a chance to win Steam vouchers of up to USD 300 (roughly Rs. 23,000).

Publication: India TV 

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) represents top telecom and network equipment manufacturers and service providers like Nokia, Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE, Sterlite, Indus, Cisco, Juniper, Qualcomm, Apple, Ciena, ECI, Facebook, Google, Amazon and ACT.

Publication: Indian Express  

The DualSense wireless controller reveal comes just days after Sony revealed full specifications of the highly anticipated PlayStation 5. The PS5 will be powered by a custom AMD Zen 2 CPU paired with AMD RDNA 2 GPU and 825GB on-board SSD. Sony says that the PS5 will support nearly all of the 100 best-selling PS4 games. The PlayStation 5 will be officially launched in December, around the same time that Microsoft also starts shipping its rival console, aka the Xbox Series X.

Publication: The Financial Express 

A laptop is a great tool for creators and gamers who wants high-performance computers on-the-go. Though most of the users prefer a 14-inch or a 15-inch laptop, some users are still looking for a laptop with massive 17-inch screen laptops. We have listed some of the best laptops available in the market with a 17-inch screen, that offers high-end CPU and GPU performance. These laptops will be great for consuming multimedia and playing games. Here are some of the best 17-inch laptops that one can buy in India.

Publication: Gizbot

Microsoft has hired former senior Apple executive Ruben Caballero for its hardware division that makes HoloLens Mixed Reality headsets. An Apple veteran, Caballero has joined Microsoft as Corporate Vice President Engineering – Hardware Design & Technology at its Mixed Reality and AI Division which is responsible for the development of HoloLens and other “Special Projects”.

Publication: Business Standard 

Microsoft is preparing to host all its events, summits and conferences virtually through to July 2021 as the coronavirus outbreak has forced companies to take a hard look at their planned events this year. While a majority of the workforce is adjusting to working from home, events and conferences scheduled by companies are being postponed to a later date or scrapped off completely.

Publication: Digit

Gaming PCs have become more powerful and affordable over the years. They are portable and are great to run high-intensity games. But gaming laptops cannot beat a custom-built desktop in terms of specifications, components, and scalability. My biggest concern, however, with a desktop is the cost and time spent on building your own gaming machine. Finding the right graphics card, motherboard, processor, memory, computer case, gaming monitor, power supply, CPU cooler, and peripherals can be a daunting task.

Publication: Indian Express 

It seems that Apple is now a buying spree, the company recently the company recently acquired weather app Dark Sky followed by AI company Voysis. Now, the company is also set to acquire a VR streaming service provider NextVR. As reported by 9to5mac, the Cupertino-based tech giant is in the process of acquiring NextVR.

Publication: The Times of India 

Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is reportedly launching a new 13-inch MacBook Pro next month with the codename J223. According to a noted Apple leaker Jon Prosser, Apple will bring out a refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro “next month”. The current 13-inch MacBook Pro still uses butterfly keyboards that can suffer from issues such as sticky or unresponsive keys after prolonged use, which prompted Apple to initiate a free repair program worldwide in 2018.

Publication: Business Standard 

Apple is reportedly launching a new 13-inch MacBook Pro next month with the codename J223, says noted Apple leak- er Jon Prosser. Apart from a new keyboard, the new MacBook Pro is expected to get one of Intel’s 10th-genera- tion Ice Lake chips, built using a 10-na- nometer architecture, says the leaker.

Publication: The Economic Times 

AMD’s wraith prism cooler is easily the best stock CPU thermal solution out there. But RGB and aesthetics aside, is it any good is it in terms of actual function? The Ryzen 3000 processors are governed by the Precision Boost 2 algorithm which is fairly temperature-sensitive, among other things. Without a liquid cooler, it’s nearly impossible to get to the spec boost frequency, let alone overclock the CPUs.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 has come down to an all-time low price of $319. That’s nearly the same as the GeForce RTX 2060 KO Edition, much lower than the $400 RTX 2060 Super that it actually competes against. While it may lack the RTCores for hardware-accelerated ray-tracing, the raster performance is what really matters at this point. Right now, there are as many as six graphics cards competing in the 1440p gaming segment: the RTX 2060, the RTX 2060 Super, the RTX 2070 Super and on the Radeon side, the RX 5600 XT, the RX 5700 and the RX 5700 XT.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The monitor is the most important component of your gaming rig. No matter how powerful your CPU or GPU may be, at the end of the day, your display will decide how good your game looks (and plays). Most people only consider the resolution and refresh rate while buying a monitor. However, there is a lot more to it than just those two numbers. You have to check the color gamut, contrast ratio, the panel type, brightness and the response times as well.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Another leak spotted on 3Dmark database was tweeted by tipster Rogame, wherein he said, “I found a weird hardware combination. An all AMD laptop with Ryzen 5 4500U & what appears to be an RX 5300M. GPU vendor is Advanced Micro Devices for both iGPU & dGPU so it’s an AMD test laptop. Add to that the new Microsoft Laptop with 4500U. I think this is Surface Book 3”

Publication: Gadget Bridge 

Online laptops already available on the online trading platforms, direct sales start from 9 April. Specifications RedmiBook 14 in version Ryzen Edition is similar to the previous modification of RedmiBook 14 laptop with Intel processor. The new APU was replaced by AMD Ryzen Ryzen 3500U 5 and 7 3700U depending on staffing. Along with them the speed and power of the devices is ensured by the 8 – and 16-Gigabyte memory modules.

Publication: The Times Hub 

Recently, Apple updated their cheapest laptop, the MacBook air with some much needed changes that people have been asking for the last few years. For starters, the new MacBook Air comes with Intel’s 10th gen processors, more storage and a better keyboard. All this for a cheaper price now at $999, which is quite a ways below the MacBook Pro retails for. So, with all these new changes, what’s the difference between it and the 13″ Pro machine?

Publication: TechQuila

Microsoft has announced a strategic partnership with digital adoption platform WalkMe to help increase Dynamics 365 adoption among enterprises to utilise the technology efficiently and productively. Through this partnership, the companies will enable enterprise organizations to easily deploy WalkMe’s Digital Adoption Platform on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365 without an extension.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

HP has launched the Envy 17 laptop in the US which will be available at Best Buying at $1,250 “in the coming days”. The latets device from HP comes with a 17.3 inch full HD multitouch screen and runs on Windows 10 operating system. It offers an 86% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by a quad-core 10th-generation intel core i7-1065G7 processor paired with 12GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 graphics card and 2GB GDDR dedicated video memory.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

oogle has reportedly started gifting three months of Stadia Pro to YouTube Premium members via email. At the moment, it appears that all reports are coming from YouTube Premium subscribers in the UK. The trial will also be available for existing Premium members in the US, reports 9To5Google. As of right now only some members are getting access to the Stadia Pro gift. Google is working towards adding features including the highly-anticipated free tier, YouTube streaming, family game sharing to Stadia soon.

Publication: News 18 

The E3 2021 edition will be held between June 15 and June 17 next year, according to GamesIndustry.biz. According to the website, the Entertainment Software Association will hold a “reimagined” gaming conference next year. The organisers have already begun notifying its partners over the same. In case you didn’t know, this year’s edition was cancelled following the Covid-19 pandemic. E3 is the world’s biggest gaming convention.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Dell is one of the most recognisable names in the world of personal computing. The company has a vast range of laptops that cater to business professionals and gamers alike. However, lesser-known is the fact that Dell makes full-fledged desktops too which mostly focus on heavy users and gamers.

Publication: India Today

We saw Intel and Nvidia announcing new chipsets dedicated for gaming as well as high-end studio notebooks. Naturally, manufacturers had their new lineups ready for this year and Asus announced a bunch of new notebooks targeted at different price segments and loaded with the latest Intel 10th-gen processors and Nvidia’ new RTX Super GPU range. The company is also said to be using liquid metal instead of thermal paste across the lineup for better cooling.

Publication: News 18

After refreshing the MacBook Pro 15” and the MacBook Air, its only natural that Apple also refresh the 13” MacBook Pro. According to leakster Jon Prosser, Apple is set to announce the new 13” MacBook Pro next month. Besides this, his tweet carries no details of what the refreshed model would include, but we can make a few educated guesses.

Publication: Digit

There is Dell Vostro 14 3480- a wallet-friendly laptop that you can rely on. It comes with a 14-inch HD (1366×768 pixels) screen and built-in dual speakers. The notebook packs an 8th-generation Intel Core i5-8265U processor, coupled with 8GB RAM, and 1TB of HDD storage. To handle graphics functions, it houses an AMD Radeon 520 (2GB) graphics card.

Publication: NewsBytesApp

ASUS ROG Zephurus duo 15 dual screen gaming laptop reveled in India.

Publication: Punjab Kesari 

The new Max-Q improvements allow for dynamic thermal management of the CPU and GPU together, allowing each one to trade off performance when the other needs to be used more. AMD had announced a similar platform-level thermal management scheme for its Ryzen Mobile and Radeon powered laptops in January this year. The company is claiming twice the efficiency in terms of frames per second per Watt as Max-Q laptops from three years ago.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

MSI has introduced three new laptops in the market that are powered by the latest 10th generation Intel Core H-Series processor, and pack up to Nvidia GeForce RTX2080 Super Max-Q GPUs. The company has detailed specifications and availability of the GS66 Stealth and GE66 Raider gaming laptops, as well as the Creator 17 laptop. These devices were demoed at CES earlier this year, but the specifics weren’t unveiled back then. The three laptops will be available in the US market on April 15.

Publication: Gadgets 360

Intel will be competing with a resurgent AMD, which has just launched its Ryzen Mobile 4000 series for the same market segments. The company points out that games are still lightly threaded and benefit more from higher clock speeds than more cores. Performance is claimed to be up to 54 percent better than an equivalent three-year-old laptop in specific games at high settings.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Lenovo has launched its latest series of Legion gaming laptops -the Legion 5i and the Legion 7i. The company claims these are the first gaming laptops to feature Nvidia’s latest Advance Optimus Technology. The highlights of both the gaming laptops are high-end CPUs and Nvidia GeForce Super GPUs. Moreover, both Lenovo Legion gaming laptops come equipped with up to the latest 10th Gen Intel Core H-Series mobile processors. Besides, the company has not mentioned any other specifications about the laptops.

Publication: Gizbot

While several industries reel under the COVID-19 lockdown impact in India, PC and laptop majors like HP and Lenovo have seen a massive surge in bulk buying from corporates and enterprises to keep their workforce stay home, safe and connected. Chromebooks and business laptops started disappearing from the shelves even before the 21-day lockdown was announced from March 24 midnight, as millions of Indians across the spectrum began working from home as corona-positive cases began emerging from various offices from early March.

Publication: Livemint

Asus has recently launched its latest ROG line of gaming laptops with the latest hardware which makes them perfect for gaming and high-end graphic software. The company has launched a dual-screen laptop the Zephyrus Duo 15 with 300Hz refresh rate display and impressive hardware offerings. Alongside, the company has also launched its younger siblings the Zephyrus S15, the Zephyrus M15, the Strix SCAR 15, and the Strix SCAR 17.

Publication: Gizbot

NVIDIA recently released an updated version of DLSS with the latest Geforce update. But in order to experience it, you also need support from developers on a per-game basis. Thankfully, one of those games is Remedy Ent.’s Control, which we’re going to be using today to take a look into what changes DLSS 2.0 brings to the table.

Publication: TechQuila

Amazon is reportedly working on a full-fledged cloud gaming platform under the code name Project Tempo, similar to Google’s Stadia and Nvidia’s GeForce Now. The retail giant has been working on a game called Crucible ever since 2014 and along with that game, the company is going to bring another game called New World, which will be a multiplayer online game and will fit perfectly in the multiplayer game genre, reports The New York Times.

Publication: Livemint

In order to deliver the best PC gaming experience, Intel breaks beyond the 5GHz barrier for laptops with the launch of the 10th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors that deliver faster performance with up to 5.3 GHz3 Turbo, eight cores, 16 threads and 16MB of Intel Smart Cache.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge 

According to IDC, the DDR5 RAM production should rise to 22% by 2021, then 43% by 2022. The new DDR5 modules which will be launching this year will most likely be aimed towards server-grade solutions like AMD’s upcoming EPYC Genoa and Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon platforms. It will take some time for consumer-grade implementations but not too far off, probably the wait will be over in the late 2021 when both CPU and motherboards too will available for new DDR5 RAM modules.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD’s new Fine Wine Technology helped its old graphics cards such as AMD Radeon HD 7970 to give optimal performance for the new Doom game. Hardware Unboxed recently did a benchmark analysis where the older AMD graphics cards were benchmarked against NVIDIA’s Kepler and Maxwell Architecture. The comparison was between the NVIDIA’s 600 series graphics card released in 2012 and the AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 released at the same time.

Publication: TechQuila

The coronavirus-driven lockdown has made all of us more dependant on our personal computing devices. Those who neglected this, and never invested in a good device, are struggling to keep up with work from home requirements. Even more reason that you should have a good laptop at home, even if your office device takes care of all your needs. If it was possible to buy laptops online during the lockdown, the past couple of weeks would have been the best in a while for the PC industry in India.

Publication: Indian Express 

Apple hasn’t gone big on the Virtual Reality (VR) space yet despite the technology is said to have big commercial prospects. Even as Facebook (Oculus) and Microsoft (HoloLens) have taken a lead, Apple is reportedly looking to join the fray soon with its next multimillion-dollar acquisition. According to 9to5, Apple is in process of acquiring California-based VR firm NextVR. The deal is estimated to be worth $100 million.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

There is no other information available regarding the laptop at the time of writing. However, considering the recent announcements, we can make an educated guess. The company is likely to add the latest Intel chips in the 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro refresh. However, we are not sure if that will be the recently announced 10th generation or existing 9th generation chips.

Publication: BGR India 

Healthy competition can be a catalyst for innovation and improvement. This is a general notion and is not limited to just one particular industry. As for tech, well, it’s safe to say that there has never been a shortage of competition. In fact, there is always so much going on in the tech space that it’s very hard to commit to either side in a duel. There are a lot of other rivalries that come to our mind. Apple Vs IBM, Nvidia vs Intel, Intel vs AMD, Alibaba vs Tencent, and a lot more.

Publication: MensXp

Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X are all set to give dedicated gaming rigs a serious run for their money come December, 2020. And while dedicated gaming PCs might still be able to ward off the threat, laptops could need some more firepower to compete. Intel and Nvidia have now jumped in to give gaming laptops that firepower. While Intel has launched its first 10th Gen Comet Lake H-series processors for laptops, Nvidia has announced its new RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super mobile GPUs — their highest end and most expensive offerings to date designed to complement each other in every sense of the word.

Publication: Financial Express 

Nvidia has been dominating the GPU landscape for some time now and it looks like AMD has finally had enough. Details of its forthcoming ‘Big Navi’ Radeon RX Gamma XT have been leaked out on an internal company slide that spills the beans on this absolute powerhouse of a graphics card. This thing hasn’t been targeted at Nvidia’s Turing-based cards, but rather its upcoming Ampere-based cards expected later this year.

Publication: Notebook Check 

PC and printer major HP on Thursday announced a variety of relief initiatives aimed at arming its global channel partner community to effectively navigate the operational and financial challenges associated with Covid-19. Customers can also take advantage of a delayed payment structure or enroll in a PC rental programme, available on equipment contracts for a period of 12 months, said the company. After 12 months, rental devices can be extended, purchased or returned for an upgrade, it added.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

In the wake of Intel’s announcement of their 10th generation H-series processors and Nvidia also announcing new GPUs for laptops, news of new machines have started to pour in. Asus today has announced several new laptops in their Zephyrus lineup of gaming laptops, with one of them being particularly interesting.  The Zephyrus lineup of gaming laptops from Asus have always been about combining powerful components with an ultra-compact form-factor, but with the Zephyrus M15, the company is also adding good looks to the mix.

Publication: Digit

AMD launched its new series of GPUs based on the NAVI architecture recently at Computex. Two standard and one special edition cards were unveiled in the series, namely Radeon RX 5700, RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition. It was always expected for AMD to add more GPUs to the Navi family but the names and the actual number of cards were not known. However, according to the latest leak coming from Komachi’s Twitter, SAPPHIRE might have just given the game away regarding the new Radeon RX 5000 series GPUs. SAPPHIRE just recently registered multiple cards in the Radeon RX 5000 series at The European Economic Community (EEC).

Publication: TechQuila

Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) expands its portfolio of IT infrastructure solutions. As companies implement Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and 5G technologies, an increase in connected devices drives an explosion of data created, analyzed, stored and managed from the edge to the core. For enterprises building end-to-end applications that leverage Azure, the new Lenovo ThinkAgile MX1021 and ThinkSystem DM7100 provide validated solutions for cloud tiering.

Publication: CXO Today 

PC gamers and creators who plan to buy new laptops have a reason to cheer as Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super GPUs will be available from 15 April in the latest crop of thin and light laptops. More than 100 laptops by leading companies–HP, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, Dell and MSI–will be launched over the course of the next few months.

Publication: Livemint

Intel has launched its 10th Gen H series mobile processors for content creators and gamers alike. Intel’s 10th Gen H series processors are engineered for powerhouse laptops. However, CPUs alone don’t make a powerhouse machine; graphics cards play an equally important role in the whole setup.  Nvidia has announced two new mobile graphics cards in the form of the RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2070 Super. Like their desktop counterparts, both these graphics cards are based on Turing architecture and boasts dedicated RT cores. Additionally, Nvidia is also offering the RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 in Max-Q configurations, intended for slim gaming laptops.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Intel and Nvidia have just announced their next generation of processors and graphics cards. Soon after, Asus ROG has announced its revamped lineup of gaming laptops in India, boasting of these new processors as well as graphics cards. Most of the older models from last years have received specification bumps whereas the high-end models now get a dual screen model. The new laptops still don’t have a launch date and the prices are still kept secret.

Publication: India Today 

Leading chip-maker Intel on Thursday announced it has broken the 5 GHz barrier for laptops with the 10th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors that will take gaming to a new level. The H-series of chips delivers desktop-caliber performance that gamers and creators can take anywhere, Intel said in a statement.

Publication: Livemint

In the past few years, we have seen quite a few desktop-grade CPUs packed into the laptop form factor and mostly it has been done with Intel CPUs. With time things have turned round and AMD has jumped into the performance leadership and the Ryzen 3000 processors delivers better price-to-performance ratio than Intel’s 9th gen CPUs. OEMs are quickly adapting their products to the AMD trend and Schenker, a German OEM that specializes in custom-built systems, will be the first one to make a laptop featuring the humongous Ryzen 9 3950X, the fastest desktop CPU ever.

Publication: TechnoSports

Acer has been in the computer business for a long time. The company makes laptops ranging from entry-level models to high-fidelity work stations and the Acer Predator Helios PH315-52 sits right between them. It offers the right proportion of performance for an individual gamer or a professional. The laptop is based on the 9th Gen Intel Core i7-9750H 6-core processor, which is said to be one of the best processors for gaming laptops that offers up to 4.5GHz clock speed and comes with a TDP of 45W, which makes a laptop powered by this CPU an efficient machine.

Publication: Gizbot

When Capcom announced the remake of Resident Evil 2 a year ago, it was met with equal amounts of enthusiasm and skepticism of living up to the original quality. They delivered a quality game, hitting multiple checkmarks with old-schoolers and new-comers alike. Capcom let the consumers know they would be interested in making one for the third game, and with plenty of fan support, they went ahead. This time there was less skepticism and more trust.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Planning to buy a new thin and light laptop, which can also be used as a tablet, the modern 2-in-1 convertible laptops or notebooks are something which you can consider, which offer the right amount of performance and practicality. We have come up with a list of best 2-in-1 laptops available in the Indian market, and these laptops are from various price points so that a user even with a limited budget can buy a good 2-in-1 laptop.

Publication: Gizbot

The home quarantine around the globe has given us all the time to do things we couldn’t before because of our daily lives. Gaming seems to have surfaced as a viable option as it distracts us and can be done for hours. Here’s our list of top 3 multiplayer games that you can play right now. Multiplayer games can be played from both consoles and PC’s alike with cross-platform support in some games. Cross-platform in lucid terms means playing the same game with players on different systems for example: Your friend can have a PS4 while you have a PC and still be able to play the exact same game together.

Publication: The Mobile Indian 

In the recent days, we have seen quite a few laptops featuring the Ryzen 4000 APUs and this is expected to increase with days. So, MSI, who has been a strong partner of AMD, has released a new gaming laptop lineup name MSI Bravo with the latest Ryzen 4000H gaming processors and AMD graphics. Asus was the first one to bring the new AMD powered gaming laptops and now MSI is here with its Bravo gaming laptops.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs are some of the most cutting-edge chips on the market. TSMC’s 7nm node paired with the brand new Zen 2 microarchitecture has allowed AMD to claw their back into the high-performance CPU market. Not only are the Ryzen chips faster than competing Intel CPUs, but they are also a lot more power-efficient. AMD’s core clock scaling algorithm, Precision Boost 2 was introduced with the 2nd Gen Ryzen processors and an additional feature, Precision Boost Overdrive was introduced with present Gen Ryzen 3000 chips.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD’s “fine wine” and demonstrated prowess on Vulkan appear to be holding true when it comes to Doom: Eternal. ID Software’s latest demon disembowler runs startlingly faster on last-gen AMD hardware compared to the Nvidia competition. The folks over at Hardware Unboxed recently tested out Doom Eternal on previous-gen AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards and came to some eye-opening conclusions. NVIDIA’s GTX 600 and GTX 700 series of Kepler parts fall far, far behind the AMD competition.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake-H laptops are supposed to be announced on the 2nd of April, but the specs have already been leaked. We know that most of these chips are overclocked variants of the existing 9th Gen parts, other than that one octa-core i7. The only missing part of the puzzle was the pricing, and now we have that too. Newegg has already put up the listings of Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake-H laptops and to be blunt, the prices are downright ridiculous, especially in light of the recent Renoir launch.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Apple, Google, Facebook and others are continuously encouraging people to self-isolate and stay at home. And at the centre of everything is the World Health Organisation or WHO. But tech companies and governments partnering with WHO doesn’t seem to be enough, so WHO has now joined hands with the gaming industry for the ‘Play Apart Together’ campaign, as first reported by The Next Web. The campaign is said to be backed by some big gaming companies including Activision Blizzard, Twitch, Riot Games, and YouTube Gaming.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

The Indian laptop market filled with a plethora of options from various manufacturers. Some of these computers are as powerful as a full-sized PC and offers features like octa-core CPU, 8GB GPU, up to 32GB RAM, and 2TB internal storage. There is also a lineup of laptops, that offers features a super-high-resolution 4K display that will be useful for video editors and graphic designers. Here are some of the best laptops available in India with a 4K or an ultra-HD screen.

Publication: Gizbot

The German retailer’s latest sales data has been spotted online, and it seems to be a great week for AMD. Already the Red team has been dominating Intel since last year in terms of desktop CPU sales and now the latest sales figures make the thing much more humiliating for Intel. The budget-end Ryzen 5 3600 has always been the best seller for AMD and the latest Mindfactory CPU sales show 2,030 units were sold in comparison the top seller for Intel was the Core i7-9700K with just 130 sales. Both the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Ryzen 7 3700X has topped the charts for AMD.

Publication: TechnoSports

When AMD launched the Ryzen 4000U mobile processors at CES 2020, a lot of OEMs did pledge to use the new exciting APUs in their laptops and one of them included Acer as well. Acer’s Swift 3 and Aspire 5 series are the best selling laptop series for the company as they target the mid-range and budget audience respectively.

Publication: TechnoSports

The technology and data management committee is set to work with US technology majors Microsoft and Cisco, among private corporates, to efficiently manage flow of information critical to tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, but critical government communication would continue to be through the National Informatics Centre (NIC). “Start-ups and large corporates are also giving ideas on tackling this emergency.”

Publication: ET Telecom – The Economic Times