It is all about giving consumers a consistently powerful user experience in the Rs 40,000 – Rs 50,000 price band. Yet if you are to look around, for everything else they may bring to the table, most laptops would offer the Intel Core i3 processor. That is, to put it simply, not really future proof if you intend to keep the machine for a few years at least without potentially seeing a significant performance deterioration at some point. That is where the Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 has a serious advantage.

Publication: News18 

Dell makes some of the best laptops on the market. From budget options to the most premium and expensive, unit, they’ve got it all. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the Dell G5, which we think is a great laptop for most people. We think it’s a solid machine for the price. The unit which we got for review was powered by Intel’s 10th gen Core i5 processor. It was coupled with 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD. For graphics, our unit had a GTX 1650Ti. We were able to do some light gaming on it and play titles like Valorant, Apex Legends, and the newly launched Fall Guys.

Publication: MensXp 

Dell recently upgraded its premium XPS lineup in India with the new XPS 13 and XPS 15 laptops. In past years, the XPS lineup has become the golden standard for premium laptops, and the new additions only serve to continue that legacy. Our focus today is on the XPS 13, which makes some noteworthy improvements across the board. The new Dell XPS 13 (2020) brings just the right improvements on the display, performance, and design fronts, but there’s a catch.

Publication: MoneyControl

Launched at an attractive price point of Rs 42,990, the laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 3500U mobile processor with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics is sleek and lightweight (weighs just 1.53 kg and is only 16.9 mm thick which makes it one of the lightest 15-inch laptops). For working professionals and multi-taskers, it is a real good deal. The MagicBook 15 is packed with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U mobile processor and houses Radeon Vega 8 Graphics for better performance.

Publication: Telangana Today

When you get Intel 10th-gen Ice Lake processor running the show from behind the curtain, along with ample 8GB RAM or more, the performance, for the most part, stays well-tuned, powerful and as smooth as it can be. You do not get the Nvidia goodness here because of the build and more importantly, the audience it is aimed at. But you do get a pleasant experience while shuffling through those browser tabs and applications. You cannot do your heavy CAD work or gaming on this. But everything from media consumption to productivity, the XPS 13 (2020) has you covered.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

HP Pavilion Gaming 15 is powered by a 9th generation Intel Core i7 processor with a 2.6GHz base frequency and is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM along with 1TB HDD and 256GB SSD hybrid storage that ensures all your game files are secured and ready to fire up as and when required. There’s NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB graphics onboard to power-through some decent titles. The Pavilion 15 features a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a 144Hz high refresh rate and anti-glare coating. There are minimal bezels on the right and left side surrounding the display that ensures an immersive gaming experience.

Publication: Digit

The Asus TUF A15 comes in hard with its gaming style, latest AMD Ryzen processor, Nvidia graphics card, and RGB keyboard lighting. It’s a deal that is hard to ignore, especially with that price tag. So, what are we missing out on?  The laptop is comfortable to use during long work sessions—it doesn’t heat up. This all changes when you start gaming. It gets very loud and, at the same time, starts throwing out a lot of hot air. I found the heat too much to comfortably use the laptop on my lap while gaming.

Publication: Mid-Day 

The newly launched Honor MagicBook 15 ships with 64-bit Windows 10 Home and features a 15.6-inch display. It will be available in Mystic Silver with Azure Blue chamfer. The device has a 180-degree hinge and TUV Rheinland certified Full HD display. It has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 87 percent screen-to-body ratio, and 250nits screen brightness. The laptop is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U CPU, paired with Radeon Vega 8 GPU and 8GB of DDR4 dual-channel RAM. It comes with 256GB PCIe SSD.

Publication: BGR India 

If you have been looking for a good mid-range 2-in-1 laptop with the latest AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs, then Asus has brought a new 2-in-1 laptop for you. Having launched the VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 back at the start of this month alongside the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, this laptop has not got that much attention which should be given, considering its specs and pricing.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo has recently launched a bunch of Intel gaming laptops in India, however, it still has been behind to launch its AMD counterparts, maybe because of the Ryzen shortage. Whatever the reason might be the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 with AMD Ryzen 4000H processors are now in India and starts at a modest ₹ 69,990. There’s not much difference on the design and build front with the Intel-powered Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i laptop as this time Lenovo has done a pretty straightforward job when it comes to the naming schemes.

Publication: TechnoSports

The Red team is always keen on bringing in new updates for new games, even if they are faulty sometimes, still, they have brought the new Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.3 update. This version will optimize your GPU for the two new upcoming games – Project Cars 3 (launched today) and Marvel’s Avengers (coming in September). Both of these are massive gaming titles and apart from these two, AMD’s update will optimize your GPU for Fortnite’s new ‘Nexus War’ that will bring Marvel characters to the game.

Publication: TechnoSports

Till now, there was only one notebook (Dell G5 SE) that featured AMD’s Navi based RX 5600M GPU. All the rest used NVIDIA’s GTX 1650, 1650 Ti or the RTX 2060. MSI’s Alpha 15 is the second gaming notebook to include the Radeon RX 5600M, offering better than RTX 2060-level performance at a slightly lower MSRP. It’s important to not confuse the new Alpha 15 with its predecessor which featured a Ryzen 7 3750H and a Radeon RX 5500M. As you can guess, the new variant is a massive step up on both the CPU and GPU fronts.

Publication: Hardware Times 

HP Omen 15: The 15.6-inch display comes with options such as FHD 300Hz panel, FHD 144Hz panel, and UHD OLED panel. The display is also compatible with Nvidia G-Sync, which enables a fantastic gaming experience. To significantly enhance the thermal performance of Omen 15, HP has added the first ever IR thermopile sensor on a gaming laptop, that optimizes thermal efficiency and ensures quiet fan acoustics. The gaming laptop also uses Omen Tempest Cooling Technology to keep the machine cool during long gaming sessions. The HP Omen 15 has large vent openings and uses three-sided venting to offer five-way airflow.

Publication: IGN India 

The last few weeks have seen the biggest names in personal computing come out with new and improved ultrabooks and gaming laptops. From Asus to Dell and even newer players like Xiaomi and Honor, all have tried their hand at creating the perfect laptop for the work from home crowd. And now, tech giant HP has also jumped into the fray with the launch of its flagship HP Envy 15 laptop. The laptop features up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7 (H-series) processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q design, and up to 16GB of DDR4 Memory.

Publication: India Today 

The dynamics of the modern workforce drastically changed at the turn of the century. More importantly, there’s been a sweeping transformation over the past few months with the workforce shifting to the norm working remotely. Dell has launched a couple of new products that keep up with the evolving workforce. The Dell Precision 5550 mobile workstation is one such unique offering. More importantly, the Precision 5550 is aided with the Dell Optimizer for Precision AI-based performance optimizer that automatically tunes the workstation using machine learning.

Publication: Gizbot

Dell Technologies Inc on Thursday posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly revenue and beat profit estimates on robust demand for its notebooks and software products for remote work and online learning. Shares of the company were up 2% in trading after the bell. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid shift to cloud, spurring demand for products that allow organizations to carry on, even as millions of people around the globe work from home to stay safe, and schools to hold virtual classes.

Publication: Business Today 

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2021 second quarter. Second quarter revenue was $22.7 billion, and non-GAAP revenue was $22.8 billion. During the quarter, the company generated operating income of $1.1 billion, a 119 percent increase over the same period in the prior year, and non-GAAP operating income of $2.6 billion. Net income was $1.1 billion, non-GAAP net income was $1.6 billion and adjusted EBITDA was $3.1 billion. Net cash from operating activities was $3.3 billion. Diluted earnings per share was $1.37 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.92.

Publication: IT News Online 

The PS5 will feature a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz and a custom GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promises 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz. It will also have 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and a custom 825GB SSD. The PS5 will also feature 4K Blu-ray drive and will still support discs, but those games will still require installation to the internal SSD.

Publication: Telangana Today 

After becoming the third-largest consumer PC brand in the India market, dethroning Dell, in the second quarter of this year, a top executive of Asus on Thursday said the share of the Taiwanese electronics major in the overall India PC market has surged to 10 percent since July. Asus said it has an exciting new line up ramping up the gaming and consumer Notebook portfolio focusing on the dual-screen and thin and a line segment. The company said its strategy of providing consumers with both AMD and Intel-powered devices has worked in its favor.

Publication: India Tv

With the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 4000 APUs in the notebook space, Intel’s dated 14nm Comet Lake chips have become more or less obsolete. Packing up to eight 7nm Zen 2 cores with boost clocks as high as 4.4GHz, these parts easily crush the Intel competition. Here’s a list of the best Ryzen 4000 laptops on the market for gamers and content creators alike.

Publication: Hardware Times 

NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 will feature 10GB of GDDR6X memory while the RTX 3090 will be paired with 24GB of 19Gbps VRAM. This is just as I had predicted a few weeks back. Although both the GPUs will be announced on the 1st of September, there’s no word on actual availability. Furthermore, the source also confirmed that there won’t be any RTX 3080 Ti at launch. As expected, NVIDIA will wait for AMD to show its hand and then launch the Ti to level the playground. Both the RTX 3080 and 3090 are going to feature GDDR6X memory rated at 19Gbps.

Publication: Hardware Times

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. In this post, we compare one of the premier board partner RX 5700 XT models, the Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil, and see how it stacks up against the reference model and the competing RTX 2070 Super. We have a look at the gaming performance, thermals, overclocking capabilities and the PCB design of the two cards in detail.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Working closely with Fortnite Creative Island modder MAKAMAKES, AMD built AMD Battle Arena to offer gamers the opportunity to duke it out in three exciting game modes – Boxfight, Capture the Flag and Free-For-All – as they explore the unique stadium powered by AMD. Access the AMD Battle Arena hub via code: 8651-9841-1639, which will give you access to each mode with matchmaking enabled. Individual map keys will be displayed in the hub for gamers to set up private matches.

Publication: TechGoggles 

Working closely with Fortnite Creative Island modder MAKAMAKES, AMD built AMD Battle Arena to offer gamers the opportunity to duke it out in three exciting game modes – Boxfight, Capture the Flag and Free-For-All – as they explore the unique stadium powered by AMD. Access the AMD Battle Arena hub via code: 8651-9841-1639, which will give you access to each mode with matchmaking enabled. Individual map keys will be displayed in the hub for gamers to setup private matches.

Publication: Gaming Central 

The ROG Zephyrus G14 is a new breed of gaming laptop delivering unprecedented performance, powered by up to AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS processor. This is ASUS’s latest endeavor to bring a thin, powerful and portable, yet absolutely monstrous machine that will suit your gaming and productivity needs to the T. With up to 11 hours battery life, this device is a good option for shredding through AAA games and also lets you surf for hours together. The ROG Zephyrus G14 is priced from INR 80,990.

Publication: TechGoggles 

The Dell G5 SE is a stylish and portable laptop engineered for gamers and creators who seek ultimate performance possible. It features up-to an 8-Core AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H processor and AMD Radeon™ RX 5600M mobile graphics. The notebook also features AMD’s much awaited SmartShift technology, that dynamically shifts power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon graphics, and gives extra performance boost up to 14 % when you need it, whether you are playing games or blazing through productivity tasks.

Publication: Gaming Central 

The Asus TUF FX505DT is a great option for those who are new to the gaming world. It is priced relatively affordably and is powerful enough for games like Fortnite and PUBG. It comes with AMD’s Ryzen 5-3550H processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics with 4GB VRAM. The bezels on the laptop are slim and the 15.6-inch LED-backlit display itself has a refresh rate of 120Hz.

Publication: BGR India 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. gave an outlook for earnings that were better than Wall Street was projecting, signaling that the server maker’s extensive cost cuts are paying off. Profit, excluding some items, will be 32 cents to 36 cents a share in the fiscal fourth quarter, compared with analysts’ estimates for 32 cents. For the full fiscal year, the San Jose, California-based company said it expects earnings per share of $1.30 to $1.34, beating projections for $1.20.

Publication: Livemint

With prices starting from ₹1,19,999 for the Intel i5 10th Gen variant and going all the way up to ₹1,69,999 for the i7 version with an AMD GPU and a 1TB SSD (the ₹1,19,999 version and the ₹1,49,999 version have Nvidia’s GTX 1650Ti 4GB and 1660Ti 6GB), the Envy 15 is looking to impress customers who were probably eyeing the MacBook Pro. The HP Envy 15 is definitely a cheaper option, as compared to the MacBook Pro, for creators looking to buy a new laptop given what all this one can do.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

MD recently released a new Fortnite Creative Islands multiplayer map. The map, which was designed in close partnership with renowned Creative Islands modder MAKAMAKES. The map consists of three game modes – Boxfight, Capture The Flag, and Free For All. The AMD Battle Arena Hub can be accessed via the code – 8651-9841-1639. This gives access to each game mode with matchmaking enabled. Individual map keys will also be displayed in the hub that will enable players to set up private matches.

Publication: Gaming Monk 

The Dell G5 SE is a stylish and portable laptop engineered for gamers and creators who seek ultimate performance possible. It features up-to an 8-Core AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor and AMD Radeon RX 5600M mobile graphics. The notebook also features AMD’s much awaited SmartShift technology, that dynamically shifts power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon graphics, and gives extra performance boost up to 14 % when you need it, whether you are playing games or blazing through productivity tasks.

Publication: Gaming Monk 

If you are looking for a purely SSD option, the HP 15 is the way to go for you. It comes with a 512GB SSD paired with 8GB of memory. This, coupled with the Ryzen processor, makes file transfers unbelievably fast. The Radeon Vega 10 graphics card and large screen size give a winning edge to the display as well.

Publication: Digit

Here’s our HP Envy 15 2020 Review. HP ENVY 15 is available in 3 variants priced as; HP ENVY 15 powered by 10th gen Intel Core i5 10300H with 16GB and 512 GB SSD GTX 4GB 1650Ti GFX/15.6” FHD/ is available at INR 119,999 HP ENVY 15 powered by 10th gen Intel Core i7 10750H with 16GB and 1 TB SSD, GTX 6 GB 1660Ti GFX 15.6” FHD is available at INR 149,999.

Publication: Digit

HP will be targeting creative professionals with the launch of HP ENVY notebooks in India. ZBook Create and ZBook Studio are the world’s first mobile workstations with ocean-bound plastics which is highly recyclable and lightweight, in the India market. HP ENVY notebooks are powered by 10th gen core i5 and 10th gen core i7 processors. HP ENVY 15 (16GB and 512GB SSD) — powered by 10th gen core i5 — is available for a retail price of Rs 119,999.

Publication: InfoTechLead 

Expanding its product portfolio in India, HP has launched its Envy series notebooks. The company has introduced HP Envy 15 and HP Envy 13 notebooks. Additionally, it has unveiled HP ZBook Studio and HP ZBook Create workstations in the country. Pricing and availability HP Envy 15 notebook comes in three variants. HP Envy 15 powered by 10th Gen Core i5 10300H with 16GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage is priced at Rs 1,19,999. The one with 10Gen Core i7 10750H with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD will be available at Rs 1,49,999.

Publication: The Times of India 

Publication: News18 

A good Chromebook can do almost anything a regular laptop can do, and the best ones feel better to use than their Windows counterparts. Chromebooks are the most affordable type of personal computers you can buy. Apart from cost-effectiveness, a Chromebook is perfect if you are a student, small business owner, or someone whose work is solely dependent on browsing the internet. They’re also versatile, as you can now install apps and use them (to an extent) without an internet connection.

Publication: The Times of India 

Apple Inc is poised to open an online store for the first time in the fast-growing smartphone market of India next month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, taking advantage of a relaxation of once-strict prohibitions against foreign direct retail. The online store will be ready for operations just ahead of the festive Dussehra-Diwali spending season, according to the person, who asked not to be named discussing confidential plans

Publication: Business Standard 

Close on the heels of their new gaming range, Hewlett-Packard’s latest Envy 15 laptop is targeted at creators and features up to a 10th Gen Intel Core i7 (H-series) processor, up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q design and up to 16GB of DDR4 Memory. For digital creations, the line features a 4K OLED VESA-certified Display HDR True Black display with 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut, 100,000:1 contrast ratio with 400 nits brightness.

Publication: Deccan Herald 

It comes with the company’s black stabilizer technology that helps in brightening up even the darkest corners in games. It comes with AMD FreeSync technology that matches the graphic card’s frame rate and monitor’s refresh rate to eliminate tearing and stuttering. It reduces image tearing and broken frames to offer a fluid gaming experience using the AMD FreeSync technology.

Publication: Business Insider India 

HP has launched a new set of laptops within its Envy and ZBook line-up in India. The company has rolled out Envy 15, Envy 13, Envy x360 13 as the latest entrants having 10th-generation Intel Core or AMD Ryzen 4000 CPUs. They come equipped with Intel Xeon processors and Nvidia Quadro RTX GPUs. The third offering in Envy lineup is Envy x360 13 that is a convertible laptop having 88 percent screen-to-body ratio and Wi-Fi 5 for connectivity. The laptop is powered by the AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors with Radeon Graphics and boasts a battery life of 17.5 hours.

Publication: Financial Express 

Microsoft has started training 900 faculty members from top Indian institutes in quantum computing skills and capabilities among the wider academic community. Training will be provided virtually from 24-29 August and will cover the basics of quantum computing including superposition and entanglement, processing of information using qubits and quantum gates, and quantum machine learning and programming. The training program will also offer coding classes using Microsoft Q# and Quantum Development Kit.

Publication: Livemint

Powering the review device is a 10th-gen Intel Core i5-10210U processor with 8GB RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD storage. The processor is respectable enough to handle most tasks as well as casual gaming. We won’t run the new Microsoft Flight Simulator on it! After opening a slew of tabs on Chrome, the device didn’t let us down. We also gave complex video editing a miss, which is not the most comfortable on this screen size. The laptop was primarily used for Chrome, Slack, Asana, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office, which work without any hassle. With minimum bloatware, there were zero issues out of the box.

Publication: The Telegraph 

The recent changes in work culture have hit employees hard. Companies are unearthing innovative policies and initiatives to deal with the remolding of practices instigated by Covid-19. With many organizations still forging ways to sail amid the pandemic hit business operations, Lenovo India proactively infused a spirit of discovering the silver lining among its employees. From ensuring a seamless transition to work from home via providing hotspot, dongle, and laptop, the organization also took on the mental wellness of employees using tech-driven solutions.

Publication: ET Telecom 

The laptop is equipped with the latest 10nm Intel Ice Lake processors and runs Windows 10 Home operating system. This is paired with 16GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD. It also offers the latest NVME M.2 SSDs which is claimed to deliver up to 3X the performance than the standard SATA SSDs. The laptop offers instant app launch, faster OS boot and overall good performance. The device lives up to the expectations on a day-to-day basis.

Publication: Gadgets Now

We’re excited to announce a new technology collaboration with AMD, which is using Redis Enterprise to benchmark Redis database on publicly launched and available AMD EPYCTM 7002 series processor-powered systems, and instances in the cloud. The first series of cloud instances tested in this collaboration are the AWS EC2 C5a instances, which are powered by 2nd generation AMD EPYCTM processors. The 2nd generation AMD EPYCTM processors used in the AWS C5a instances run at frequencies up to 3.3 GHz[i] and are available in eight virtualized sizes—ranging from 2 vCPUs to 96 vCPUs—and offer up to 192GB of memory.

Publication: CellIT

“Modern work demands a modern approach to protecting the end-user workspace from threats. CISOs need to take a defined approach that will deploy a robust security solution to secure the endpoints from cyber threats at all times for business continuity. Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise is a cybersecurity suite with automated threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities. This will give a brief description on the functions and features of Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise.” said Gurpreet Singh, Managing Director at Arrow PC Network (Titanium Partner – Dell Technologies).

Publication: CRN India 

<Sponsored post> Performance is a key criterion when purchasing any laptop. The HP ProBook x360 is powered by AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors, built on the most advanced 7nm technology and optimized “Zen 2” architecture. Featuring the most cores in each class of AMD business mobile processors with- up to 8 cores, AMD provides powerful performance to accelerate productivity and exceptional battery life. Options include the Ryzen 7 4700U octa-core processor, the Ryzen 5 4500U hexa-core processor and the Ryzen 3 4300U quad-core.

Publication: Digit

With PC makers introducing new upgrades thanks to the arrival of more powerful 10th-gen Intel mobile CPUs, HP recently updated its gaming portfolio introducing two new models. While the Pavilion Gaming gets a new 16-inch model, the flagship Omen series added a new sleek looking 15-inch model. Now I’ve liked what HP has done in the past with its Omen lineup especially with the top-of-the-line Omen X it launched a couple of years back. The new Omen 15 is claimed to be one of the most portable gaming notebooks, and while that’s not entirely true, it does look sleek.

Publication: News18

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel launch in India got delayed at the last minute, a company executive told Gadgets 360.  While the recently released laptops feature 10th generation Intel CPUs, Ryzen is definitely part of the game plan. And laptops featuring Ryzen CPUs should arrive soon. The acceptance for AMD Ryzen processors has surely increased over the years and people have become more aware about it. Though, at this time, Intel still holds a greater share, the response to Ryzen CPU based laptops is also positive.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

The Asus VivoBook S14 has the same AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor as the more expensive ZenBook 14 and comes in a sleek and thin form-factor. The 1.4mm keystroke provides a satisfying typing feel, and also a keyboard that’s easy to get used to quickly. Other specs include a 512GB NVMe drive and an empty m.2 slot for additional storage. A 3-cell 50Whr battery ensures you don’t run out of juice at the worst moment possible.

Publication: Digit

Apart from AMD’s new 7nm mobile processors, the G14 also features Nvidia’s GPUs. Our review unit arrived with the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q graphics card. Asus sent us the top-end model with the AniMe Matrix, which is priced at Rs 1,61,990. However, the entry-level model with the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H and the Nvidia GTX 1650 graphic card starts from Rs 80,990 without the AniMe Matrix display.

Publication: Moneycontrol

If you are someone who hates thick bezels on laptops, then the Asus Zenbook 13 can turn out to be a good buy for you as it comes with an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 95%. The laptop sports a 13.3-inch display with thin bezels on all four sides, which should deliver an immersive viewing experience for you. Furthermore, you can expect to get robust performances under most user-case scenarios, as it runs on the 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10510U quad-core processor with the base speed of 1.8GHz that can Turbo Boost up to 4.9GHz, as per company claims.

Publication: Digit

PC maker Lenovo on Tuesday said the demand for personal computers grew 40-50 per cent in the last two months as compared to the year-ago period, and the contribution of gaming PCs to its consumer segment may almost double this year, a top company official said. Lenovo CEO and MD Rahul Agarwal told PTI that online classes are driving sales of laptops in the consumer segment where students want devices with high computing power that they can use for studies as well as playing games.

Publication: Outlook India

Gaming laptops are just for gaming enthusiasts. Yes and no, both. Most of these devices come with cutting-edge technologies and top-of-the-line specifications. They are not perfect, though. Most of the gaming laptops are unwieldy, lack right software optimisations, and do not score high on portability scale – probably why productivity-oriented users stay at bay. Lenovo sees this as an opportunity to rope in its Legion laptops as the perfect product for both gaming and non-gaming users.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

PC-brand HP is gearing up to launch its new Envy series of laptops for content creators in India on August 25. The new range of HP Envy laptops is expected to be priced around Rs 75,000. The new Envy series is likely to be targeted specifically at the everyday content creators and not meant for high-end gaming. HP recently announced its Envy 15 laptop series in the US at a price of $1,350. It is quite possible that HP may introduce the same in India now. The USP of the Envy 15 laptop is the vapour cooled 10th gen Intel Core-i9 processor with two 12-volt fans, which, as per the company, boost the processing power by 33%.

Publication: The ...

HP is expected to launch a portfolio of products for creators on August 25th. The company is said to be launching the Envy series of laptops which includes the HP Envy 13, Envy 13 x360 and the Envy 15. With the new Envy series, it appears that HP is seeking to fill in a gap that exists for machines geared specifically towards content creators. Currently, content creators have to choose between Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup or high-end gaming laptops for editing purposes. There are very few laptops outside of this like the Dell XPS 15, the newly launched XPS 17 and the ZenBook Pro Duo from Asus that are specifically designed for content creators.

Publication: Digit

The Dell XPS 17 packs an immersive 17-inch FHD+ IPS display. Powering the machine is intel’s latest 10th generation Core i7-10750H processor paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti with 4GB VRAM. There’s also 16GB DDR4 memory, and a fast 1TB NVMe drive onboard. The display has 100 per cent sRGB coverage, something that content creators would love. The Dell XPS 17 offers four Thunderbolt 3.0 ports for ultimate connectivity but also manages to fit in a full-sized SD card reader.

Publication: Digit

MSI opts for an Intel Core i9-9900K for the processor while using the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti for their gaming desktop. The MSI Infinite X Plus 9SF-270US comes in a mid-tower form factor and has 32 GB of RAM to take care of all your multi-tasking needs and for storage they’re giving a 512GB NVMe SSD as primary storage and they’re throwing in an additional 2TB hard drive for additional storage. Since the Intel Core i9-9900K performs better than the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X in gaming, this combination seems to be apt. For all this, they have quite a steep price tag.

HP ProBook x360 435 is undoubtedly a winner in multitasking by having an optional AMD Ryzen™ quad-, six-, even eight-core processors, with outstanding graphics performances. Crafted for work and entertainment, the laptop includes the latest AMD Radeon™ technology for demanding graphics and video tasks.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Sometimes focusing on fundamental problems can make the product better. While it may look simple to achieve at first, that’s the hardest part to achieve in product design. But when I see the new XPS (13), I know it is a laptop that sticks to the fundamentals. However, at the same time, it feels like the first “new” XPS 13 since the original XPS.

Publication: Indian Express 

Here is an entry-level laptop from Dell with a big internal storage space, which should be ideal for all the users out there who have to store multiple heavy files on their laptop at the same time. It runs on an AMD A6-9225 processor and is backed by 4GB RAM, making it a good combination or processor and RAM at this price point. In the memory department, it comes with a 1TB HDD storage space, giving you enough space to store thousands of files in one go.

Publication: Digit

ASUS has announced the availability of their new AMD A520 chipset motherboards which are geared to cater to budget PC builds. The AMD A520 chipset is the latest entrant in the 500 series chipset family and upgrades all its PCIe lanes to Gen 3.0. These new boards will support the latest AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs, Ryzen 4000 G-Series APUs and future Ryzen processors designed for the AM4 socket.

Publication: Digit

The Lenovo Yoga slim 7i comes with a high-resolution 14-inch display. The laptops will come with both 11th gen intel processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors. The laptop will have AMD graphics and can provide up to 17 hours of battery life. It can also be paired up with up to 16gb DDR4 RAM and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H CPU. The device has been priced at starting from EUR 799.

Publication: TechStory

As the pandemic pushes organizations to invest more in securing their data, nearly one in two business leaders in India think that the upskilling workforce has emerged as the biggest challenge faced by their IT security teams, a new Microsoft survey has revealed. Among business leaders in India, 62 percent indicated that security challenges have changed due to the pandemic while 43 percent said they are prioritising investments in cloud security through the calendar year.

Publication: Telangana Today 

The Chinese based OEM has been making some great laptops off late and its new Yoga Slim 7 Pro is no exception. Powered by the latest Ryzen 4000H gaming APUs, these laptops are powerhouses, also do not this is the first time ever we are seeing a gaming APU used on Yoga lineup. This is probably an inspiration from Dell who uses the same approach for their XPS lineup but with Intel gaming CPUs.

Publication: TechnoSports

Intel, on the other hand, is an American company and while it is possible that Huawei had already purchased the Intel chips before things escalated, the future of the MateBook series is definitely under a big question mark. Recently, Honor launched the MagicBook in India powered by AMD Ryzen 3000 series processor. It is possible that the company was not able to acquire AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series processors due to the Entity List ban, forcing the company to stick to an older chip. In any case, Huawei has never sold its laptops in India and doesn’t seem to have any plans to do so either.

Publication: Digit

Huawei has recently unveiled its flagship MateBook X and MateBook X Pro that has caught a lot of attention among users. However, their two new laptops i.e. the MateBook 13 and MateBook 14 with the latest AMD Ryzen 4000H are exciting too. These new laptops are powered by the powerful Renoir APUs and you get to choose between the Ryzen 5 4600H and the Ryzen 7 4800H. They are obviously more powerful than the U series with 45W TDP and comes with SMT enabled.

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The HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0028AX has a 15.6-inch Full HD display with an anti-glare IPS display and a 60 Hz refresh rate, and 250 nits brightness. In terms of gaming experience, the laptop is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB GDDR5 dedicated) graphics card, and also has a full-sized ‘ultra-violet’ backlit keyboard with a numeric keypad that should enhance the gaming controls. It has an AMD Ryzen 7-3750H Quad-core processor with a 2.3GHz base clock speed that can be boosted up to a maximum clock speed of 4.0GHz.

Publication: Digit

Tech giant Microsoft and edutech player Idealabs Futuretech Ventures, on Thursday announced A partnership to push forward the AI Digital Labs programme in India to build a future-ready workforce by providing students access to technology infrastructure, curriculum and training in AI and intelligent technologies. Idealabs will conduct workshops on cloud computing, data sciences, AI, and the Internet of Things for faculty under the AI Digital Labs programme to increase awareness. The company will also assist in strategizing content and curricula for project-based and experiential learning.

Publication: The Times of India 

The RX 5500 XT is the clear winner here. It maintains notably higher frame rates than the GTX 1650 Super across all ten games tested, all the while costing less. The gap swells to a significant 20-30% in the Navi favored titles in-line with AMD’s official figures.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Get this FHD gaming monitor from Lenovo that is available with an IPS panel and a 27-inch display. This gaming monitor comes with an in-panel switching panel that is known for its wide viewing angles, vivid colors, and brightness of 250 nits. In addition to this, the offered product is available with a swift 4ms response time and a 75 Hz refresh rate. The offered product is versed with graphics powered by AMD Radeon FreeSync technology.

Publication: The Times of India 

Indians love anything that’s free. The number of cashbacks, extended promotional offers and discounting by start-ups bear testimony to this. Online gaming, too, is no exception – most games are free-to-play mobile applications, part of subscriptions (bundled offering by telecom operators to existing subscribers), gaming events and streaming e-sports. Subscription revenues, therefore, are way lower as a percentage of advertising revenues in India.

Publication: Business Today 

Lenovo has unveiled five new additions to the Yoga lineup including the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i (13-inch), the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro (14-inch), the 2-in-1 Lenovo Yoga 7i, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro, and the Lenovo Yoga 6. They feature next generation Intel CPUs (presumably the 11th generation Intel Tiger Lake processors) and AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors. They boast of features like Lenovo Smart Assist, Super Resolution, Wi-Fi 6, and more. They also come in different screen sizes and multiple configurations. Some of these laptops are offered in multiple colour options as well.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

The AMD team has done a superb job with power optimization techniques in the 7nm technology for the Ryzen-4000 series. Similarly, very high-end work is being done by engineers at ARM, Texas Instruments, NXP, Micron, Xilinx, Western Digital, Mediatek and many other semiconductor giants, he says.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, today announced the launch of AMD A520 chipset motherboards primed to unleash the potential of 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Desktop Processors and planned support for the next-gen Ryzen™ Desktop Processors. The GIGABYTE A520 motherboards are designed to deliver abundant functions to fulfill all kinds of needs for families and offices.

Publication: Digit

Back at the start of August, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 was launched, the Taiwan giant also announced its new Zenbook lineup with AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs. However, it took a lot of time to get actually available in the market and finally it’s on Amazon India. This new Zenbook lineup will start at just ₹ 69,990 but however being a laptop price have fluctuated quite a bit.

Publication: TechnoSports

The ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DT-AL106T has a lot to offer. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5-3550H processor with a 2.1GHz base speed and a 3.7GHz boost speed with 6MB cache memory. The laptop has an 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, which users can upgrade up to 32GB for smooth gameplay. It comes packed with 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 VRAM Graphics and PCIe NVMe 512GB M.2 SSD for storage.

Publication: Digit

The Dell G5 15 SE is the only laptop in the market right now powered by both an AMD processor and an AMD GPU. The Dell G5 15 SE offers a choice between the Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 4800H while the GPU on both is the Radeon 5600m. This brings AMD’s unique SmartShift technology to the table, which optimizes power delivery so as to maximize performance.

Publication: Digit

AMD has launched the A520 chipset for socket AM4. The AMD A520 chipset is available now from major motherboard manufacturers worldwide. In addition to providing support for AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors, the AMD A520 chipset offers customers a path for future upgrades, with planned support for future Ryzen Desktop Processors based on the “Zen 3” architecture.

Publication: TechQuila

Having announced the Ryzen 3000XT processors alongside the A520 chipset, AMD has formally launched the A520 motherboards yesterday which does bring both the Ryzen 3000 and the upcoming Ryzen 4000 processors support. This is great news for budget enthusiasts who do not have to spend much to use the new AMD CPUs for their new PCs.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD has officially launched the A520 chipset for the motherboards with the AM4 socket. This latest chipset can support current CPUs based on Zen2 architecture and the upcoming AMD processors based on the Zen3 architecture, making it future proof and it supports the plug-and-play feature.

Publication: Gizbot

Microsoft has confirmed that it will end support for Internet Explorer 11 across Microsoft 265 apps and services by next year. The company has said that it will end support for Internet Explorer from August 17, 2021, onwards. This means that after August 17, 2021, the browser will stop working on Microsoft products such as Office 365, Outlook, and others.

Publication: The Times of India 

Lenovo’s Legion line of laptops now has new models in India. On Tuesday, the Chinese company introduced new gaming laptops, including the Legion 7i, Legion 5Pi, and Legion 5i. These gaming laptops are getting the latest 10th-generation Intel Core chipsets and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs for better graphic performance. Lenovo is bumping up the laptops with refresh rates of up to 144Hz, which has become one of the mainstays for high-end gaming on a series of devices, including laptops, smartphones. Since these laptops are for intensive gaming, Lenovo is packing standard features such as high-quality speakers and active cooling for the processor.

Publication: India Today

All three laptops are equipped with the latest 10th Gen Intel processors along with the NVIDIA GPUs. The Legion 7i is the most powerful of the lot, whereas the Legion 5pi sits in between, and the Legion 5i is an entry-level gaming laptop. The keyboard also supports full RGB lighting support with a dedicated numerical keyboard. The laptop is powered by the 10th Gen Intel Core i9 processor and the NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super GPU.

Publication: Gizbot

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Monday announced the launch of an initiative in partnership with angel investing platform LetsVenture to support Indian start-ups. The HPE Digital Catalyst Program will focus on partnering with start-ups working in artificial intelligence (AI), DevSecOps (development, security and operations), cybersecurity and intelligent edge, a statement said. As part of this program, HPE will work with a selected cohort of eight enterprise-focused, growth stage start-ups along three tracks.

Publication: CNBC TV18 

The Dell XPS 17 comes with Windows 10 Home out of the box. On the display front, It sports an InfinityEdge anti-glare display with 16:10 aspect ratio and a peak brightness of 500 nits with 17.0-inch full-HD (1,920×1,200 pixels). A UHD option (3,840×2,160 pixels) is also available. Under the hood, the Dell XPS 17 comes with an Intel Core i7-10750H 10th generation CPU, up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, and up to 32 GB of DDR4 RAM. You get a 1 TB PCIe SSD for storage. Two 2.5W stereo woofers for the laptop and two 1.5W stereo tweeters handle the audio. You get a 97Wh battery pack.

Publication: Financial Express 

With very little borders, the XPS 17 comes with a 4-sided “InfinityEdge” display which, Dell claimed, will help bring the size of the laptop almost 48 per cent down to about 15-inch laptops available today. The 10th Generation Intel Core i7 FHD processor, i7 UHD processor with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU configured XPS 17 will be available across Amazon India and select Dell Exclusive Stores.

Publication: Business Standard 

With very little borders, the XPS 17 comes with a 4-sided “InfinityEdge” display which, Dell claimed, will help bring the size of the laptop almost 48 per cent down to about 15-inch laptops available today. The 10th Generation Intel Core i7 FHD processor, i7 UHD processor with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU configured XPS 17 will be available across Amazon India and select Dell Exclusive Stores.

Publication: CRN

The strong demand during the lockdowns as work and learning shifted to homes fueled the shipment of tablets in India by 23 per cent in the June quarter, a new report said on Wednesday. The shipment of tablets with Wi-Fi capabilities grew a whopping 98 per cent (QoQ), according to CMR’s ‘Tablet PC Market Report Review for Q2 2020’. Lenovo continued to lead the tablet market with a 48 per cent market share, growing 24 per cent (QoQ). Lenovo M10 series contributed up to 14 per cent of its market share.

Publication: Millenuim Post 

IBM isn’t a name we see too much in the consumer tech space these days. Its chips once played a key role for Apple during its pre-Intel PowerPC days and most recently the Sony PlayStation 3. However, it remains a force in the server market and IBM has just announced its latest entrant, the Power10, which is fabricated on Samsung’s 7 nm EUV node.

Publication: Notebook Check 

After multiple rounds of speculations, AMD finally launched the A520 based motherboards, the last member of the 500 series chipsets for budget and entry-level setups. With MSRPs under the $100 mark, these boards will give gamers the option to upgrade to Zen 3 based processors without having to shell out massive amounts of money on the mobo.

Publication: Hardware Times 

MSI has unveiled the AMD A520 chipset based motherboards for AMD Ryzen processors using the AM4 socket. The A520 motherboards are seen as a replacement for the AMD A320 budget-oriented motherboards and will support AMD’s latest 3rd 7nm Ryzen and Ryzen PRO processors. Moreover, these A520 motherboards will also support the recently launched AMD Ryzen 4000 G-series processors which have in-built Radeon RX Vega graphics capabilities. The A520 motherboards are expected to be economical. We don’t have the official pricing for the MSI A520 motherboards launched today.

Publication: Digit

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is priced around the Rs 40,000 mark, depending on which variant you pick. We are reviewing the 14-inch screen size option here, but you also have the option of the larger 15.6-inch screen sizes with the Intel and AMD processor choices. The basic specs of our test unit of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 include an Intel Core i3-1005G1 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD.

Publication: News18 

Technology brand Lenovo has expanded its range of laptops in India with the launch of three gaming laptops. The company has unveiled Legion 7i, Legion 5Pi, and Legion 5i. While the Legion 7i and Legion 5i are already available on the company’s official website and offline retail channels, Legion 5Pi will go on sale across all platforms later in August. Price and offers All three laptops — Lenovo Legion 7i, Lenovo Legion 5Pfcvci, and Lenovo legion 5i come in three color variants, Slate Grey, Iron Grey, and Phantom Black.

Publication: The Times of India 

Legion gaming laptops always have a reputation for commanding a high price. “We have gaming laptops at every price point where the end-to-end experiences are configured for whether you are a light gamer, a moderate gamer and a heavy gamer. Its latest Legion 5i starts at Rs 79,990, the Legion 5i starts at Rs 1,34,990 and the Legion 7i starts at Rs 1,99,990. All of these gaming laptops feature high refresh rate displays, latest 10th Gen Intel Core processors, Nvidia graphic support, Dolby Atmos sound, and a lightweight build.”

Publication: Indian Express 

The Dell XPS 17 comes with pre-installed Windows 10 Home. It features a 17.0-inch full-HD+ (1,920×1,200 pixels) InfinityEdge anti-glare display with 16:10 aspect ratio and peak brightness of 500 nits. There is also an option for a UHD (3,840×2,160 pixels) display. Under the hood, the Dell XPS 17 comes with a 10th-generation Intel Core i7-10750H CPU, up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, and up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM. You get a 1TB PCIe SSD for storage.

Publication: Gadgets 360  

Dell has launched the popular XPS 17 in India. The new laptop carries the 10th Generation of Intel Core i7 processors. Similar to the previous versions, the new XPS 17 also boasts of extremely narrow bezels.  The XPS 17 configured with 10th Generation Intel Core i7 processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU and UHD+/FHD+ display will be available across Amazon India, and select Dell Exclusive Stores from 18th August. The price of the XPS 17 9700 laptop starts at ₹2,09,500 including GST.

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PC maker Lenovo on Tuesday said the demand for personal computers grew 40-50 per cent in the last two months as compared to the year-ago period, and the contribution of gaming PCs to its consumer segment may almost double this year, a top company official said. Lenovo CEO and MD Rahul Agarwal told that online classes are driving sales of laptops in the consumer segment.” The company has used the 10th generation of Intel i9 processor in the Legion 7i series and therefore priced at close to Rs 2 lakh per unit.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Apple’s repair programme: Tech giant Apple has decided that its independent repair programme would now be expanded to include support for Mac computers. Apple’s repair programme includes providing resources, training and genuine repair parts to independent repair shops so that users of out-of-warranty iPhones and, now, Mac could get official parts, tools and proper repair services at third-party shops, including small businesses. The programme had been first announced last year in August.

Publication: Financial Express 

India has the right ecosystem and an efficient talent pool to create millions of new-age jobs and drive a data and artificial intelligence (AI) revolution to become a global powerhouse, said top executives of Infosys Ltd and Wipro Ltd at a panel discussion organized by IT industry body Nasscom on Tuesday. As per Nasscom, data and AI could play a crucial role in realizing India’s 2025 vision of inclusive development and add at least $500 billion to its gross domestic product, besides helping the economy emerge stronger from the crisis.

Publication: Mint 

But building foundries to make microchips is difficult, even for superpowers. Another viable strategy is to go the fabless route. Fabless chip makers design and sell their own chips, but outsource the manufacturing of the chips. Qualcomm, Nvidia and AMD do that. Intel looks to be considering that. India has neither foundries, nor much by way of fabless companies. But it has phenomenal talent for fabless design and R&D.

Publication: The Times of India 

The laptop has been announced to bring up to 10th-generation Intel Core i7 processor paired to a dedicated Nvidia graphics card and a really fast display rated to refresh at 144Hz. Redmi has announced the laptop in multiple configurations and single colour. The laptop’s design has a sporty look, which will be easily recognizable by gamers.

Publication: India Today 

International Business Machines Corp announced on Monday a new processor chip for data centers that it says will be able to handle three times the workload of its predecessor. The IBM-designed Power10 chip will be manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and is meant for use by businesses inside data centers, IBM said. The chip will use Samsung’s 7-nanometer chip manufacturing process, which is similar to the 7-nanometer technology that Advanced Micro Devices Inc uses to have its chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd.

Publication: The Times of India 

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is priced around the Rs 40,000 mark, depending on which variant you pick. We are reviewing the 14-inch screen size option here, but you also have the option of the larger 15.6-inch screen sizes with the Intel and AMD processor choices. The basic specs of our test unit of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 include an Intel Core i3-1005G1 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. It is the latter spec which we must pay specific heed to, because that’s the biggest performance boost in the entire chain.

Publication: News18 

The Lenovo Legion 7i 15 is already listed on the official website, revealing the tech specifications. As per the listing, the laptop will be available in multiple SKUs, where the high-end version will be based on the 10th Gen Intel Core i9 processor with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q GPU with 8GB video memory. The laptop will offer up to 32GB of RAM and offers dual-drive storage configuration with support for up to 1TB PCIe 3.0 based SSD storage solution. It will have two 2W speakers with support for Dolby Atmos and there will be an HD web camera.

Publication: Gizbot

If you are looking for a laptop at around the same price point as the Latitude 9510, you can go for the HP Envy Laptop – 15-ep0123tx. It starts at ₹1,49,999 (inclusive of taxes), runs on Intel’s 10th gen Core i7 processor, offers 1TB SSD, has a 15.6-inch Full HD screen, but most importantly comes with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6GB) graphics. This makes it a lot more capable of graphic-intensive tasks. Its limitation is that it doesn’t have all those work-centric features and it weighs a lot more at 2.14kg.

Publication: Livemint

Alphabet Inc’s Google has a better chance than Apple Inc at defeating Fortnite video game maker Epic Games in court over its allegations the two companies breached anti-trust laws. Epic sued Google and Apple separately in U.S. district court on Thursday, accusing the companies of using their dominance to charge app developers an “exorbitant” 30% fee on sales and impose other restrictions that benefit their own businesses.

Publication: ET Telecom 

Both IBM and AMD use outside chip factories to compete against Intel Corp, the dominant provider of central processor chips in data centers and one of the few players left that both designs and manufactures its own chips. Intel recently said its next generation of manufacturing technology faces delays, which analysts believe will allow its rivals to gain market share.

Publication: Business Today 

International Business Machines Corp, IBM in short is one of the most popular multinational technology companies as we all know. This Monday, this giant announced its new processor chip that can handle three times the workload that its other processors and this is designed for its business inside data centers.

Publication: TechnoSports

The chip will use Samsung’s 7-nanometer chip manufacturing process, which is similar to the 7-nanometer technology that Advanced Micro Devices uses to have its chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Both IBM and AMD use outside chip factories to compete against Intel, the dominant provider of central processor chips in datacenters and one of the few players left that both designs and manufactures its own chips.

Publication: Financial Express 

MSI has reportedly announced its AM4 A520 motherboard lineup for AMD’s lower-end Ryzen lineup. Succeeding the A320 platform, these boards won’t extend support from PCIe 2.0 to PCIe 3.0. You won’t get any Gen 4 or overclocking support here, as it’s truly the bottom of the barrel. There are still ample I/O options for the mainstream user with support for PCIe x16 discrete graphics cards, NVMe (PCIe Gen3) SSDs, USB 3.1 Gen2 and memory speeds as high as 4600MHz (A-XMP profile support included).

Publication: Hardware Times 

As you can see from the above benchmarks, the situation hasn’t changed by leaps and bounds. The quad-core Ryzen 3 3300X is still more than enough in most titles. In fact, if you’re looking to play at 60Hz or even 75Hz, the 3300X will easily satisfy your needs. As for scaling, most games show a notable increase in going from the quad-core 3300X to the hex-core 3600X. After that, although, there is a marginal increase, it’s hardly worth it considering the price gap between the various chips. Certain titles like Metro Exodus literally show zero scaling across the four processors.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Performance seems to have improved with the patch, however, some issues remain. Guerrilla has already stated that a bigger patch will come later this week. We’ll be updating the article with more performance benchmark metrics as soon as it drops. The game also ships with AMD’s FidelityFX SPD (Single Pass Downsampler), TressFX (for better hair rendering), and Asynchronous Compute for Radeon GPUs. For some reason, it performs better on AMD GPUs right now (as shown here).

Publication: TechQuila

Both IBM and AMD use outside chip factories to compete against Intel Corp, the dominant provider of central processor chips in data centers and one of the few players left that both designs and manufactures its own chips.

Publication: Business Standard 

In terms of hardware, the Redmi G is built on the back of six cores and 12 threads up to the 10th generation Intel Core i7-10750H CPU. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU along with 6 GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2.933MHz and 512 GB PCIe x4 NVMe SSD for storage make the Redmi G gaming laptop series one to look forward to in coming months. All variants of the Redmi G gaming laptop possess full-HD screens and angled corners along with thin bezels.

Publication: Financial Express 

The Blue team has just launched its new “Intel Core Desktop Processor featuring Marvel’s Avengers Collector’s Edition Packaging” via Twitter. It’s basically the same 10th gen Intel desktop processors involving the artwork by the mural painter Tristan Eaton based on Marvel’s Avengers. Intel is also promoting its CPUs and its gaming reach celebrating the launch of the new Square Enix-developed Marvel’s Avengers, scheduled to launch on September 4, 2020. Intel is already Square Enix’s official PC hardware partner for Marvel’s Avengers and bringing special CPUs for the launch of this massive game does make sense.

Publication: TechnoSports

While the design and build are one side of the coin, the other side, which is the ‘performance’, is more important here. The ROG Zephyrus G14’s runs on AMD’s Series 4000 Ryzen 9, which is no doubt, a beast of a processor you can find these days, giving a really good competition to Intel 10th-gen processors and even excelling in some factors. In our review of the Asus TUF A15 laptop with AMD Series 4000 Ryzen 5, we did talk about how well it handled certain gaming titles and the same goes for the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Although not as powerful as 4900H, the 4900HS works as smoothly as a processor can.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

As per the report, the market was led by Lenovo with 13.6 million units shipped in this quarter. It recorded a 17% quarterly growth year over year and shipped 25% of the total notebook PCs that were shipped. At the second position was HP that recorded the highest quarterly growth annually among all the top 5 vendors of 42%. The company constituted 24.8% of the total sales of the period and together with Lenovo, the company had almost 50% of the total notebook PC market.

Publication: The Times of India 

Running the show on the Yoga Slim 7i is a 10th-generation Intel Core i7 (Ice Lake) processor but there is an option to go for the Core i5, as well. For graphics, you have Nvidia GeForce MX350 GDDR5 with 2GB VRAM, which should get you playing high-end games without much stutter and work on video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro. There is up to 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM with a maximum clock speed of 3200MHz. And finally, you have up to 512GB of SSD storage space on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i.

Publication: India Today 

As families around the world struggled to stay productive in work and school during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardship was buoyed by government assistance. Consumers, commercial clients, and schools scrambled to purchase mobile productivity devices once thought to be redundant, driving 27% year-on-year growth for notebook shipments, according to Strategy Analytics’ latest report.

Publication: EET India 

Asus India has finally launched its much-anticipated 14-inch flagship laptop, the ROG Zephyrus G14 in the market. It initially revealed the laptop on the global stage back in January at CES 2020. We also got the chance to play with the laptop for some time back in January. Now, almost 5 months after the international launch, we can finally put Zephyrus G14 through its paces. It is likely the first laptop to feature 8 cores and 16 threads in India. Asus will compete with the likes of Dell, HP, Acer, Xiaomi, and more in the high-end to premium laptop segment. After about two weeks with the laptop, here is our review for the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14.

Publication: India ...

The Asus ZenBook 13 we received features an Intel Core i7 – 1065G7 1.30GHz Ice Lake generation CPU. This is part of the newest chips from Intel which are made using a 10nm manufacturing process. This comes with a 16GB 3200MHz LPDDR4X RAM, but there is no dedicated GPU on the device. The device uses Intel Iris Plus Graphics, which is surprisingly capable. It has a 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x2 M.2 SSD for storage which makes things zippy quick.

Publication: BGR India 

The configuration ensures that the Pavilion Gaming 16 can play most of your high-end games at medium to high settings with decent frame rates. Single-core performance is really good for a laptop of its class. Multithreaded performance is also mostly good but if you’re looking to get this laptop for content creation, an AMD equivalent is the way to go right now. Basic day-to-day tasks are handled well by the Pavilion Gaming 16 though which means it’s a capable machine for basic work from home scenarios. Its thin and light form factor means it’s easy to carry around, which is always a nice thing to have.

Publication: Financial Express 

With most of India under lockdown, IT companies such as TCS, HCL, Infosys, and Wipro have all announced arrangements for employees to work from home for the foreseeable future. The pandemic forced most IT companies in India to forego their strict office-based working policies in favor of adopting new hybrid working arrangements to ensure business continuity during the lockdown. Despite the uptick in demand for notebooks, both IDC and Canalys project challenging times ahead for the traditional PC market, which includes desktops, notebooks and workstations.

Publication: Financial Express 

More than half the employees at Dell Technologies will continue to work remotely even after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, Amit Midha, president, Asia Pacific and Japan, said on Friday. Midha said productivity of Dell’s employees has not been adversely impacted by remote working. In fact, employees are “more productive” with a flexible mode of working, he added.

Publication: Mint

It would’ve been hard to believe just a year ago, but Sony’s been getting serious about releasing PlayStation platform exclusives on PC. Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls, narrative-heavy experiences that were never expected to leave the walled garden of Sony’s Eco-system popped up on the Epic Game Store and then on Steam. And then, the floodgates really opened, with Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding arriving on PC, closely followed by Horizon: Zero Dawn. We’ve even seen recent reports that Bloodborne will make its way over.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Xiaomi has made a new addition to its RedmiBook range of laptops. The tech giant has added to its existing range of laptops by announcing a new laptop in China — RedmiBook Air 13. Redmi has put up the laptop for pre-order in China. There’s also support for features such as DC Dimming. Running the show for the device is the 10th generation Intel Core i5-10210Y processor that can clock a Turbo Boost of up to 4.5GHz. This has been paired with RAM and storage configurations — 8GB and 16GB RAM with 512GB SSD.

Publication: India Today 

Publication: iGyaan – YT 

Intel Corp on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance of Intel’s next round of processors by as much as 20%. The Santa Clara, California-based company is one of the few remaining in the world that both designs and manufactures its own chips. But its manufacturing operations have become a concern among investors after Intel last month said that its next-generation chip-making process, called its 7-nanonmeter process node, would be delayed.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

Need a mini-PC for gaming or productivity work? The new AMD Ryzen 3000XT CPUs are great for both gaming and productive work, undoubtedly the Ryzen 9 3900XT CPU is the best one for the task with its might 12 cores and 24 threads. Using the CPU paired with a good GPU like RTX 2070 Super will give you incredible gaming performance and can be used for professional tasks as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i has launched in India as the company’s latest thin and light laptop. The Slim 7i is powered by 10th generation Intel processor with dedicated NVIDIA graphics and has been designed for the “modern worker”. The laptop has a robust aluminium built and comes pre-loaded with AI-powered attention sensing software along with support for different voice assistants. Lenovo recently announced the IdeaPad Slim 5 and is expected to launch the Legion 5 gaming laptop later this month.

Publication: Digit

Microsoft has fixed 120 vulnerabilities with its new security patch, including two zero-day bugs in Windows operating system and Internet Explorer that were being exploited by the hackers. Microsoft has released an August 2020 security update that has patched 120 vulnerabilities across 13 different products, from Edge to Windows, and from SQL Server to the .NET Framework.

Publication: ET CIO 

Lenovo today announced the launch of the Yoga Slim 7i laptop in India powered by the latest 10th Gen Intel Core processor. This packs in AI-enabled attention-sensing features, that enable users to complete simple tasks with minimal effort. Powered by a high-capacity 4 cell 60 watt-per-hour battery with Rapid Charge Pro, the laptop also includes Lenovo Q-Control Intelligent Cooling feature which uses artificial intelligence and Lenovo claims this optimizes battery life by an average of up to 20 percent.

Publication: CNBC TV 18 

Dell launches its new business-work oriented laptop named Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise. It’s a 14-inch premium 2-in-1 laptop. As per the company, it is the first-ever Chromebook Enterprise device having a 4K display panel. On top of that, a built-in low blue light technology is there to serve better readability and eye comfort.

Publication: TechnoSports

10ZiG Technology is a world-market leader in Thin & Zero Client endpoint devices for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. They provide leading Intel and AMD based Dual and Quad Core Thin & Zero Clients for VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft, etc., environments, in addition to the widest range of Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients on the market. Free, no-obligation demo devices, US & EMEA based Tech Support, and the free 10ZiG Manager™ software solution with Cloud capabilities and unlimited user licenses, gives them their cutting edge.

Publication: IT News Online 

The South Korean giant is planning to come back big this time with its next Exynos chip joining hands with both ARM for its CPU cores and AMD for graphics. Previously, Samsung had its custom Mongoose cores in development which never went well.  A new report from Business Korea says a new strategic partnership between the trio: Samsung, ARM, and AMD. It’s current flagship Exynos 990 is way out of the league in terms of general performance and the Mali GPU is just not compelling enough.

Publication: TechnoSports

Honor has officially revealed the logo of its upcoming gaming laptop series. The Honor Hunter series is the official name of the gaming laptop series and the logo of the upcoming series was revealed on Chinese microblogging website Weibo.   Earlier leaks of the laptop hint at an AMD CPU (possibly the Ryzen 4000-series processors) and dedicated GPU. However, specifics about the laptop still remain a mystery and along with a release date.

Publication: Digit

Dell Technologies in association with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) on Wednesday announced the second Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP 2.0) that would mentor eight teams to foray into the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition to the learning from SEP 1.0, the virtual SEP 2.0 will help students receive support and guidance to manufacturing fully-functional, market-ready products along with patenting their ideas/processes.

Publication: Telangana Today 

Dell Technologies has introduced a 14-inch business laptop — Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise – at a starting price of $1,299 in select markets and will be available soon with Intel Core i3 processors starting at $1,099. The Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise offers LTE mobile broadband, Intel WiFi 6 and up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processors to boost productivity and performance for bandwidth-intensive activities, such as working up to 8.6 times faster in Google Sheets.

Publication: InfoTechLead 

The Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s next-generation game console, is set to make its official appearance in November, although there is no information on pricing yet. The Xbox Series X will not have any ‘AAA exclusive’ tag as Microsoft and video game developer 343 Industries have announced that ‘Halo Infinite’ game is delayed to 2021. It will be powered by custom-designed AMD CPU based on Zen 2 and Radeon architecture.

Publication: Telangana Today 

The ROG Strix G15/G17 (G512/G712) and Strix Scar 15/17 (G532/G732) laptops are the new addition with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series processors. The 15-inch and 17-inch Strix G and Strix Scar laptops have 300Hz high refresh rate with 3 ms (milliseconds) response time for a smooth gaming experience. The laptops come with DDR4 3200 MHz RAM and configurable with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPU.

Publication: InfoTechLead

In the Weibo post, the company has promised to bring better cooling and great performance while the people who are familiar with the matter have indicated that the laptop will be powered by the Intel Core-i5 10200H and Core i5-10300H processors. The laptop will arrive on the launch floor soon.

Publication: Times Now

There’s undoubtedly been an incredible amount of anticipation surrounding the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. The reasons for this include the fact that its powered by AMD’s Ryzen 4000-series processors, and also the fact that it manages to pack an 8-core 16 thread CPU along with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q in a relatively slim, 14-inch chassis.

Publication: Digit

AMD makes a lot of processors. You see them power desktops, servers and gaming consoles like the PlayStation and Xbox. AMD is quite dominant in these categories. The story on the laptop side of things is different though. Intel has been consistently dominant on this side for years now, while AMD has been barely surviving. Year-on-year, the song has remained largely the same. Until recently when AMD took the wraps off its third-generation Ryzen processors for laptops, or more precisely the Ryzen 4000 series.

Publication: Financial Express 

If you are a gaming laptop fan and have been waiting for more options especially with the new Ryzen 4000H processors, then this is the chance for you to wait for the new Lenovo Legion 5. The new laptop from Lenovo has already been launched in other markets and will finally be making its way to India as well and it’s been heavily teased by the company already.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD has launched its new PRO series GPUs in the form of Radeon Pro 5000 series which will be first spotted on the updated 27-inch Apple iMac. These new AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series GPUs are able to handle graphic-intensive workloads and applications that require a lot of GPU horsepower. Both consumer and professional users can benefit from these new GPUs. These GPUs are built upon the 7nm process and based on advanced AMD RDNA graphics architecture, featuring up to 40 compute units.

Publication: TechnoSports 

Horizon Zero Dawn is the latest among console exclusives getting launched on PC, and the port has several major issues due to oversights. This is not unheard of in ports, from clunky UI’s to sensitivity issues, but this particular port has some far more glaring issues. A major visual feature has been noticed missing by users on various online forums: the game lacks Snow Deformation effects. In the original game, snow doesn’t appear until the DLC (Frozen Wilds) and was hence an added effect as part of the DLC. It seems that the porting company, a third-party studio, Virtuos, failed to take that into account.

Publication: Hardware Times 

NVIDIA will be holding a GeForce Special Event on Sept 1, 2020 at 9:30PM IST to highlight the company’s latest innovations in gaming and graphics and will be hosted by CEO, Jensen Huang. The event is rumoured to host the unveiling of NVIDIA’s next-gen GeForce graphics cards based on the Ampere microarchitecture. Ampere graphics cards are successors to the current gen Turing RTX 2000 series of graphics cards. The first NVIDIA Ampere graphics card, the A100 was announced during the GTX 2020 keynote.

Publication: Digit

The Covid-19 pandemic may have arrived as a major disruptor for businesses, but laptop and notebook makers are not among them. With offices shut and most professionals solely dependent on their personal devices for work from home, laptops flew off the shelves in an otherwise subdued market for consumer electronics makers. From market leader HP and premium player Apple to China’s Lenovo and Asus, all major brands in the market are witnessing rapid surge in the demand for notebooks.

Publication: Business Standard 

ASUS has built a reputation of being a reliable and a solid competitor in the PC gaming market. Not just hardware, but the company offers a very strong portfolio of gaming desktops and notebooks in India. Earlier this year the company dropped the ROG Zephyrus G14, and I only noticed the machine due to some really positive reviews all around the global markets. Well, the company has finally brought it to India, and before I dive into the review, I have to admit, this was one of the best and most exciting products that I tested this year.

Publication: News18 

The Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s next-generation game console, is set to officially launch in November. The high-profile console will go on sale during the 2020 Holiday season, although there is still no information on pricing. The Xbox Series X will compete with Sony’s PlayStation 5, which is also on track to launch during the 2020 holiday season. The Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said the Xbox Series X will be able to run “thousands of games spanning four generations”—including 100 titles “optimized for Xbox Series X”.

Publication: Indian Express 

India witnessed a record-buying of notebooks by the enterprises as millions of employees worked from home in the June quarter as HP led the overall traditional PC market once again with the 32.8 percent market share, a new IDC report said on Tuesday. Lenovo with 27.5 percent market share replaced Dell (17.8 percent share) in the second position despite witnessing a 62.7 percent decline in its overall shipments. Overall, the Indian traditional PC market inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations declined by 37.3 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the second quarter, said the IDC ‘Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker’.

Publication: News18 

India’s traditional PC market, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, registered a 37.3 percent decline year-on-year for the June 2020 quarter to 2.1 million units, according to research firm IDC. The traditional PC market had registered a total shipment of 3.3 million units in the June 2019 quarter, which was the biggest quarter in the past five years as Lenovo had executed a mega-deal of 1.1 million units for Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT). “Outside this deal, the PC market saw an annual decline of 6.3 percent in Q2 2020. In the product categories, desktop PCs were the most impacted with a 46.4 percent decline,” IDC said in a report.

Publication: ET Tech – Economic Times 

Dell Technologies on Tuesday launched a new 14-inch premium business laptop for the global market. The ‘Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise’ laptop is available starting at $1,299 in select markets and will be available soon with Intel Core i3 processors starting at $1,099. The company is yet to announce the price and availability of the new device in India.

Publication: India Tv 

US-based computer technology brand Dell has expanded its range of laptops with the launch of Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise. The laptop comes with a starting price of $1,299.00 and will soon be available with Intel Core i3 processors starting at $1,099.00. Dell Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise laptop has a 14-inch 4K panel with Low Blue Light display which is said to offer improved readability and eye comfort.

Publication: The Times of India 

Infosys BPM CEO and MD, Anantha Radhakrishnan, cited Apthamitra as an example of the kind of technology work the state is capable of. Apthamitra is a teleconsultation service for Covid detection launched by the state government and whose technology is managed by Infosys. “It works together with the Aarogya Setu app and has 300 doctors and nurses who provide over the counter medicine, speak to people who register on it and even send ambulances.

Publication: The Times of India 

Priya’s own tryst with technology started at a young age. “When I was in middle school, we got a computer at home. Those were the days when it took ten minutes to set up dialup internet,” says the Mangalorean. “It wasn’t long before I learned to write code, and decided that this is what I want to do.” She earned a bachelor’s in computer science from Manipal Institute in 2003, and had a brief stint at Wipro, before joining IBM.

Publication: The Times of India 

Dell Technologies launches tow new VxRail Systems including the ruggedized VxRail Model and introduction of AMD EPYC processors. Organizations are moving their data management infrastructure closer to the edge where most of the data is being generated.

Publication: SME Channels 

India’s traditional PC market, including desktops, notebooks, and work- stations, registered a 37.3 percent decline year-on-year for the June 2020 quarter to 2.1 million units, according to research firm IDC. The traditional PC market had registered a total shipment of 3.3 million units in the June 2019 quarter, which was the biggest quarter in the past five years as Lenovo had executed a mega-deal of 1.1 million units for Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT).

Publication: Millennium Post 

Harish Kohli, MD, Acer India, said temperature checks are just one of a series of measures they follow. “We have awareness sessions for employees, temperature screenings at the entry gate and while entering office, hand sanitisers for use, periodic deep cleaning and disinfecting of the premises,” he said.

Publication: ET Panache – Economic Times 

The Sony PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB is a powerful console that comes bundled with Death Stranding. It is powered by an octa-core AMD processor coupled with 8GB RAM and a 1TB HDD. It comes with a motion controller and a mono headset. It offers 4K HDR gaming for supported titles.

Publication: Business Insider India 

On the dedicated GPU options, the both variants have a minor difference as the TUF Gaming A15 can be configured with up to 6GB of Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU on whereas the A17 can be configured up to 4GB of Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti. This can be paired with up to 32GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM, and for storage, up to 1TB 5400RPM SATA HDD, along with up to 1TB PCIe Gen3 SSD options. Asus gives easy RAM and storage upgrade options as well and there’s up to 2 SSD slot for expansion as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptops with AMD Ryzen 4000 series processors is scheduled to launch on August 18 in India. This comes after a couple of launches by other laptop makers like Asus, Acer and HP and now the Legion 5 will try and make a mark with up to Ryzen 7 processors. The company has been teasing the Legion 5 from a while now and we also spotted a listing for the Legion 5 on Amazon India. This indicates that the Legion 5 will likely sell on Amazon India at launch.

Publication: Digit

Twitter uses Hadoop for storing data and performing advanced analytics to generate important business insights. Twitter expects that caching temporary data with Intel SSDs based on Intel 3D NAND Technology and increasing core counts with 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors will result in approximately 30 percent lower TCO and over 50 percent faster runtime, compared to their legacy production cluster configuration.

Publication: CNBC TV 18 

Sadly, when things seem too good to be true, they often are. AMD put to rest the recent rumor that RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 reference boards would be discontinued. They indicates that they plan on continued support for the god-awful blower designs. Well, all we can say is this: Please, buy an AIB Navi card. Like really, please. Hurray! Quick rant. I hate reference AMD parts. And I specifically mean AMD. NVIDIA makes some fantastic reference cards. I’ve personally overclocked a reference GeForce 980 Ti and a reference 1070 to within spitting distance of third-party offerings, with very reasonable temps.

Publication: TechQuila

With foraying into Cloud-based gaming, Microsoft is racing ahead against its rivals, especially Sony, when it comes to console war. Microsoft is all set to launch its much-anticipated game streaming service called xCloud on September 15 for Android users in 22 countries. Sony PlayStation5 (PS5) is expected to release this holiday season. Sony has so far unveiled a logo for the console, the PS5 gamepad, and a tech demo showing the console’s graphics capability.

Publication: Express Computers 

If you want your business to be big, Google Cloud India’s Managing Director, Karan Bajwa, wants you to target the segment that offers the biggest opportunity for companies – customers at the bottom of the pyramid. “India is primarily an SMB Country. Yes, everyone wants to be in the top 500, but look at the customer pyramid, India is not one part.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Lenovo D24-10 is a 23.6-inch gaming monitor with a TN panel with LED backlight. It comes with a full HD resolution, a 170-degree viewing angle and a 1ms response time. It also features a TUV Low Blue Light certification and flicker-free display to reduce eye strain. It is currently priced at Rs 8,349.

Publication: Indian Express 

Asus just launched the long-awaited Zephyrus G14 in India. The G14 first debuted at CES 2020, offering incredible power in a portable package. The Zephyrus G14 is the first 14-inch gaming notebook in the Zephyrus lineup and arrives with new AMD and Nvidia firepower. Speaking of configurations, the Zephyrus G14 is powered by the AMD Ryzen 4000 H series processors. The CPU can be paired with up to an Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU.

Publication: Moneycontrol

The Dell G5 15 SE, first introduced at CES 2020, is the latest in Dell’s G Series portfolio. It offers AAA advantage, it is also the first Dell G Series laptop to feature the AMD Ryzen 4000 H-Series Mobile Processors (up to 8-cores, 16-threads). It is paired with the new AMD Radeon RX 5600M GPUs. These chips use AMD SmartShift technology to optimize performance by shifting power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU as needed.

Publication: BGR India

Asus India has been on a relentless launching spree, releasing one gaming laptop series after another. The lockdown period did see the company delaying their plans, but it appears that the company is eagerly playing catch-up. The third major launch, announced today, is the update to the Asus ROG Strix series of gaming laptops. The announcement includes the Strix G15, Strix G17, Strix Scar 15 and Strix Scar 17. Unlike last year’s update which felt mostly incremental, this year’s models do pack some notable upgrades.

Publication: Digit

AMD recently announced its Ryzen 4000-series processors in different configurations that make tall claims on paper. There’s the new and improved 7nm Zen2 core architecture, integrated graphics, and tons of other features that mainly focuses on providing optimal performance while keeping the efficiency at its best.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

If you have been looking for a good notebook that is powerful from the CPU and GPU front, then the new Acer Aspire 5 can be a great option. Unlike the Acer Swift 3, this notebook features a dedicated AMD Radeon RX 640 graphics even though it houses a Ryzen 5 4500U which is powerful enough for daily use and even casual gaming.

Publication: TechnoSports

Wipro Limited announced on Thursday it will join forces with Intel to enable Wipro’s LIVE Workspace, the company’s digital workspace solution with the Intel vProplatform. This joint collaboration will help customers drive business continuity by enabling remote IT support and solutions, as they seek to keep employees productive amid social distancing boundaries and other remote-work limitations that have become the new normal, a Wipro statement said.

Publication: ET CIO 

The new gaming laptop’s highlight is its Anime Matrix secondary screen with LED lights. It is priced at ₹98,990 and supports high-end specs like AMD Ryzen 9 processor, Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q and more.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

T services major Wipro on Thursday said it has partnered Intel to enable its LIVE Workspace solution with the latter’s vPro platform that will help customers drive business continuity by enabling remote IT support and solutions. Wipro integrated the Intel vPro platform into LIVE Workspace, a suite of digital workplace services to provide remote manageability of devices, a statement said. This extends to users at home or in the office and provides enhanced protection and security against firmware-level attacks, it added.

Publication: Pioneer

Gaming laptops are available dime-a-dozen, but the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is different. It is not often that a notebook comes to life because of the collaboration of three companies. And when those three companies are AMD, Asus and Nvidia, it is a big deal. The reason for this is simple — it is one of the first notebooks in the world to be powered by AMD’s new Ryzen 9 4900HS chip. This chip is not only fast and furious but it has a godly talent in that it betters Intel’s beastly chips – performance per watt.

Publication: CNBC TV 18 

Several interesting questions have got thrown up over the past few weeks when it comes to big tech firms. There are, in the US, the hearings on whether Big Tech—a Facebook, Apple, Amazon, or Google (FAANG, without Netflix)—needs to be broken up. And in India, the issue of curbing data monopolies is a live one with, as it happens, the government inviting suggestions—August 13 is the last date for submissions—on the report on sharing of non-personal data.

Publication: Financial Express 

Here is a graphics card from MSI that houses steeply curved blades, along with traditional blades, to accelerate the airflow and give you a good gaming experience for long hours, as per company claims. Furthermore, it can directly sync the refresh rate of the monitor’s display to the GPU of Radeon X series, which should result in snappy gaming performance, as per company claims. With the new RDNA architecture in place, the focus has been on improving the visuals as well as sounds by increasing the quality of the images and fidelity of the sounds.

Publication: Digit

The HP Pavilion Gaming 16 is a decent attempt at making a gaming laptop that can be used by the non-gaming crowd for work and play. But there are few things that make the 16-inch notebook far from being a perfect machine. As I pointed before, my test unit lacked a 144Hz screen; but if you are a hardcore gamer you should settle for a laptop with a high refresh rate screen. And, in case, if you are so obsessed with a 144Hz screen, HP has a Pavilion Gaming 15 with a 144Hz refresh rate screen, AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, and AMD Radeon graphics. That notebook costs only Rs 70,068.

Publication: Indian Express  

The company has launched four different G14 models with different CPU, GPU, display, and battery options. These models include the GA401IV, GA401IU, GA401II, and GA401IH. The GA401IV is the top of the line variant while the GA401IH is the budget variant. We get up to AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU along with Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU. In addition, users can also opt for an FHD display with 1,920×1,080 pixels resolution, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The 14-inch display also offers 100 percent sRBG coverage, Pantone calibration, and support for Adaptive Sync.

Publication: BGR India  

Asus’ ROG line and great performance go hand-in-hand. The decision to opt-out of Intel’s 10th-gen chipsets was a calculated one. AMD had been bragging about bringing its Zen 2 architecture from PCs to a mobile version and the Zephyrus G14 is one of the first to implement it. Powered by the octa-core 4000-series Ryzen 9 4900H with 16 threads, the G14 is one of the most processor-heavy laptops in its price range. Combined with 16GB of DDR4 RAM and 1TB of PCIe SSD, almost no task seems too big for the laptop. In the graphics department the thin chassis packs in an NVIDIA RTX2060 Max-Q GPU with 6GB of VRAM.

Huawei is a tech superpower in China and it looks like it wants to change the desktop experience in the country as well. The well-known smartphone maker will be launching Huawei desktop computers in their native country soon. The leak comes from a Weibo user, and as Gizchina reports, the desktop will feature 24-core Kunpeng platform along with a dedicated graphics card in the form of AMD’s Radeon 520.

Publication: TechnoSports

Finally, the time has come and the Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 is now available in India on Amazon Prime Day at just ₹ 56,990. Lenovo is just not stopping by launching the Ideapad Slim 5 but also bringing its best-selling 2-in-1 laptop in the US to India finally. Yes, all the Indian AMD fans had been waiting for this 2-in-1 budget laptop for quite a long time now and it seems now we have a lot of AMD Ryzen 4000U laptops now in India.

Publication: TechnoSports

The Taiwan giant has announced its brand new 2-in-1 laptop in the US, powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 4000U processors to compete with the best-selling Lenovo Flex 5. There’s no doubt that people have gone crazy for these revolutionary AMD processors based on 7nm Zen 2 architecture and wish for more options in the near future. In India, too Asus has launched the same laptop, and in the US its already available via Amazon, ASUS Store, and Newegg. You’ll get to choose between the Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 7 4700U APU options, rest all the specs remain the same for both the variants.

Publication: TechnoSports

The recently launched AMD Ryzen powered Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop is selling after a discount of Rs 29,000 during the Prime Day Sale and is available for purchase at Rs 93,990. Buyers can also get an additional discount of Rs 2,000 upon using the coupon from the listing page.

After Microsoft blamed Apple for not letting its Cloud gaming service to appear on the App Store, Facebook has criticized the iPhone maker, saying the company prevented the social network from launching its gaming app on iPhones and other devices. Apple rejected Facebook Gaming app on the iOS App Store, as it was a direct threat to the Livestream gaming service Apple Arcade.

Publication: Telangana Today 

ASUS’ new Zephyrus G14 laptop comes with a very unique kind of display called ‘AniMe Matrix’. It’s essentially an LED display on the laptop’s lid and it’s lit. For those of you who don’t know the ‘AniMe Matrix’ display consists of 1,215 Mini-LEDs that support 256 levels of brightness each and can be used to show any kind of animated GIFs or images. Using it is also fairly simple.

Publication: MensXp

Everyone, especially millennials, are familiar with Pinterest. A social networking site, it allows users to share and discover new interests by posting (also known as ‘pinning’) images or videos to their own or others’ boards. They can also browse what other users have pinned. The platform is focused on the concept of allowing users to share their tastes and interests with others and discovering those of like-minded people. Launched in 2010, the app was touted as a rival to social media giant Facebook.

Publication: Financial Express 

Acer recently announced a new budget laptop in India in the Aspire 5 lineup. The Aspire 5 arrived in a new Magic Purple colour with a chameleon effect; the unique colour changes hues when seen from different angles. The new notebook is powered by the 10th Gen Intel processor. The Aspire 5 in Magic Purple is priced starting from Rs 37,999. The Aspire 5 will be available on the Acer E-store.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Virtual is a new reality, precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought about long-lasting behavioural changes. Technologies, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) will be embraced more than they would have in a pre-pandemic world and extended or XR technologies are impacting companies across sectors from healthcare and hospitality to education and retail. In an interview, Rekha M. Menon, chairperson and senior managing director, Accenture in India, decodes the potential of XR in India.

Publication: Mint

Taiwanese tech giant, ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) reinforces the vision to deliver an ultimate gaming experience by launching the ‘state of the art’ creation, Zephyrus G14. Asus ROG’s flagship product is powered by the latest AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS processor with up to 8 cores and 16 threads offering power-packed performance.It comes with a customized intelligent cooling system, up to an RTX 2060 MaxQ GPU from NVIDIA, and up to a UHD resolution, Pantone validated 100% sRGBcolor accurate display to captivate users.

Publication: Trinity

Not many people are aware that even tech firms are hiring eco nomists. Gone are days when economists were just restricted to academia or government sector or worked with the stock market. Today we have a new breed of economists known as tech economists. In 2019, as per a Harvard Business Review, Amazon had hired more than 150 economists. This was even higher than the Federal Reserve (the central bank of the USA) which is considered as the largest employer for economists in the USA. Various other tech firms such as Facebook, eBay, and Microsoft along with Airbnb and Uber have large teams of PhD economists.

Publication: The Times of India 

So here’s the deal — if you are okay with using Windows, which most of the world is, then this is the best in the business. Asus and AMD have changed the game. And while doing so they have created something that’s just not meant for gamers, but everyone.

Publication: Warpcore

As you can see, the RX 5600 XT is clearly made for high-end 1080p gaming while the 5700 is better suited for 1440p 60 FPS. While the former can still run most titles at QHD without any problems, you’ll run into VRAM bottlenecks in certain titles. Considering that the RX 5700 costs just ~$40-50 more, it’s a small price to pay for markedly smoother gameplay and a bit of future-proofing.

Yes, the Dell G5 SE series addresses the customers who are looking for performance machine at a value. It caters to the mainstream gaming enthusiasts and offers exceptional performance. It also offers the AAA advantage – AMD Ryzen processors, AMD Radeon graphics, and AMD SmartShift technology. We are the only brand to offer this in the country today. While gamers get a dynamic boost to improve gaming performance, it also offers the right configuration for content creation needs – editing videos and photographs, rendering animation and videos, and overall offering the extra horsepower needed to finish intense tasks quickly.

Publication: Mashable

Here is an all AMD video editing and gaming build video with the latest Ryzen 3600XT.

Publication: iGyaan – YT 

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telecom providers, today announced a multi-year, Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a comprehensive set of innovative cloud solutions to large enterprise and small and medium enterprise (SME) customers in India. Airtel serves over 2,500 large enterprises and more than a million emerging businesses and companies with an integrated product portfolio, including Airtel Cloud, a multi-cloud product and solutions business.

Publication: Express Computers 

This joint collaboration will help customers drive business continuity by enabling remote IT support and solutions, as they seek to keep employees productive amid social distancing boundaries and other remote-work limitations that have become the new normal, a Wipro statement said. Wipro integrated the Intel vPro platform into LIVE Workspace, a suite of digital workplace services to provide remote manageability of devices, it said. “This extends to users at home or in the office and provides enhanced protection and security against firmware- level attacks.

Publication: Deccan Herald

Expanding its Republic of Gamers (ROG) laptop lineup, Taiwanese tech giant Asus has launched its Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop powered by AMD’s latest 7nm Ryzen 4000-series processors based on Zen2 Core architecture in India. It comes with a customised intelligent cooling system, up to Nvidia RTX 2060 MaxQ GPU and up to a UHD resolution Pantone validated 100% sRGB color-accurate display. Another major highlight of the laptop is its new AniMe Matrix display that allows users to customize their top panel as per their choice.

Publication: The Times of India 

Gaming machines have become popular these days. The G14 we reviewed came with the new AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (with 6 GB of VRAM), both of which make for a powerful machine. The processor has 8 cores, 16 threads with a base clock speed of 3.0 GHz and going up to 4.3 GHz when boosted. Yes, this combination is going to be great for gaming, but it can also be for demanding tasks like video work. With specs like in the review set we got, this is probably more suited for content creators.

Publication: Deccan Herald 

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is powered by the 7nm 4th Gen AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and this is a tailormade gaming chipset from AMD and this is the first laptop launching in the country with this processor. The regular Ryzen 9 4900H comes with 45W TDP, whereas the Ryzen 9 4900HS is rated at 35W. For this reason, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has slightly lower clock speed when compared to the Ryzen 9 4900H.

Publication: Gizbot

Originally showcased at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with a 14-inch IPS display that has up to WQHD (2,560×1,440 pixels) resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The notebook features a highly finished magnesium-alloy keyboard frame with a dot-matrix design and an Ergo-Lift hinge. Asus has provided up to AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS processor, coupled with Nvidia GeForce GTX 2060 Max-Q GPU and up to 32GB DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM. There is also up to 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

The Zephyrus G14’s flagship version will be powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS, which has up to 8 cores and 16 threads. It also has the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 MaxQ GPU, UHD resolution Pantone-validated display. The G14 can also accommodate up to 32 GB of RAM. The G14 is customizable and other processor and graphics unit options are also offered.

Publication: Deccan Herald 

For a 2-in-1 laptop, the Latitude needs to convince us that it’s an entertainment package ready for office duties. The pro-office benefits come with its industrial design, great microphones, a healthy list of ports (including HDMI) and great battery life. On the flip side, you also have an awesome screen coupled with fantastic audio and 2-in-1 acrobatics to kick back and call it a day. There’s plenty to love here, especially in the new normal and for people with deep pockets. It balances the best of both worlds, work and personal.

Publication: Stuff

Acer, today has announced the extension of its existing Aspire laptop line-up powered by the 10th Gen Intel Core processors in India, with the launch of the Acer Aspire 5 in Magic Purple color. The specialty about this is that the color changes hues when seen from different angles, offering users a distinctive look in a sleek, stylish, and lightweight package. Acer has priced the laptop at just Rs 37,999.

Publication: TechnoSports

The new gaming laptop’s highlight is its Anime Matrix secondary screen with LED lights. It is priced at ₹98,990 and support high-end specs like AMD Ryzen 9 processor, Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q and more.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

ZenBook 14 is likely “the world’s slimmest 14-inch” laptop with an AMD processor. The laptop features Ryzen 7 4700U CPU with up to 16GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD. ZenBook 14 also features an FHD screen with NanoEdge design and “up to 22 hr battery” backup. The laptop will be available in the “Piney Grey” color. Moving to the Vivobook series, the Vivobook Ultra K15 KM513, Ultra 14 M413, Ultra 15 M513, and Flip 14 TM420 will get up to AMD Ryzen 7 4700U. In addition, users will also 8GB DDR4 RAM, and up to 512GB PCIe Gen 3 SSD.

Publication: BGR India 

Chipmaker AMD has announced the availability of new AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series GPUs for Apple’s updated 27-inch iMac. Built on 7nm process technology and AMD RDNA graphics architecture, the Radeon Pro 5000 series powers a wide range of graphically intensive applications. According to the chipmaker, some of the key capabilities and features of the new AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series GPUs are up to 7.6 TFLOPS of single-precision (FP32) floating point performance, up to 16GB of GDDR6 memory with 384 GB/s bandwidth for fast transfer speeds to power data-intensive pro applications and AMD RDNA architecture built on 7nm FinFET process technology.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

The pandemic-driven transformation in workplaces and digital disruption in the education sector has turned the personal computers (PC) market on its head, as portable notebooks (laptops) and tablets are replacing traditional desktops as industry vanguards as users seek flexible tools for remote work, learning and leisure. Estimates for the April-June 2020 by research firm Canalys show desktops were underperformers with shipments halving from 8,84,000 in the same period last year to 4,40,000 this year.

Publication: The Times of India

HP has commissioned a new manufacturing plant at Flex Ltd.’s unit in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, to serve its sales partners and customers better. The plant will make desktops and workstations. HP chose Flex’s facility due to its proximity to seaports in Chennai and HP’s spare parts facility in Bengaluru which, in turn, would enable it to procure materials from other parts of India and from Asia more quickly and efficiently, it said.

Publication: The Hindu 

Acer launched its latest thin and lightweight laptop — Acer Swift 3 in India. Priced at Rs 64,999, the laptop is available for purchase via the company’s official India website and it will be available offline via authorised Acer retail stores. The laptop comes in Silver colour option.

Publication: The Times of India 

Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition comes in two variants, based on the processor: The 10th Generation Intel Core i7 with 14-inch Full HD anti-glare Horizon display and the 10th Generation Intel Core i5. The Core i7 version features NVIDIA GeForce MX350 graphics chip and both versions have 512GB storage — the higher variant has 512 GB PCI Express Gen 3 NVMe SSD while the lower one features SATA 3 SSD of the same size. Most other features and specs remain the same for both versions.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine 

In a bid to accelerate the rollout of both existing 4G and the future 5G networks, global chip giant Intel and enterprise software major VMware on Wednesday announced a collaboration on an integrated software platform for virtualized radio access networks (RAN). Intel and VMware will work with a rich ecosystem, including telecom equipment manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers and RAN software vendors, to help communications service providers easily build on top of the vRAN platform to address specific use cases, the companies said in a statement.

Publication: ET Telecom 

First things first, the 27-inch iMac now comes with Intel’s latest 10th-generation processors. The refresh also includes a new AMD Radeon Pro 5300, 5500XT and 5700XT graphics. The base model ships with a 6-core Intel Core i5 processor AMD Radeon Pro 5300 graphics, 8GB RAM and a 256 GB hard drive. A slightly faster model comes with faster 6-core Core i5 processor, AMD Radeon Pro 5300 graphics and 512GB storage. The third model includes an 8-core Intel i7 processor, AMD Radeon 5500 XT graphics and a 512 GB hard drive.

Publication: Indian Express 

The HP Omen 15 is a premium Ryzen 4000-powered device. It ships with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (GTX 1660 Ti starting) graphics card, alongside the eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor (R5 4600H starting). The Omen 15 has dual-channel 3200 MHz RAM, meaning plenty of bandwidth. The HP Omen 15 is currently selling for Rs. 85,999 on Amazon, though we expect this to drop tomorrow on Prime Day.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD 3015e and 3020e processors have been silently added to the brand’s range of low-end offerings. Both new processors are based on the company’s existing Zen architecture and have a default thermal design point (TDP) of 6W. The AMD 3015e and 3020e also include Radeon Vega 3 graphics, again aimed at affordable laptops. You’ll get two cores of processing power in this configuration. The AMD 3015e has already been selected by Lenovo for its latest education-centric notebooks — the Lenovo 100e 2nd Gen and Lenovo 300e 2nd Gen.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 with AMD Ryzen CPUs is slated to launch during the Prime Day 2020 sale. The Zephyrus G14 will come in two configurations, one with Ryzen 5 and the other with Ryzen 7 processors. The G14 is powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Ti, 8GB RAM and 1TB SSD storage. The other variant is powered by Ryzen 7 4800HS with upto 6GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q graphics, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD storage.

Publication: Digit

The Cupertino, California based company Apple has upgraded its 27-inch iMac. It now comes with faster Intel processors, AMD graphics, superfast SSDs across the line. In addition to this, the latest iMac has also been redesigned with a nano-texture glass option for Retina 5K display. It now comes with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera and better audio quality.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge 

AMD has lately been inserting a ton of give attention to its lately introduced Ryzen 4000 processors – taking the struggle again to Intel. The firm has not forgotten concerning the entry-level phase although. It has quietly debuted the AMD 3015e and AMD 3020e cell processors, based mostly on the present Zen structure.

Publication: Enter21st

Yes, all the Indian AMD fans had been waiting for this 2-in-1 budget laptop for quite a long time now and it seems now we have a lot of AMD Ryzen 4000U laptops now in India. The specs the laptop offers in a small form factor makes it even more interesting and a good companion for all-day work and productivity with its great battery life. In India, it will be called the Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 and if you are wondering why its written Ryzen 5 4600H gaming CPU, then you have spotted correct, this seems to be a major mistake from the Amazon marketing team.

Publication: TechnoSports

Chipmaker AMD has announced the availability of new AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series GPUs for Apple’s updated 27-inch iMac. Built on 7nm process technology and AMD RDNA graphics architecture, the Radeon Pro 5000 series powers a wide range of graphically intensive applications. According to the chipmaker, some of the key capabilities and features of the new AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series GPUs are up to 7.6 TFLOPS of single-precision (FP32) floating-point performance, up to 16GB of GDDR6 memory with 384 GB/s bandwidth for fast transfer speeds to power data-intensive pro applications and AMD RDNA architecture built on 7nm FinFET process technology.

Publication: The Times of India 

HP has introduced this amazing touchscreen laptop that comes with a 14-inch full HD micro-edge display featuring anti-glare technology. It comes with a powerful 8th gen Intel Core i7 processor featuring 1.8 GHz base frequency, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 4 cores and 8 MB cache. It has 16 GB DDR4 RAM and 512 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD storage. The laptop comes with NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics and offers up to 11 hours of battery life on a single charge. It also features a fingerprint reader and backlit keyboard.

Publication: HT Hech – Hindustan Times 

Dell has loaded the new XPS with the latest 10th-gen Intel Core i7-10750H processor which is a six-core 5GHz chip, enough to match most desktop PCs. Notably, this is the only processor option you get whether you go for the 1080p non-touch variant or the 4K touch version. There is 16GB of DDR4-2933MHz RAM or 32GB for the high-end variant with either 512GB or 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. For graphics, there is an Nvidia’s GeForce 1650 with 4GB memory.

Publication: News 18 

ASUS just announced the ASUS PN50, the first SFF (small form-factor) prebuilt mini-PC on the market to sport a 15W AMD Ryzen Renoir mobile chipset. From what we’ve seen in the laptop space, 7nm Renoir APUs offer tremendous bang for the buck. With quad to eight-core parts that handily beat Intel Comet Lake and Ice Lake-U processors, the core strengths include a potent iGPU, improved IPC, and incredible power efficiency.

Publication: Hardware Times 

HONOR, a global leading tech brand for youth, has marked its grand entry into the laptop segment in India with the launch of its new, thin and light laptop, HONOR MagicBook15. Powered with AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U processor/chipset and the latest Windows 10 operating system, MagicBook15 has been smartly designed to cater to the all-round needs of students and young professionals who are on the lookout for superior features and functionality at a competitive price.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

The world of swanky and smart gadgets is witnessing a new promising entry. HONOR, which has received rave reviews in the smartphone category, has launched its first laptop—HONOR MagicBook 15 in India. The MagicBook 15 doesn’t let its size compromise with its performance. Powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U processor, an 8GB DDR4 dual-channel and a RadeonTM Vega 8 Graphics card, the device is designed for fast and fluid performance.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

The Apple MacBook Pro sports a 16-inch display with the company’s highly touted True Tone technology. It is powered by a 9th generation Intel Core i9 processor that is paired with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD. It has AMD Radeon Pro 5500M graphics which should help in fast rendering and smooth video playback. The Apple MacBook Pro with top-end Intel processors, AMD graphics and fast storage make for a powerful combination.

Publication: Business Insider 

Apple has its new 27-inch iMac with faster Intel processors up to 10 cores, double the memory capacity, next-generation AMD graphics. The new 27-inch iMac also features a nano-texture glass option for Retina 5K display, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, higher fidelity speakers, and studio-quality mics.

Publication: The Times of India 

Acer has launched the Swift 3 laptop as it expands the product lines with more options, which would find customers across price categories. The Swift 3 laptop will be suitable for more powerful functionalities and tasks, such as video editing, running Photoshop, playing some games. Now to support all of those things, the laptop comes with the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors and mostly the high-end hardware, a 2K display, 8GB of RAM, and a wide range of connectivity options.

Publication: India Today  

Acer launched its first Intel Project Athena verified Swift 3 laptop in India with a starting price of Rs 64,999. Powered by 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processors and Iris Plus graphics, the Acer Swift 3 delivers the latest in performance, connectivity and platform stability with long-lasting battery life that gives users up to 17 hours of non-stop productivity.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge 

Acer, the global PC brand, today revealed its first Intel Project Athena verified Swift 3 laptop in India. Powered by 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processors and Iris® Plus graphics, the Acer Swift 3 delivers the latest in performance, connectivity, productivity, and platform stability. The laptop is designed to suit the needs of a power-user, packing excellent performance and eye-popping graphics into a sleek and stylish metal chassis.

Publication: CellIT

Sony on Tuesday reported a 1.1 percent decline in first-quarter operating profit, much milder than market estimates as its gaming business thrived while consumers locked down at home looked for entertainment and downloaded more games. The electronics and entertainment firm posted April-June profit of JPY 228.4 billion (roughly Rs. 16,180 crores), versus JPY 230.9 billion (roughly Rs. 16,355 crores) a year prior.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Internally, this laptop is powered by Intel’s 10th-gen Core i3/i5 processors and comes with up to 8GB RAM and 1TB HDD. Obviously it’s not the fastest laptop out there, but we were adequately happy with the performance. It managed to hold its head while performing our day-to-day tasks.

Publication: MensXp

HP has launched quite a few new laptops in 2020 and the ProBook 455 G7 is more targeted towards business customers and professionals. So, they launched the Intel versions first with Comet Lake CPUs and next the Ryzen 4000U powered variants as well. The HP ProBook 455 G7 with Ryzen 7 4700U, 16GB RAM & 256 GB SSD was available back in May on Amazon. Notebookcheck has recently compared the Ryzen variant of the laptop with the Intel variant and we see a major difference in real-world performance.

Publication: TechnoSports

American technology company HP recently introduced the HP 14s ER series notebooks with built-in 4G. In this series, there is the HP 14s er0003TU laptop that comes in a single color variant: Natural Silver. The built-in 4G connection is one of the highlights of the device. The laptop is priced at Rs 65,999. We got a hold of the device and here’s how it fared in our tests. The HP 14s comes powered by a 10th Gen Intel Core-i5 processor and runs Windows 10.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

Alphabet Inc. is selling $10 billion of bonds with rock bottom yields, in a rare debt sale that will help combat racial inequality, among other sustainability projects. The parent company of Google is looking to fund organizations that support Black entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses impacted by Covid-19, as well as affordable housing, among other eligible proceeds listed in bond documents seen by Bloomberg. The borrowings can also be used to finance clean energy projects and green buildings.

Publication: Livemint

Technology brand Acer has announced the Acer Day campaign which is the company’s global promotional event. The campaign starts today and will last till August 10. During these 10 days, customers can avail of various offers on the purchase of Acer products from Acer Mall and the Acer e-store. The company has launched this campaign simultaneously in seven countries. The company has announced that on the purchase of Acer laptops customers will get 2 years of additional warranty with 1-year damage protection, Bluetooth speakers, and Antivirus software.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

A case was made for allowing Microsoft to continue its negotiations with TikTok, with any eventual acquisition involving the app’s complete split from the parent company in China, including the transfer of all American users’ data to the US. ByteDance, the Chinese firm that owns TikTok, had initially planned to hold on a minority stake while selling most of its US operations, an idea that Trump rejected, wanting a total 100% acquisition.

Publication: The Times of India 

Google said it has built the worlds fastest machine learning (ML) training supercomputer that broke AI performance records in six out of eight industry-leading MLPerf benchmarks. Using this supercomputer, as well as the latest Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chip, Google has set new performance records. “We achieved these results with ML model implementations in TensorFlow, JAX and Lingvo. Four of the eight models were trained from scratch in under 30 seconds,” Naveen Kumar from Google AI said in a statement.

Publication: Express Computers 

Subramanya: Yes, the Dell G5 SE series addresses the customers who are looking for performance machine at a value. It caters to the mainstream gaming enthusiasts and offers exceptional performance. It also offers the AAA advantage – AMD Ryzen processors, AMD Radeon graphics, and AMD SmartShift technology. We are the only brand to offer this in the country today. While gamers get a dynamic boost to improve gaming performance, it also offers the right configuration for content creation needs – editing videos and photographs, rendering animation and videos, and overall offering the extra horsepower needed to finish intense tasks quickly.

Publication: Mashable

For the mentioned price, Honor will be selling the 8GB RAM + 256GB SSD variant. Customers will also get up to Rs 13,000 discount on the exchange of a device. There is also no-cost EMI option for up to 12 months. The new laptop comes with AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor and ultra-slim bezel design. The newly launched Honor MagicBook 15 laptop will go on sale from August 5 at 8:00PM via Flipkart.

Publication: BGR India 

The Honor MagicBook 15 being launched in India comes in a single variant. Users who are keen on getting the laptop will get a machine that’s powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor and Vega 8 graphics. The machine also packs 8GB of memory and a 256GB NVMe drive. The 15-inch display is a full HD IPS panel, so buyers can expect good viewing angles. The laptop also comes with a compact 65W charger that pushes 65W of power.

Publication: Digit

The Honor MagicBook 15 draws power from an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U chipset, paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and an AMD Radeon Vega 8 graphics card. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor, TÜV Rheinland-certified Full-HD screen, a pop-up webcam, and a built-in fingerprint reader.

Publication: NewsBytes 

Launched at Rs 42,990, the ‘MagicBook 15’ with AMD Ryzen 5 3500U mobile processor with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics will be available for Rs 39,990, after a Rs 3,000 discount for the first sale. The laptop comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 10 Home and users will get a free 1-month trial of the Microsoft 365 personal subscription, the company said in a statement.

In India, people have totally gone crazy for AMD’s new Ryzen 4000 powered laptops whether it is a gaming one or or daily work and productivity, its obvious 7nm is bringing a new change in the laptop market. There are a lot of laptops with Ryzen 4000 APUs launched last month and this month too we will witness a lot of them. ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 – Yes, this is the true premium gaming laptop that has stormed the globe for its amazing performance for both gaming and productivity. Those “special” Ryzen 4000HS processors have lower TDPs and helps to keep the laptop slim yet packs some serious hardware in it.

Publication: TechnoSports

Microsoft has reportedly chosen January 19, 2021 as the date for reopening its US offices. According to The Verge, the tech giant is planning a “hybrid workplace” for a six-phase reopening of its offices.  “Stage six will be when offices are ready to fully reopen for employees to return to work,” the report said on Friday. The six stages are: Closed; Mandatory working from home; Working from home strongly encouraged; Soft opening; Open with restrictions and finally, Open.

Publication: Telangana Today

My unit of the Asus TUF A15 came equipped with the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and graphics powered by Nvidia GTX 1650Ti. It comes with a 256GB NVMe SSD coupled with a 1TB hard drive for storage. But the spec sheet does not translate into real-world usage sometimes.

Publication: Indian Express 

Asus recently unveiled four new consumer notebooks in India from its ZenBook and VivoBook series. The new laptops are designed for mobility without compromising on power by using the latest 10th Gen Intel processors. Our focus today is on the smallest of the three devices, the ZenBook 13 (UX325). The Asus ZenBook 13 is priced from Rs 79,990 in India. Our model was priced at Rs 99,990. Asus’ ZenBook lineup always attempts to deliver a premium package without forgoing value. So, does the new ZenBook 13 qualify for being a good value premium ultrawide; stick around and let us find out.

Publication: Moneycontrol

The bustling information technology (IT) corridors of Bengaluru may well be a thing of the past as the covid-19-led work from home (WFH) regime negates the need for large office spaces, prompting a wave of change in how India’s technology capital operates.

Publication: Livemint

With the power to bridge accessibility gaps, connect people who are otherwise divided, and expand the benefits of upskilling and progressive training programs, tech is enabling people to work in more dynamic, flexible ways. The first release of a new global research report from Intel and Lenovo finds that technology will play an integral role in achieving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace of the future.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge 

ASUS has launched some really cool laptops in India this year, and the ZenBook series is the next in line to get refreshed models. We now have two new ZenBooks in the series, the ZenBook 13 UX325 and the ZenBook 14 UX425. Both are thin and light notebooks that cater to people who want a portable machine to use on the go.

Publication: MensXp

AMD announced its 25th annual corporate citizenship update, providing a transparent view of the company’s corporate responsibility initiatives. This year’s update highlights how AMD and its technologies are addressing sustainable technological and scientific advancement, environmental and supply chain responsibility, workplace inclusion and belonging, and community support.

Publication: Digital Terminal 

Microsoft, CapGemini, Commvault, Cognizant, HCL, NIIT Technologies, Tek Systems, Samsung, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and TCS have hired the Engineering graduates of Bennett University. The average package for their outgoing batch is close to 7 Lac per annum and the highest package is 44 Lac per annum. Around 30% of the students were selected with more than 10 Lac per annum compensation. This university boasts of 32 high-end labs including Apple iMacs for graphic and multimedia, Dell-EMC Data Science Lab, NVIDIA Research Center on AI, IoT and Robotics Lab, etc.

Publication: The Times of India 

Asus has gone for a different combination than usual for this gaming desktop. Our test unit was powered by a AMD Ryzen 93950X and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti card.

Publication: The Economic Times 

US lawmakers’ six-hour grilling of the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on Wednesday renews the question about fairness and transparency of practices followed by these companies in India. If the tech giants are suspected of crushing competition and lax about privacy and data protection in the US, they could be doing so in India too. India is the fastest-growing market for several of its businesses.

Publication: The Times of India 

“Smaller companies like startups will question the need for an office. But it still makes sense for larger companies with hundreds and thousands of employees to work out of an office,” said S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris), co-founder of Infosys and chairman of Karnataka’s vision group on IT. “Having said that, they will plan to have 20-30% of employees to WFH.” In the past two decades, Bengaluru has grown around these IT clusters, lifting real estate prices in their vicinity, and adding to traffic and infrastructure woes. (DELL, CISCO)

Publication: Mint