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Qualcomm releases the Snapdragon 780G. It packs 4x A78 cores and a speedy 3.3Gbps 5G modem

Qualcomm has revealed the latest chipset in its 7 Series, with the new Snapdragon 780G 5G Mobile Platform promising to cherry-pick some of the best tech from the more expensive Snapdragon 888 flagship. Expected to arrive in new Android phones sometime from Q2 2021, the Snapdragon 780G marks a number of “firsts” for the series, and looks likely to continue the trend of midrange devices to be arguably more exciting than their most expensive brethren. While it’s easy to throw everything and the kitchen sink at a four-figure flagship phone, it’s a whole lot harder to make something truly compelling…

Samsung releases a 512GB DDR5 memory module with HKMG DDR5 chips

Smartphones are starting to sport rather insane amounts of memory, up to 16GB in some places, but there is still lack of high density RAM for PCs, servers, and HPCs. Memory in those computers number in three digits but are mostly limited by how much RAM chips can be fit in a module. If you can cram more RAM in a single stick, you can have more memory in the same amount of slots, and Samsung’s new 512GB DDR5 DRAM module definitely breaks the barriers not just in capacity or speed but in the technology used. Samsung’s new module is…

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will fly on Mars for the first time on 8th April

Back on 18th Feb, the Mars Perseverance Rover made a crazy but deadly landing on the red planet. They finally succeeded in landing the rover including the ingenuity helicopter. Now, we may be just over two weeks away from the first powered flight by an aircraft on an alien world. Ingenuity helicopter’s first flight on the red planet NASA’s 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which landed on the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover on Feb. 18, could make its first flight as early as April 8, agency officials announced today (March 23). That pioneering liftoff will be the…

You can now buy Tesla cars using Bitcoins

Tesla Inc will accept payments for its vehicles through the cryptocurrency Bitcoin confirmed the company’s chief executive officer Mr. Elon Musk in a tweet today. The shift comes as the company invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin earlier this year and follows through on the commitment that it made in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which disclosed the decision. “You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin,” tweeted Musk, who was officially made the “Technoking of Tesla” this month. People outside the U.S. will be able to buy a Tesla with bitcoin “later this year,” Musk said,…

OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro launched in China, 65W charging, 50W wireless charging, Hasselblad Cameras, 120Hz Displays, and More

The wait is finally over; after months of leaks, teases, and rumors, the OnePlus has finally lifted the curtains off the OnePlus 9 series, and both devices, as we have guessed, are amazing in every sense of the way. If you were holding your upgrade plan because you wanted to wait for the OnePlus devices, now is the time because both the devices are as impressive as they get. OnePlus warmed up the crowd a few weeks ago by announcing its three year, $150 million partnership with legendary camera maker Hasselblad. Hasselblad cameras flew on Apollo 11 to the moon,…