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About a week ago, we heard reports that the A13 chip destined for this year’s iPhones will continue to be fabricated at the same 7 nanometer feature size as the A12. Digitimes today notes that for the 2020 iPhone, we will again see another miniaturisation leap. The site says that TSMC is expected to secure the first 5 nanometer orders from Apple next year. Fabrication size isn’t directly linked to performance but smaller gaps between transistors generally means better power efficiency and space for more transistors in the same surface area, which results in performance gains....

Apple’s $1 billion data center in North Carolina powers iTunes and iCloud. We told you in October about a 174-acre solar farm Apple reportedly started building to power the new Maiden, N.C., data center facility. Surrounding the facility will be the largest end user–owned onsite solar array in the United States. It will consist of a 100-acres and a 20-megawatt facility to provide approximately 42 million kWh of clean, renewable energy each year....

Based on the book series and subsequent video game series, The Witcher television show focuses on Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who struggles to find his place in this world while battling both monsters and the people who can be just as wicked as the beasts he takes down. In the Netflix series, there are many incredible fight scenes that are cinematic masterpieces. But the real question is how do they fare when comparing them to the fight scenes that we’ve read in the books?...

The data has been gathered by Trellix – formerly McAfee Enterprise and FireEye – from detected attacks between July and September 2021, a period when some of the most high-profile ransomware attacks of the past year happened. According to detections by Trellix, banking and finance was the most common target for ransomware during the reporting period, accounting for 22% of detected attacks. That’s followed by 20% of attacks targeting the utilities sector and 16% of attacks targeting retailers....

Last week, users in China mysteriously saw the iTunes Movies Store and iBooks Store shut down. At the time, it was unclear why the services went down, but now, The New York Times reports that the two stores were ordered to shut down by the Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Film, and Television. Originally, Apple had received approval to launch the iTunes Movie and iBooks Stores in China, but the Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Film, and Television reportedly just recently came into the situation and ordered that they shut down....

Touch ID brought major changes to how people unlock their iPhones, but it doesn’t appear as if Apple is stopping there. We initially reported that Apple was developing an eye scanning technology back in 2014, but a new report today says the capability could be launching to the public as soon as 2018. According to a report from DigiTimes, Apple is set to release an iPhone with iris scanning capabilities in 2018....

RAVPower is launching a new PD Pioneer 61W Wall Charger perfect for MacBook users that it notes has a new drastically smaller design making it the smallest on the market. The charger is available now for $43.99 (Reg. $59.99) as a special preorder price for U.S. customers. Head below for a full look: Coming in at around half the size of Apple’s own 61W charger, the new RAVPower PD Pioneer Wall Charger is also smaller than the rest of its own Power Delivery Pioneer series of chargers including its previous 45W Type-C Power Delivery Wall Charger....

Realme has been on its toes when it comes to delivering the latest Android 1o update with the latest Realme UI for its eligible devices under its portfolio. The company, as we have mentioned earlier several times, was among some of the first few OEMs to come up with a full proof Android 10 update timeline which depicted the exact date on when the devices will be picking up the Android 10 updates....

On this page, we will guide you on how to download and install the Realme Narzo 30A RMX3171 DA files. DA file also known as the Download Agent file is a file that helps in fixing the device secure boot error. If you are using the Realme Narzo 30A and facing any issues such as FRP lock, corrupted memory, secure boot error, authentication, or buffer error. To flash the Secure Boot DA file on your Realme Narzo 30A, you need flash tools like SP Flash Tool, NCK Box, Miracle Box, or CM2 box....

UPDATE 1 (16th July 2020): Realme Watch has received another update, which bumps up the software version to v86.0. It optimizes the connection speed of the watch, fixes bugs, and brings in some other optimization as well. You could get a hold of the complete changelog and screenshot from the below section. The Realme watch has received the latest V81.0 update with a bunch of optimizations, new features, and bug fixes as well....

To begin with, Airtel will be offering, under its Infinity postpaid plan, 5/10/15GB of free 4G/3G mobile every month for a year. Postpaid customers will be required to purchase the phone on a contract which starts from Rs 19,990 for the base variant of iPhone 7 and on top of that, monthly charges will vary based on the selected plans. The monthly plans range from Rs 1999, 2499 and 2999 with 5GB, 10GB and 15GB free data, respectively....

It looks like you are using the Xiaomi Redmi 6A as your daily driver and now finds some issues regarding Google Account Lock. Xiaomi Redmi 6A is the latest device running Android 8.1 Oreo and powered by MediaTek chipsets. As we all know that MediaTek processors are known for its great performance in a budget price tag. Well if you have performed factory data reset on your Xiaomi Redmi 6A and if you forgot the previously signed Google account, then don’t worry....

Digitimes says we’ll only have to wait until March to get the long sought after 15 (and possibly 17) inch MacBook Airs. It is uncertain whether these machines will be called MacBook Pros or Airs or just “MacBooks” at that point. The industry has been moving away from hard disc platter computers with optical drives and the recent flooding in Thailand, where many hard drives are manufactured, has only served to hasten that migration....

But, a major problem with Rapidshare has been that, if you do not have a premium account, you are forced to wait for some time before the actual file is available for download. We had previously seen a Rapidshare hack which involved typing in a javascript to reset the timer count to 0, which still works for many. But now, with RapidShare Countdown Remover Extension for Google Chrome, you can instantly download the files!...

Pricing The Razer DeathAdder V2 retails for $69.99 (£69.99, AU$139.95, CA$99.99, €79.99), which puts it in the same price range as the Logitech G502 hero ($79.99), Corsair Ironclaw ($59.99), and SteelSeries Rival 5 ($59.99). The cost is on the higher end of tolerable for a more basic gaming mouse, but Razer has always been known for their higher prices, which means you’re mostly paying for brand recognition, but there is some top-notch tech and engineering that helps to justify the $70....

Realme has launched Narzo 10 and 10A recently in India as the affordable budget smartphone. Both devices do come with great specifications and designs. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown measures, the launch date has been postponed multiple times previously. Now, if you’re using this handset and want to upgrade to the latest software version that you’ve missed earlier or didn’t get yet, then you’re in right place. Here we have provided the Realme Narzo 10A Software Update Tracker along with the firmware download links below....

The foray of new Chinese brands has proven to be an headache for OnePlus. Although the company doesn’t publish the official sales figure, OnePlus still seems to have missed the 1-Million sales mark in India in 2015. Nevertheless, OnePlus X is still a great buy at this price (our impressions) and it does come powered with the Snapdragon 801 paired with a 2GB of RAM. The phone will run on Oxygen OS, which is essentially a barebones Android Lollipop 5....

The same Eurasian regulatory database that tipped the hat on AirPods, iPhone 7, new MacBooks and the latest iPad is back. This time, a new filing discovered by Consomac references a handful of as-yet-unannounced iPhone models spanning eleven model identifiers. Devices typically appear in this database about a month before the products ship. These iPhone references were posted yesterday, suggesting a new iPhone launch will be debuting in early May/June....

Following a report from earlier this week detailing Apple’s appointment of former executive Bob Mansfield to run its secretive ‘Project Titan’ Apple Car project, Bloomberg offers details on hires from BlackBerry and Ford. According to the report, Apple has hired former BlackBerry employee Dan Dodge, who was the founder and CEO of QNX, the operating system developer that BlackBerry acquired in 2010. QNX continues to be used as an underlying operating system in some vehicles today, including many that work with Apple’s current iPhone-connected, in-dash CarPlay platform....

The Rdio music streaming service is preparing to release an updated version of its mobile app later today will place a new focus on its free “stations” feature as competitors like Spotify, Pandora, and Apple’s one-two punch of iTunes Radio and Beats Music crank up the pressure on the service. Rdio claims its free music library is as much as fifteen times bigger than those of competing apps. Like other online radio services, the new Rdio will automatically create playlists and stations from that library based on a user’s music preferences....