Samsung's new 50-megapixel image sensor excels in low-light environments

In brief: Samsung on Tuesday announced a new mobile image sensor that promises improved low-light performance and DSLR-level auto-focus speeds to enhance the picture-taking experience.

ISOCELL GN1 is a 50-megapixel sensor with 1.2μm-sized pixels. The sensor leverages Samsung’s Dual Pixel technology to place two photodiodes side-by-side within a single pixel

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All Witcher games are discounted to celebrate The Wild Hunt's fifth anniversary

What just happened? Believe it or not, it’s been five years since one of the best games of all time, The Witcher 3, was released. To mark the occasions, both Steam and GOG have put the entire franchise on sale, while the free-to-play GWENT: The Witcher Card Game has come to Steam.

You might remember that the Witcher 3 was delayed from its original fall 2014 release date to February 2015, though it also missed that deadline,

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Epic adds support for self-service refunds, keyless partner integration and five new currencies on its games store

In brief: The latest features to arrive on the Epic Games Store enable users to bypass long waiting times associated with processing refund requests, keylessly link third-party store purchases with their Epic account, and manage the client's download speeds. They can also look forward to buying games in their local currency provided it's among the five newly supported types.

Epic has been on a roll lately. The company's impressive Unreal Engine 5 game demo and indie-friendly licensing were universally praised by developers, while

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OnePlus 8 Pro's color filter camera can see through materials, company says it will be disabled

WTF?! The OnePlus 8 Pro has some real cutting-edge tech, including a color filter photochrom sensor—a first for a smartphone. The camera feature had been dismissed as gimmicky, but users have found a novel and potentially privacy-invading use for it: the ability to see through certain materials. To protect itself from potential lawsuits, OnePlus said it would be disabling the color filter camera via an OTA update later this week.

Boasting features such as reverse charging, a 120Hz display, and


Microsoft: we were on "the wrong side of history" when it came to open source

In context: How times have changed. At the turn of the century, open source was Microsoft’s sworn enemy, with then-CEO Steve Ballmer describing Linux as a “cancer” in 2001. Fast forward almost two decades, and the Redmond firm has now admitted it was wrong.

Speaking at an event hosted by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Microsoft President Brad Smith said: “Microsoft was on the wrong side of history when open source exploded at the

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AMD Ryzen 5 4600H Review: Fastest Entry-Level Laptop CPU Ever


The Ryzen 5 4600H is AMD's new mainstream processor in their H-series, designed for high performance productivity and gaming notebooks. This is the chip AMD is selling for entry-level systems, and yet it's a compelling piece of silicon with 6 Zen 2 CPU cores and 12 threads, a base frequency...

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Nvidia accused of reporting $1 billion worth of mining GPU sales as gaming revenue

Recap: Remember when Bitcoin reached its record near-$20,000 high back in 2017 and graphics card prices went through the roof? It might have been a dark time for non-mining consumers, but AMD and Nvidia were enjoying the profits. In the case of the latter, however, it’s been alleged in a lawsuit that the company reported $1billion in crypto revenue as gaming revenue.

As per The Register , the suit dates back to 2017

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FedEx and Microsoft announce partnership to improve package delivery

In brief: Microsoft has made a habit of partnering up with Amazon's competitors like Walmart, who are reluctant to use the latter's AWS cloud for obvious reasons. With FedEx, it is indirectly gaining thousands of customers for its cloud services, which will ultimately hit Amazon's core business in the future.

Microsoft and FedEx are joining forces with a new partnership that will supposedly "transform commerce" by pairing the former company's cloud prowess with the logistics network of the latter.

The new service is


Google is rumored to axe Motion Sense feature on the Pixel 5

Rumor mill: Google had big plans for its Project Soli radar technology. However, its implementation in the Pixel 4 seemed half-baked and may not show up in the Pixel 5 at all.

Motion Sense was one of the headline features of the Pixel 4 last year. Unfortunately, it seems that Motion Sense is one and done as Google is rumored to be axing the feature in the next Pixel phone.

As first reported by Phone Arena , Stephen Hall of 9to5Google revealed on the Alphabet Scoop podcast about


Xfinity Mobile introduces new 5G-ready data plans

In a nutshell: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the rollout of 5G wireless technology continues, slowly but surely. 5G coverage is still limited overall, but it's now widespread enough for several mobile providers to begin offering 5G data plans to their customers. Comcast's Xfinity Mobile division is the latest to do so: the company today unveiled a fresh set of 5G-ready mobile plans, including pay-per-gig and unlimited options.

Moving forward, both new and existing

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