Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X

While AMD has officially announced its 2nd generation Ryzen desktop CPUs, there are two entry- and mid-range SKUs that are missing, the Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X. Thankfully, Lenovo has spilled the beans on these two SKUs, suggesting that they might be just around the corner.

AI, new looks, and beefier security

Although it was already announced earlier under the Android P moniker, Google has now officially announced its latest major version of the Android mobile OS, the Android 9 Pie, releasing more details as well as rolling it out to Pixel devices.

G-Sync HDR 

HDR—or High Dynamic Range—enhances imagery in PC games by boosting the most important factors as perceived by the human eye: color, brightness, and contrast.

With 96-layer 3D TLC NAND

Toshiba has announced its new XG6 series client NVMe SSD series, which is the first to use the new 96-layer 3D BiCS NAND.

Slimmer chip for slimmer smartphones

While it has only recently announced 8Gb LPDDR5 DRAM prototypes, the company is not giving up on LPDDR4X memory as it has just announced mass production of the industry's first 2nd generation 10nm-class LPDDR4X DRAM that will bring slimmer chips and lower power consumption while maintaining the same data rate.

Reports revenue of US $1.76 billion, up by 53 percent Y/Y

AMD has announced its financial report for the second quarter or 2018, and it appears that the company did well, reporting revenues of  $1.76 billion, up by 53 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Trade Wars strike again

Semiconductor firm Qualcomm indicated that it would drop its bid to buy Philips subsidiary NXP – looking like it is suffering from collateral damage because of the China-USA trade wars.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

The Android operating system is set to be phased out over the next couple of years.

With four Cortex-A73 and four Cortex-A53 cores

Huawei has now officially announced its newest 12nm Kirin 710 SoC, which will bring a decent single- and multi-core performance boost, GPU boost and more.

Helio P60 SoC and 5.86-inch HD+ screen

HMD Global has announced its latest Nokia mid-range smartphone, the Nokia X5, which is also known as the Nokia 5.1 Plus. Available only in China, at least for now, it comes with rather impressive specifications for a mid-range smartphone.