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Samsung Galaxy Note 20’s chipset might not be that bad after all

With the Galaxy Note 20 launch just a week away, all eyes will be on what upgrades Samsung brings to the table. While the chipset might remain unchanged, there might be a silver lining. While Samsung flagship like the Note series and the S series are powered by Snapdragon chipsets in the US and European markets, they come with Exynos chipset in Asian markets such as India. It often tends to lose out on the performance front against Qualcomm Snapdragon counterparts. However, a new leak suggests some good news in this regard. Samsung Galaxy Note 20 release date, price, news and leaks Upcoming smartphones in India: Specs, launch date, price (Image credit: Samsung/WinFuture) According to a tweet by Anthony, a Youtuber, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will continue to be powered by the Exynos 990 chipset, but with major improvements in terms of the performance and efficiency. These optimizations should bring it closer to the Snapdragon 865 series. He even suggested that it is almost li

The world's greatest VPN provider has launched one of the best Black Friday VPN deals

You can't utter or think the word VPN without ExpressVPN popping up - the VPN provider is everywhere and why shouldn't it be, it is the world's best VPN after all. Well, at least according to our expert testing which concludes that ExpressVPN not only provides super fast connections and has a very high level of encryption (your cybersecurity sorted). Along with the fact that it is ridiculously easy to use and functions with a whole host of different mobile devices and TV streaming boxes. And for this year, Express has gotten into the Black Friday spirit by announcing a seasonal promotion. Go for its 12-month subscription and you'll get 49% off the normal price and an extra 3 months free as well. There's no doubt that it's an excellent deal on a brilliant bit of software. But here's our plot twist to this story... TechRadar has access to this rate all year around! Not just on Black Friday. So if you fancy ExpressVPN over all the other VPN deals you'

Best Wi-Fi extenders of 2019: top devices for boosting your WiFi network

You might not realize what the best Wi-Fi extender can do for your home. But if you have any dead spots or a large area to cover, it’s well worth the investment. The best wifi extenders will help “extend” your wireless network into the furthest corners of your home or building, making your wireless coverage reliable no matter where you are. And it’s of particular help when you are trying to cover a large space and a regular router just won’t cut it. If you’ve been experiencing slow connections, or even dropped connections, the best wifi extenders can fix that without having to rely on more costly solutions, such as running extra network cables around your home or office. How do they work? The best Wi-Fi extender will pick up where your router starts to lose coverage. It will take that original network and increase its range, giving you a significant boost in your wireless coverage. Read on for our pick of the best Wi-Fi extenders of 2019. The Plume SuperPods act as one of the best W

This Dell XPS 15 laptop is probably the best Windows alternative to the MacBook Pro 16

Let’s clear a few things first; the 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro is the most powerful lightweight laptop money can buy. There is no laptop of this size on the market that can pack 8TB of storage and 64GB of RAM.  At just over 16mm in thickness and with a weight of 2Kg, it is truly a technological feat. The nearest rival to it has to be the Dell XPS 15 7590 laptop which doesn’t carry the same cachet as Apple’s newest Mac product but still has a few cards up its sleeve; that is, if you are looking for a Windows 10 PC that approaches what the MacBook Pro 16-inch has to offer. Check out the best business laptops on the market These are the best mobile workstations money can buy We have also rounded up the best laptops for video editing Gunning for the Macbook The top-of-the-range XPS 15 model ( check our review here ) actually shares a lot of similarities; same CPU, a 9th generation Intel Core i9-9980HK, 64GB of memory and 2TB PCIe SSD. It has a smaller 15.6-inch display but that is

Huawei Mate 30 Pro 4G launches in the UAE

We finally have an official release date and pricing information for Huawei's new flagship, the Mate 30 Pro in the UAE. But the sale process is not how you would buy any other ordinary phone.  While demo samples will be present across Huawei experience stores, in order to purchase the unit, you'll have to register your interest through Huawei's website between 1st to 15th December. For its local release, Huawei has priced the phone at AED 3,599 and you will only get one configuration which is with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Color options include Black and Space Silver.  Users that purchase the device will also get 2 years warranty, one time complimentary screen replacement, 200GB of Huawei Mobile Cloud storage, 6 months of Huawei music membership, a SuperCharge wireless car charger and a Smart View flip cover. That's quite a bundle. Unlike other Huawei phones, the Mate 30 Pro does not come with Google Mobile Services pre-intstalled. It's still used Android

The Apple Watch 4 gets a $300 price cut at Best Buy ahead of Black Friday sales

Black Friday 2019 is just a few days away and Best Buy is getting a headstart with fantastic deals that you can shop right now . You can find record-low prices on hundreds of best-selling items and get a head start on your holiday shopping. A top Black Friday Apple Watch find, Best Buy has the Watch 4 with GPS and cellular on sale for $399 . That's a $300 discount, and the best price we've found for the 44mm smartwatch. Best Buy also has the GPS-only Apple Watch 4 model on sale for $299 . The Apple Watch 4 is packed with health-focused features and includes a built-in ECG to notify you when a high or low heart rate is detected. The smartwatch tracks popular workouts and calories burned and offers personalized coaching to keep you motivated.  The swim-proof smartwatch also features a 30% larger display making it easier to see health stats, messages, and notifications. The Series 4 smartwatch provides an impressive 18-hour battery life and includes new features such as

Schneider Electric opens its sixth global smart distribution centre in Dubai

French energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric has opened its sixth smart distribution centre globally and first in the Middle East in Dubai in a bid to digitally transform supply chains for efficiency and sustainability. The other smart distribution centres are in Australia, China, Brazil, France, and India. Mourad Tamoud, Executive Vice-President for Global Supply Chain at Schneider Electric, said the centre features its IoT-enabled, open, interoperable architecture EcoStruxure platform that makes operations efficient and lean. Moreover, he said the new centre will showcase technologies that deliver greater efficiencies to customers and partners as well as providing a platform to develop local talent. “We intend to reduce our carbon footprint and go green, inside its factories, by 2030 by using renewable energies and extend it our suppliers by 2050,” he said. Dubai has become one of four international hubs for the French company after Paris, Boston and Hong K

This Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones deal will be music to your ears

When it comes to wireless and noise-cancelling headphones, Sony has some of the best models on the market. Making them even more appealing are the discounts currently available in Amazon’s Black Friday sales .  Sony WH-1000XM3 Black Friday deal If you want the very best and are willing to spend, Sony's flagship WH-1000XM3 headphones have received a tasty Black Friday price cut. They now stand at $278 / £249 which, while not cheap, it's still an impressive saving on a top pair of cans.  We awarded this "amazing pair of noise-cancelling headphones" 4.5 stars out of 5 in our review which is high praise. They're top of the line, offering a lengthy 30 hours of battery life, fantastic sound quality and some of the best noise-cancelling abilities around.  This is the perfect chance to pick up a pair of headphones that will allow you to rock around the Christmas tree and block out all the chaos.  US deal UK deal Sony WH-XB900N Black Friday deal If the Sony WH-10

Best laptops for photographers

Trying to figure out which are the best laptops for photographers? Photo editing software can be pretty demanding, especially if you're working on high resolution raw files and utilizing advanced effects, so you'll want to make sure that you’re investing in a laptop that has all the makings of a powerful photo editing tool. At the end of the day, the best laptops for photographers can rival traditional desktop hardware when it comes to raw horsepower. Additionally, unlike laptops of old, many boast pixel-perfect displays with stunning color, as well as wide contrast to keep highlight and shadow detail consistently visible. We put together a list of the best laptops for photographers and photo editing for you. In this guide, we’ll go through all the best laptops and Ultrabooks that can help photographers, no matter which photo editors you’re using – whether it’s Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. This 2019’s MacBook now boasts 8th-generation processors. If you already love the MacBoo

Three Mobile's SIM only deal surges to the top with unlimited data for only £18 a month

The SIM only market has very quickly lit up with the Black Friday festivities, throwing out deal after deal to compete for your interest. However, one offer has quickly floated to the top, forming a benchmark for the rest to follow. That offer comes from Three and can be summed up very simply as ' the cheapest unlimited data SIM only deal...ever '. Last year, on Black Friday 2018, Three gave us unlimited data for £20 a month and this year, its dropped down to £18. That puts it far below even its closest SIM only deal competitor - Smarty Mobile and well below the rest of the market. And while this will be the ideal option to pair with a Black Friday phone deal of the SIM-free variety, it is likely to sell very rapidly so don't wait around too long. If you're looking for something cheaper or happen to have missed Three's bargain SIMO, then don't worry. Black Friday has provided us with a host of top SIM only deals for you to get your hands on. See the othe

The best iPhone 7 deals in November 2019

There's no doubt that iPhone 7 deals are no longer the newest option from Apple but there is one thing this handset is still one of the best choices for - affordability. As one of Apple's cheapest phones around, this is a welcome change to the high price tags we see elsewhere. The release of Apple's iPhone 11 and its two more powerful models was a big reminder of the costly nature of Apple and just another reason the iPhone 7 could be the ideal phone for you. But despite its age the iPhone 7 still rocks many of the specs we have come to expect from Apple. A mid-size battery, strong processor and the much loved iOS features Apple has made famous. When it comes to choosing the tariff for you there is still a surprisingly large range of iPhone 7 deals. Big data remains affordable and brilliant cheap contracts under £20 are readily available. And with Black Friday almost here, we're expecting prices to drop even further! On this page you'll find all of the best iPho

Davis Cup 2019 live stream: how to watch all the tennis online from anywhere

The Davis Cup is back - and looking completely different to how you've seen it before. With a brand new format, the 2019 tennis extravaganza marks the biggest revamp of the international team tennis tournament in its 119-year history. We've compiled this handy guide for watching a Davis Cup live stream on TV, online or on mobile, no matter where you are in the world. With a host of big name stars set to play, the first instalment of the spruced up tournament looks set to be a hotly contested affair.  Led by Rafael Nadal, Spain are currently installed by the bookies as favourites, followed by France who will be fielding a team boasting the likes of Gael Monfils, Benoit Pair and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The A-list field will also see Novak Djokovic turn out for Serbia, while Great Britain's hopes will be resting on Andy Murray following his return from long-term injury. It's set to be an exhilarating week of action, so make sure you don't miss any of the tennis by follo

Tile Sticker, Slim and Pro Bluetooth trackers launched in India

Tile has brought three of its popular Bluetooth location trackers to India, adding more price and range options to its portfolio with the Sticker, Slim, and Pro. Tile is one of the most prominent players in the tracker space and comes with a big community of users that create a network of object tracking in case of emergencies. In India, Tile products are distributed by Brand Eyes, which also handles Skullcandy. The three products primarily work in the same way. You attach the Tile tracker to any object, and it stays connected to your phone via the Tile app . If it is in range, you can tap the ‘Find’ button to get your tracker to ring. Similarly, the button on the tracker can be double pressed to get your phone to ring, even if it is on silent. If you happen to leave your belongings behind and out of range, the last known location will be shown on the map. If that’s not enough, you can use the ‘community find’ option in the app, where every phone running the Tile app can help loc

Apple Airpods drop to lowest price yet in early Black Friday sales

Seeing the Apple AirPods in the sales is a rare sight, but we've spotted some fantastic deals today as the likes of Amazon and Walmart seem to have unleashed some Black Friday deals super early this year. These price cuts are on the 2019 AirPods and that's with the standard charging case or the excellent wireless charging case. So if you've been waiting for a great AirPod deal, today's your lucky day. In the US Walmart has come out fighting and has the lowest prices for both of the newest versions of Apple's super hot wireless headphones. Over in the UK it's Amazon rocking the cheapest prices in the land. You can get the standard 2019 AirPods from just $139 in the US, while in the UK, they're down to a very tempting £129 . And while those are great prices, we've found discounts for the versions with the wireless charging case that are arguably even better value. The Apple AirPods come with a charging case that provides 20 hours of battery life and u

Windows 10 search fix will stop it sometimes hogging disk or CPU resources

The latest preview version of Windows 10 has benefited from improvements which continue work to fix problems with excessive disk and processor usage caused by Windows Search, which some users have been experiencing in the past. This comes courtesy of preview build 19025, which is for the update due to land in the first half of next year (20H1), and has just been released to testers in the fast ring – and it’s the only real noteworthy element of this build (although there are also some other minor bug fixes, as ever). These are all the Windows 10 features Microsoft is going to kill off Buy Windows 10: the cheapest prices in November 2019 We solve  100 common Windows 10 problems The issue with search can actually be traced back all the way to July 2018, when Microsoft first posted about a thorny issue with search functionality which was causing Windows 10 testers to turn it off. So last summer, Microsoft kicked off a three-month survey to find out why people were disabling the searc

Save up to £567 today with these Black Friday Sky TV deals with Sports, Cinema and more

50% off all Sky TV packages... including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports? It must almost be Black Friday time because these Sky TV deals are incredible! Sky's latest offer is on multiple specific bundles as well as build your own bundle options , so you could customise a base bundle if you wanted to. The great thing about this Black Friday deal is that all the extra add-ons are half price, so you can mix and match - it's up to you. If you want everything and we're talking everything from Sky Q, Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, Sky Kids, then the Black Friday Mega Deal is the one for you. This one includes all 11 Sports channels (very handy for the premier league and the NFL too) along with hundreds of entertaining channels. Click here to go to Sky's website and bag this amazing deal If any of the above seems a bit complicated don't worry, we've outlined and explained the best Sky TV deals below. Of course, we understand what you might want from your bundle and the good ne

The best cheap TV sales and 4K TV deals in the UK in November 2019

We've been super busy this week adding lots of highlights of the very best cheap TV sales. TV prices on some fantastic Ultra HD 4K TVs have been dropping nicely in recent months in the UK. We've got you covered if you're looking for TV deals in the US too . We've found something for everyone here. So we've got you covered for multiple size categories and we've looked at both ends of the pricing scale so you can get a cheap TV on a low budget, or a higher quality set for a lower price than you expected, even if those super new 8K models aren't coming down any time soon. Not to worry though, as some of these HDR 4K TV deals will make your jaw drop. Netflix, Amazon, Sky TV and the like are all increasing their 4K content too so you won't be short on Ultra HD content to watch. Standard HD content will be upscaled on these TVs too, so you can feel the benefits of 4K straight away. We keep our eye on the latest TV deals throughout the year, so we're p

5G protests show history is repeating itself

For all of the challenges associated with the rollout of 5G networks - spectrum availability, planning regulations, and security concerns to name but a couple - few could have predicted the spectre of fakes news would be a hot topic at the Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum in Zurich last month. Earlier this year, Swiss operator Sunrise launched one of the world’s first 5G network – a feat that has since been matched by rival Swisscom. However a fake news story was circulating around the country, one which raised concerns about the health impacts on 5G signals on the general population. UK 5G speeds  slower than rest of world 5G in the UK : everything you need to know Operators  reach £1bn shared rural network deal 5G protests “We were struggling with reports that 5G was killing birds in Holland,” said Sunrise CEO Olaf Swantee, himself a Dutch native. “There wasn’t a single 5G antenna in the entire country but this news became big in Switzerland around the world.” Swantee likened those