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Earlier this year, Amazon and Samsung partnered to give Aussies an additional place to pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and the S10e. The Samsung line-up didn't stop there, though. Since then, Amazon Australia has added to its Samsung storefront, which now includes the South Korean manufacturer's wearables, tablets and accessories (some of which aren't available anywhere else except at a Samsung flagship store). The good thing about having Samsung products on Amazon is that every now and then there's sure to be a great deal, thanks to Amazon's penchant for offering regular discounts on its site. So, if you're looking to get yourself a brand-new Android tablet, a smartwatch or true wireless headphones, there's money to be saved right now, with some of Samsung's top products currently discounted on Amazon Australia. While the Samsung Galaxy Watch is also discounted on the online marketplace, the offer isn't as enticing as the ones we've listed below. There are better bargains to be found on the Galaxy Watch and you can compare prices on our sister site Getprice. Below, though, are the best Samsung bargains currently featured on Amazon. Looking for more tech bargains on Amazon? Find what you're looking for on our dedicated Amazon Australia deals page where we list all the best deals from the online marketplace.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/KkNTkuOUysU

In 2017, Google launched a stripped-back version of its Android operating system for emerging markets like India and Brazil where spotty networks are a real issue. Android Go came with its own suite of lightweight apps from the tech giant, including the Google Go browser, Gmail Go for email and Gallery Go for photos, that would work seamlessly on entry-level devices. However, Google Go is no longer restricted to emerging markets – the app is now available on the Google Play Store globally, letting more Android users take advantage of the data-saving app. Google Go weighs in at just 7MB and uses less data and processing power than the regular Google search app, making it perfect for anyone who either doesn’t have a lot of storage on their device or doesn’t have the bandwidth to spare. How to update Google ChromeWhat is a Google Chromebook?Read our in-depth Google Pixel 3 reviewSearch smartSince its launch in 2017, Google has added features to the Go app to make it more appealing to emerging markets. Last year, Google rolled out a reading feature that could recite online text aloud. Earlier this year, the tech giant also added Google Lens functionality to the simplified version of the search app (which is what increased the size of the app from 5MB to 7MB). This feature uses a device’s camera to recognize text found anywhere in the real world, which the app then reads aloud – a feature important to anyone with reading disadvantages. The app also supports voice, GIF and image search, and is available right now on the Play Store for users running Android 5.0 Lollipop or higher. Google is testing full offline storage for Google Drivehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/plW-MqWwesA

Gathering accurate online data can be difficult for businesses which is why Luminati is working on building the world’s largest business proxy network. The company has connected millions of devices through its P2P network which it uses to provide ad-free applications to users in return for their idle device resources. Businesses around the world are now using Luminati’s residential proxy network to help improve their operations. TechRadar Pro spoke with the company’s CEO Or Lenchner to learn more about its IP proxy network and how it differs from a traditional VPN. These are the best free proxy services and best free VPN services availablehttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i44EeGrpaHSmSrGqKY9TSn.jpg http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j5nuKLHzdc57fYKR4rjqeR.jpg http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nzgjS2haR9UbWHMABFaUp5.jpg Also check out the best VPN services of 2019http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/hzCR1lnz56M

September is a fantastic month to find cheap laptop deals with back to school sales from major online retailers. Walmart's laptop sale includes massive savings from top brands that include Dell, HP, Samsung, and more. You can find laptops as low as $159 with a variety of different features and screen sizes. Our top laptop deal is the Samsung Chromebook 3 that's on sale for just $159. That's a $70 discount and a fantastic price for a solid laptop with reliable performance. The laptop features an 11.6-inch display and packs 4GB of RAM and 16GB of memory. The Chromebook 3 is perfect for students, weighing only 2.54 pounds the compact size makes it easy to carry from class to class. The Samsung laptop also provides an impressive all-day battery life of eight hours. This allows you to use the Chromebook throughout the school day without the worry of having to charge the battery. See more of Walmart's back-to-school laptop dealsSee more of the best back-to-school laptop deals from Walmart below that include a variety of different features and prices. These discounts are limited-time offers so you should take advantage now before school's back in session. Walmart laptop deals:See more laptop sales with the best cheap laptop deals: prices start at just $129 today. You can also see our roundup of the best back to school sales 2019: deals on laptops, backpacks, tablets, and more. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/uXPgW92c9kU

A couple hours outside Huawei’s old headquarters in Shenzhen, China, the company has built a new campus in the city of Dongguan to eventually house 25,000 R&D employees. But this is no sprawling network of glass towers – it’s composed of 12 mini-districts built to look like a different European city, all linked by a full-size train. In other words, it’s a lot like a Disneyland for tech research. Walt Disney’s famous park is around 85 acres (0.34 square kilometers), but this research center is four times the size at 296 acres (1.2 square kilometers) - which grows to 1,976 acres (8 square kilometers) if you include the factories across an adjacent lake. Each mini-district - allegedly called ‘towns’ by some Huawei employees - has grandiose buildings, cobbled or bricked streets and landscaped greenery. Huawei invited tech media out for a casual tour of the grounds, and TechRadar got a close-up look. We started at a coffee shop and got on a two-car train in a bold orange with brass accents, looking straight out of Industrial-era Europe. We breezed past areas patterned after Paris, Burgundy, Heidelberg, Cesky Krumlov, and Bologna, packed with ‘towns’ in the style of, and laid out like, each city - some so large, they might as well be castles. It was completely impressive, yet out of place amid the lush Chinese flora and the shabby residential high-rises in the distance. The effect was surreal - a dizzying dissonance between carefully-constructed medieval and Renaissance European buildings that would still function as everyday workplaces. Each member of our media group stared agog as we took the long orange train beyond the completed ‘towns’ (seven of twelve are work-ready, five years after construction started ) to get a sense of the installation’s scale. We were left with the obvious question: Why? Huawei’s workplace ‘Disneyland,’ a new center of researchOr to reframe the inquiry: why not just make a modern glass-and-grass campus like the other tech titans? Our guide explained the philosophy behind the Dongguan facility: Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei wanted employees to work in a place they found peaceful, which is a far cry from the busy metropolitan sprawl in Shenzhen or Dongguan. If true, that sentiment - and the sheer resources spent to bring this city-replicating vision into reality - evokes the whimsy and dedication Walt Disney swirled together to make Disneyland. “Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future,” Disney famously at the park’s opening in 1955 in a brief dedication. Sixty-odd years later, those words could strangely apply to Huawei’s Dongguan R&D campus. On our visit, tech media were introduced to the company’s myriad applications of its tech, from augmenting existing industries with 5G to making cities ‘smart’ with enough sensors to monitor power consumption, air quality, and even the capacities of individual trash cans. And, yes, streamlining the networks behind security camera systems (to help missing children and crowd control, a Huawei tour guide said) as well as networks (and sometimes chips) behind facial recognition software. Of course, the company’s tech innovations aren’t just made in Dongguan: that still-unfinished facility is one of 16 global R&D centers. Nine of them are in China, but whereas the others have around 10,000 employees each, the Dongguan installation will house around 25,000 once it’s finished - combined, the R&D contingent is over half of Huawei’s 188,000 employees. But those other R&D facilities weren’t built as a paean to culturally significant European cities. It’s unclear if the Dongguan campus was built so extravagantly to lure employees or to satisfy the eccentric whims of upper staff (if not Zhengfei himself) - or both, or neither. What is clear: if this was built in the US, it would be soundly criticized as a needlessly ornate and expensive feat of engineering - just like Disneyland had been before it showed up its critics. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/ZXA1N_iCd9A

Choosing between the sleek form factor of an all-in-one PC and the upgradability of a desktop is one of the tough decisions that businesses have to make when outfitting their offices with new computers. Dell aims to make this decision easier for businesses with the announcement of its new OptiPlex 7070 Ultra which hides a full PC inside a monitor stand. The company's new zero-footprint desktop design is not only space-saving and clutter-free, it's also fully modular which allows customers to configure the device and upgrade it as needed throughout the product lifecycle. Here’s more evidence Dell is working on a laptop with a foldable displayThese are the best all-in-one PCsHow to set up dual monitorsVice President of Fixed Computing at Dell, Dave Lincoln explained how the OptiPlex 7070 Ultra can help businesses maximize desk space without sacrificing performance, saying: "IT leaders are faced with pressure to keep costs down while giving employees flexibility and freedom to work in ways they're most productive. As more organizations move to open floor plans, they're looking for technology that maximizes desk space, employee productivity and IT investments. Thirty-five years ago, Dell disrupted the way PCs were made and delivered to the world. With the OptiPlex 7070 Ultra, we are changing the category again, with an innovative desktop solution that's hidden in plain sight." OptiPlex 7070 UltraAccording to Dell's customer research, companies like having the ability to upgrade their systems while also enjoying the aesthetics of an all-in-one PC. However, since customers tend to upgrade their computers more frequently than their displays, the OptiPlex 7070 Ultra can be upgraded independently to bring the best aspects of the traditional desktop together with an all-in-one. Dell's new device can also be configured for different use cases with a wide range of compatible add-ons including a height adjustable stand, a fixed stand, a VESA mount, a single monitor arm and a dual monitor arm. In total, the OptiPlex 7070 can support up to three displays from 19 to 27 inches for increased productivity. Cable management has also been simplified due to the fact that power, data, video and audio are all transmitted through a single cable when the Ultra is paired with Dell's USB-C monitors. Businesses interested in upgrading their workstations will be able to purchase the Dell OptiPlex 7070 Ultra for $749 on September 24. We've also highlighted the best business computers of 2019http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/-4zNNshffcA

Ever since Nvidia Turing was announced back at Gamescom 2018, ray tracing has been the talk of the town. This rendering method has long been the holy grail of graphics technology, but finally with graphics cards like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, you can see this tech in the latest and greatest PC games. Ray tracing, then, may be one of the most significant graphics upgrades that we’ve seen in the gaming landscape in years – or, at least it will be once we see it implemented in more actual PC games. So, what even is ray tracing? Well, it's an advanced and lifelike way of rendering light and shadows in a scene. It's what movies and TV shows use to create and blend in amazing CG work with real-life scenes. However, because ray tracing works by simulating and tracking every ray of light produced by a source of lighting, it kind of takes a lot of horsepower to actually render. This is the main reason we haven’t seen ray tracing implemented in actual games – until now. These days, ray tracing is actually achievable in PC games, and yet the biggest titles to implement this technology only use it in limited ways, like rendering realistic reflections or shadows. We still haven’t seen a fully ray-traced game. However, thanks to Nvidia’s DXR Spotlight contest, game developers and content creators were able to showcase just what this technology is capable of – from ray-traced reflections and shadows to ambient occlusion and illumination to produce life-like effects, even in real time. Now that ray tracing is the hot new technology behind the biggest PC games, we thought it was about time to dive into exactly what it is, how to do it, and the best ray tracing games. And, because we keep hearing more and more about this technology every single day, we’ll be sure to keep this guide updated with all the latest and greatest ray tracing news, so be sure to keep this page bookmarked. What is ray tracing?Ray tracing is a rendering technique that can produce incredibly realistic lighting effects. Essentially, an algorithm can trace the path of light, and then simulate the way that the light interacts with the virtual objects it ultimately hits in the computer-generated world. We've seen in-game lighting effects become more and more realistic over the years, but the benefits of ray tracing are less about the light itself and more about how it interacts with the world. Ray tracing allows for dramatically more lifelike shadows and reflections, along with much-improved translucence and scattering. The algorithm takes into account where the light hits and calculates the interaction and interplay much like the human eye would process real light, shadows, and reflections, for example. The way light hits objects in the world also affects which colors you see. With enough computational power available, it's possible to produce incredibly realistic CG images that are nearly indistinguishable from real life. But that's the problem: even a well-equipped gaming PC only has so much GPU power to work with, let alone a modern game console. Ray tracing is used extensively when developing computer graphics imagery for films and TV shows, but that's because studios can harness the power of an entire server farm (or cloud computing) to get the job done. And even then, it can be a long, laborious process. Doing it on the fly has been far too taxing for existing gaming hardware. Traditionally, video games have used rasterization instead. This is a speedier way to render computer graphics. It converts the 3D graphics into 2D pixels to display on your screen, but rasterization requires shaders to depict realistic lighting. Luckily, we’re starting to see a lot of PC games take advantage of the specialized hardware in the latest Nvidia graphics cards to use real time ray tracing instead, though rasterization will still be needed in most games, at least until it’s feasible to fully ray trace lighting engines in games. So, even if right now the results aren’t super mind-blowing, we’re seeing a groundwork being laid out that should lead to some incredible effects. We could see a total revolution in the way PC games are rendered, and we’re at the ground floor right now. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bqv7RcJhisQEBQMhjREEpg.jpg Ray tracing games Right now, there are only 5 games that use Nvidia ray tracing tech, and only a few big name AAA titles. However, because this is the hot new graphics technology on the block, you can expect plenty more ray tracing games to show up over the next year or so. And, if the PS5 and Xbox Project Scarlett have large libraries of ray traced games, you can bet your bottom dollar that the PC will get them too. Here are all the ray tracing games you can play right now, and the flavor of RTX effects they use. Battlefield V – Ray traced reflections Metro Exodus – Ray traced global illumination Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Ray traced shadows Stay in the Light – Ray traced global illumination and reflections Quake II RTX – Ray traced global illumination Now, admittedly that’s not a lot of games that showcase Nvidia’s premiere technology, but don’t worry – there are plenty of other games that will soon use ray tracing. For instance, Remedy’s Control will use Nvidia’s RTX tech to great effect, with ray traced reflections, shadows and global illumination – you can expect this game to be gorgeous, and it may even melt your computer (in a good way). And, at Gamescom 2019, we got a look at a ton of new games that will be implementing this technology, and how it will look in each of these games. Nvidia isn't holding any developer back, and we're starting to see some incredibly powerful implementations of the technology. For instance, Minecraft will have fully path-traced lighting. We were able to get our hands on the extremely popular game and we can honestly say that it completely transforms the way the game looks. Even now that we have a larger roster of upcoming games that are featuring the technology, we have a better idea of what ray tracing in games will look like. Still, because the technology is so new, we're sure that developers will keep finding ways to surprise us. Until then, though, here are all the announced ray tracing games coming in the future. Cyberpunk 2077Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Ray traced shadows and ambient occlusionControl – Ray traced reflections, ray traced global illumination and ray traced shadowsEnlisted Justice Online MechWarrior V Wolfenstein Youngblood – Ray traced reflections Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – Ray traced reflectionsWatch Dogs: Legion – Ray traced reflectionsMinecraft – Fully path-traced lightingSynched: Off Planet – Ray traced reflections, ray traced shadowsEither way, we’re sure many more developers are willing to jump on the ray-traced bandwagon, and we’ll update this page just as soon as we hear of any others. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3N3Q4sS5JEsbSeqNjCPw9g.jpg Ray tracing graphics cards In 2019, the only graphics cards that support real time ray tracing come from Nvidia. AMD has said that it wants to tackle ray tracing at some point in the future, and while it will technically work on AMD graphics cards, it will turn any game you enable it in into a veritable slideshow. With that, we’d advise going with at least an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 if you want to live your life ray traced. However, if you can fork over the cash for something like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, you’re going to have a much better experience – which might make up for the giant hole in your wallet. So, we went ahead and gathered up all the graphics cards that officially support real time ray tracing down below. Spoilers: they all have “RTX” in the name. Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 | 30 RT cores | 6GB GDDR6 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | 34 RT cores | 8GB GDDR6 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 | 36 RT cores | 8 GB GDDR6 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | 40 RT cores | 8GB GDDR6Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 | 46 RT cores | 8GB GDDR6 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | 48 RT cores | 8GB GDDR6 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | 68 RT cores | 11GB GDDR6 Nvidia Titan RTX | 72 RT cores | 24GB GDDR6 http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QcEGodRHAXWw7PaPRZujRM.jpg Ray tracing performance Without getting into any specific charts and numbers – though we will update this article with those in the near future – it’s easy to see that enabling these eye-catching effects will impact your gaming performance in a huge way. It’s not uncommon to see massive frame drops when enabling these effects. For instance, in Metro Exodus at 3,440 x 1,440 with the ‘Extreme’ preset we get around 41 fps with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, however, once we enable ray tracing with the Ultra setting, performance plummets, averaging around 23 fps. It’s definitely still playable, but you can feel the cut to frame rates. Luckily, this game uses DLSS technology, which essentially uses AI to upscale from a lower resolution. And, if you enable this option, you can get more fps: for instance in the same Metro Exodus test with Extreme quality settings and ray tracing on Ultra, we got up to 44 fps with DLSS enabled. So, essentially, if you’re looking to enable ray tracing, you’re going to have to be conservative with your resolution. If you’re looking to play ray traced games at 4K, you’ll absolutely need a 2080 Ti in your computer. However, if all you can justify is an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, then you should have no problems getting playable performance at 1080p with ray tracing enabled. 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The cybercriminals responsible for breaching and utilizing the website of the free video editor VSDC to distribute malware have begun to create fake websites to accomplish the same goal. Previously the group hacked legitimate websites to use their download links to spread malware but now they have turned to cloning websites to deliver the Win32.Bolik.2 banking Trojan to the devices of unsuspecting users. The cybercriminals have created a perfect clone of NordVPN's website to trick users into downloading the Win32.Bolik.2 banking Trojan which was discovered by researchers at Doctor Web. Mobile banking malware threats hit new highsBusinesses facing major threat from financial malwareChina VPN use may finally be getting easierIn addition to being an almost exact copy of the company's website, the cloned website even has a valid SSL certificate issued by the open certificate authority Let's Encrypt. This helps the fake website appear more legitimate while also allowing it to bypass browser security checks. Cloned websitesIn a blog post announcing their discovery, Doctor Web's researchers explained what the Win32.Bolik.2 banking Trojan is capable of after being installed on a user's device, saying: “The Win32.Bolik.2 trojan is an improved version of Win32.Bolik.1 and has qualities of a multicomponent polymorphic file virus. Using this malware, hackers can perform web injections, traffic intercepts, keylogging and steal information from different bank-client systems.” The cybercriminals behind this malicious campaign are focusing on English-speaking targets and thousands of users have already visited the fake NordVPN website according to the researchers. Upon visiting the cloned site, users are prompted to download the NordVPN client just as they would be on the legitimate site. To avoid arousing suspicion, the fake site installs the actual VPN client but also leaves the Win32.Bolik.2 banking Trojan on a user's system as well. As the group's tactics have been successful so far, expect to see other similar cloned sites being utilized to infect user's systems with malware in the future. We've also highlighted the best VPN services of 2019Via Bleeping Computer http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/YwY0ceROHkk

You'll likely know OnePlus as the fast-growing smartphone brand from China, which found a huge following for making high-spec handsets that still manage to sharply undercut the increasingly astronomical price of the competition (we're looking at you, iPhone XS Max). But do you know about the OnePlus TV? UPDATE: We now have an official OnePlus TV release date... sort of, anyway. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has confirmed that the OnePlus TV will launch in September 2019, earlier than the 2020 release date we were anticipating – but only in India to begin with. OnePlus is now looking to repeat the trick with a new smart TV, out sometime in 2020. It will launch first in India and China – with four different model sizes, from a 43-inch TV to a massive 75-inch display – with the possibility of a wider global rollout sometime after. There's talk of a Bluetooth remote, rather than infra-red, that could spell some interesting connectivity options for the set – but what exactly is the OnePlus TV, and what will it do differently from the competition? Our guide to the best smart TV platformsCut to the chaseWhat is it? The first smart TV from smartphone-maker OnePlusWhen is it out? September 2019Where will it release? India to start with, with China, North America, and Europe to follow (if all goes according to plan)What will it cost? Knowing OnePlus, it'll be mid-range pricing, but won't undersell itself eitherhttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DecX5tSZUKSELPKDZqUekh.jpg The OnePlus 6 was one of 2018's best mid-range phones OnePlus TV release dateWhen will the OnePlus TV release? We know know that the smart TV will launch in September 2019, according to a blog post by OnePlus CEO Pete Lau. Lau also verified that the smart TV will initially roll out in India, and that the smartphone company is "working hard to launch OnePlus TV in North America, Europe and China", while OnePlus tries to "establish partnerships" with local and regional content providers. That September release date is a lot earlier than we had initially anticipated: in a December 2018 interview with India's daily newspaper Economic Times, Lau stated that there was no official deadline for launch, but that a 2020 release date was the rough plan. Lau added: "India will be one of the first markets to get the OnePlus TV. It will be available through Amazon. We haven’t set a deadline as yet, as we want it to be the best there is." There's still no official confirmation on the availability of the OnePlus TV in Western markets, though a wider global release beyond Asia will probably depend on how much buzz the product gets on release. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b3b875ac907a2ccbb743c75cdcb26d76.jpg OnePlus TV priceThere's no prices yet for the OnePlus TV – or whatever they'll call it – but OnePlus' strategy in the smartphone market has been to offer upper-mid-range products that undercut the competition by about 20-30% of the price. The end price could be in the range of $600 / £500 to $1,000 / £800, depending on who OnePlus decide to lock horns with, but we'd be surprised for it to fall out of those margins. It's probably a safe bet to say it won't be cheaper than the OnePlus 6 handset ($529 / £469), but it's difficult to predict with so little information to go on. In the Economic Times interview, CEO Pete Lau did say to expect "a flagship killer, like we do with smartphones, at a very competitive pricing [sic]". OnePlus TV: what's in a name?OnePlus CEO Pete Lau first announced the set in a blog post on the official OnePlus forum – rather than a flashy launch event – in keeping with the brand's customer-focused outlook. A follow up post a few days later invited forum members to suggest names for the new television – with 10 finalists getting a free pair of OnePlus Bullets Wireless for their suggestions (listed below). OnePlus was careful to note that "the OnePlus team is not obligated to use any suggestions submitted to this contest", though one winner (listed below) will be rewarded with a OnePlus TV and fancy hotel stay for the set's first launch event. Apex (@shadowkgt3732)Arena (@hans.bdv)Aspire (@akky15)Canvas (@sanghanijd)Epic One (Dipu moni bora)Epic TV (Densky)Innova (@BornaCvizanic)Intelly+ (@anilanand)Nese (@JohnC.)NS1 (Sriram Reddy)Of course, now we know the OnePlus TV will officially be called what everyone was calling it anyway: the OnePlus TV. OnePlus TV: what we want to seeA mid-sized television set Remember when 40" screens seemed excessive? Today's televisions market is moving towards ever-larger 55" and 65" displays, even as the average home gets smaller. If OnePlus could offer a well-made 40" television that didn't skimp on resolution or smart features – so a modern set that consumers could actually fit in their living rooms – we could see it making a big splash. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KYGKqfYEHvDkHfSfwsoxHP.jpeg 4K display 4K is the buzzword of the moment, and failing to match that resolution would make the OnePlus TV a hard sell. Our guess is OnePlus is angling for a mid-quality 4K television – one that doesn't try to compete with the big-screen OLED forerunners but doesn't settle for a low resolution either. That sleek OnePlus design – at a decent price The success of the OnePlus range of smartphones has been in its ability to stay affordable compared to the competition – even if the company has moved more towards high-end devices in recent years. And just as importantly, OnePlus phones look good. The smart TV need to offer a sleek design to stand out and sell itself as a lifestyle item as much as it does as a television. Maybe take a leaf from the smartphone arena with some more imaginative color options (like a limited edition red television)? A standout smart TV plaform Given that the OnePlus smartphone range runs on Android OS, it's unsurprising that the OnePlus TV will run on the Android smart TV platform. A Bluetooth SIG listing oddly describes the set as a "unique Android TV", so we're expecting to see some out-of-the-ordinary features, possible based around a Bluetooth-enabled remote and smartphone connectivity. Google doesn't usually allow third-party alterations to its Android OS, so it'll be interesting to see if OnePlus have been allowed an exception – or what it can include without changing the base software on the television. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Lq9ZBCYPWi3Jq6ebu3vknL.jpg There are a lot of perks for Android TV, being a widely-used platform and one that comes with Chromecast and therefore a large number of streaming services built in. But it's also prone to software bugs, and what we really want to see in a OnePlus TV is a smooth user experience, which is worth more than all the quantum dots in the world. A connected service We'd hope the OnePlus TV would find smart ways of connecting to handsets: using your phone as a stand-in remote, having a smartphone app to browse the TV guide or flick through the Netflix catalogue, and easy casting of video and images to the set. With the smart home sector larger than ever, it would be really surprising not to see the likes of Alexa and Google Assistant built-in from the get-go, allowing you to connect to other devices around the home with ease. We'll be keeping a close eye on OnePlus TV announcement in the coming months, so stay tuned – if we're sure of anything it's that this will be one to watch. OnePlus 6T release date, price, news and leakshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/f1K6iX6efaI

The PS5 is still over a year away from release, but as we hear more about the Sony console's features, specifications, and PS5 games, it's hard not to get excited even this long in advance. And that was before this patent came our way, showing a Sony-registered device that is very possibly the PlayStation 5 itself. The patent in question was registered as a Sony electronic device on August 13, after applying for the patent back in May of this year – showing a console-shaped device that seems highly unlikely to be anything but the PS5. The patent page we have is through LetsGoDigital, and we haven't found the WIPO listing itself, but we think this is on pretty good authority. The patent is registered through the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office), with Sony technical director Yusuhiro Ootori also being listed on the patent as its designer too. PS5: everything you need to knowThe PS5 will get backwards compatibility – and even 8KPS5 vs Xbox Scarlett: what we know so farSony PS5 patent: what does this mean?What's most fascinating about the PS5 patent is its V-shaped design, possible in reference the Roman numeral V (meaning '5'). On the diagram you can see a number of USB ports for DualShock controllers, as well as a line of buttons that would likely correspond to ejecting discs, turning on power, and other connectivity features. There's a thin slot that's likely the disc drive too. The ribbed sides and edges appear to show the ventilation system, which would need to be pretty substantial to deal with the PS5's massive jump in power over the current generation of PlayStation consoles. Finished products never look quite like their patent diagrams, of course, and it's very possible this is a placeholder image or an early build of what will eventually become the PS5. Sony does like to feature a numerical count on its consoles, with tiers being cut into the shape of its PS3 and PS4 to represent the increasing number. So it's very possible this is the PS5 design so many of us will have in our homes, starting in Holiday 2020. Best PS4 controllers: DualShock and otherwisehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/_SQ24VJ9zeI

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has confirmed that the OnePlus TV will launch in September 2019, earlier than the 2020 release date we were anticipating. In a blog post, Lau also verified that the smart TV will initially roll out in India, and that the smartphone company is "working hard to launch OnePlus TV in North America, Europe and China", while OnePlus tries to "establish partnerships" with local and regional content providers. OnePlus TV: what we want to seeOnePlus 7 Pro reviewBest TV 2019: which TV should you buy for the big action?That means there's no guarantee that the OnePlus TV will come to Western markets, and there's still no word on pricing yet. However, OnePlus' strategy in the smartphone market so far, has been to offer upper-mid-range products that undercut the competition by about 20-30% of the price, so we're not expecting the OnePlus TV to break the bank. How "unique" will this TV be?While Lau's blog post didn't reveal much about the upcoming smart TV (including whether it has a 4K display), we do know that the OnePlus TV will ship in 43-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch sizes, as listed by the official Bluetooth SIG website. The cheaper 43-inch model will only be available in India, though, while the 75-inch model will be exclusive to China; that means the September launch date could feasibly pertain specifically to the 43-inch model. The Bluetooth SIG listing, which describes the OnePlus TV as a "unique Android TV", confirmed that the upcoming OnePlus TV will sport the most recent Bluetooth 5.0 standard. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ePWB5DdNwfs5TmmBuPxiHN.jpg Sony TVs use the Android TV operating system. Android TV in itself isn't new, with Sony TVs, Philips TVs, and many more using the operating system to power their smart features. What sets the OnePlus TV apart from these models isn't clear, although it could have something to do with the remote and connectivity options, perhaps using a more smartphone-like interface than your standard Android TV. At least now we won't have too long to wait to find out; and if you're in India, you could be among the first to get your hands on the much-hyped smart TV. Our guide to the best smart TV platformshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/CmWyiHYfhoY

The Fitbit Versa 2 is likely on its way, so we're hopefully going to see a new fitness tracker/smartwatch hybrid very soon. Ever since Fitbit moved from simple fitness trackers like the Fitbit Alta, to decent smartwatches like the Fitbit Ionic and Fitbit Versa, we've been waiting for the company to make the perfect wearable device. They all come very close, but each has one or two too many missing features to be considered perfect. These are the best FitbitsThis is what we thought of the Fitbit VersaHow to charge your FitbitWith the Fitbit Versa 2, the company has another chance. We've heard a few leaks and rumors about the device too, enough to make us pretty sure it's coming soon, and they paint quite a pretty picture. With that in mind, we've compiled this list of what we know about the upcoming fitness tracker, as well as what we'd like to see in it. Cut to the chaseWhat is it? The successor to the Versa smartwatchWhen is it out? May launch in late 2019, although nothing is certainWhat will it cost? Probably at least £199.99 / $199.95 / AU$299.95Fitbit Versa 2 release date and priceThe original Fitbit Versa came out in April 2018, which is quite a long time ago in the fast-moving tech world, but Fitbit doesn't always stick to yearly cycles. We did see the Fitbit Versa Lite in April 2019, so the Fibit Versa has technically seen a successor in 2019, but that's a pared-down version – we're expecting to see an improved model sometime too. There aren’t any price rumors, but the Versa 2 will probably cost at least as much as the £199.99 / $199.95 / AU$299.95 Fitbit Versa. We’d be surprised if it costs much more than that though, since one of the main selling points of the Versa is that it’s a more affordable alternative to the Fitbit Ionic. Fitbit Versa 2 news and rumorsThere have only been two main Fitbit Versa 2 leaks so far, but they contain a lot of important information – if they're correct. Firstly, it looks like the Fitbit Versa 2 could come with Amazon Alexa integration. This would let you communicate with the AI assistant using your voice on the go, whether that's to check the weather before a run or to change your music without fumbling with a device. It's a big feature, one that would change the way you use your fitness tracker, so we're intrigued to see if it makes its way onto the device. This leak also included other possible details about the watch, including 4+ days of battery life, 18 exercise tracking modes, contactless payments through Fitbit Pay, support for music playback, and a design similar to the original Fitbit Versa. Indeed, other than Alexa these features largely sound similar to what that watch offered too. Another leak suggested the Fitbit Versa 2 could have an AMOLED display, which is a premium screen tech and would be a big step up from the Fitbit Versa, with its LCD display. The move could allow for clearer and more striking visuals. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eoHj7pnQuSp5KsvWS4mAr3.jpg The Fitbit Versa Lite One advantage of LCD, however, is that it can potentially be seen much better in daylight thanks to the way the tech works, so an AMOLED screen might not be the best choice of display tech for a fitness tracker you're planning to wear outside. Although we don't know much about the fitness features the Fitbit Versa 2 will include, we can take some educated guesses. For a start, it will probably have all the same features as the original Versa, including a heart rate monitor, a water-resistant build and a color touchscreen. Of course, it will also presumably have new features and improvements, perhaps including some of the ones in our wish list below. What we want to seeIf Fitbit does make a Versa 2 there are a number of key things that we want from it. They are as follows: 1. Give it GPSGPS is the main missing feature from the original Fitbit Versa. As it’s largely a health and fitness device, GPS would be hugely beneficial to it, so we’d really like to see it on the Fitbit Versa 2. There’s no guarantee we’ll get GPS, especially as Fitbit will presumably want to differentiate it from the Ionic range, but equally some major improvements will be needed to justify a new model, so GPS is an obvious upgrade. 2. A more grown-up designhttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRPCdcy9Kzcij3QNXAABY7.jpg The Fitbit Versa looks alright but there's room for improvement The Fitbit Versa is lightweight and comfortable, but it also has a slightly cheap, childish design, which we’d like to see rethought for the Versa 2. A more premium finish and a slightly less chunky build with smaller bezels would be ideal. But we don’t want any of the comfort to be lost in the process, since that’s one of the most important design aspects if you’re going to be wearing this in the gym. 3. A week of lifeThe Fitbit Versa has reasonable battery life by smartwatch standards, coming in at around 3-4 days in our tests, but that’s a step down from the Fitbit Ionic. For the Fitbit Versa 2 we’d love to see major strides made in this area, so that we only have to charge the battery roughly once every week. 4. Less fiddly contactless paymentshttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ecUUWv3oVAnL75Yk6F9qZm.jpg You can make contactless payments on the Versa but not as easily as we'd like You can make contactless payments on the Versa using Fitbit Pay, but if you’re outside the US you might find the list of supported banks quite limited, and wherever you are the process can be fiddly. That’s because you have to input a PIN on the Versa’s tiny screen, which can often lead to you pressing the wrong buttons. So we’d like to see this step either removed or tweaked so that contactless payments can be as speedy and slick as they really should be. 5. A similar priceOne of the main selling points of the Fitbit Versa is its low price – at least compared to the Fitbit Ionic, and while we’re hoping for lots of upgrades we don’t want to see the price to go up too much in the process. Keeping the Versa 2 at around £199.99 / $199.95 / AU$299.95 while adding GPS or other features could make it the activity-tracking smartwatch to beat. Best Fitbit 2019: which is right for you?http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/vgjuDy7TjLk

If you're looking for a cheap 4K TV deal, then you're in luck. The Best Buy TV sale includes massive discounts on top brand TVs, which include the best-selling Insignia 55-inch TV that's discounted down to just $299.99. That's a $130 discount and the best price we've found for the 4K smart TV. To sweeten the deal Best Buy is also including a free Echo Dot and $30 off a two-month Sling TV trial. The Insignia 55-inch TV allows you to watch movies and TV shows in stunning accuracy thanks to the 4K Ultra HD resolution. The smart TV has the Fire TV experience built-in, which allows you to stream from apps like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, and more. The TV also features a Voice Remote with Alexa so you can launch apps, browse shows, find movies and more with the command of your voice. This is only a fantastic price for a mid-size 4K smart TV, but this deal also includes a free Echo Dot which currently retails for $29.99. The Echo Dot enables you to control other smart home devices with your voice or pair with your TV, and Alexa will hear you from across the room. Shop more of the best cheap TV sales and 4K TV deals that are currently going on, and you can also shop the best cheap Amazon Echo prices, deals and sales for Alexa. You can see more deals with our roundup of the best back to school sales 2019: deals on laptops, backpacks, tablets, and more. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/cgLK-N9i03o

Are you ready for Gamescom 2019? With the summer gaming event about to kick off, and some of the biggest titles in the gaming calendar set to be on show, you better be. While Gamescom isn't typically a big show for announcements – that's usually the remit of the earlier E3 2019 event in July – journalist and presenter Geoff Keighley has been shaking up the formula, hosting a pre-show announcement live stream called Opening Night Live, which featured announcements and new content from Square Enix, Google Stadia, Epic Games and many more (you can see what was announced below). TechRadar will be live from Cologne all this week, bringing you all the latest news, announcements and previews from Gamescom 2019. So without further ado, here's everything you need to know about Gamescom 2019 including the latest news, rumors, exhibitor schedules and our predictions about what we're likely to see at the show. See the best upcoming games for Xbox, PS4 and SwitchGamescom: Opening Night Live For the first time for the massive gaming event, Geoff Keighley (the creator of The Game Awards) kicked off the start of Gamescom will a live show called Opening Night Live. As promised, there was a wide mix of world premiere content and announcements, including another attempt by Hideo Kojima to explain the bewildering Death Stranding game and its assortment of babies, BTs (shadow creatures), and urination mechanics. You read that right. We also got a Little Nightmares II reveal, a new Gears 5 trailer, a release date for The Witcher III on Nintendo Switch, and news that Devil May Cry 5 and Blair Witch Project are both coming to Xbox Games Pass. Hearsay not enough for you? You can see the stream for yourself below: Keighley has some great contacts within the gaming industry, so we fully expected some surprising announcements to come out of the show. The livestream was available to watch on Twitch on August 19 at 7pm BST / 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8 pm CEST or August 20 at 4am AEST. Sony at Gamescom 2019http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QpmfALrwLRypEM47zyKKsB.jpg Sony attending Gamescom 2019 will be the company's first public appearance of the year – and we're very excited following such a long period of radio silence. The silence has certainly been broken, with the news that Sony has acquired its longstanding partner Insomniac, which was behind its brilliant Marvel's Spider-Man game. There was certainly something said about Death Stranding, but we'd be lying if we said we understood all of it. There wasn't much in the way of The Last of Us: Part 2 or Ghost of Tsushima either. Despite announcing the PS5 earlier this year, we don't think it's likely that Sony will reveal more about its next-generation console during Gamescom 2019. But we can always hope... Microsoft at Gamescom 2019http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vJEaMQFU9gyegETfv4HSn3.jpg Microsoft Xbox is going pretty hard for Gamescom 2019. Xbox will have nearly 200 booths on the show floor, including the first public hands-on of both Minecraft Dungeons and Gears 5's Horde Mode. Fans will also have the opportunity to try out Project xCloud. We didn't get the scoop on Halo Infinite or Sea of Thieves we hoped for during Opening Night Live, but a new Gears 5 trailer went some way to making up for it. During a special Inside Xbox episode before the event, Microsoft also promised ray tracing support for Minecraft, which should give the blocky sandbox game even better-looking blocks. We're still waiting for more details on Xbox Project Scarlett, but hey ho. Xbox will also be hosting Open Doors at the Gloria Theatre from August 21 to August 23. Entry to Xbox Open Doors is free and fans will be able to participate in community events, game tournaments, panel sessions and other experiences. Check out the opening times below: Tuesday, August 20 – 9am until 7pm. CEST (press/trade only day)Wednesday, August 21 – 9am to 8pm CESTThursday, August 22 – 9am – 8pm CESTFriday, August 23 – 9am – 8pm CESTSaturday, August 24 – 9am – 8pm CESTNintendo at Gamescom 2019http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cJPH8icGgyQFw95RePibaf.jpg Nintendo has now revealed what its on and offline plans for the show will be. Gamescom itself runs from August 20 to August 24 but the majority of Nintendo’s online activity will take place between the August 20 and August 22. Across these dates, those not attending the show itself will be able to watch a series of videos featuring extended gameplay from the publisher's upcoming Switch lineup. Games getting some time in the spotlight will include Luigi’s Mansion 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, The Witcher 3, Astral Chain, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Dragon Quest 10 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age. For visitors to the show floor, Nintendo will have a booth where it’ll be possible to get hands on with titles including The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Dragon Quest 10 S, Pokémon Sword and Shield and even that highly-anticipated The Witcher 3 port. New gameplay is all very well and good but if you like nothing more than a good competition then you’ll want to tune into Nintendo’s one-off Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gamescom 2019 Invitational on August 22. The event will start streaming on Nintendo’s YouTube channel in the afternoon and will see players go head to head for the chance to be flown to Japan for the Ultimate World Challenge Cup held in October. Unfortunately there's not been any mention of the newly announced Nintendo Switch Lite, but we're hoping Nintendo will have some surprises up its sleeve. Nvidia at Gamescom 2019http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jHDrCh7fRTYDN2GMWHBnNk.jpg Nvidia will be at Gamescom 2019, but its unlikely it will have any new graphics cards to show off, much less an entire generation like it did last year. However, Nvidia is going out of its way to show off ray tracing by announcing a range of games that will now feature the technology. These include Synched: Off-Planet which will use ray-traced reflections and shadows, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare remake, which comes with ray-traced shadows and new downloadable content for Metro Exodus called The Two Colonels. The upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion will also get ray-traced reflections, and Dying Light 2 will get real-time ray tracing. However, perhaps the biggest news is that Minecraft will be getting ray tracing support in a free update. One of the most popular games in the world getting ray tracing is a big win for the budding technology, which can drastically improve the quality of shadows, lighting and other graphical effects. We've also seen some rumors of a possible RTX 2080 Ti Super, but we suggest you don't get too excited about that. However, if you recently dropped stacks on an expensive Nvidia Turing graphics card, Nvidia has plenty of new games to show off that take advantage of those RT and Tensor cores. Check out our Hands on: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reviewIntelhttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/caRiK2reagF3CjMozp5BM.jpg While we do know that Intel is going to be at Gamescom this year, we really don't know what it's going to have to offer. If we were to hazard an (optimistic) guess, Intel would take this gaming event to show off its answer to AMD Ryzen 3rd Generation. But, we wouldn't get our hopes up. What we could see happening is Intel taking its recent announcement of Ice Lake processors and the Gen11 graphics that are packed in, and let gamers know what it means for them. And, we might even get some updates about Intel Xe graphics cards – Gamescom seems like the perfect place for that. Still, we don't really know what Intel has up its sleeve, so we'll just have to wait and see. Dell and Alienware at Gamescomhttp://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b2zqa8KEq3GGj4F57sAA8D.jpg Dell and Alienware will also be present at the European gaming show, and while we're not sure what to expect, you can bet they'll have some slick gaming hardware to show off. Whether its the latest in accessories, a new Alienware desktop PC or something nobody sees coming, we don't know what we're in for. Best games 2019: our favorite PC and console games of the yearhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/E2Buoi9sXm0

HP is refreshing its lineup of gaming hardware with new Pavilion gaming laptop and desktop models. The refresh was announced at Gamescom 2019, and includes not only the hardware but also a series of new gaming monitors and peripherals. Both the HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop and Pavilion Gaming 15 laptop offer a starting price point that fit them in the budget end of the market. The desktop will start at $699 (£549.99, around AU$1,000), and the laptop will start at $799 (£799, around AU$1,180). The desktop will receive an earlier launch, expected in August, while the laptop is expected to be available in September. Check out the latest on Death StrandingHere's what you should know about Intel's Ice Lake CPUsThese are the best laptops out nowInternals and peripheralsThe HP Pavilion Gaming 15 laptop is taking a bet on AMD, as it will use AMD's CPUs for the first time in an HP gaming laptop. It can include up to a Ryzen 7 processor. On the graphics side, it will stick with Nvidia, and run up to a GeForce GTX 1660Ti Max-Q. That should be enough to power the 15.6-inch, Full HD display, which is available with either 60Hz or 144Hz refresh rates. The new Pavilion Gaming Desktop can go even harder. It will feature up to 9th-Gen Intel Core i7 processors or the new Ryzen 3000-series processors, both with 8-core options. On the graphics side, it can include up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 graphics cards or the new RTX 2060 Super graphics cards. It also has plenty of room for upgrades, with support for up to 32GB of DDR4 memory, room for three internal storage drives, and upgradable networking options. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGedJ65zjFBC8FGQQeBzZh.jpg HP's Omen X 27 gaming monitor can pair with either of the new computers to upgrade the gaming experience in September. It offers some serious premiums that help justify its $649 (£579.99, around AU$1,000) price. It has a Quad HD panel capable of running at a blistering 240Hz and 1ms response time. That means it can offer super smooth and sharp gaming all at once. The monitor also supports AMD's FreeSync 2 HDR, which can help eliminate screen tearing and enhance game visuals. The new Omen X 27 monitor does all that while offering thin bezels on three sides, built-in bias lighting, and a height-adjustable stand. HP's offerings are rounded out by new accessories as well. HP will launch the Omen Mindframe Prime headset for $199 (£179.99, around AU$300) in January, the Omen Encoder keyboard for $99 (£129.99, around AU$150) in October, and a variety of Omen Transceptor bags starting at $49 (£69.99, around AU$75) in September. These are the best gaming laptopshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/L-yRZ0DFiDI

If you're looking for an absolute steal on a new PC, this may be one of the cheapest deals to ever go online. For the next few days, Gearbest is selling the Q96 Home Smart TV box, an Android mini PC, for a mere $19.99 including free shipping from China to most countries. That’s far less than even the cheapest Raspberry Pi device, and unlike this, it is a fully configured personal computer that can be used out of the box (assuming you have as spare keyboard, mouse and monitor or TV). Running one of our best VPN on that Android box will expand its streaming capabilitiesUse one of our best antivirus to improve its security and defend it from malware attacksYou can expand the storage capacity of this mini PC by choosing one of our best microSD cards.BargainThe device itself is easy to use, with a low learning curve thanks to the preloaded Android 8.1 OS. It comes with a quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB onboard storage and plenty of connectivity/expansion options: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, separate SDPIF and AV ports, four USB ports, an Ethernet port, a card reader and HDMI port that can (and does) deliver 4K content. You even get a remote control and a HDMI cable thrown in for free, and the Q96 can even hardware decode 4K content, making it perfect as a budget streaming client. At 120 x 120 x 25mm, you will be able to conceal or move it around with ease as well. Since it is compatible with Google Play and offers internet access, you should be able to use it with all the important Android productivity services (G Suite, Office 365). The best business computershttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/2gZ3sy__IIs

A new leak suggests the Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro may sport even better battery life than last year's Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro as the batteries are apparently set to be bigger on the upcoming devices. According to a leak from Weibo (a Chinese social networking website), the battery will be 5% bigger in the Huawei Mate 30. The Mate 30 Pro's battery is set to be 7% bigger. This rumor goes alongside other improvements we've heard such as the fact the phones may come with fast wireless charging capabilities as well as some of the best fast wired charging speeds we've ever seen. Last year's Mate 20 Pro reviewWhat's the Huawei P40 set to be like?Our ranking of the best Huawei phonesIf this report is correct - and you should take it with a pinch of salt as we haven't been able to confirm the source - then it looks like Huawei will be putting a major focus on battery life for its next-gen device. The leak suggests the Mate 30 will have a 4,200mAh cell while the Mate 30 Pro will use a 4,500mAh cell. That's up from 4,000mAh in the Mate 20 and 4,200mAh in the Mate 20 Pro. During our review process, we found battery life to already be strong on both the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro. Improvements are always welcome though, especially as these are positioned as high-tech performance-focused products for people who want long-lasting battery. These devices are likely to be announced in either September or October, in order to compete directly with the upcoming iPhone 11 family as well as the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus. However, they could face road blocks, as while sanctions on Huawei in the US have been given a 90-day reprieve, it looks like the Huawei ban is set to continue to be a highly political issue for the company and the US government. Everything about the Huawei Mate 30Via GSMArena http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/6QWzzUpEPFs

The Huawei Mate X foldable phone launch has been delayed several times since we first saw it in February, with November currently the likely date according to an exclusive TechRadar report – you'd be right, therefore, in thinking it could be a little out-of-date when it eventually launches, but it seems like Huawei has a solution. That's according to Neowin, who got hands-on with the Huawei Mate X recently, only to discover that it wasn't exactly the same device that Huawei unveiled to the world earlier in 2019. It's seen a few spec upgrades, to bring it up to speed with 2019's tech. The most important change in the new Huawei Mate X is the camera array. Previously the foldable phone had camera specs on par with the Huawei Mate 20, but now it seems it has the snappers from the Huawei P30 instead. These are the best Huawei phonesWhat did we think of the Huawei Mate X?These are the foldable phones we know aboutThat means it'll have a main sensor of 40MP instead of 12MP, and the 8MP telephoto lens will be bigger with a smaller aperture. The 16MP wide-angle shooter is the same in both phones, though. The main sensor will also be RYYB instead of RGB, which in short makes it much better at 'seeing' in low light conditions, as well as taking snaps of vivid colors. A Mate X test model snapped at an airport in July clued us in on the fact Huawei may be changing the device's camera array from what we saw originally, but the device pictured seemed to have more lenses than this Mate X – it's possible Huawei considered using the P30 Pro camera array before sticking with what it's currently using. The other key change to the Huawei Mate X is that it's now said to run on the Kirin 990 chipset. This processor hasn't actually been announced yet, as we're expecting it to debut in the Huawei Mate 30 range, so we don't know exactly what upgrades this chipset will bring. However what we do know is that, by putting its most advanced chipset in the device, Huawei is future-proofing its device a little further, and ensuring it lasts longer – which you'd expect thanks to its exorbitant price. We're expecting the Huawei Mate 30 range to launch in October, before the Mate X, so it's likely the upcoming range of smartphones helps shine a light on what this new-and-improved foldable can do. It's also possible that Huawei launches the foldable with the 'rigid' phones – but highly unlikely. This is why the Huawei P30 camera array is something to get excited forhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/MDnoL5TnM20

If your 1TB Xbox One S doesn’t have enough storage for all your Xbox Game Pass titles, hard drive manufacturer Western Digital has a solution – a massive 12TB external hard drive that it’s making in collaboration with Microsoft. Its official name is the WD Black D10 Game Drive for Xbox One and it’s making its debut at Gamescom 2019 in Germany this week. According to Western Digital, the hard drive can store every game on Xbox Game Pass (up to 300 games) which is good considering the WD Black D10 also includes a three month membership of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for a limited time. In terms of specs, the WD Black D10 has speeds up to 250Mbps/7200RPM and uses Western Digital’s active cooling technology to keep the hard drive humming for years to come. (That said, if it fails Western Digital is giving folks a three-year warranty.) The 12TB iteration will cost $299.95 (around £249, AU$440), however if that seems a bit excessive, there’s an 8TB model that’s only $199.99 (around £160, AU$290). Both hard drives will be available in the next few months. TechRadar will be around all week covering Gamescom 2019 live! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/2F8tKqxwbno

It’s not just the official marketing video for the Canon EOS 90D that was accidentally leaked on YouTube today – Canon Rumors has also discovered the promo video for the rumored EOS M6 Mark II, which was live for a short while on YouTube as well. Photography publication DPReview says it was Canon Australia who accidentally posted the two videos on its official YouTube channel and, while they were promptly taken down, the sharpshooters at Canon Rumors have downloaded the videos and posted them to their own YouTube channel. Like the video for the upcoming Canon DSLR, the one-and-a-half-minute long clip for the EOS M6 II also reveals the main features of the new mirrorless APS-C snapper, showing Canon has massively overhauled the original EOS M6 by adding resolution, speed and superior ergonomics. Like the original EOS M6, this second iteration doesn't include a built-in viewfinder, maintaining the line's compact and lightweight form factor. Instead, there’s a removable OLED viewfinder that can be clipped onto the hot shoe if needed and will work with the touch-and-drag autofocus on the camera display when using Live View. The addition of a dedicated MF/AF Focus Mode Switch button (manual focus/autofocus) on the rear of the camera also looks to be a welcome change, improving on the limited controls that appeared on the original M6 design. 10 best cameras you can buy right nowBest camera phone of 2019Best cameras for vloggingInside is a 32.5MP APS-C sensor – a decent bump over the previous 24.2MP resolution – and Canon's own Digic 8 image processor. Burst speed has been doubled in the M6 II, which now boasts 14fps continuous shooting with AF/AE (autofocus/automatic exposure), along with the ability to capture 30fps RAW bursts using the electronic shutter. Canon’s Dual Pixel AF with eye detection is also on board. The ISO range tops out at 26500 and the second generation M6 now comes with 4K recording as well as Full HD 1080p capture at 120fps. The official announcement for the EOS M6 Mark II was rumored to be August 28, alongside the EOS 90D, so there’s probably not long to wait before everything is officially revealed. Best camera accessories: 23 essential bits of kit for your camerahttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/bmLefyaS2Yw

Motorola was one of the most prominent budget smartphone makers, but the last few years have not been easy for them. Moto was unable to match the Chinese competition's pricing and its devices weren't very innovative. The upcoming Moto One Action will aim to change that when it lands in India on August 23, via Flipkart. The One Action is a part of Motorola's new 'One'-series of phones that emphasize one particular aspect of the phone in a unique way. For the Action, it's the inclusion of an interesting action camera and a 21:9 cinematic display. Motorola One Action specificationsThe Moto One Action is a thorough mid-range smartphone in terms of internal specifications. The interesting bits start with the display. We a 6.3-inch IPS LCD panel with an extra-tall 21:9 aspect ratio. This makes the phone pretty narrow from side-to-side and ideal for consuming cinematic content such as movies. There's a pretty big punch-hole for the front camera on the top left corner. Keeping everything running is the octa-core Samsung Exynos 9609 chipset along with 4GB of RAM. Storage is set at 128GB that can be expanded via microSD. In India, the Moto One Action will be an Android One device with running a clean version of Android 9 Pie. As for cameras, the Motorola One Action has three of them, with a primary 12MP f/1.8 sensor, a 5MP depth sensor and a third ultrawide camera which can be used for photos as well as videos. Not just that, this action camera has been rotated by 90-degrees, letting you record wide, cinematic videos even while holding the phone straight, in portrait orientation. The selfie camera is a 12MP shooter. The battery is rated at 3,500 mAh and supports 10W fast charging over USB Type-C. The 3.5mm headphone jack is still around. Motorola One Action price in IndiaMoto One Action was unveiled in global markets just a week ago at $290 which converts to about Rs 21,000. It is expected to retail at the same price, or a little lower when it arrives in India. Motorola One Action announced with a never-before-seen camera featureHands on: Motorola One ActionMotorola One Vision with in-screen camera launched in India at Rs 19,999http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/WTjBnGGb0mI

Update: The Samsung Note 10 camera takes brilliant photos, and we put it to the test over the day 72 hours, snapping several low-light photos from its multi-lens setup. It's among the top camera phones in 2019, as you'll see from the newly updated photo gallery below. Set your sights to 'stunned' for some of these Note 10 pictures. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 camera instantly stands with the best camera phones in 2019, or at least that's the conclusion I'm drawing ahead of TechRadar's full review on Friday. We're closing in on a score now that the camera has been tested. I've already unboxed the Note 10 and offered details about the size, performance, and a select few camera samples. Now it's time to unleash a full gallery and demo the versatility of the four camera lenses and the Plus-exclusive depth sensor. The Samsung Note 10 is outfitted with a 12MP regular lens with a variable f/1.5 and f/2.4 aperture. To explain that very briefly: the amount of light it absorbs changes depending on a room's lighting condition. It's fairly sophisticated for a smartphone. What stands out more are its 12MP f/2.1 telephoto and 16MP f/2.2 ultra-wide lenses. They offer photos at varying perspectives. I captured scenes in new ways: up close without distortion via the 2x zoom telephoto lens, and cramming more in frame with the wide-angle lens – without having to back up to get everything in the shot. After a weekend of testing, I'm ready to share the good, the bad, and the sometimes slightly out-of-focus. Here's our ongoing Note 10 camera review. 10 different Note 10 scenes capturedAbove are the first Samsung Note 10 camera samples I snapped, and they remain my favorite because they shows how the three rear cameras depict a scene in very different ways, especially that 16MP wide-angle lens. With the ultra-wide lens, you can see see 42nd Street and the iconic yellow New York City taxi cab in the other two photos. There's an obvious fisheye effect going on, and that means the tall buildings do exhibit a bend, but that's part of this particular Note 10 camera's charm and makes the cityscape seem rightfully intimidating. The street and all of Manhattan's chaos isn't a part of the other two photos using the regular and telephoto lens. But if you wanted the Chrysler Building on its own, the telephoto lens is there to get the best shot of its perched gargoyles. My second-favorite Note 10 camera photo set is this one, and it again demonstrates how useful the ultra-wide camera can be in certain situations. The first photo you see here is the 'finished product'; it was taken with the ultra-wide lens, and has had some edits – some basic Adobe Lightroom color fixes (just using the basic slider tools) and cropping. I used the ultra-wide lens because the Note 10's regular lens didn't do this reflection justice (photo 2) – the building is cut off at the top, and at the bottom in the reflection. Because I didn't want to get splashed by the nearby traffic (you can see a bunch of yellow taxis almost staring me down), I didn't have enough time to back up and reframe the shot. With a quick switch to the ultra-wide camera (photo 3), I was able to snap a more inclusive photo and crop it later (photo 4); the image was then edited to produce photo 1, which I'm much happier with in the end. Color Point was my favorite camera mode when reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S10 and the S10 Plus, and the filter debuting on the Note series with the Note 10. This renders the background and portions of foreground in back and white, but keeps the main subject in color to make the person or object really pop from the scene. It's not always perfect – you can see that part of the red tomato is in color and part of it isn't, and the glass is also in color. A couple of adjustments from the photo taker and several attempts to be safe (just hammer that shutter button until it works) usually fixes these issues. It's a really fun way to capture a scene, and Samsung does it better than anyone else (especially Motorola, which has tried the same thing with lackluster results). Here's another great example of a Color Point mode image alongside an all-color regular photo. I don't want the people in the background of the shot (sorry, folks), and the Color Point Live Focus mode makes them far less distracting. The all-color shot is taken at an f/1.5 aperture (it's a bit dark in the restaurant), and so is the black-and-white Color Point photo. What's interesting is that Color Point mode (and all Live Focus modes) allow you to switch between the regular lens and the telephoto lens (the latter is always the default). This... needs more testing. I used Samsung's newish Night Mode on the Note 10 (it appeared in the S10, S10 Plus and S10e via a software update after those phones launched). The first photo shows what Samsung cameras do in dimly-lit settings – they amp up the exposure, and smooth, smooth, and smooth again. This looks like my skin went through an old-school family portrait-editing session. Samsung's Night mode (photo 2), further increases the exposure, but grain can be seen everywhere, especially in the curtains. It's definitely brighter, though. I threw in a Google Pixel 3 photo taken with that phone's famed Night Sight mode. It does a better job of keeping detail and tamping down the grain, but it's also noisy in the end. This is a dark photo, which means the Note 10 camera requires more testing in bars. "Drink, please!" Using the Samsung Note 10 night mode outside, we certainly get a brighter image. The camera likes to do the following: Increase brightness (especially in low light shots)Punch up colors with more saturationSmooth everything in sight like a steam roller (again, especially with low light photos)That works well enough in some situations, although you could argue that the Pixel 3 comparison shot provides a moodier, more-true-to-life scene. We're going to continue to test the night mode leading up to our full Note 10 Plus review on Friday. I did say I'd highlight the good, the bad, and the sometimes slightly out-of-focus. Trying to get the regular and telephoto lenses to focus on subject in Color Point mode can be difficult – but this can also be the case with regular snaps as well, as you can see in the images above. I gave myself permission to eat a donut for this test. One donut was harmed in the making of this Note 10 photo gallery. Color Point gets all of the attention, and for good reason. It's Samsung's best new camera mode, and this is the first time we've see it on a Note phone. But there are other Live Focus modes besides this one. There's Spin (photo 1) and Zoom (photo 2), a normal blur effect, and the new big Big Circles filter that makes lights in the background blurred and bulbous in shape (seen in the next photo set). Here's a good example of the Big Circles mode using the 10MP front camera – and an example of a shot taken remotely, using the S Pen to fire the shutter. Samsung's S Pen has always been a useful stylus, but it became a Bluetooth camera remote shutter with last year's Note 9. That feature returns, along with other gesture controls for swiping through camera menus and zooming in and out. Color Point appears in (photo 2) along with a cropped selfie (photo 3) as Samsung's front camera auto-crops vs the wider selfie (an un-cropped version, photo 4) that you can select instead. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 camera tests continueI tested the Note 10 camera for an entire weekend and most of Monday. That's not enough to put a stamp on the review, but I'm closer after 72 hours (well, a little longer after writing and uploading photos – Samsung's photo transfer software leaves a lot to be desired, which I'll nitpick in the review). The deep camera analysis isn't done. Too often reviews don't take into account the video capabilities of smartphones, and that's what I'll be doing Monday and Tuesday. The Samsung Note 10 image stabilization has been enhanced, according to Samsung, and I'll test that out in side-by-side comparisons. Stay tuned for more updates as the week goes on and the Note 10 flexes its multi-camera muscles. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/9YH68SFRro8

We knew Hideo Kojima was going to make an appearance at Gamescom: Opening Night Live to premiere new footage from Death Stranding, but it was probably too hopeful of us to think his appearance would be straightforward. Kojima just doesn't roll like that. While the gaming auteur certainly tried to explain Death Stranding, and in particular the baby we see Norman Reedus carrying about, it still manged to be a convoluted affair. But don't worry, we've attempted to unravel exactly what we've learnt. Gamescom 2019: schedule, dates, predictions, news and rumorsDeath Stranding: release date, trailers and newsBest PS4 games 2019: the PlayStation 4 games you need to playWhat's with the babies?We kind of have a better idea about what Death Stranding's Bridge Babies are about thanks to a couple of new trailers. It seems like Bridge Babies (or BBs) are babies who are born on "the other side" (aka stillborn). However they remain attached to their mothers via some sort of supernatural umbilical cord, which means they exist in a kind of mirror plane to the real world - ethereal, but still 'connected' to their mothers. The babies then seem to be used to allow people in the real world, like Norman Reedus' character Sam, to see BTs (supernatural, shadowy creatures). So Sam attaches a device to him that acts like a mother's womb, so the BB thinks it's still in there. It seems Sam needs to keep his BB calm and happy because they're "unpredictable" and can possibly fail. It seems like Sam will die if the BB dies. So essentially you're a delivery man and a surrogate mother... What else did we...uh...learn?After the two trailers on BBs, Kojima revealed gameplay of Death Stranding which started with Sam urinating to empty his "tank". The pee also caused a mushroom to grow a bit. We can only assume there's a survival mechanic that means you need to drink, eat and pee. We assume... Next, the trailer detailed Sam interacting with a character modeled after Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley (who is literally in the game now). Sam delivers a package and then a new strand is uncovered, showing more of the map. Then, he fell off a cliff face-down into the ground, flat on the baby resting in its artificial womb on the character's chest, which was... unscathed. We have no idea. The baby then start crying and Sam has to rock it to calm it down. The new trailers didn't shed a whole lot of light on Death Stranding but it seems the babies are technically dead and create a link to another world, allowing Sam (and anyone attached to BBs) to see the shadowy BT figures. Maybe? Who knows. Death Stranding: what can the play that inspired it tell us about Kojima's game?http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/qNeCURaJaPA

I’ve put enough hours of my life into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but its debut on Nintendo Switch may mean I have to pick it up and travel to The Continent again. After 92 hours of monster hunting, romancing and playing Gwent, I don’t need to return to this game only a few years after finishing it, but there's one key reason why I may buy it again - and that's the DLC. I've been lucky enough to play around an hour of the game's Nintendo Switch port, and that short burst of The Witcher's world has encouraged me to return and play through both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Both DLC packs sit waiting at home for me on my PlayStation 4 – well, after I reinstall the 50GB+ game – as I've already bought them before. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9dAeToo9Xx7FN9Hf2Dfb53.jpg I loved the ending of the main story, and something about how long I'd spent in that world meant I wasn't desperate to pick up the controller again and dive into those DLC storylines, even though they were ready and waiting. How Long To Beat, a game aggregation website that estimates the length of games, says Hearts of Stone takes between 10 to 19 hours to complete, while Blood and Wine takes between 15 and 40 hours depending on how much you want to do. That's another big undertaking in itself, so maybe the Switch is how I'll finally find the motivation to do them. I commute for over an hour a day, and the idea of being able to finally dive into these mammoth DLCs that themselves are longer than your average console game is an exciting one. So far, my testing time has proved The Witcher 3 on Switch is still a fantastic experience. http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mVrUKeGpP7LUVHJeyYRLx.jpg It runs smoothly, although those load times are obviously still long, but I found it graphically looked similar to the original game despite its lower resolution. This is likely to look much better on your TV - although it's only 720p - as it's running 540p in the handheld mode. It still looks beautiful in this play style, but it's obviously not the optimum way to play The Witcher 3. If you want that, you'll want it on a top-end PC but the trade-off in power for portability is something I'd be willing to make. If you’ve never dived into The Witcher 3, or you want a new way to play one of the largest and most sprawling video games in recent memory, then there’s likely no better way to do that then at the back of a bus with the Switch in your hands. So far I've only had the opportunity to play the game while it's undocked, so I'm excited to see how it performs on a TV. But the whole reason this port is exciting is because you're able to take this adventure out into the world for the very first time. Came and GwentThe Witcher 3 on Nintendo Switch is the full package too. Everything is sat there waiting on the 32GB cartridge, and that includes both the extra DLCs I've mentioned as well as all the other free upgrades that were provided for the game after launch. If you want the full experience from the very beginning, this may be the way you can finally get it. CD Project Red hasn’t dropped any missions, any elements of the story or Gwent to make this work. Despite how much I loved it, I'm not clamoring to pick up Geralt's main adventure again but I think I'm finally ready to experience the final chapter that I've somehow managed to avoid for so long. Everything you need to know about The Witcher TV serieshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/Ekrnznj9e4I

The US government has extended its Huawei ban to 46 more affiliates, dashing the company's hopes that it would be lifted. Instead, the temporary license allowing Huawei to procure American parts for existing products has been extended another 90 days. Huawei didn't mince words with its response: "It's clear that this decision, made at this particular time, is politically motivated and has nothing to do with national security," the Chinese company said in a statement sent to the press. "Attempts to suppress Huawei's business won't help the United States achieve technological leadership." Those 46 Huawei affiliates have been added to the US government's Entity List, which restricts business they can do in the US. But the point of the 90-day license extension isn't to spend more time mulling over whether to lift the ban - it's reportedly to give US rural telecoms time to extricate Huawei products from their infrastructure. “As we continue to urge consumers to transition away from Huawei’s products, we recognize that more time is necessary to prevent any disruption,” US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement, according to The New York Times. More: The foldable Huawei Mate X is coming later than we thoughtDwindling hope for Huawei in the USWhen the 90-day reprieve was first announced in July, it was seen as a potentially promising move for a company drawn into Trump's trade conflict with China. But this update doesn't seem like good news for Huawei's ambitions in the US. It's also not promising for Huawei's ambiguous situation with Google. While the Chinese company's phones have gotten renewed access to Android content and security updates, it's anybody's guess if and when that could be rescinded should the ban progress. If not, Huawei has been developing HarmonyOS, the cross-platform operating system (much like Google Fuscia) that could in theory be used for the company's slate of phones, like the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 Pro. HarmonyOS was finally revealed at Huawei Developer Conference in late July - and it's coming first on the Honor Vision smart TV. There's no official word on when it will be ready to deploy on phones, tablets, or other devices. Still a Huawei fan? Check out our list of the best Huawei phoneshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/digital-home/~4/dmhrTF8nQtc