ASUS ROG Strix G15 Electro Punk edition Review: Stand out from the crowd

The gaming laptop industry has exploded in recent years, and it is becoming increasingly hard for laptop manufacturers to make a product that can stand out of the crowd. The ROG Strix G15 Electro Punk edition from ASUS is one such laptop that truly achieves this with its utterly unique, exciting design and powerful specifications. Read on for my review of the laptop.

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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build update adds Microsoft Teams Chat app, new Snipping tool, updated Microsoft Store and more

Microsoft is currently conducting their public testing for Windows 11 via the Insider Preview Build on both the beta and dev channels. The latest Insider Preview Build 22000.132 brings updates to a number of apps in Windows, adds the Chat from Microsoft Teams app, and a lot of bug fixes.

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Apple HomePod beta update adds support for Apple Music Spatial Audio and Lossless streaming

Apple began rolling out support for Spatial Audio and Lossless streaming on the iOS and Android app in June 2021. The company has now rolled out a beta update to the HomePod and HomePod mini that enables support for these two features.

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Spotify for Wear OS update adds support for offline music and podcast listening

Spotify has announced a new update to their Wear OS app that will allow premium users to download music and podcasts directly onto their smartwatch for offline listening.

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WhatsApp cross-platform chat history transfer will first be available on the Galaxy Fold 3

Over the last few months, WhatsApp has been testing a new feature that will allow users to transfer their chat history between Android and iOS smartphones. The feature has finally begun rolling out to the public, however it is currently limited only to the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Fold 3.

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Instagram will now allow people to limit comments and DM requests, show stronger harassments warnings and more

Lately, Instagram has been steadily improving upon the tools available to combat abusive behaviours and harassment on the platform. The latest update will help prevent users from receiving unwanted comments and DMs with a new feature called ‘Limits’ and also show stronger warnings to discourage harassment.

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Twitter introduces a number of visual changes and updates for web and mobile

Over the last few months, Twitter has been introducing a number of smaller visual changes and updates to their platform. The latest update now adds support for their ‘Chirp’ font, an updated colour palette to draw attention to the content on the platform and more.

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Google Meet will now support up to 25 co-hosts per meeting, adds “Quick access” setting and more

Google is introducing a couple of new updates to their video conferencing platform, Google Meet, that will improve upon many meeting moderation controls. Meeting host privileges can now be shared with up to 25 other participants, quick access control will be on by default, and the “People” panel in meetings have received a couple of minor updates.

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Google Wear OS 2 update to bring more third-party Tiles, improved Messages app and more

Yesterday, Samsung gave us a peak into Google’s new Wear OS 3 platform that will be running on the Galaxy Watch 4. While many of the improvements are coming to the new platform, a few updates are coming to the older Wear OS 2, such as improved Messages app that syncs with the users’ smartphone, new third-party Tiles and more.

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Google adds a number of privacy protection controls for users below the age of 18

Being online on the internet can prove to be a challenging for a teenager, as concerns about their privacy are at an all-time high. To help protect users below the age of 18, Google has introduced a number of updates and policy changes across their services, including YouTube, Location History, and advertising data.

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India smartphone market ships 34 million units in Q2 2021, grows 86% year-over-year: IDC

During the second quarter of 2021, the Indian smartphone market witnessed a healthy growth of 84% YoY, signaling signs of complete market recovery. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the market shipped a total of 34 million units, and the top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, realme and OPPO.

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Xiaomi CyberDog bio-inspired quadruped robot with centimeter-scale obstacle avoidance and navigation announced

During an event yesterday where Xiaomi unveiled the Mi MIX 4 smartphone and Mi Pad 5 tablets, the company introduced a surprising new product -bio-inspired quadruped robot called CyberDog. It is designed to be an open source robot companion, with advanced movement and object avoidance systems, high-precision sensors and more.

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iPhone 13 could support ProMotion display, Portrait video and ProRes video recording

According to new information from Bloomberg reporter, Mark Gurman, Apple will reportedly introduce new 3 new features focused around its camera and video capabilities for their upcoming iPhone models. These include support for portrait mode for video, the ability to shoot video in high-quality format and new filter-like systems.

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Facebook Transfer Your Information tool update adds new UI, support for simultaneous multiple data transfers and more

Facebook has introduced a number of updates to their Transfer Your Information (TYI) tool that improves upon the user experience, adds two new supported destinations, a new data type and more.

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Samsung launches ‘The Premiere’ 4K Ultra Short Throw Laser Projector in India

Samsung has announced the launch of two new ultra short throw laser projector in India called The Premiere. The 130-inch capable ‘LSP9T’ and 120-inch capable ‘LSP7T’ feature a premium design, HDR10+ certification, support for supports Filmmaker Mode, Acoustic Beam surround sound technology and more.

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