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As promised, Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC as its flagship chip at the ongoing Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. It's a successor to last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite and is touted as the "world's fastest mobile system-on-a-chip" by Qualcomm.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (SM8850-AC) is built on a 3nm process and comes with the third-gen Oryon CPU, which boosts CPU performance by 20% compared to its predecessor. CPU power efficiency has also been improved by 35%.
The Snapdragon 8 Elit
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Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, 34, is projected to defeat Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor. Read more ›
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Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, said it had voted against the Tesla CEO's proposed pay deal. Read more ›
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In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump said he will withhold November food stamps. This comes a day after the administration said it will pay partial benefits. Read more ›
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"Most of the world still doesn't have crypto," said Animoca Brands' co-founder, adding that his company is planning to help change that through its public listing. Read more ›
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Anthropic expects to generate as much as $70 billion in revenue in 2028, up from roughly $4.7 billion this year, The Information reported on Tuesday. The company’s fast revenue growth may encourage investors to back the company again in the coming months. The company would likely target a ... Read more ›
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A Turning Point USA official inaccurately claimed a high school's math department wore Halloween costumes that mocked Charlie Kirk. Those teachers are now facing a flood of online attacks and death threats. Read more ›
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Steelcase makes some of the best office chairs available, and the brand's getting the Black Friday sale season started early with an exclusive coupon for TechRadar Australia readers. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump renominated Jared Isaacman, a close Elon Musk associate, on Tuesday after initially withdrawing the offer back in May. Read more ›
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In iOS 26.2, there's a new Liquid Glass slider that lets you customize the appearance of the clock. When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely clear, or give it a more frosted, solid look. There continues to be a separate Solid toggle that turns off the Liquid Glass appearance for the clock entirely if you want to opt... Read more ›
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Stars of the beloved 1999 reboot and its sequel are returning to the Universal Monster franchise. Read more ›
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Apple doesn't release an "Ultra" variant for every Apple silicon chip, but the company is planning to debut an M5 Ultra chip in 2026, reports Bloomberg. The M5 Ultra is slated for the Mac Studio, and it's also likely that Apple will use it in a Mac Pro update. There's no word on when the M5 Ultra might come out, but historically, Ultra chips have followed the Pro and Max... Read more ›
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FDA regulator accused of using position to exact revenge on old business associate. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Although Google DeepMind's Weather Lab only started releasing cyclone track forecasts in June, the company's AI forecasting service performed exceptionally well. By contrast, the Global Forecast System model, operated by the US National Weather Service and is based on traditional physics and runs on powerful supercomputers, performed abysmally. The official data comparing forecast model performance will not be published by the... Read more ›
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s final political act was also his most admirable. Warning that then-candidate Donald Trump “can never be trusted with power again,” Cheney, a Republican, urged 2024 voters to elect Trump’s Democratic opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, as president — a rare example of a prominent political leader placing principle over party. […] Read more ›
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The U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent has highlighted a potential future where China could get its hands on Nvidia's current-gen flagship AI chips... when they're no longer the current-gen flagships. Washington is considering letting Nvidia sell Blackwell chips to China once they're outdated by at least a year or two. Read more ›
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As promised, iQOO has unveiled the Neo11 in China. The phone is aimed at gamers and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and features iQOO’s self-developed Q2 gaming chip. The iQOO Neo11 sports a 6.82-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display that offers a refresh rate of 144Hz and a resolution of 3168×1440 pixels. You also get an in-display fingerprint scanner and a 16MP selfie camera. iQOO has packed a... Read more ›
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vivo unveiled the X300 and X300 Pro in China earlier this month, and the two are going to be launching in Europe tomorrow, on October 30. Ahead of that, a new report claims to have the pricing for the duo in one European market, namely Czechia. Both the X300 and the X300 Pro are said to only be available in one version, with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.... Read more ›
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Apple reported its financial results for the quarter ending on September 27, 2025 and Cupertino welcomed several new records. Total revenue stood at $102.5 billion, which is an 8% increase compared to the same period last year. Profits stood at $27.5 billion, while earnings per share jumped to $1.85, which is up 13% on a yearly basis. Apple, FY25-Q4 Financial Statement Thanks to strong demand for its iPhone 17 series,... Read more ›
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RedMagic just made its flagship smartphone globally available as the RedMagic 11 Pro. It might come a bit confusing for anyone following the tech news because this newly announced model is identical to the RedMagic 11 Pro+ in China. This gaming phone packs impressive specs and some industry-firsts. The RedMagic 11 Pro is the first mass-produced phone with liquid cooling. The solution is called AquaCore, and it's even incorporated into... Read more ›
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If you were planning on purchasing Samsung’s Galaxy S25 or the Galaxy S25 FE in the UK, now is a good time. Even the Galaxy S25 Edge is available with a discount. Meanwhile, last year’s iPhone models and the Google Pixel 9a have also received price cuts. Samsung’s Galaxy S25 in 12GB/128GB is available for £649, and users will get another £50 off on checkout. This is a great deal,... Read more ›
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This is the RedMagic 11 Pro, the global member of the company's new 11 series. The Pro+ may have some bragging rights over it, but this is still a formidable gaming machine. It packs the latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with 16 GB of RAM. It also has an active cooling fan built in to help sustained performance. But that's something gaming phones have had for years... Read more ›
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Google Maps for Android is soon going to get a rather weird new power saving mode. This will work independently of your phone's power saving options. It was discovered through a dive into the code of the latest beta release of Google Maps for Android. It looks like you will activate the power saving mode by pressing your phone's power button. That sounds strange at first, but perhaps the idea... Read more ›
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There have been multiple rumors suggesting that Samsung may delay the Galaxy S26 series launch to March, and a new leak now claims to reveal the exact date. According to a report, Samsung will hold a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 next year in San Francisco, where it will debut the Galaxy S26 lineup. Notably, Samsung usually unveils the flagship Galaxy S series phones in January. The Galaxy S25... Read more ›
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Several smartphone makers, including Samsung, Tecno, Apple, and Motorola, have all released slim phones this year, and Huawei is also positioning itself in the mix with the upcoming Mate 70 Air. The device already leaked in a carrier listing and a more recent poster which revealed its design, but the latest bit of info comes from a Xiaohongshu user who shared live images of the Mate 70 Air. Mate 70... Read more ›
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