“Why should there be no good news?” As Aston Martin’s chief trackside officer Mike Krack welcomed the media in the Shanghai Formula 1 paddock, his tongue-in-cheek opening comment set the tone of the ensuing conversation. There remained a lot of explaining to do for Krack alongside Honda’s trackside general manager Shintaro Orihara, after Fernando Alonso retired from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix last weekend while Lance Stroll finished 15 laps down and therefore was not classi...

vivo has launched a new Y-series smartphone in India called the Y51 Pro 5G. The handset succeeds the vivo Y31 Pro 5G, which debuted in September last year. The new model is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7360-Turbo chipset and packs a 7,200mAh battery. The vivo Y51 Pro 5G comes with a 6.75-inch LCD display that offers a refresh rate of 120Hz and an HD+ resolution. The Dimensity 7360-Turbo chipset can be configured with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of internal UFS 3.1 storage. It p...

vivo’s teaser campaign for the X300s continues. Following some revelations from a couple of days ago, today the brand has officially revealed that the phone sports a 7,100 mAh battery. That’s the biggest capacity in the X-series so far. The X300s is also officially confirmed to sport a 6.78-inch flat screen with 144Hz refresh rate, symmetrical dual speakers, a custom vibration motor, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, and to have support for USB 3.2 Gen 1. vivo X300s offici...

Shia LaBeouf has been spotted in Italy this week after receiving a judge’s OK to travel internationally following his February arrests. The “Holes” actor was photographed getting into a black car in Rome after he seemingly touched down in the City of Love on Wednesday to support his dad, Jeffrey, at his baptism. Per the photos, he went with a cozy look for his day of travel and sported a red, black and white patterned graphic t-shirt and a pair of gray shorts. The actor appeared very casua...

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro ZDNET’s key takeaways Pros: The Galaxy Book6 Pro sports an AMOLED screen, a booming six-speaker system, and a new vapor chamber Cons: The user experience is held back by a substandard keyboard. View now at Samsung Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I’ll be brutally honest: I didn’t expect to be super impressed by the Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Pro. On paper, it’s essentially a toned-down version of the Galaxy Book 6 Ultra,...

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra ZDNET’s key takeaways Pros: Its AMOLED 3K display, powerful hardware, and long battery life make the Galaxy Book6 Ultra a pure premium laptop Cons: It’s very expensive, the keyboard isn’t the most comfortable, and it can run hot. View now at Samsung Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I’ve spent the past month testing Samsung’s latest flagship laptop, the Galaxy Book6 Ultra, and from the moment I started using it, I rea...

BMX SolidSafe 10K pros and cons Pros Contains a solid-state battery that’s safer, lasts longer, and performs better in cold weather Has a Qi2 wireless charging pad and two USB-C ports Bold colors help it stand out. Cons It’s heavier than most power banks of similar size. It’s also fairly pricey at $100 (when not on sale). View now at Heybmx Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I’ve fallen in love with BMX power banks powered by solid-state batteries. T...

Google is working on some behind-the-scenes changes that should make Android phones feel faster while also improving battery life. Announced by the Android LLVM toolchain team this week, Google is updating the Android kernel with “AutoFDO” – Automatic Feedback-Directed Optimization. What is that? In short, your phone has to make “thousands of small decisions” behind the scenes, which end up taking up a considerable portion of CPU usage. AutoFDO changes this by guiding the compiler alon...

ⓘ XiaomiThe Poco X8 Pro Iron Man Edition features a unique rear design. Xiaomi has confirmed the battery capacities of its Poco X8 Pro and Poco X8 Pro Max smartphones ahead of their upcoming Indian and global releases. At the same time, the company has also teased that a special edition model will be joining the pair in both markets as Xiaomi reprises its Iron Man partnership. Xiaomi will be replacing the Poco X7 Pro later this month (curr. $359 on Amazon). Scheduled to arrive on March 17, the...