Category: Technology

Man, AMD is on a roll. It was just a few years ago that the company seemed destined to fade into relative obscurity in fields dominated by Intel and Nvidia. Now in 2020, the company is managing to trade blows with its heavyweight competitors in two different markets. Case in point: the company today…

1. AMD’s new Radeon RX 6000 cards are a serious challenge to Nvidia’s dominance – The Next Web
2. Gigabyte and MSI certify multiple Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT cards; RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro registered too – Notebookcheck.net
3. AMD Might Benefit From Nvidia’s Mishaps – Gizmodo

Wild Rift is pushing League of Legends to all new platforms! Here’s everything you need to know.

1. Wild Rift: Gameplay & Cinematic Trailers, Release Date, Gameplay, Open Beta, Champions, Platforms, Latest News & more – RealSport101
2. League of Legends: Wild Rift has now soft-launched for iOS and Android in specific regions – Pocket Gamer
3. Riot Games taps SBTG for Custom Nike Air Force 1 “Wild Rift” – HYPEBEAST
4. League of Legends finally launches on mobile, but only in Asia – South China Morning Post

Readers also want bigger sensors and better auxiliary cameras on future Google Pixels.

1. Survey: The Google Pixel series needs a major camera hardware redesign – Android Authority
2. Tech Tools: Pixel 4a 5G has a quicker chip and longer power – The Irish Times

Faced with the prospect of losing billions of dollars in payments from Google to be the default search tool on its iPhones, Apple is reportedly stepping up efforts to develop its own search technology.

1. Apple steps up efforts to rival Google’s search engine | WARC – Warc
2. Apple developing search engine to compete with Google: report – ABS-CBN News
3. Apple working on its own search engine as Google ties could be cut soon – comments – GSMArena.com
4. Apple search engine rumors revived as it may be looking to stop relying on Google – TechRadar
5. Apple Works On Its Own Search Engine As Regulators Turn Up Heat On Google Deal: FT – Benzinga

Starts at $579 and available in November.

1. AMD announces Radeon RX 6000 series gaming graphics cards – GSMArena.com news – GSMArena.com
2. Gigabyte and MSI certify multiple Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT cards; RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro registered too – Notebookcheck.net
3. AMD Might Benefit From Nvidia’s Mishaps – Gizmodo

Hand-picked by CNET editors, find the phone you need right now.

1. The best phone to buy for 2020 – CNET
2. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, initial impressions on a next gen phablet – ABS-CBN News
3. Samsung’s 2016 Galaxy S7 series just got September security patch – Android Authority
4. New Galaxy Watch Active 2 update brings another Galaxy Watch 3 feature – SamMobile

Perfect for its budget Yahoo Mobile service

1. Yahoo’s first self-branded phone, the ZTE Blade A3Y, is a budget handset – TechRadar
2. Yahoo shambles back into view as a purple phone for Yahoo Mobile – The Verge
3. Verizon’s Yahoo Mobile is launching its first smartphone for $50 – CNET
4. Verizon Launches Yahoo-Branded Smartphone for $50 – PCMag

Pikmin 3 has received the deluxe treatment and is now on Nintendo Switch. First 19 minutes of gameplay.#ign

Earlier this month Riot Games revealed stellar news about upcoming releases for mobile. Teamfight Tactics and Legends of Runeterra were announced but the game prominently noted by mobile gaming fans was the release of League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot Games announced a regional open beta this month…

1. League of Legends: Wild Rift Regional Open Beta Is Now Live For Mobile – mxdwn.com
2. League of Legends: Wild Rift has now soft-launched for iOS and Android in specific regions – Pocket Gamer
3. Riot Games taps SBTG for Custom Nike Air Force 1 “Wild Rift” – HYPEBEAST
4. League of Legends finally launches on mobile, but only in Asia – South China Morning Post

Nokia TA-1307 is the latest feature phone from Nokia mobile that just passed the FCC certification process. These model number shows up for the first time, and it is most probably heading to Americ…

1. New Nokia TA-1307 LTE feature phone with WiFi coming – Nokiamob
2. Nokia 5.3 model running on Google’s latest Android 11 OS hits Geekbench – gizmochina
3. Nokia 5.3 running Android 11 appears on Geekbench – Nokiapoweruser

Report suggests Apple’s search engine plans are accelerating

1. Apple search engine rumors revived as it may be looking to stop relying on Google – TechRadar
2. Apple developing search engine to compete with Google: report – ABS-CBN News
3. Apple Works On Its Own Search Engine As Regulators Turn Up Heat On Google Deal: FT – Benzinga
4. Apple working on its own search engine as Google ties could be cut soon – GSMArena.com news – GSMArena.com
5. Does the Google antitrust case make an Apple search engine more likely? – Search Engine Land

Could Apple one day take Google’s throne as the king of search? Maybe.

1. Is Apple developing its own version of Google Search? – Pocket-lint
2. Apple developing search engine to compete with Google: report – ABS-CBN News
3. Apple working on its own search engine as Google ties could be cut soon – comments – GSMArena.com
4. Apple Works On Its Own Search Engine As Regulators Turn Up Heat On Google Deal: FT – Benzinga
5. Apple develops alternative to Google search – Ars Technica