Qualcomm’s 8S Gen 3 targets more affordable high-end phones

Qualcomm just launched a new chipset that’s designed to sit just below its current flagship in terms of capabilities and price. The Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 aims to bring most of the 8 Gen 3’s features — including support for on-device generative AI models — to more affordable phones. It represents a new tier for … Read more

Get a high-end SSD drive for only $44

Save over 40% on this Polar Wolf drive. StackSocial Businesses, freelancers, and even students in today’s day and age need a reliable tool for backing up, storing, and transferring data. While the internet has tons of free options, few work as well and fast as a well-reviewed and expertly designed external hard drive. For a … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs. Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, Google Pixel 8 Pro, OnePlus 12: High-End Flagships Compared

Samsung’s $1,300 (£1,249, AU$2,199) Galaxy S24 Ultra is the highest-end and priciest phone now available in the company’s lineup. Its highlights include new AI features and tweaks to its cameras. This story is part of Samsung Event, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Samsung’s most popular products. It’s also by far the most … Read more

Varjo’s XR4 Shows There’s Still Room For High-End VR After the Apple Vision Pro

There are some things about VR that remain as true today as they have for nearly the past decade, despite how much some companies want to rebrand the whole shebang. Varjo’s latest VR/AR headset, the $3,990 XR4, wants to prove that solid displays, controls, and comfort remain the cornerstone of the VR space. The headset … Read more

Bose’s latest high-end headphones are $50 off for the holidays

Jada Jones/ZDNET If you’ve been wanting a pair of over-ear headphones for quite some time but still haven’t made the purchase, Bose’s Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones are the best pair to invest in, and for the holidays, the recently release pair is seeing a rare $50 discount at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart.  Also: The … Read more

Bose’s latest high-end headphones are still $50 off for Black Friday

Jada Jones/ZDNET If you’ve been wanting a pair of over-ear headphones for quite some time but still haven’t made the purchase, Bose’s Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones are the best pair to invest in, and for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the recently release pair is seeing a rare $50 discount at Amazon, Best Buy, and … Read more

Nvidia unveils H200, its newest high-end chip for training AI models

Jensen Huang, president of Nvidia, holding the Grace hopper superchip CPU used for generative AI at the Supermicro keynote presentation during Computex 2023. Walid Berrazeg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nvidia on Monday unveiled the H200, a graphics processing unit designed for training and deploying the kinds of artificial intelligence models that are powering the … Read more

DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others

Three individuals have been arrested on charges of operating a “high-end brothel network” in Massachusetts and Virginia with a clientele that included elected officials, military officers and government contractors with security clearances, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. “Pick a profession,” Joshua Levy, acting US attorney for Massachusetts, said of the sprawling client list during a … Read more

How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it’s called ‘Project Sputnik’)

Dell RALEIGH, NC — Today, the Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux is easily the most well-known Linux laptop. Many users, especially developers — including Linus Torvalds — love it. As Torvalds recently said, “Normally, I wouldn’t name names, but I’m making an exception for the XPS 13 just because I liked it so much that … Read more

5 Finest Excessive-Finish Compact Cameras: Fujifilm, Sony, Ricoh, Leica, and Canon

Whereas smartphones ate the low-end digicam world, digicam producers have been making some extraordinary strides in what a sophisticated compact digicam can do. Certain, for day-to-day pictures, a smartphone is handy as a result of it’s the digicam that you just at all times have with you. However picture high quality will be a problem … Read more