Good news for those of you who keep walking and hunting for those cute bunches of pixels that are Pokemon. Fresh new event has just begun in the world of Pokemon Go:”We’re kicking off the new year with a brand-new celebration! Starting on January 15 at 1 p.m. PST and going until January 29 at 1 p.m. PST, Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region will be appearing more frequently in the wild. Plus, if you evolve Shroomish into Breloom during the event, it will know the exclusive move Grass Knot!”Event offers a good bunch of new features. Other than what has been ...

Rumour is that Xiaomi Mi 9 will charge faster than its predecessor even normally, but if normal charging speed will not be enough for someone then it will also support a quick charge. According to what Lei Jun, CEO of the company, have said on Weibo, their new smartphone will be powered with even 32W chargers. Whether or not this turns out to be true, we shall see around the 2nd quarter of the year. Tweet Vote on HN ...

China’s Chang’e-4 robot continues its mission to scour the Earth’s satellite, kicking dust and taking pictures as it does. The machine currently traverses the SPA basin, geological formation on the dark side of the moon and the one depicted in the pictures online. Lunar rover have met some difficulties in its journey so far – it had to survive lunar noon which ramps up the surface’s temperature to 200 degrees, for one – but so far the Chinese ingenuity has seen it through it all. ...

Anthem is causing quite a mixed feelings among the players. On the one hand it is a new Bioware game, fancy and shiny co-op looting shooter with Iron Man-esque flying suits; on the other hand, well, it is Bioware, an (ex?) kind of cRPGs, now making a co-op lootbox shooter. To those of you who do not feel good about this, I have at least some good news: Bioware says that Anthem will have no paid loot boxes. There will be microtransactions, yes, but these will be cosmetic only, with no p2w. Michael Gamble, Bioware’s lead designer, says that adding paid lootboxes would be ...

That is right: Micosoft will cut the Windows 7 support on January 13th 2020. Windows 7 is currently the 2nd most popular PC operating system in the world; removing it will both help speed up the Windows 10 updates but will also boost new PC sales. After all, modern OS requires a modern computer, eh heh heh… Tweet Vote on HN ...

Due to unknown circumstances, Lenovo Z5 Pro GT will not become available for pre-orders today. Phone’s store release has been moved to January 29th, and its pre-orders should start in ”a few days”. As for the phone itself, it is a Plus version of the device that will be released in the middle of the March 2019. Its price in China is 2698 yuan, which roughly equals 399 USD. Its specification is as follows:– 6,39′ display, Super AMOLED, Full HD+,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU, Adreno 640 GPU,– 6, 8 or 12 GB RAM, 128, 256 or 512 GB storage space,– ...

– another phone in the extra durable Ulefone Armor line,– IP68 certified as well as IP69K certification, making it resistant to pressure and high temperatures as well as water,– compliant with the MIL-STD-810 standard, so resistant to low temperatures, dirt, sand, shock and vibration. Basically you can kick this phone around and then throw it into the tub of hot water and it will be okay,– Helio P60 CPU,– 6GB RAM, 128GB storage,– 21 + 13 mpix main camera,– UV detector,– dual SIM support,– fingerprint scanner,– GPS,– facial ...

Have you considered creating an account in the new online video games Epic Games Store? Would you like to play a great story-based video game but do not feel like paying for it? … probably not, I mean one has nothing to do with the other, but if you do then you are in luck! Newly opened Epic Games Store, a growing competition for Steam (they are selling, among other games, Ashen, last season of The Walking Dead and have an exclusive deal for The Division 2), is trying to lure new customers with some juicy deals. Such a deal is a free copy of What Remains of Edith Finch, an ambitious, ...

A few renders depicting Vivo’s new smartphone have just surfaced online. Dubbed ”The Waterdrop”, the device has been described as ”something really new” by the leak-providing leakster, one Ice Universe. Sadly, the renders do little to prove these bold claims, as pictures depict only small parts of the whole smartphone. Judging by what we can glance, it looks like Waterdrop’s main theme will be that of curves. We will learn more at MWC 2019, 25-28th ...

Ain’t no brakes on the Nokia train; we have just heard about the upcoming Nokia 8.2 smartphone and now we learn of yet another model coming. Nokia 6.2, as seen on the renders, will have a hole in its display, which becomes a popular option in wake of notch-hating. The phone’s specs are supposedly including the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 CPU, Adreno 506 GPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage space and microSD slot. Main camera’s main eyelet will have a 16 mpix resolution and ZEISS-made lens. Phone’s loudspeakers will support the high-quality sound assuring OZO Audio ...