AK-Tesla, or Kalashnikov is making an electric car, because why not

AK-47, or Kalashnikov assault rifle – durable, dependable, efficient. These are the qualities that Kalashnikov will probably want to put into its newest project, the CV-1 electric car. The car might be looking as if it was taken out from an USSR street in the 70’s, but Kalashnikov was never about style; this producer aims towards simplicity and consistency instead. CV-1, recently presented during the military appliances fair in Moscow, is said to have good specs: it supposedly can travel 350 kilometers before having to recharge. Sadly, no more technicalities regarding this ...

Nubia Red Magic 3 announced. A phone for gamers

Gaming smartphones are slowly becoming a more popular choice for those of us who like our video games, and Nubia is one of the producers out there who want to make a buck on that trend. The company has just released Red Magic 3, a smartphone made specifically with gamers in mind:– Red Magic Game Space 2.0 gaming dashboard– stereo speakers, DTS:X 3D sound– RGB lighting back panel– shoulder triggers– liquid cooling system with an internal turbo fan– 6.65-inch FHD+ ultra-widescreen display, 90hz refresh rate– Snapdragon 855 CPU with Adreno 640 ...

New render of Honor 20 Pro is out

Not a whole lot is known about the Honor 20 series, and its Pro model in particular. Designed to come out on May 21nd, along with the rest of the series, Honor 20 Pro has not even had a proper render released… until now. The render, depicting the device in white and dark blue colour variants, has just leaked out on Weibo. Sadly, the image does not come with any technical info on the device; all we know is that, as every Pro model, it will have slightly better specs than the default model. ...

Honor 20 Lite officially. Price, specs, availability

Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro will come out in the next few weeks, but before that we can get our hands on their lite variant, the Honor 20 Lite. This device offers us a 6.21′ display, 2,340 x 1,080 pixels resolution, the Kirin 710F SOC, 4GB RAM & 128GB flash space expandable via microSD card. It has a 24mpx x 8mpx x 2mpx main camera and 32mpx selfie shooter. Special AI helps the camera eliminate blur in pictures.Honor 20 Lite will come out in May 6 with a price tag of 299 euro / 220 USD. ...

Mint fresh renders of iPhone 2019 are out

Hurray, new renders of new iPhone! Good old OnLeaks has just published a 3D renderthat shows off Apple’s upcoming smartphone from every angle. What does this view tell us about the device?– weird and unusual main camera with a particulary wide field of view lense,– large notch in the front,– 5.8′ display,– dimensions: 143,9 x 71,4 x 7,8 mm.And that is all. We shall learn more at the phone’s premiere in September 2019 – or from the myriad leaks that will appear before ...

Oppo A9, or the mid-ranger that just came out

– Full HD+ display, 6.53 inches, waterdrop notch,– 16 mpx x 2 mpx main camera, LED flash,– Helio P70 CPU, 8 core. Mali-G72 MP3 GPU,– 6GB RAM, 128GB flash space, SD card up to 256GB,– 4020mAh battery, quick charge,– Android 9.0 Pie with ColorOS 6.0 overlay,– blue, violet and green colour variants,– price – 1799 juan,– available in China starting April 30th. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Vivo Y17 is out in India. Specs and availability

Phone’s price is not yet officially known, but is expected to reach between ₹15,000 and ₹17,990. Its price seems to be more or less just, sinve Y17 is a smartphone with premium looks and pretty good specifications:– 12mpx x 8mpx x 2mpx main camera– 20mpx selfie shooter– 6.35-inch LCD display, 1544 x 720 resolution– MediaTek Helio P35 SoC– 4GB RAM, 128GB storage– 5,000mAh battery with 18W quick charge– Funtouch OS 9. Tweet Vote on ...

OnePlus 7, complete specifications leak

Samsung News has released a tweet in which it shares what is supposed to be complete specs of the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone. According to the leak, the phone will come out with:”OnePlus 7 Pro / Pro 5G:6.7″ 3120x1440p – 19,5:9 – 90Hz48MP F1.6 OIS+EIS, 8MP 3x Zoom F2.4, 16MP 117° F2.2, Selfie: 16MP F2.0Snapdragon855, 6+128GB, 8/12+256GBUFS 3.0,4000mAh 30W Warp ChargeIn-Display FPBlue/Grey/Brown (colour variants, I assume)”OnePlus 7 will be released on May ...

India unbanned TikTok

Last week, Indian government has decided to ban the newly popular TikTok app over the ”child safety concerns”, which basically meant ”kids are sharing porn on TikTok and we cannot have that”. Today, after receiving a plea from Bytedance, the creators of the app, India has decided to reverse the ban: the app will soon be reinstated into Indian Apple and Google stores.That is definitely good news for Bytedance. Every dan of the ban costs the company roughly 500 thousand dollars, and puts 250 job posts at ...

Austria has an idea for an… original new law. Their government wants people to put their personal data into every online comment

Austrian government has seemingly come to the conclusion – largely a correct one, too, but still – that most of the Internet hate comes from the fact that people online are anonymous. Thus, in order to get rid of the hate, they need to get rid of the anonymity. Therefore, Austrian gov’ is working to bring in a law that will make it so that everyone who wants to write a comment online has to put their personal data – name, surname and address – into the comment.Brilliant. Nothing like taking away our privacy for the sake of goodfeels, no? The warrant will be put ...

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