Category: 8. Tech

LONDON  –  Thirty years ago, a game named Resident Evil ushered in the survival horror genre – a blend of nerve-shredding tension, elaborate puzzles, and intricate inventory management. The series became Japanese developer Capcom’s…

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I am a long-time e-book convert and I’ve tested and owned many eReaders over the past two decades, including Kindles, Nooks, Kobos and a much missed Sony Reader Touch Edition in red aluminum. However, when it…

While my esteemed CNET colleagues were in San Francisco for the release of the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, I was in Barcelona ahead of MWC 2026, seeing the sights and eying the fancy cars that ply the Spanish city’s streets. 

Once my colleagues…

Minisforum is known for making powerful mini PCs, like the Core Ultra 9 285H-powered M1 Pro we recently reviewed, and the latest entry into the company’s line-up is the MS-A2, an upgrade to 2024’s MS-A1. The new mini workstation is marketed as a…

A few months after launching in China, the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro is expanding to more markets around the world. This is one of Xiaomi’s thinnest LCD tablets as it is 0.4mm slimmer than the Pad 7 Pro. The new slate measures only 5.8mm thick and…

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Xiaomi today launched a slew of gadgets ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona including a camera-focused flagship smartphone, an AirTag clone, Xiaomi Watch 5 smartwatch, and an ultra slim power bank.

The China-based company has…

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus feel like the sensible…