These will join the rest of the Mac product line that is being launched at Cupertino.
This is the beginning of a transition to a new family of chips designed specifically for the Mac.
The transition to Apple silicon will take about two years to complete, and these three systems are an amazing first step.
As a system on a chip (SoC), M1 combines numerous powerful technologies into a single chip, and features a unified memory architecture for dramatically improved performance and efficiency.
M1 is the first personal computer chip built using cutting-edge 5-nanometer process technology and is packed with 16 billion transistors, the most Apple has ever put into a chip.
According to Apple the M1 features the world’s fastest CPU core in low-power silicon, the world’s best CPU performance per watt, the world’s fastest integrated graphics in a personal computer, and breakthrough machine learning performance with the Apple Neural Engine.
As a result, M1 delivers up to 3.5x faster CPU performance, up to 6x faster GPU performance, and up to 15x faster machine learning, all while enabling battery life up to 2x longer than previous-generation Macs.
More details below about the M1 chip from the press release.
After 4 days of vote counting, and amidst quiet confidence by Joe Biden and tantrum-throwing by incumbent Donald Trump, the news networks have called the US presidential election for the former Vice President, following the flipping of Pennsylvania.
Major US TV networks calling the US Elections 2020 for Joe Biden. Image source: BBC video screen grab.
tech4tea does not usually cover politics, but the election of the President of the United States (POTUS) is an exception – given that it is such a poignant event that affects all industries and all aspects of life in all countries around the world.
So it’s apt to mark the tentative projection of presidential challenger 77-year-old Joe Biden as President-Elect of the United States, four days after Election Day on 3 November 2020.
Moment of Victory for Biden
Here’s when the major TV networks called the win for Former Vice President and Democrat nominee Joe Biden:
CNN:
11.24 AM
7 Nov Eastern Time
Associated Press:
11.25AM
BBC:
11.28am
New York Times:
11.30AM
Fox News:
11.40 AM
* 11.24 AM, 7 Nov Eastern Time converts to 12.24 AM, 8 November, Singapore Time.
With the projection of Biden winning Pennsylvania with its 20 electoral votes, the former Vice President has passed the 270 majority threshold to secure 284 electoral votes to Trump’s 214.
This was followed closely by Nevada which brought Biden’s tally to 290, enroute to Biden’s earlier prediction of eventually surpassing 300 electoral votes.
Mind you, all is not confirmed yet, since incumbent President Donald Trump has reiterated that he will challenge all “Biden-claimed states” – which he has already begun – alleging election fraud without furnishing any evidence.
Usually, what happens next is that the loser graciously concedes, and come 20 January 2020, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris get officially inaugurated as the 46th President and Vice-President of the United States.
But with 74-year-old Trump throwing a sissy fit over how the votes hadn’t been selectively counted to his liking, there’s no knowing whether – in addition to callously throwing legal suits without basis – he will not barricade himself within the Oval office and incite violence among the populace and sow civil strife that has the potential to foment discord for generations to come.
Livinguard has brought its reusable face masks in Singapore. Three versions for different levels of protection (and breathability) are available online at Shopee, Lazada and ORO. Prices below.
Apple One is now available in Singapore, enabling subscribers to access four Apple subscription services including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage. Price & Availability below.
Access four services Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage with a single Apple One subscription.
First announced in Cupertino in mid-September, users in over 100 countries and regions can now sign up and choose a plan that is right for them or their whole family.
How To Sign Up
Go to Settings, tap on your Apple ID and then tap on Subscriptions. You’ll see Apple One there. Tap on Apple One to see the plan that is recommended for you.
You can sign up for Apple One on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, or tvOS 14.
Later this fall, you’ll also be able to sign up on Mac running macOS Big Sur.
In addition, when you sign up for individual Apple services, the right Apple One plan is automatically recommended if it’s a better value, taking into account any services you already pay for.
Despite being priced at S$299, the 6.5-inch realme C17 sports a 5000mAh battery, 90Hz punch-hole display with 120Hz sampling rate, and AI Quad camera.
realme C17 has two different visual styles: Navy Blue is a reflective dark with a highlighted effect, and Lake Green is a light blue with an AG frosted effect.
The realme C17 has a quad-camera with a 13-megapixel primary camera with f/2.0 large aperture, and a 119° ultra-wide-angle lens.
It also has a 4cm Macro lens, and B&W Portrait lens.
Price and Availability
The entry-level realme C17 smartphone is priced at S$299 and is now available in Singapore at the realme flagship store on Shopee and Lazada as well as at Authorised Resellers islandwide.
The phone has a Super Nightscape mode low-light and night photography.
The realme C17 has a Snapdragon 460 octa-core processor and comes with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM.
It supports two Nano SIM cards and a maximum of 256GB SD card expansion.
Continuing the ultra-long battery of realme’s C series, the realme C17 boasts a 5000mAh mega battery and 18W Quick Charge.
It provides a total of 34-day standby and 35.7-hour calls and can charge 33% in just 30 minutes.
If you want to make a fashionable statement about your sporty lifestyle, the Suunto 7 offers you a Google Wear OS smartwatch along with sporty DNA from the Finnish watchmaker.
I have the All Black version – Suuntoalso offers the Black Lime, Graphite Copper, Sandstone Rosegold and White Burgundy colours. Here you can see the watches displaying various modes and screens.
Suunto is a Finnish adventure instrument maker known for its design and innovation in sports watches, compasses and dive computers since 1936.
The 84-year-old brand makes the rugged, adventure-proof Suunto 3, Suunto 5, Suunto 7 and Suunto 9 for casual, enthusiast and professional sportsmen and women.
Really love the beautiful heatmap watchface of the Suunto 7 sports smartwatch. Been using it since its debut in Singapore back in September.
These watches are design tested in Finland to be shock-proof, water-proof, and dirt-proof.
Its Suunto 3, 5 and 9 emphasizes autonomy and sports features that do not require connection to the Internet.
Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon WEar 3100 platform, the Suunto 7 offers connectivity to the Web via Google Wear OS to enable lifestyle smartwatch features that its brethren do not enjoy – namely Music, payments and an app platform.
Homegrown Prism+ attains Android TV certification and launches three new affordably-priced TVs measuring 55” (S$699), 65” (S$99), and 75” (S$1,599). Available online from today.
New Prism+ Q-series Android TVs launched in Singapore (from left): 55”, 75”, 65”.
Having just entered the smart TV market last November with their inaugural E-series (32”, 43”, 55”), Prism+ is now launching their second generation of smart TVs that are Android TV certified.
Features
All the three sizes of IPS TVs in the Q-series have the same specs except for the size.
They are bezel-less (except the 75” version) with 4K UHD resolution, comes with HDR10, Dolby Vision and Audio, MEMC Motion Smoothing, DTS TruSurround, Digital TV, Bluetooth 5.0, and Puffin TV Browser.
They come with 3 years Full onsite warranty inclusive of parts and servicing.
That means that the new Q series Android TVs ships with the Android TV 9.0 operating system, more than 5,000 apps on Google Play, Google Assistant to voice control the TV, and built-in Chromecast to cast photos and videos from the phone or computer to the TV.
And the TVs are affordably priced because Prism+ sells directly to the consumer and removes the extra layer of middlemen mark-up that other makers have to price into their TVs.
Huawei is unveiling its latest flagship smartphone in less than 15 minutes – the Mate 40 Series. Stay tuned here at tech4tea.com for the highlights LIVE as it happens!
The slew of gadgets launched together with the Huawei Mate 40 series during the global online event.
This live update has been updated with additional information and specifications after the end of the livestream which you can watch here.
Huawei will be unveiling its latest flagship smartphone – the Mate 40 Series – tomorrow (22 October 2020) at 8pm Singapore Time. You may watch the livestream right here at tech4tea.com.
It’s that time of the year when Huawei unveils one of its two flagship models – the Mate series.
OPPO expands its “IoT Ecosystem” with new gadgets and smart appliances in its “One More Step” launch event. New devices include the OPPO Enco X True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earphones, OPPO Watch RX, OPPO TV S1 and OPPO TV R1. Price & Availability TBA.
The 65-inch OPPO TV S1features a 4K QLED resolution Quantum Dot NTSC 120% ultra-wide color gamut display with 120Hz refresh rate.
The new products that OPPO launched include the following.
OPPO Enco X True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earphones
OPPO Watch RX
OPPO TV S1
OPPO TV R1
The Enco X is the result of OPPO’s partnership with Hi-Fi brand Dynaudio.
