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Taylor Clemons/ZDNETWhat's the deal?The Hisense U8K 55-inch TV is on sale for $748 at Amazon during the Big Spring Sale in my office/game room. But as I ran the TV through my usual gauntlet of tests, the U8K impressed me in every way that matters. With bright, vibrant images, and crisp audio, as well as customizable refresh rates and contrast calibration, the Hisense U8K is well worth the money, especially if you're a console gamer.View at Best BuyThe mini LED panel boasts a peak brightness of 1500 nits, and while I…

The OnePlus Ace 3V is official and it will go down in history as the first phone with the new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset. This chip uses the new Cortex-X4 CPU core like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it’s one generation newer than what’s inside the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that the original OnePlus Ace 3 uses. As for the GPU, the plus chip should be closer to the 8 Gen 2 than the vanilla 7 Gen 3. OnePlus Ace 3V The phone also comes with a new design – the large circular bump on the back is gone, replaced with…

Apple has been rumored to have plans to launch a new OLED iPad Pro and refreshed iPad Air for months now, but the exact date that will happen has so far been elusive. A recent leak claimed that it might happen as soon as March 26, a date that means we could see the tablets finally break cover in just a few short days. However, one well-connected journalist now says that simply isn't going to happen.The March 26 date was shared by a leaker on the Chinese social network Weibo but it has now been contradicted by Bloomberg's…

Reports of iPhones being ordered from Apple and then going missing en route to their intended destination have been rife over the last few months, and it has been claimed that crooks working at parcel companies may be intercepting packages, removing Apple hardware, and then sending those packages on their way. Now, it seems that there might be something to that after all.That's after it was reported that Martirez Beltrano, a now-former UPS employee, has been accused of stealing and then reselling more than $1.3 million…

The US Department of Justice is suing Apple over a smartphone monopoly that it deems is allowing Apple to "extract more money from consumers."The DOJ accuses Apple of operating with an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market that allows the company to lock down the best iPhones."Apple exercises its monopoly power to extract more money from consumers, developers, content creators, artists, publishers, small businesses, and merchants, among others,” the lawsuit says.Alongside 16 states, the DOJ says Apple is causing…

Samsung has an app called “Game Launcher” on its phones and a “Gaming Hub” on its smart displays (everything from smart TVs to projectors). This is a bit confusing since the two are basically the same app – and now they will have the same name. Samsung announced that it is rebranding the Launcher to Gaming Hub. Nothing will change but the shortcut used to launch the app. The Game Launcher is being rebranded to Gaming Hub The Gaming Hub was first introduced in 2022 and allows you to connect a wireless controller to…

Concrete — a mixture of cement, sand, and water — is the second most used material on Earth after water. Ton-for-ton, more of it is laid down every year than steel, wood, plastics, and aluminium combined. Problem is, cement production emits 8% of global CO2 — four times that of air travel. Swedish startup Cemvision has devised a cement making process that utilises by-products from industries like steel and mining instead of fresh limestone, resulting in a circular, cleaner alternative.  “We’re…

The Amazon Big Spring Sale is well underway, and if you’re anything like me you’ve spent the last couple of days scouring the site for some great deals. You’ve likely then, again like me, found that there aren’t all that many tempting offers on the tech that you want, instead being presented with sales on T-shirts and home appliances. It’s light on the tech savings that have made Amazon’s seasonal discounts so alluring in the first place — all well and good if you’re looking to spruce up your wardrobe, but we want…

Get the Amazon Fire TV Stick for just $25.  Amazon/ZDNETThe Amazon Fire TV Stick is a streaming device that transforms your TV into a smart one by letting you access your favorite TV shows and movies from top services like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, and Amazon Prime in one place on a crisp, easy-to-navigate platform. Also: The 75+ best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals live nowIf you've been toying with trying out a fire stick in your house, this is a great time to swipe up this classic model while it is still 38% off…

The Realme 12X surfaced last week as the upcoming fifth member of the 12 family, and today it's already official. Realme announced it for the Chinese market first, but this model is coming to India too in the future. The 12X sports a 6.67-inch 120 Hz LCD screen with 625-nit peak brightness and 1-nit minimum brightness. It's powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 6100+ SoC, paired with 12GB of RAM (and 12GB additional RAM expansion supported). Storage options are 256GB or 512GB. Realme 12X…