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Samsung Electronics is likely to post its highest first-quarter profit since 2018, analysts' estimates showed, driven by brisk profits on memory chips as solid demand helped to keep prices firmer than expected.Operating profit for the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker likely hit KRW 13.3 trillion (roughly Rs. 82,750 crore) in the quarter ended in March, according to a Refinitiv SmartEstimate from 13 analysts, which is weighted toward those who are more consistently accurate. That would be up 41 percent from…

Intel today announced details about its new bitcoin mining chip, the Intel Blockscale ASIC, which is designed to improve the energy efficiency of proof-of-work (PoW) mining. The Blockscale ASIC device will handle up to 256 integrated circuits per chain and offer a hash rate of up to 580 gigahashes per second (GH/s), a power efficiency of up to 26 joules per terahash (J/TH), an on-chip temperature, and voltage monitoring. Intel will provide its clients with only the ASIC chip itself, rather than supplying a complete ASIC…

Dell Technologies India registered a record annual business growth of 64 percent in the financial year ended December 2021, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The company's President and Managing Director Alok Ohrie said its demand velocity reflects how businesses continue to prioritise their digital transformation to help meet customer needs and improve productivity."Dell Technologies India grew 64 percent year-on-year (YoY) in FY'22, which was a record year for India business, with back-to-back record quarters.…

Honor MagicBook X 14 and MagicBook X 15 were launched in India on Wednesday. The new Honor laptops come with 10th-generation Intel Core processors and include features such as fast charging support, backlit keyboard, and a pop-up webcam. The laptops also carry an eye comfort mode that is claimed to help adjust the colour temperature of the screen by reducing the level of blue light by 50 percent. Although both Honor MagicBook X 14 and MagicBook X 15 run on Windows 10, the Chinese company has promised to offer Windows 11…

US chipmaker Intel said on Tuesday it has suspended business operations in Russia, joining a slew of companies to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine.The company, which had last month suspended shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus, said it has implemented business continuity measures to minimise disruption to its global operations."Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia's war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace," the company said.International Business…

Windows 11 — the latest version of Microsoft's operating system — is being updated with a set of features aimed at hybrid work and enterprise customers, the company announced on Tuesday. Microsoft will update Windows 11's File Explorer with tabbed and pinned files support. The company has also announced improved accessibility features for persons with disabilities and will let users seamlessly move between a local Windows 11 PC and a Windows 365 Cloud PC. The company is also adding support for a service to automate…

Xiaomi has kicked off the Mi Fan Festival 2022 sale in India. The discount sale is already live on Mi.com and will go on till April 12. A slew of Redmi and Mi smartphones are available at discounted prices during the sale. Redmi 9i Sport, Redmi 10, Redmi 9A Sport, Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G, as well as premium flagship handsets such as Xiaomi 11i 5G, Xiaomi 11i Hypercharge 5G, Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G, and Xiaomi 11T Pro 5G are listed with discounted prices during the sale. RedmiBook 15 and RedmiBook 15 Pro laptops…

Realme GT 2 Pro is set to launch in India later today. The company's upcoming flagship smartphone was launched in China in January and made its debut in Europe in February. Alongside the Realme GT 2 Pro, the company is also expected to launch the Realme 9 4G handset in India. Meanwhile, the Realme Book Prime and Realme Buds Air 2 that were launched in Europe in February will also make their debut in India today, alongside the Realme Smart TV Stick.Realme GT 2 Pro, Realme 9 4G, Realme Book Prime, Realme Buds Air 3, Realme…

Samsung Electronics expects operating profits for the first quarter to rise 50.3 percent, the South Korean tech giant said in a statement Thursday, despite global supply chain woes.The world's biggest smartphone maker forecast 2022 first-quarter operating profits of about KRW 14.1 trillion (roughly Rs. 88010.012 crore), up from KRW 9.4 trillion (roughly Rs. 58492.834 crore) in the same quarter last year. Samsung did not provide details on the performance of its various divisions. The company is expected to release its…

Apple appears to have ignored macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina while fixing two zero-day vulnerabilities that it patched in macOS Monterey 12.3.1 last week. The issues were found in Apple's audio and video decoding framework AppleAVD and the Intel graphics driver. Separately, Apple has released the first public beta of macOS Monterey 12.4 just a day after providing the update to developers. Exact details on when the new macOS release will be available to users publicly are yet to be revealed, though.Security software…