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According to reports, Apple is planning on releasing up to four products at its spring 2022 hardware event. Reputedly, a next-generation Mac mini and an iPad Air 5 could join the already rumoured iPhone SE 5G, along with an iMac Pro and even an SoC more powerful than the current M1 Max.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9000 appears to be a superior chipset to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Word on the grapevine leans towards Samsung wanting a piece of that pie as well, with the Korean company potentially geared to equip a non-flagship model with the MediaTek chipset.

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Almost a month after its launch from Europes Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, NASAs signature James Webb Space Telescope project will be docking at its final destination in the Earth-sun Lagrange Point 2. NASA will be streaming the telescopes parking efforts live on YouTube and take questions from viewers.

Xiaomi has announced a launch date for the Redmi Note 11S, another entry in the burgeoning Redmi Note 11 series. The Redmi Note 11S will arrive with a 108 MP primary camera and the design of the global Redmi Note 11, another device that Xiaomi will reveal soon.

A new leak has revealed details about yet more Garmin smartwatches. Reputedly, the Instinct 2 and the Instinct 2S will be more expensive than their predecessors, but they will receive a superior SpO2 sensor, plus an NFC chip and the ability to calculate VO₂ max levels.

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Some Apple iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro devices are suffering from pink colour overlay issues. The problem renders devices unusable, but Apple does not have a simple resolution yet. However, it does not believe that hardware issues are the cause.

The average retail prices for units in the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series and the AMD Radeon RX 6000 range have dropped slightly in the last three weeks. The fall in prices for the Ampere and RDNA 2-based cards appears to coincide with the weakening Ethereum price and improved stock availability. However, average retail prices are still close to double list prices.

Hasee has released new variants of its ZX9 gaming laptop with a rather strange CPU and GPU combination. For some reason, one variant, the ZX9-DA3DA, features an Intel Celeron desktop processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 laptop GPU. The presence of an LGA 1700 socket provides some added upgradability that most laptops lack, though.