

News
Asus ZenFone 8 showed its capabilities for the first time
Asus is expected to announce the ZenFone 8 series smartphones this year. Information about the model of this family has appeared in the database of the popular Geekbench benchmark.
The device has received the model number ASUS_I004D. According to some sources, this is the basic model of ZenFone 8, according to others – a more powerful option – ZenFone 8 Pro. Geekbench confirms the use of a single-chip system, codenamed Lahaina, which hides the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. The phone scored 1124 points in single-core mode and 3669 points when using all cores
The tested version was equipped with 8GB of RAM, but insiders believe that the ZenFone 8 series smartphones will have up to 16GB of RAM. The smartphone runs Android 11. According to preliminary data, the ZenFone 8 will be equipped with a 6.67-inch OLED panel with support for 120Hz refresh rate and a 24-megapixel front camera.
The ZenFone 8 Mini was previously spotted on Geekbench, which comes with 16GB of RAM. It is expected to be the smallest 5.92-inch phone with this SoC. The device will be equipped with a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 image sensor and a new Sony IMX663 sensor.
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Laptops
No Intel components. Corsair Voyager a1600 AMD Advantage Edition Gaming Laptop Introduced With Unusual Additional Panel

Corsair has unveiled its first laptop, the Voyager a1600 AMD Advantage Edition.
From the name it is clear that AMD had a hand in creating the device. Of course, the main components here are of this particular company. More specifically, we are talking about the Ryzen 7 6800HS or Ryzen 9 6900HS processor and the Radeon RX 6800M graphics card.
The screen of the laptop is 16-inch with support for a frame rate of 240 Hz and a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. RAM is provided 16 or 32 GB, there is an SSD with a capacity of 1 or 2 TB. Also worth noting is a mechanical keyboard, two USB 4.0 ports with Thunderbolt 3 support, a USB-C and USB 3.2 port, an SD card slot, Wi-FI 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, and a 99 Wh battery. Dimensions are 356 x 287 x 19.9 mm with a weight of 2.4 kg.
One of the highlights of the laptop is the Elgato Stream Deck. This is a set of additional touch programmable buttons that expand the capabilities of the laptop. And they remain accessible even with the lid closed.
It remains to add that the laptop is priced at 2700 or 3000 dollars, depending on the configuration.
Software
You can turn off “Recommendations” in mobile Chrome

Google is preparing to introduce an innovation that will delight many users of the mobile version of the proprietary Chrome browser.
We are talking about the ability to remove the Discover ribbon (Recommendations) from the Chrome New Tab page. On mobile versions of the Google Chrome browser, the new tab page currently hosts a search bar, most viewed websites, and two content feeds. One of them is the traditional Google Discover channel (Google Recommendations), which shows a list of articles recommended for the user by Google algorithms.
Soon, the browser should be able to remove this feed – using a special flag #feed-ablation, which will appear on the chrome://flags page. It’s already available in an early test build of Chrome Canary, and is expected to be released with the release of stable Chrome 103 next month.
News
Google TV finally has support for user profiles

Google has finally begun rolling out an update to Google TV that brings support for multiple profiles to smart TVs and set-top boxes.
Recall that Google TV is not an independent operating system and not renamed Android TV, but an additional shell for Android TV. It debuted on the Chromecast media player in October 2020. Since launch, Google TV users have been complaining about the lack of full support for multiple profiles on the device. The feature was announced in October last year and was scheduled to begin rolling out to devices by the end of the year. However, two months later, Google delayed the launch indefinitely.
Now Google has announced the start of rolling out support for multiple profiles on the same device with Google TV. The feature will not appear instantly for all users, but gradually over the next few weeks.
It will allow you to create a personalized space on one TV for several users with different Google accounts. Each of them can access personalized recommendations, quick access to their watch list, and so on.
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