Hey guys Brainy Here with a brand new video and this is another episode of Tech News.
The Weekly video series on this channel where I give you the full rundown of some of the
most important and trending tech news of the week.
Keeping you informed with what you need to be.
I've got a bunch of cool things to talk about in this video, So with that being said,
let's get right into the video.
So Computex is underway and if you don't know what it it here's a very short summary.
COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show, is a computer expo held annually
in Taipei, Taiwan.
That's about it.
And at this tech show a lot of cool stuff is shown off.
And Asus has shown off a few cool laptops at Computex 2017.
So here's the rundown on a few they have announced.
The Zenbook Flip S. The Flip S is the "world's thinnest convertible," according to Asus
chairman Jonney Shih.
It's 10.9mm thick, which Asus says is 20 percent slimmer than the MacBook, and it weighs
in at 1.1kg (2.42 pounds).
Asus claims 11.5 hours of battery life from its Core i7 processor, though the company
isn't specifying which specific chip it's using inside the Flip S. There's a single
USB-C port, and the 13.3-inch 4K screen folds around 360 degrees for tablet use.
The ZenBook Flip S starts at $1,099.
The Zenbook Pro.
The new ZenBook Pro sounds like a pretty solid all-rounder, cramming an Nvidia GTX 1050Ti
GPU, a 15.6-inch 4K display, and an H-series Core i7 CPU inside an 18.9mm-thick chassis.
Asus claims up to 14 hours of battery life for the ZenBook Pro, which will start at $1,299.
The Zenbook 3 Deluxe.
Asus called the ZenBook 3 the "world's most prestigious laptop" last year, and
it's using the same tagline for the new ZenBook 3 Deluxe.
It's bigger than the regular ZenBook 3, with Asus calling it the world's thinnest
14-inch laptop at 12.9mm thick.
It has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, an unspecified Core i7 processor, and a 1080p display; it'll
start at $1,199.
The VivoBook S. The VivoBook S Is a $499 laptop in a 17.9mm-thick vaguely MacBook-Pro-ish
aluminum case with up to a Core i7 processor and an Nvidia GTX 940MX GPU inside.
The 15-inch screen didn't look great in my brief time with the laptop, but the specs
aren't bad for the price.
And finally the, The new VivoBook Pro is Asus' mid-range offering, coming with a 15.6-inch
4K display, a Core i7 processor, and a GTX 1050 GPU.
It'll ship in the summer for $799.
There's a lot of other cool stuff from Computex so I'll keep you guys updated in future
videos.
Samsung's new Notebook 9 Pro includes a built-in S Pen.
Samsung is bringing its S Pen technology to the company's notebook line.
At Computex, Samsung is launching its new Notebook 9 Pro.
Unlike the previous Notebook 9 series, this Pro version now has a 360-degree hinge just
like Lenovo's Yoga laptops and it means the Notebook 9 Pro can be used as a tablet
or a laptop.
Samsung is pairing that hinge with an embedded S Pen that slides into the base of the Notebook
9 Pro.
The S Pen includes 4,000 levels of pressure and the ability to detect tilt for shading
(just like Microsoft's new Surface Pen).
It also includes Samsung's Air Command software for drawing, notes, and editing documents.
Samsung is also ensuring its S Pen is fully compatible with Windows Ink, allowing Notebook
9 Pro users to use the stylus across all of Windows 10.
Samsung is releasing 13.3- and 15-inch models of the Notebook 9 Pro, and both will include
Intel's latest Core i7 processors.
The 13.3-inch version will ship with 8GB of RAM, while the larger model includes 16GB
of RAM.
Both will include a 256GB SSD, and the 15-inch model has AMD's Radeon 450 graphics card
inside.
There's also USB C for fast charging, two regular USB ports, a HDMI port, and support
for microSD storage.
Nvidia has announced Max-Q at Computex Taipei, a new design approach that's intended to
enable thin, light, and quiet laptops with strong gaming performance.
The company says that the Max-Q spec can cut the power consumption of a GTX 1080 in half,
for example, allowing it to be used in an ultraportable notebook.
Nvidia is working from the principle that you get diminishing returns at some point
when increasing performance capability, and Max-Q software figures out the optimal point
to target.
That GTX 1080 with half the power consumption is the exact same chip you'd find in a bulky
gaming laptop today, but Nvidia says it should achieve about 90 percent of the performance
in a thin and light design.
Intel has announced a new Core X line of high-end processors, including new Core i9 chips.
Intel announced a new family of "Core X" desktop processors at Computex today, offering
even more powerful versions of its existing Core i5 and Core i7 models, along with a new,
top-of-the-line Core i9 line for those who want even more firepower.
The Core X platform is being targeted squarely at enthusiast customers like gamers and content
creators — people who want to be able to run the latest games at the best possible
resolution while streaming footage and running a chat with viewers or have four different
creative tools open at once to put together a new vlog.
To that end, the Core X series scales from models with 4-cores topping out with the $1,999
Core i9 Extreme, which Intel proudly points out is the first consumer desktop processor
to offer 18-cores and 36-threads.
The Core X family starts with the Core i5-7640X at $242, which offers 4-cores and 4-threads.
The Core i7 X-Series range from a $339, 4-core / 8-thread model to a $599 8-core / 16-thread
chip.
As for the Core i9?
Intel will be offering four models (not counting the i9 Extreme mentioned earlier) ranging
from $999 for a 10-core / 20-thread processor to a $1,699, 16-core / 32-thread chip.
Essential Home is an Amazon Echo competitor that puts privacy first.
Essential Home is the new intelligent assistant with round "auto-display" just announced by
Andy Rubin's new venture.
It can be activated with a question, a tap, or even a "glance," according to Essential,
and it's designed to never intrude upon the home.
In that way Essential calls it "an entirely new type of product" but it mostly borrows
ideas from existing products in an attempt to outdo them.
Essential Home lets you control your music, ask general interest questions, set timers,
and control your lights — capabilities we've seen from Google and Amazon, only Essential
promises to do them better, somehow.
Essential has some nice renders showing the concept in action.
But we're not seeing any photos of a working device and nothing in the way of specifications,
prices, or delivery dates.
Actually not much solid info is available about the new device.
But there are also a few other cool pieces of tech announced by Essential which include
a new Android phone with a unique edge-to-edge display, a modular accessory system, a new
360 camera for that system, and a new intelligent speaker with a huge circular display.
So A Lot of stuff is going down with Essential.
And now in our last bit of tech news for today, Uber has fired an executive accused of stealing
Google's self-driving car secrets.
Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the former head of its self-driving car project, according
to the New York Times.
Levandowski came to Uber after a long stint at Google, where he helped launch that company's
own self-driving car project before it was spun off into a standalone company called
Waymo.
Earlier this year, Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging that Levandowski stole some
14,000 documents from Waymo, and that that information became the technological basis
for Uber's self-driving cars.
Levandowski had already stepped away from running Uber's self-driving car project,
with the company moving him to an operations role in late April.
Uber has denied the allegations against Levandowski, and in the meantime has been trying to prove
in court that it developed its own self-driving technology independently.
Levandowski's refusal to cooperate with those efforts were the reason for his firing,
according to the report.
And as things are now this is still a developing story so you may wanna pay attention to tech
news feeds from websites such as the verge and cnet.
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