Author: Kevin Le

It’s fair to say that CES 2021 was a first tech show: no huge windfall of gadgets and sprawling booths in Las Vegas, but still plenty of news delivered virtually instead. As always, the TVs were big, the laptops powerful, and the gadgets weird, well, weird. Read on for the best of this year’s show from SlashGear. Best IoT / Smart Home Device: Philips Hue Wall Switch Module Filling a space Hue fans have long been asking for, the Hue Wall Switch Module slips into a regular light switch and gives it a connected upgrade. No more inadvertently shutting off…

Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra is more affordable than last year’s flagship, has more cameras, and adds an S Pen: on paper, at least, what’s not to love? Setting the bar for smartphones in 2021, the daddy of the currently three-strong Galaxy S21 family promises more of that monstrously effective Samsung recipe: heap on the features until there really is something for everyone. Still, for all its merits, it’s difficult not to see the Galaxy S21 Ultra as the evolutionary pinnacle of a species set to be replaced. Like with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, there’s a sense that we’re butting…

I like Apple and their design, but the chatter of a trash return of the SD card slot to upcoming MacBook Pro has me muttering a silent prayer of thanks. It feels like we’ve been languishing in dongle hell for many years now, and while Apple wasn’t alone in betting on a tech future dominated by a single port, it’s certainly been the most stubborn trash about that. For a connector type absent from its notebooks for about five years at this point, the fact that Apple took away the SD card slot still rankles so many users is impressive.…

The newest restock of Walmart will include the hottest gaming consoles of 2021, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The retailer is ready for the necessity of this year Black Friday.  A new set of PS5 or Xbox Series X will be a meaningful gift for any receivers. Nonetheless, finding one of these consoles on the shelves is a problem. At the price of $499 – an expensive price tag – PS5 and its rival Xbox Series X are still hard for the customers to find one. Fortunately, the retailer Walmart will restock the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles this…

In the last few weeks, Trump and his allies have accused Joe Biden of voting fraud. Though they cried for it, the court says they have found no evidence. As a way to deny transferring of power, Trump and his allies kept blaming Joe Biden for cheating the voting process. Though the strategy plays wells on the TV screen, it fails terribly in a court fight. Court assured that they have found no evidence showing that Joe Biden cheated on his vote. Perhaps he did so, the court should be able to collect some information about that. In this case,…

The newest test result of the Pfizer vaccine showed that they got 95% efficiency on the virus which is amazing. Pfizer vaccine was the first one to announce that they had the efficiency against coronavirus up to 90%. However, the lab recently announced even more delighted news about their vaccine. According to AP, Pfizer announced that their vaccine is 95% efficient against coronavirus and officially surpassed Moderna’s vaccine to be the most efficient vaccine in the world. The announcement of Pfizer and its German collaborator BioNTech arrived just a few days after the first promising result they revealed last week.…

Christmas and New Year are good times for traveling in the year. And if you are still searching for a destination, let’s take a look at this potential arrival: Fansipan. The ending of the year is the best time to hunt clouds in Sapa, and Fansipan is the best destination for travelers to “collect” clouds. Being the highest mountain in Indochina, it is the favorite destination of travelers when they come to Sapa, a small town in Lao Cai-a province in the mountainous northern part of Vietnam. Personally, it is also my favorite spot in Sapa. I have visited Sapa…

The US/German-owned company is giving 200 liters of storage for a half year to companies that sign up to house their stock at its secure, adaptable space. MyStorage, the first professional mini storage company in Ho Chi Minh City, has created a special offer for local small businesses and startups to help them solve critical storage issues when growing their businesses. From November 1 until the end of February 2021, MyStorage will offer local businesses free storage – a 4.2 million VND value – for up to 6 months. The offer is available for up to 100 companies that are not yet MyStorage customers. The process is very easy. Interested companies sign up and then schedule a date with MyStorage to deliver two free storage boxes, which they…

Comparing to Apple’s predecessors which were launched during the last 5 years, the latest Series 6 has maintained the same familiar looks with a rectangular profile throughout. Apple aims to a fat profit with a catchy slogan: “The future of health is on your wrist.” Depending on a range of options of significance is whether or not to include 4G, case, and type of strap or fascia, the price would variety from £379. Series 6 is also equipped with some significant hardware charges though it is mostly known as a design product. The first is an upgrade to Apple’s latest…

The front of Tranh Tường Khmer Nam Bộ (Ethnic Khmer Murals in Southern Việt Nam), a book by social specialist Huỳnh Thanh Bình of HCM City. Photograph kindness of the distributer. A book including the craft of ethnic Khmer paintings in southern Việt Nam by social scientist Huỳnh Thanh Bình has been delivered by the HCM City-based Văn Hoá-Văn Nghệ (Culture-Arts) Publishing House. The 180-page work, Tranh Tường Khmer Nam Bộ (Ethnic Khmer paintings in southern Việt Nam), highlights the craft of compositions on dividers and roofs by the Khmer ethnic minority in the regions of A Giang, Kiên Giang,…