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Saturday coffee #203

The week turned out to be quite dreary for interesting news, there were several events, but all

walk-throughs.Thus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Transformation announced that they plan to launch a new portal for online verification of driver's licenses. Information about issued driver's licenses is planned to be transferred to the citizen's digital profile on the Gosuslug portal through the traffic police data mart.

The Chinese corporation Geely launched the firstnine low-orbit satellites for autonomous vehicle navigation. GeeSAT-1 satellites are the company's own development, they were launched from China's Xichang Space Center in Sichuan province. Geely says 63 more satellites will be launched into orbit by 2025, for a total network of 240 satellites.

In Russia until the end of the year impose restrictions onsupplies of gases needed for the production of lasers and other microelectronics. Deliveries of neon, krypton, xenon are possible only with the direct approval of the government and to countries that are not hostile or remove restrictions on the supply of electronics to Russia.

FAS and telecom operators have launched a service for filingcomplaints about spam ads. Using a special form, a subscriber can leave a complaint about voice or SMS advertising received without his consent. Blocking unwanted ads will occur within 72 hours. You can file a complaint on the FAS website.

We talked about how to protect your personal data this week:

Personal data and its leakage. How to protect your data

Large-scale leaks of personal data, whether we can protect ourselves or not; why many data are critical - the entrance ceases to be a closed space; HIV tests and other aspects of our data.

And on eBay at the beginning of the week, a working sample of the Google Pixel 7 was put up for sale. Later, photos of live samples of the Google Pixel 7 Pro appeared on the network.

Table of Contents

  • First went
  • New Lexus RX
  • Who is TCL?
  • game monster
  • ...and dessert

First went

BYD announced last week thatstops the production of cars with an internal combustion engine. Thus, BYD became the first company among major automakers to completely abandon the production of traditional cars. The manufacturer is increasing the production of electric cars and intends to use the released production capacity for these purposes.

Miscellaneous

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Saturday coffee #203

Pour a cup of fragrant Saturday coffee andcheck out the news of the week. The world's first automaker is phasing out ICE cars, Lexus has unveiled the new RX, MSI is launching a gaming laptop, and Beavis and Butt-Head is back...

About Skoda Rapid with DSG, Simply Clever and domestic cheeses

Last Sunday, when all normal people preferred to relax, at the invitation of Skoda, together with several regional journalists, I went on a one-day tour of the Moscow region.

Sber Portal Overview

Ecosystem smart display with Harman Kardon sound, video calls via Telegram and rich multimedia options, but there are questions…

For 2022, BYD has outlined plans to produce andto sell up to 1.5 million new energy vehicles, a target double that of last year's BYD shipments. In the first quarter of this year, the company produced 291,400 vehicles, of which 286,300 vehicles were electric and hybrid vehicles, which is 423% higher than the production of green cars in the first quarter of last year. According to Li Qian, secretary of the board of directors, the company must focus on the development of electric vehicles and take their production to a new level in order to establish itself as a confident global leader in the production of new energy vehicles.

An interesting and bold decision of the Chineseautomaker to abandon traditional cars and focus on the production of electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Chinese BYD has become one of the first companies to completely switch to new solutions now, while other manufacturers are going to make such a transition only in 2025-2030. On the other hand, if there is a demand for electric cars in China, then why not take the niche first, especially since BYD, according to some reports, overtakes even Tesla in its home market in sales of such cars.

On the other hand, there is now a largea shortage of electronic components, and it is also predicted that batteries will also be in short supply. What BYD plans to do in the event of a crisis is not very clear, apparently, the company will have to return to the production of classic cars with internal combustion engines. But at least they have that option, unlike Tesla, which only focuses on electric vehicles.

We wrote about the shortage of electronic components this week here:

The ideal shortage of electronic components in the world. Rise in the value of everything

Why the shortage of components is an excuse, not the cause of the crisis; how prices for electronics are growing and what will happen to it later; the availability of the MacBook in America and other examples of price increases.

And about electric vehicles casually spoke in this article:

#173. Mass layoffs must be green

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New Lexus RX

Japanese automaker Lexus has unveiled a newgeneration of its most popular crossover Lexus RX. The fifth generation of the car is built on the GA-K platform, the car has become 25 mm wider than the previous generation, its wheelbase has increased, but the overall length has been preserved. The manufacturer claims that, despite maintaining the overall length, the car has more space not only between the seats, but also in the trunk. Inside, there's a huge 14-inch touchscreen infotainment system like we've seen on the new NX. According to the manufacturer, the new version of Lexus Link Pro is 3.6 times faster than the previous version. The video from the rear view camera is displayed on the interior mirror. The basic version of the RX 350 will receive a 2.4-liter engine with a power of 279 hp. There will also be a hybrid version with a 2.5-liter engine and a rechargeable Lexus RX450h + hybrid, the power plant of which will be 306 hp, and the battery will last for 65 kilometers. In the older version of the Lexus RX 500h, the car will receive a 2.4-liter turbo engine with a total power of 371 hp. The start of sales of new items is scheduled for autumn 2022.

Nice update of one of the most popularbrand crossovers price Russia | Finally, a good modern media system appeared in Lexus, otherwise the previous generation was completely outdated by modern standards, and besides this, the car’s arsenal was replenished with rather curious and useful solutions. The only pity is that Japan has imposed an embargo on the supply of premium cars to our market and in the near future we will not see a novelty.

By the way, here is our test of the past generation Lexus RX:

Lexus RX 450h test. Why is a hybrid needed?

The Lexus RX crossover has been in the top for several yearsthe best-selling premium car brands in our market. For example, in a rather difficult year for all automakers in 2020, the Japanese brand managed to sell 10,453 RX crossovers in Russia.

And you can learn about the new media system and driver assistants from our material about the new Lexus NX:

Testing the new Lexus NX on the roads of the Rostov region

At the invitation of Lexus, we went to Rostov-on-Don to test the second generation of the Lexus NX urban crossover…

Who is TCL?

The Chinese company TCL has released a budget modelsmartphone with 5G support and a stylus. The novelty is called TCL Stylus 5G and will cost $260. The model has a 6.81-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1080p. The smartphone is based on the MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, it has 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of main memory. The novelty runs on the Android 12 operating system and has a number of applications optimized for using the stylus. The battery in the smartphone has a capacity of 4,000 mAh, which, according to the manufacturer, guarantees operability for 24 hours. The fingerprint sensor located above the power button is responsible for unlocking the device. The main camera of the smartphone is 50 MP. The manufacturer talks about two years of support through updates.

The manufacturer TCL, of course, likes to surprise,and in both good and bad ways. Take the new TCL Stylus 5G, it seems to have a large screen and a decent chipset, but with a price of $ 260, it’s not bad at all. But why only 4 GB of RAM and why is the battery only 4000 mAh? According to the first one, you can still understand that they save on everything in order to put an interesting price. But the battery? There will also obviously not be a compact device, with a screen of 6.81 inches, there, I think, a 5000 mAh battery will easily fit.

By the way, judging by our Telegram channel (whoknew, subscribe to us, many do not know about a company like TCL. Briefly tell. The Chinese TCL is one of the leaders in the production of TVs and displays, over the years the manufacturer has ranked 2nd and 3rd in sales in the world. Until about 2019, TCL actively invested in the promotion of phones and smartphones under the Alcatel brand, for which the Chinese bought the license from the French at one time. After 2019, the company almost abandoned the brand and switched to smartphones under its own brand TCL, which it is currently engaged in.

It was also in the history of the manufacturer andcooperation with BlackBerry. The company worked on the hardware of the devices, at first simply selling its ready-made solutions to Canadians, and then even releasing three models in close cooperation with the company. But the joint venture failed to revive the already dying legendary BlackBerry. The latest smartphones with a qwerty keyboard were not as popular as before, and BB's software solutions were just an add-on to the Android OS and were also available to users of other devices. After the failure of the last joint smartphone model, BlackBerry terminated the contract with TCL.

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Review of the flagship tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra (SM X900)

Flagship tablet, the first of its kind - 14.6-inch diagonal, AMOLED screen, fast processor, S Pen and new multitasking modes. A tablet for many years of use, a replacement for a TV.

New Smartphones: Top 8 Smartphones of May

Sony, Xiaomi, Google and TCL are the main suppliers of new smartphones.

Week with Redmi Note 11

An interesting smartphone with a nice design, excellent ergonomics and long battery life…

Regarding unusual Android smartphones, which can be safely attributed to the same latest BlackBerry, we have published the following article:

Android smartphones like they don't make anymore. Part 1

Almost all Android smartphones are nowsimilar to each other, if not like two drops of water, then like brothers. But ten years ago the situation was completely different, and there were devices on the market that now seem at least strange to us ...

Another iconic moment in the life of TCL isbuying the rights to the once-legendary Palm brand. But there was no talk of any revival of the CCP. The corporation released only one tiny smartphone under the Palm brand, promoting it first as a companion for a large smartphone, then as a children's device, and in the end, just dumping the project at a big loss.

By the way, if we started talking about small smartphones, then we published the following material this week:

Requiem for small smartphones

Companies have been experimenting with phone sizes for the last ten years. What have we come to?

And with regards to TCL, we had a review of their new version of the proprietary shell:

Overview of the TCL UI 4.0 interface

The shell from TCL on Android 12 is lightweight, unobtrusive, suitable for both those who like to customize everything for themselves, and for those who do not climb under the hood.

We wrote more about TCL smartphones here:

New Smartphones: Top 8 Smartphones of May

Sony, Xiaomi, Google and TCL are the main suppliers of new smartphones.

game monster

MSI has begun accepting pre-orders for the mostthis year's powerful gaming laptop. The colossal gaming monster Titan GT77 with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, an Intel Core i9-12900HX processor and an Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti graphics card, with four 128 GB RAM slots will cost $4,949. Simpler configurations start at $3,199 for the version with an Intel Core i7-12800HX processor, Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti graphics, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Regardless of the configuration, the Titan GT77 will have an RGB light strip and a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Ultra Low switches. With a 250W laptop, it will ship with a 330W power adapter. All this hardware weighs 2.8 kilograms, but it is assumed that such a laptop is unlikely to be carried anywhere.

An interesting, albeit expensive device.Although I am not a fan of PC games, I have been looking at such machines lately, especially when it became problematic to purchase games on the console. You can, of course, think about a stationary PC, but you don’t want to give free space for it. And it’s like a laptop, which takes up a little space, and in which case you can take it with you, but not specifically this instance, and it’s possible to play at will without any problems.

We also published a material about a new laptop from Honor this week:

6 facts about the Honor MagicBook 16

A great laptop for everything from typing and watching movies to editing video and working with sound...

And we also wrote about games on PC here:

Weekend Plans: PlayStation 3 Emulator

Perhaps it should be clarified that the PS3 emulator is for those who do not have a PlayStation 4 or 5, since most of the games of the old consoles are available on the new ones.

By the way, you can always play on a tablet if you really want to, but there is no console or computer at hand. For example, on this one:

Overview of the large tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 (SM X200)

Budget tablet with a diagonal of 10.5 inches, a secure KNOX folder, OneUI interface.

...and dessert

Nostalgia kicks in as the new Beavis and Butt-Head comes out on the Paramount+ streaming service on June 23rd.

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