Review: IKEA Eneby Bluetooth speaker

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

IKEA is the Swedish brand that is known for making sensible and practical furniture that you have to build yourself. IKEA also makes fixtures, batteries, cookies and accessories. Did you know that IKEA makes Bluetooth speakers?

The IKEA Eneby lin of speakers are appealing retro-inspired Bluetooth speakers starting at $60.00 for the 8 x 8 Eneby 20 and $100 for the larger 12 x 12 Eneby 30. Unlike the majority of IKEA products, the Eneby speakers come assembled. You have the option of connecting an included handle (they provide the tools and there's also an optional $20 battery pack that's worth buying if the speaker is going to be moved around.

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Intel's refreshed NUCs are the mini-PCs you're looking for

If you've been searching for a tiny-yet powerful and versatile PCs, ook no further than Intel's NUC (next Unit of Computing).

The new Intel NUC kits (NUC8i7BEH, NUC8i5BEH, NUC8i5BEK, NUC8i3BEH, NUC8i3BEK, formerly code-named Bean Canyon) are based on the 8th Gen Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors (formerly code-named Coffee Lake-U) featuring Intel Iris graphics with eDRAM that can power home theater systems, drive content creator boxes and serve as a personal voice assistant. The new Intel NUC kits allow integrators and DIYers to customize with their choice of storage, memory and operating system. With this flexibility, the Intel NUC kits offer a range of price/performance options to meet most mainstream users’ needs in an ultra-small form factor.

Designed with the right balance of performance and affordability, the new Intel NUC mini PCs (NUC8i3CYSM, NUC8i3CYSN, formerly code-named Crimson Canyon) are an affordable mainstream gaming option for playing some of today’s most popular games at 1080p, including “League of Legends*”, “TF2″* and “CS:GO”*. These NUCs are powered by the 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8121U processors (formerly code-named Cannon Lake) and are the first mainstream NUCs to feature discrete graphics.

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ASUS ROG unveils most compact 17" gaming laptop

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix SCAR II (GL704), the latest 17.3-inch addition to the ROG Strix gaming laptop lineup.

This has an industry-leading 17.3-inch display — with a 144Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, and complete sRGB coverage — into a 15.7-inch chassis, delivering immersive visuals while allowing for greater mobility.

Strix SCAR II GL704 is equipped the latest 8th Generation Intel processors — up to Core i7-8750H — and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB of video RAM. Strix SCAR II also includes ROG RangeBoost technology, which intelligently utilizes additional antennas to extend Wi-Fi range.

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Tesla Canada suing Ontario government for selectively denying customer incentives

Tesla Canada is suing the Ontario provincial government forllowing the cancellation of EV incentives for buyers of the all-electric Tesla vehicles. The PC govermnent under Doug Ford shut down numerous progressive EV and Hydrogen vehicle incentives. The move was done to ostensibly bring down the price of fuel in the province.

The province claims cancelling the cap-and-trade program will help it achieve its goal of bringing gas prices down by 10 cents a litre and cutting costs for Ontarians by $1.9 billion per year. This move cuts incentives wirth thousands of dollars to Canadians opting to buy an electric car, hybrid or hydrogen car.

Tesla Canada, which sells the most premium and luxurious EVs, feels it has been singled out. The company says customers of competing EV and hybrid car manufacturers can still avail of on substantial rebates on electric car purchases.

The cancelled program offered rebates of up to $14,000 on qualifying vehicles, so long as they were under $75,000. Tesla Canada claims the government "deliberately and arbitrarily" excluded its customers, while providing no warning or the chance to offer any input.

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