News

Honor V40 5G with Dimensity 1000+, 50MP camera now official

Honor’s first smartphone after split with Huawei

Published

January 25, 2021

Rodneil Quiteles

Honor is coming out with a bang with its first smartphone release after the split with Huawei — the Honor V40 5G or Honor View40 5G.

Powering the device is a MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ octacore chip. Supporting the SoC is an 8GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. The 5G chip should get you up to 4000mbps download speed provided the location is 5G covered.

We all know 5G is power intensive. To make sure you can last a day, it has a 4,000mAh battery with support for 66W Honor SuperCharge and 50W Wireless charging.

The Honor V40 has a 6.72-inch waterfall Curved OLED Display. You can toggle between a 120Hz and 60Hz refresh rate and it supports HDR10. For gamers, it has a 300Hz touch response rate. Supporting the feature is the GPU Turbo X and a Hunter Boost Gaming Optimization.

As for the cameras, the headliner is the 50MP f/1.9 camera. It’s flanked by an 8MP f/2.4 ultra wide lens and a 2MP f/2.4 macro lens. Up front, it has a 16MP selfie camera.

Pricing and availability

The Honor V40 5G is only currently available in China in these colors: Night Black, Titanium Silver, and Rose Gold.

Pricing are as follows:

8GB+128GB — CNY 3,599 (around US$556)
8GB+256GB — CNY 3,999 (Around US$ 618)

Go Beyond

This smartphone marks a new beginning for the company after it was sold by Huawei. The “Go Beyond” slogan represents the company’s bid to become a globally iconic brand. The strategy isn’t too different from what Huawei is doing as it will continue with the 1+8+N strategy wherein they’re using the smartphone as a gateway to a broader ecosystem of smart devices.

Changes might come soon as Honor says its current workforce includes almost 8,000 employees who will cover the entire spectrum of end-to-end operations, including over 50% R&D staff. With five R&D centers and over 100 innovation labs worldwide, HONOR is committed to developing powerful technology that empowers people to become a better version of themselves.

They’re also working with key partners such as AMD, Intel, MediaTek, Micron Technology, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, SK hynix, and Sony to produce more quality products.

Enterprise

TikTok finally gets a buyer in the United States

The deal targets a closing date in late January.

Published

December 19, 2025

Luigi Leonardo

The year started with a ban. A day before Donald Trump started his second term, TikTok went dark, in anticipation of an impending ban. The platform quickly went back online, leading to an ultimatum that saw TikTok hunt for an American buyer to full stave off a definitive ban in the United States. Now, as the year ends, a buyer is finally here.

Via CNBC, TikTok has reportedly inked a deal to finalize a deal in the United States, as stated in an internal memo from CEO Shou Zi Chew. The memo, which was sent just this week, details a plan that will see the deal close by January 26, 2026.

Fifty percent of TikTok’s newly restructured U.S. arm will be held by a collection of American investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. Meanwhile, already existing investors of TikTok will hold 30.1 percent. Finally, ByteDance will retain 19.9 percent.

Additionally, TikTok’s algorithm in the United States will be retrained with American data. The American arm will also handle the country’s “data protection, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurance.” Oracle will be the “trusted security partner” in charge of making sure the company keeps within regulations in the country.

With a deal pushing through, the long-running TikTok saga in the United States might finally come to a close.

Gaming

Silksong is getting its first major expansion next year

The expansion is called Sea of Sorrow.

Published

December 16, 2025

Luigi Leonardo

I still can’t believe that Hollow Knight: Silksong came out this year. After years of just waiting for the mythical title, it’s surreal to have it in my library. Now, barely waiting to catch their breath, Team Cherry is already working hard towards the next content drop, starting with Silksong DLC.

Just like the original Hollow Knight, Silksong is getting free DLCs to expand its story. The upcoming Sea of Sorrow DLC will be the game’s “first big expansion.”

The expansion’s trailer barely shows anything about the new content, besides vague allusions to what’s coming. At the very least, Team Cherry has confirmed, both via the announcement and the accompanying poster, that Sea of Sorrow will be nautical-themed.

It will feature new locations, new tools, and new enemies. By itself, Silksong is already a huge game. Adding more content then is a massive undertaking. Plus, Team Cherry says that this is just the first expansion, hinting at more coming in the future.

Sea of Sorrow will launch in 2026.

Besides the new expansion, the studio is also working on a Nintendo Switch 2 update for the original Hollow Knight. It will add higher framerates, resolutions, and more graphical effects. PC players will also get some upgrades to support larger screens.

The Switch 2 update, which will be free for those who already own the original game, will also launch next year.

Entertainment

Supergirl gets its first teaser trailer

Milly Alcock stars as the titular character.

Published

December 12, 2025

Luigi Leonardo

Before the new year starts, it’s already fair to assume that Supergirl might be one of the most anticipated movies of 2026. Premiering a year after the globally successful Superman, Supergirl will see the adventures of Clark Kent’s superpowered cousin, Kara Zor-El. Now, the next film in the sage finally has a teaser trailer.

As James Gunn mentioned previously, Supergirl will be based on Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Off traveling to other planets to party, Kara finds herself thrust back into the role of being a hero after a young girl named Ruthye Mary Knoll asks her for help.

Though the teaser trailer is mostly a montage of scenes, we already know what we can expect. According to Gunn, Supergirl will be tonally different from Superman, and we see this in the trailer.

However, we can still see influences from Gunn including the usage of “Call Me” by Blondie for the trailer. Also, the film’s space scenes look like they can fit right in with Guardians of the Galaxy.

Still, that’s what we have, and we’re excited. Supergirl will premiere on June 26, 2026.

The film will be directed by Craig Gillespie (Cruella). Milly Alcock plays the titular character. Meanwhile, she will star alongside Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knoll.