Karnataka Techy: October 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Apple announces 24" iMac with the new M3 chip, more memory

Apple announced the new M3 chips at its "Scary fast" event and unveiled new MacBooks powered by the new Apple silicon. Additionally, the Cupertino-based tech giant also introduced the 24" iMac with the new M3 chip at the helm, more memory, and ray tracing. The M3 iMac's design is similar to the previous generation iMac powered by the M1 chip, but the new M3 chip makes it up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, up to 2.5x quicker than Intel-based 27" iMac, and up to 4x faster than Intel-based 21.5" iMac. The M3 iMac - running macOS Sonoma - also has more memory onboard. The version with an...

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Egyptian healthtech Almouneer raises $3.6M to scale its platform for treating diabetes and obesity

Obesity and prediabetes are major health concerns in Africa and the Middle East, affecting over 40% of the population. In Egypt, 20% of adults have diabetes; the figure in Saudi Arabia is 30%. In Nigeria, 1 in 17 adults has diabetes. The issue of prediabetes and obesity is even more widespread. Yet, it’s essential to […]

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Huawei nova 11 SE arrives with a 108 MP camera

Huawei finally launched the nova 11 SE today. The phone appeared on the company website with a 108 MP main camera and a thin profile. The official specs sheet revealed there is no 5G connectivity, and Huawei decided to omit the chipset details entirely. The phone was later listed by Vmall, a Huawei-owned online store in China. From there we found the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 680 - an LTE-only chipset built on the 6 nm process with a 2.4 GHz CPU. RAM remains a mystery, however. The smartphone has a 10-bit 6.67” flat OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution. It has 90 Hz refresh...

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Apple announces 24" iMac with the new M3 chip, more memory

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Monday, October 30, 2023

Tecno Pop 8 is official with 90Hz display and 5,000 mAh battery

Tecno has a new entry-level phone in its Pop series with the Tecno Pop 8. The device comes as a successor to the Pop 7 and offers a 90Hz display, better cameras as well as more RAM and storage than its predecessor. Pop 8 is equipped with a 6.6-inch LCD of 720p resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. There’s an 8MP front facing cam housed inside a punch hole cutout and dual flash on the top. Tecno is also bringing its Dynamic Port which makes use of the area around the punch hole cutout with useful notifications, charging status and call status. Tecno Pop 8 Dynamic Port and back...

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Stable One UI 6 with Android 14 now rolling out to Galaxy S23 series

Samsung just managed to squeeze the One UI 6 update in October with two days to spare. The firmware carrying Android 14 and the October 1 security patch is now seeding globally to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23, and Galaxy S23+. The update is around 3 GB and brings a bevy of improvements and new features. There's a new design with a new default font, new icons, simpler icon labels, and a way to make the lockscreen clock bigger or reposition it. The Quick Panel has a new button layout - the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have their own places at the top, followed by the usual quick toggles and...

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Huawei nova 11 SE confirmed to debut on October 31

The Huawei nova 11 SE was revealed in promo materials last Monday, and today, we finally learned when the phone will launch. It will arrive tomorrow, October 31, with an LTE-only chipset as a listing on Geekbench confirms. Huawei nova 11 SE poster • Geekbench listing The nova 11 SE with model number BON-AL00 was benchmarked with Android 12 and 8 GB RAM. The SoC wasn't explicitly named, but we are confident the octa-core CPU configuration of four 2.4 GHz and four 1.9 GHz cores matches the Snapdragon 680. The official Weibo page of Huawei still remains silent on the launch, but...

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

More than a year later, the $20B Adobe-Figma deal is still stuck in regulatory limbo

More than a year after Adobe announced it was acquiring Figma for $20 billion, the deal remains stuck in regulatory limbo.

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A look at how one fintech CEO’s PR decision backfired

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! Last week, we chronicled one CEO’s big PR flub, one firm’s new infusion of capital for early-stage fintech startups and […]

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Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 in for review

Huawei first announced the Freebuds Pro 3 alongside the Watch GT 4. We now have the TWS earbuds with us, and we are ready to put them through our lengthy tests, but first, let's see what's inside the box. These Freebuds Pro 3 are Green in name, although the color is very pale. The earbuds are glossy while the case is matte, and both are leaning towards the gray color. At first, everything in the box looks exactly like the Freebuds Pro 2, but the case is actually shorter, and the buds have an improved touch sensor on the stem. The case of the Freebuds Pro 3 has a USB-C port on...

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Week 43 in review: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Xiaomi 14 and 14 Pro are official

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset this week and phone makers queued up to declare their next flagship will have it - iQOO and Honor were among them. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is all about AI - the AI Engine supports multi-modal generative AI models and popular large language models for speech recognition - the chip can run up to 20 tokens per second for instant AI assistant responses. Qualcomm boasts that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 packs the world's fastest stable diffusion, which can generate an image in a fraction of a second. In CPU terms the 4nm chipset promises to be 30%...

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Saturday, October 28, 2023

Deal Dive: Bagels with a schmear of venture capital

Popup Bagels raised $8 million in venture capital this week. But why would a bagel store chain want such expensive capital?

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Amazon’s Tye Brady discusses generative AI, humanoid robots and mobile manipulation

A version of this post first appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here. Last week was a busy one for robotics. We had RoboBusiness in the Bay, ROSCon in New Orleans and Amazon’s Delivering the Future event in Seattle. I ended up choosing the latter, as I’d gotten quite a bit out of […]

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Samsung Galaxy S24 series tipped to support Ultra HDR

Google introduced the Ultra HDR feature with Android 14, which allows users to capture and view HDR photos on their Android devices in HDR format instead of SDR. Some Chinese flagships already have a similar feature, but Samsung didn't implement it with One UI 6. However, rumor claims Samsung will implement an Ultra HDR-like feature on its smartphones next year. Word comes from reliable tipster Ice Universe, who said the Galaxy S24 lineup, expected to arrive in January 2024, will support HDR picture viewing in photo albums. If true, that would be a nice way to utilize the rumored 2,500...

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Tata to become first Indian company to make iPhones with the $125 million Wistron deal

Apple's been assembling iPhones in India for over half a decade now, with the first "Made in India" iPhone being the iPhone SE produced by Foxconn in 2017. Apple has two more partners in India for making iPhones - Pegatron and Wistron. However, with Wistron set to exit the iPhone business in India, its 100% stake will be purchased by Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL), making it the first Indian company to produce iPhones. TEPL, which is a part of the Tata Group known for selling everything from salt to software to cars, will purchase the indirect stake from Wistron InfoComm...

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Friday, October 27, 2023

Samsung teases Galaxy S24 Ultra camera with AI image stacking, improved 4K zoom

Samsung posted a video revealing new capabilities of the ISOCELL 200 MP sensor, powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset by Qualcomm. There isn't a smartphone on the market with such hardware, so this is clearly a teaser for the upcoming Galaxy S24 Ultra. Here's the 60-second video and keep reading for a breakdown of what's inside. Zoom Anyplace automatically tracks subjects in a video but also keeps capturing full-frame zoomed-out footage of the entire scene. This means the sensor essentially allows capturing two 4K video streams - of the cropped area and one of the whole...

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A year after Musk’s takeover, X says an average user spends 32 minutes per day on the platform

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Musk taking over Twitter (now X), the company published a retrospective blog post examining how it has fared under the new management. There are a lot of numbers in the post, but one that sticks out is a claim that an average user spends 32 minutes on […]

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Realme GT5 Pro specs revealed – 6.78” AMOLED, SD 8 Gen 3 and up to 1TB storage

We already saw the Realme GT5 Pro (RMX3888) listed on China's state telecommunications certification authority TENAA and that listing has now been populated with some of its key specs. Realme GT5 Pro specs on TENAA GT5 Pro will bring a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with 1264 x 2780px resolution, an embedded fingerprint scanner and a 32MP front-facing camera. The device will be offered in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage trims with 8GB,12GB or 16GB RAM. As for the chipset, the listing confirms an 8-core CPU with a base frequency of 3.3GHz, which falls in line with the recently...

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Counterpoint: China smartphone sales recovery started in Q3, Huawei gains the most

Counterpoint Research revealed the smartphone market in China may have bottomed out and on its way to recovery. During the Q3 period, sales declined just 3% on a yearly basis, which along with the sequential increase are strong recovery signals. Huawei was the biggest gainer, increasing its sales by 37%. Still the July-September period, Honor climbed to the top of the table with successful sales of the X50 and 90 series, surpassing vivo and Oppo. Huawei increased its market share and overall sales thanks to the Mate 60 phones, powered by a Kirin chipset. The series made a huge...

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Infinix Zero 30 4G launched with Helio G99 and 45W charging

Last month Infinix launched its Zero 30 5G and today the company announced another Zero 30 member in Indonesia with several key differences. Infinix Zero 30 4G brings a Helio G99 chipset at the helm and offers slower 45W charging speeds compared to the Zero 30 5G’s 68W charging. The new model is also IP54 dust and splash-resistant compared to the IP53 rating on the 5G version. Infinix Zero 30 4G key specs You still get a curved 6.78-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution but the refresh rate is dialed down to 120Hz. There’s a 50MP selfie camera housed inside a punch hole cutout...

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Zuckerberg says Threads has a ‘good chance’ of reaching 1 billion users in a few years

Meta said today that its text-based social network Threads has under 100 million monthly users three months after its launch. Mark Zuckerberg noted during the company’s latest earnings call that the social networking giant is happy with Threads’ progress — with the current growth rate, it could achieve the mark of a billion users in […]

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Realme GT5 Pro design revealed on TENAA

The next flagship by Realme is going to be called GT5 Pro, and it will come with a trio of mighty cameras on the back and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. A big unknown was whether the phone would resemble the GT5, and now we have the answer. Thanks to a listing on TENAA, we can confirm the Realme GT5 Pro will actually be more similar to the Huawei Mate 50 series with four cameras on an circular island and a vertical sliver of an LED flash. Realme GT5 Pro The images also revealed a 2.5D curved AMOLED screen, with one selfie camera behind a punch hole, while the camera setup on...

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Sukhiba eyes expansion to power WhatsApp conversational commerce in Africa

The social commerce market size in Africa is expected to continue growing as businesses and micro-entrepreneurs embrace digital media, driven by the rising usage of apps like WhatsApp, TikTok and Instagram. Yet even as sellers leverage these social sites for online presence to showcase their products and connect with customers, the end-to-end buying experience is […]

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Motorola Razr 40 disassembled on video

The latest disassembly video to hit YouTube is of the Motorola Razr 40 (also known as the razr 2023 over in the US). The video comes courtesy of teardown specialist PKBreviews and it's a step-by-step guide of how to open the Razr 40 and take out the different components. It's a useful resource if you ever need to replace the battery or a cracked cover screen. Keep in mind that both items are glued down and you'd need some experience, tools, and a lot of patience. Here's the video.

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Lab-grown leather scales up as Gozen raises $3.3M from Happiness Capital, SoSV and others

Whether we like it or not, the leather industry significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global waste generation. The current methods used to fulfil the increasing demand for leather involve a fairly simple, and completely unsustainable solution: simply raising more livestock (which contribute about 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions). However, there are […]

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Oppo A79's design leaks in promo materials

The Oppo A79 will arrive soon with a Dimensity 6020 chipset and 33W charging. The phone's promo materials were shared by Sudhanshu1414 on X, formerly known as Twitter. They reveal a big battery and a lightweight design with a thin profile, inspiring the paint job on the back that imitates a feather. When the phone arrives, it will have 8 GB RAM, and 128 GBbstorage. The phone will have a microSD slot for up to 1 TB of more room for data. The cameras on the back are two, despite the confusing design of circles within circles. The primary shooter will have a 50 MP Samsung JN1...

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk due diligence in Africa

It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down rounds and complete shutdowns caused by current market conditions, utter mismanagement or fraud. This August, SoftBank sued one of its portfolio companies, IRL, a social media platform poised to become an event organizing alternative for Gen Zs, for fraud. Earlier […]

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Xiaomi 14 design revealed ahead of launch

Xiaomi is all set to launch its 14 series smartphones on Thursday, October 26 and we got several official images highlighting the vanilla model’s design as well as some camera samples ahead of the big launch. Xiaomi 14 design Xiaomi 14 is shown in its white colorway featuring a flat shiny frame which may indicate stainless steel. There’s a flat 6.36-inch AMOLED screen upfront with a punch hole cutout on the top. Xiaomi also shared the dimensions of the bezels which are 1.61mm on the top and side and 1.71mm on the bottom. The power and volume buttons are placed on the right...

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Oxolo bags €13M for Gen AI-driven video platform which can optimise engagement on the fly

Much has been made of AI-powered videos which can either make a real person speak different words or other languages, or generate a synthetic person which can speak on-demand. A few years ago former football star David Beckham helped push the idea into the mainstream via a video from Synthesia, where he spoke different languages […]

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Monday, October 23, 2023

Gurman: Apple will announce new iMac at the end of October, iPads in March

There's been some speculation whether Apple would unveil new iPads this month, but it now seems very unlikely. Per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple will announce new Mac hardware at the very end of the month - the 30th or the 31st - while new iPads are not coming until March 2024. Per Gurman's report, Apple will update the 24-inch iMac with new processors and possibly even announce an upgrade to the MacBook Pro. It's possible that Apple is ready to announce the M3 chip and bring it into the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. Of course, we could be in for an M2-refresh of the 24-inch iMac,...

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Nikkei: iPhone 15 Pro Max component costs are up by 12% compared to 14 Pro Max

All four iPhone 15 series models received a teardown from Nikkei Research, revealing their estimated production costs. The summed-up components inside the iPhone 15 Pro Max are estimated to cost $558, making for a 12% increase from the iPhone 14 Pro Max. For reference, the US MSRP of the baseline iPhone 15 Pro Max is $1,199 before tax. We should note that the report targets the baseline storage capacity devices – 256GB for the 15 Pro Max and 128GB for the iPhone 15, 15 Plus and 15 Pro. iPhone 15 Pro Max component cost analysis As expected, most components inside the 15 Pro...

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While tech companies play with OpenAI’s API, this startup believes small, in-house AI models will win

ZenML wants to be the glue that makes all the open-source AI tools stick together. This open-source framework lets you build pipelines that will be used by data scientists, machine-learning engineers and platform engineers to collaborate and build new AI models. The reason why ZenML is interesting is that it empowers companies so they can […]

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Mediatek Dimensity 9300 sets new AnTuTu with record

Mediatek is expected to launch the Dimensity 9300 with a unique octa-core CPU, and today the platform appeared on AnTuTu's database. The SoC posted a result of over 2 million, which is a new high, and the scores for every single component is also noteworthy. The CPU will have 4 Cortex-X4 units and 4 Cortex-A720, likely in a 1+3+4 cluster combination. There are no “small” Cortex-A520 units. The device used in this test is unknown, and the model number speaks nothing to us – it could be a testing bench. It was tested with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage, while OS is Android 14. This...

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Sunday, October 22, 2023

Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the US, the UK, Germany and India

This week the world welcomed the OnePlus Open, so we have a look at its pre-order offers and how it compares with other horizontal foldables. There are flip foldables too, some of them at tempting prices, and no shortage of bar phones in the flagship and mid-range categories. USA The UK Germany India USA The OnePlus Open was announced this week and there is a short pre-order period before the company’s first foldable becomes available next week. You can put down a $100 deposit now to secure a $200 discount when sales start. You will also score a free pair of...

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Is Plaid’s potential IPO a sign of fintech turning a corner?

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! Unfortunately we can’t make it to Money20/20 next week. But we have no doubt that we’re going to […]

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Unannounced Oppo pops up on TENAA. Could be the Oppo A2

As is typically the case, a new, unannounced phone has made its way to the TENAA certification website prior to an official announcement and unveiling. This time, it’s the Oppo PJB110, which some have speculated could be the model number for the Oppo A2 5G. The certification authority lists some specs for the upcoming device. It measures 165.6 x 76 x 7.9mm and tips the scale at 193 grams. That’s fairly light for a huge 6.72-inch FHD+ LCD panel device. Presumably, the phone is made of plastic. Oppo A2 Pro We don’t have any specifics regarding the chipset of the PJB110 other than...

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Weekly poll: the OnePlus Open is here, who is buying one?

Foldables may be picking up speed, but it’s the flip variety that is the most common. Horizontal foldables, meanwhile, are either quite common or there’s just one or two, depending on where you are in the world. OnePlus Open (Voyager Black) OnePlus is a global brand, which makes the launch of its first foldable a big deal for fans of the form factor. Let’s have a quick overview of the OnePlus Open and the potential competition it faces. The phone has a 7.82” main display, an LTPO 3.0 AMOLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate. It boasts 2,440 x 2,268px resolution and 10-bit colors,...

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Saturday, October 21, 2023

This week in AI: Can we trust DeepMind to be ethical?

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week in AI, DeepMind, the Google-owned AI R&D lab, […]

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YouTube Music is now officially supported on Apple HomePod

Before you head on to the comment section to inform us that playing music from YouTube Music on Apple HomePod has already been possible for a while now – we know. That is kind of the case since the ability to cast audio from the app to a HomePod device is indeed already a thing you can do. The YouTube Music product team recently announced deeper integration with HomePod and its voice commands in particular. Now Premium and Music Premium subscribers can just integrate YouTube Music as a playback service inside HomePod. This enables voice commands such as "Hey Siri, play music on...

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Here's the Oukitel OT5 with 12" 2K display and 11,000 mAh battery

Last week, we shared images and specs of the Oukitel WP30 Pro rugged smartphone that will be announced in the first half of November 2023. But that's not the only product Oukitel will introduce next month since the brand will also unveil a new tablet, dubbed Oukitel OT5. The Oukitel OT5 will have the Helio G99 SoC at the helm with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard. The tablet will run Android 13 out of the box, but it's unclear how many OS version upgrades and software updates it will receive. The Oukitel OT5 will feature a 12" 2K LCD and pack an 11,000 mAh battery with 18W...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 rumored to use the same main camera

Innovating in the smartphone realm yearly has never been an easy task. Arguably, it's still harder to redesign a modern foldable's internals and complex hinge mechanisms. Rumors have now started to creep up about Samsung's next Z Fold6 phone. Don't expect much change in Galaxy Z Fold6. At least we can be sure of the camera. It is the same as Fold4 and Fold5, that's for sure.— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) October 19, 2023 According to industry insider ICE UNIVERSE, we need to taper our expectations regarding the main camera of the Z Fold6. Apparently, Samsung will be reusing the 50MP...

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Friday, October 20, 2023

Oppo Find X7 appears on Geekbench with Dimensity 9300

Oppo is expected to launch its flagship Find X7 series in 2024 and we now have a Geekbench listing detailing some of the key features on the upcoming Find X7. The PHZ110 phone packs MediaTek’s next-generation flagship chipset – Dimensity 9300. Oppo Find X7 (PHZ110) on Geekbench The listing shows Dimensity 9300 will feature a 1 + 3 + 4 CPU architecture. The prime core is clocked at 3.25 GHz and is likely a Cortex-X4 Prime. There are 3x Cortex-A720 performance cores clocked at 2.85 GHz and 4x units clocked at 2.00 GHz, which previous rumors also claimed will be of the Cortex-A720...

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OnePlus and BOE to introduce a smartphone display with 3,000 nits of brightness on October 24

The OnePlus Open arrived yesterday as the brand's first device with a foldable screen, and now it is already preparing to unveil the next big thing in display technology. The company teased "a new dawn" for Chinese screens on October 24. This is when OnePlus and its parent company Oppo will unveil a new display manufactured by BOE. The new panel will be exceptionally bright, according to Digital Chat Station. They revealed the display with 1440p resolution will reach 3,000 nits of brightness, while the 1220p panel will even surpass the mind-blowing threshold. According to OnePlus,...

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WhatsApp rolls out multiple accounts support on Android for all

WhatsApp already lets you use the same account on multiple smartphones, but now you can use two different accounts on the same smartphone if it's running Android. This feature - which Telegram had for years - was available for WhatsApp's beta users for some time, but it's only now rolling out to the stable channel. Having the ability to run two different WhatsApp accounts at the same time on the same smartphone will eliminate the need for users to carry two smartphones or use the app clone feature. How to set up multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same phone? To set up the second...

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Nokia to let go 14,000 employees after 20% dip in revenue

Nokia, the Finnish company that makes equipment for telecom networks, reported a 20% dip in sales QoQ. And to offset the impact it will let go of 14,000 employees, which is over 15% of the entire workforce. According to the CEO, sales of 5G equipment fell 40% in North America, and other major markets are also past their peak growth. The layoffs will allow Nokia to save 400 million euros by the end of 2024, and a further 300 million in 2025, the company estimates. The United States is one of the biggest markets for Nokia and fellow equipment provider Ericsson. The companies expect a...

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Google Maps partners with India’s ONDC to add metro ticket booking

Google Maps will soon allow users in India to book metro tickets directly through the mapping app, the search giant announced as it deepens collaboration with the country’s open e-commerce network. At the Google for India event on Thursday, Google said its users will be able to book metro tickets through the Maps app, as […]

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Google says it will manufacture Pixel smartphones in India

Google will start assembling the Pixel smartphone lineup in India, a company executive said, becoming the latest tech giant to bet on the South Asian market for devices manufacturing. The company intends to start the local manufacturing with the current Pixel 8 smartphone in India and expects to ship the India-made batch starting next year, […]

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Oppo Find N3 announced with SD 8 Gen 2, triple Hasselblad camera

The Oppo Find N3 is official and better yet it will be the first horizontal foldable by the company to leave China. The Oppo Find N3 continues the tradition of shorter and wider book-style foldables. On the outside is a 6.31-inch 2484x1116px AMOLED panel with a dynamic 10-120 Hz refresh rate. The panel has a near-conventional 20:9 aspect ratio and brings a searing up to 2,800 nits peak brightness. Unfold the Find N3 and you get a 7.82-inch 2440x2268px display with a 1-120 Hz dynamic refresh rate and the same max brightness. The Oppo Find N3 in Black, Green, Red, and...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

OpenAI formally brings web search to ChatGPT as DALL-E 3 integration arrives in beta

OpenAI has formally launched its internet-browsing feature to ChatGPT, some three weeks after re-introducing the feature in beta after several months in hiatus. ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot that has taken the world by storm these past 12 months, has historically been limited to data up to September, 2021 — rendering it useless as a […]

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Google and Qualcomm partner up to develop RISC-V based Wear OS chipsets

Android used to support various architectures – ARM, x86, MIPS. While x86 is still technically supported, the choice for smartphones, tablets and smartwatches is down to only ARM. This means that whoever owns ARM has an outsized influence over the whole ecosystem. Now Qualcomm and Google have announced that they are working on an alternative architecture. You may or may not have heard of RISC-V (pronounced “risk five”). It’s an open-source instruction set for CPUs that has been gaining traction recently. Its open-source nature means that chipset designers don’t need to pay royalties like...

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Honor Play 8T is official with Dimensity 6080 and 6,000 mAh battery

Honor just unveiled the Play 8T - an affordable smartphone with a big battery and a Dimensity 6080 chipset with a 2.4 GHz CPU. The screen of the Honor Play 8T is a 6.8” LCD with a Full HD+ resolution and 90 Hz refresh rate. It's claimed to reach 850 nits of brightness. The processor is split into two core clusters - two Cortex-A76 cores are clocked at the top speed of 2.4 GHz, while the other six Cortex-A55 cores run at up to 2.0 GHz. The 50 MP main camera on the back has an f/1.8 lens and sits next to a 2 MP depth sensor. The selfie camera, sitting inside a punch hole has an 8 MP...

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X (formerly Twitter) launches $1 Not-A-Bot subscription for new users

X (formerly Twitter) announced its latest subscription method which aims to tackle the ongoing bot/spam posts problem on the platform. With the Not-A-Bot subscription service, all new users on X will have to pay the equivalent of $1 annually to verify their account before they can start posting. The program is set to go live in New Zealand (NZD 1.43) and the Philippines (PHP 42.51) with more regions set to follow after. Existing X users will not be affected by the new program. Starting today, we're testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified...

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have ‘influencer’ written all over them

This is a review-in-progress. More soon! Somewhere between the Ray-Ban Meta and Meta Quest 3 sits an ideal mixed-reality headset. It’s slim, light, offers hand tracking and passthrough and livestreams video when the moment calls for it. It’s designed to be worn inconspicuously outdoors, until the time comes for content capture. The Meta Quest Ray-Ban […]

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Honor Play 8T will arrive on October 18 with a 6,000 mAh battery

Honor is preparing a launch tomorrow, October 18, for a phone called Play 8T. The device will have a 6,000 mAh battery, 12/256 GB memory variant and two cameras on the back, the main one being 50 MP. The official image also revealed there is a single camera at the front, hidden behind a punch hole. All these features, including the advertised 850 nits brightness, are the same as on the Honor Play 50 Plus. The phones have different designs but feature the same hardware on the inside. Odds are one is headed for the online market in China, and the other would be designated for...

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Monday, October 16, 2023

Australia fines X for failing to provide information about child abuse content

eSafety, the Australian regulator for online safety, issued a $386,000 fine against X (formerly Twitter) Monday for failing to answer “key questions” about the action the platform is taking against child abuse content. The watchdog issued legal notices to Google, TikTok, Twitch, Discord, and X (which was known as Twitter back then) under the country’s […]

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US looking to impose new round of sanctions on chip exports to China

Huawei made big headlines with the launch of its Mate 60 series phones, namely for the Kirin 9000s chip powering the new devices. Despite the US sanctions, Huawei managed to equip its latest Mate phones with 5G capable chipsets manufactured in China which raised plenty of concerns. Several teardowns revealed even more components that Huawei had no business accessing under the current sanctions like SK Hynix RAM. A new report from Reuters claims that the Biden administration is now looking to implement a new round of sanctions to avert chip exports to China that were not previously...

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Oppo A2x debuts with Dimensity 6020, $150 price tag

The Oppo A2x was teased last week, but the company finally unveiled the smartphone over the weekend. It is an affordable handset with a Dimensity 6020 chipset and only one camera on the back, and a price starting from (the equivalent of) $150. The screen is a 6.56” LCD, which is a panel Oppo has been using for its A series for the past three years. The screen has HD+ resolution, 90 Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of 720 nits. There is a waterdrop notch at the top for a 5 MP selfie camera. The lone snapper on the back is 13 MP with f/2.2 aperture and LED flash below. The...

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vivo to introduce OriginOS 4 on November 1, in-house OS for IoT also incoming

vivo announced it will host its annual VDC (Vivo Developer Conference) on November 1 at the Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China. During the event, there will be three key innovative software products – self-developed AI for mobile platforms, the new in-house operating system for IoT devices and the latest OriginOS 4 for vivo smartphones. OriginOS 4 will remain an AOSP product, and the first phones to ship with it should be the iQOO 12 series and the X100 flagships. An update roadmaps for existing phones will hopefully be shared at the announcement event. The in-house OS will be...

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Braid shuts down, Stash marches toward an IPO and what happens when a fintech relationship fizzles out

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! We covered lots of happenings in the world of fintech this past week — including raises, a startup closure, […]

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Week 41 in review: MIUI will be MiOS, OnePlus Open price, Galaxy S24 benchmarks

This week we heard Xiaomi will change the name of its Android OS from MIUI to MiOS but it's unclear what other changes will come with the rebranding. The OnePlus Open once again leaked in detailed renders and this time we also get pricing information - $1,699. That would likely mean north of €1,700 for European users. The company's inaugural foldable will have a triple camera in a sizeable island on the back with a 48MP main camera, a 48MP ultrawide, and a 64MP 3x zoom camera. There's a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of storage, a 6.31-inch outer...

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro vs. Apple iPhone 14 Pro

The 2023 generation of iPhone Pros comes with some meaningful changes - like the move to the USB-C port and the revamped build, but these might not be all that important to everyone. Say you have a ton of Lightning accessories, or prefer the feel of stainless steel on your fingertips - perhaps an iPhone 14 Pro might be a better option for you than the latest 15 Pro. Now, Apple may not be willing to sell you a 14 Pro anymore - the old high-end models have been discontinued on the official website - but third-party retailers appear to have plenty of stock. So, we'll do a little comparison to...

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Weekly poll: who is getting the new Oppo Find N3 Flip?

The competition in the flip foldable market is heating up – earlier this week Oppo brought the Find N3 Flip to the Indian market with sales starting on October 22 (Sunday next week). The phone will cost ₹95,000, though pre-orders include ₹12,000 cashback (which drops the price to ₹83,000) and ₹8,000 bonus when trading-in an old device. The Indian market already has some competition, let’s take a look. We have to start with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 as the most popular foldable globally. Samsung is asking ₹86,000 for an 8/256GB unit. The Find N3 Flip has a better main display with a...

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

Google Messages now let you send voice messages via your Wear OS smartwatch

Google is rolling out the latest update to its Messages Wear OS app, allowing users to record and listen to voice messages. That's one of those functionalities that should have been implemented a long time ago with other messaging services, given that most modern smartwatches running Wear OS have built-in loudspeakers and microphones. It's funny that you can take calls, but you can't send voice messages. Well, that's changing as Google has introduced a cool new update to its app on the Wear OS platform. The app now features a UI redesign to match the Android 14 aesthetics. Once you tap on...

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OnePlus Open's Indian price and sale date revealed

OnePlus has already officially confirmed the announcement date for its first foldable, October 19, while the leaksters took care of the rest by showing us the design and specs of the OnePlus Open. At this point, there's nothing left to the imagination except pricing. Today's report is about the Indian launch and Abhishek Yadav believes the device will be released on October 27 with a price tag of INR 139,999 (~$1,680). That's a hefty price, but it's also not a big surprise, given that foldables still charge a price premium. The price doesn't seem all that different from the leaked...

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Palestine’s growing tech industry has been literally blown apart by Israel’s war on Hamas

Gaza, one of the most economically challenged regions in the world, has ironically always been a tech hub — not only for Palestine but for the world: international companies have sought out a presence there to collaborate with talented tech freelancers from the region. According to sources who helped build those bridges, Nvidia, as one […]

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Samsung Galaxy M44 5G moves a step closer to launch as it gets Bluetooth certified

The Samsung Galaxy M42 5G unveiled in April 2021 may get a successor this year since the Samsung Galaxy M44 5G has bagged Bluetooth certification, moving it a step closer to the launch. The Samsung Galaxy M44 5G's listing on the Bluetooth SIG's website reveals the smartphone has model designation SM-M446K and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, but it doesn't divulge anything else about it. The Galaxy M44 5G with the same model code was spotted on Geekbench with Android 13, 6GB RAM, and, surprisingly, the Snapdragon 888 SoC. However, we've seen fake benchmark listings in the past, so we'll...

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Friday, October 13, 2023

UK regulator clears Microsoft takeover of Activision Blizzard

Back in January of 2022, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Activation Blizzard in a transaction valued at $68.7 billion – the largest deal in the gaming industry. The deal didn’t exactly go as planned with regulators from the US, the EU and the UK objecting to the takeover. Microsoft managed to win a court injunction in the US and later received approval from the EU regulators which left the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as the only major hurdle against the deal. Well, that hurdle has now been cleared as the CMA has given the green light on the deal. The key...

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Tradeshift co-founder accused of sexual assault by company, allegations he denies

Tradeshift, a late-stage fintech startup that has raised over $1 billion in venture and debt, has dismissed its co-founder Christian Lanng, citing “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment” and “gross misconduct on multiple grounds,” according to a company statement posted on Tuesday. Lanng has vehemently denied the allegations. Tradeshift appointed former chief revenue officer […]

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iPhone 16 Pro to bring Wi-Fi 7, updated 5G modem and 48MP ultrawide camera

A new set of rumors for next year’s iPhone 16 series is here courtesy of well-known tech analyst Jeff Pu, detailing some of the major improvements coming to the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Next year’s Pro iPhones will gain Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, up from the Wi-Fi 6e capable iPhone 15 Pro models. The 16 Pro and Pro Max will also receive Qualcomm Snapdragon X75 modem which should provide faster 5G download speeds compared to the X70 found on the iPhone 15 generation alongside better battery life. Both 16 Pro models will get updated 48MP ultrawide cameras and the 16 Pro is expected to gain...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with 12 GB of RAM runs Geekbench

Yesterday we saw the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 8 GB of RAM on Geekbench. It posted an Exynos 2400-beating score. Today we encounter another Galaxy S24 Ultra with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip but this time paired to 12 GB of RAM. Funnily enough, this one scored lower, but we shouldn't put too much stock into these early software runs. The seemingly gloabl Galaxy S24 Ultra The key takeaway is that Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra wull indeed use a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip exclusively, as one unit is reportedly US-bound and the other global. The other interesting...

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Devialet’s Gemini II are the most luxurious wireless earbuds you can get

Devialet isn’t like any other tech company — its products are at the intersection of audio engineering and luxury. That’s why its new wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation don’t look like other earbuds. This isn’t a mass market product. When I covered the product launch at the Paris Opera, the French company’s CEO Franck […]

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Qualcomm is cutting over 1,200 jobs due to market slowdown

Qualcomm will cut 1,258 jobs in two offices in California, filings with the California Employment Development Department revealed. The chip company revealed 1,064 jobs will be eliminated in San Diego, where the HQ is, and 194 more in the Santa Clara offices. Qualcomm currently has over 51,000 employees, so it's letting go 2.5% of its workforce. The main reason for the job cuts is a decline in revenue after a sluggish chip business in the company's third fiscal quarter. Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm The jobs will be vacated by December 13 and further restructuring...

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GSMA: 4.3 billion people now own smartphones

The GSM Association posted its Mobile Internet Connectivity Report for 2023, revealing 55% of the world's population – about 4.3 billion people – now own smartphones. According to its data, mobile internet users are 4.6 billion, with 4 billion of them accessing the services via smartphones. GSMA's report revealed a disparity between regions and their accessibility to mobile internet. 69% of smartphone owners in North America, East Asia & Pacific are using 4G-enabled devices, while the majority of users in Sub-Saharan Africa are still relying on 3G connectivity – similarly to the...

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