On a September morning in 2024, two Jonathan Cohens — one from the Rockaways in Queens, the other from London — stood in an empty 15,000-square-foot parking garage near Hudson Yards in New York City. As they walked over chipped yellow lines, they explained how the space would help Joco, their shared e-bike startup for […]
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Nothing has launched five smartphones until now, with one being a part of the CMF lineup. Now we hear the brand is having three new phones "under active development," and they are expected to arrive in the first half of 2025. The source doesn't get into the specifics, but one of these three smartphones could be the rumored Nothing Phone (3) that surfaced on Geekbench a few days ago, bearing model code Nothing A059 and having the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC under the hood. It had 8GB RAM onboard, ran Android 15, and scored 1,149 and 2,813 points in Geekbench's single and multi-core tests,...
Samsung hasn't rolled out One UI 7.0, but leaks revealed it will come with some changes. One of them will be the termination of Edge Panel downloads from the Galaxy Store. The Korean conglomerate has issued a notice informing users that they won't be able to download Edge Panels from the Galaxy Store after upgrading their devices to One UI 7.0. However, they will be able to use the Edge Panels downloaded on their devices before updating to One UI 7.0. These Panels will be available in the Galaxy Store's "My apps" section. But if you uninstall them after upgrading to One UI 7.0, you won't...
Google has a pretty expansive lineup of phones this year, with a total of four Pixel 9 phones so far. And this year you have a choice between two compact options - the 9 and the 9 Pro. There is an almost 300 bucks worth of a price difference between the 128GB/12GB Pixel 9 and the 128GB/16GB Pixel 9 Pro without considering any holiday deals or carrier rebates. So if you are wondering whether the Pixel 9 Pro is worth the price premium over the vanilla Pixel 9, we are here to help as we will be putting them head-to-head in this comparison based on our extensive review findings. Table...
Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S25 series in January, likely including the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. We have also heard about the Galaxy S25 Slim, but rumors claim it will arrive later. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim's US model (SM-S937U) had popped up in certification, and now its international version has also surfaced. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim's international variant has model code SM-S937B/DS, where 'B' indicates this unit is a global version while "DS" denotes dual-SIM support. This confirms the Galaxy S25 Slim will launch in international markets....
Today is Black Friday, the day when we thank stores for discounting their products. Amazon is having a Black Friday week that ends on Monday, December 2, and here are the smartphone deals to consider. Most of the Google Pixel 9 phones are about 15% off, and almost all purchases will be €100 cheaper for Prime Student members. Google Pixel 9 up to 15% offextra €100 Prime Student discount Read our review 128 GB - €775 at Amazon DE 256 GB - €899 at Amazon DE ...
As large enterprises grapple with how to incorporate AI into their platforms and processes, they have encountered a problem: Generative AI needs to have memory and its training data must be constantly updated for it to have any practical use. This area is now called ‘Live AI’ and a number of startups are working in […]
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Realme went ahead and announced its V60 Pro midranger in China. It looks similar to the recently announced Realme C75 but has a more capable MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset at the helm. The rest of the specs include a 6.67-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, an 8MP front-facing camera and a 50MP rear shooter. V60 Pro is also IP69-rated against dust and pressurized water jets. It boots Realme UI 5.0 based on Android 14 and packs a 5,600 mAh battery with 45W charging. Realme V60 Pro in Obsidian Gold, Rock Black and Lucky Red Realme V60 Pro comes in...
An African fintech that has grown on the strength of a 30,000-strong team of direct salespeople is moving into profit country by sub-Saharan country. Now, M-KOPA, the pay-as-you-go asset financing platform serving 5 million underbanked Africans, is racing toward a major milestone: surpassing an annual revenue rate of $400 million by year-end. The London-headquartered fintech […]
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OnePlus has released the OxygenOS 15.0.0.305 update for the OnePlus 12 with AI features, including Enhance, Unblur, and Remove, as a part of the AI Retouch. It also includes AI Notes, which introduces a new AI writing suite, a Format feature, and a Clean up feature. OnePlus 12 Additionally, OnePlus says the new update comes with the November 2024 Android security patch and lets users easily share live photos with nearby iOS devices. You can check the changelog below for more details. OxygenOS 15.0.0.305 update changelog The OxygenOS 15.0.0.305 update has firmware version...
Following its announcement in China last month, the iQOO 13 is now making its global debut in Indonesia. The device is available locally, starting at IDR 9,999,000 ($630) for the 12/256GB trim and IDR 11,999,000 ($755) for the 16/512GB variant. Both trims are listed on iQOO Indonesia’s official website. The device is available in Alpha Black and Legend White colors. iQOO 13 in Alpha Black and Legend White iQOO 13 is among the first phones to launch with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. It also packs a 6.82-inch LTPO 2.0 AMOLED display (QHD+ 144Hz), three 50 MP cameras and a...
Honor 300 Ultra is real and will arrive on December 2, alongside the Honor 300 and Honor 300 Pro. It will have a periscope lens and two color versions, called Flower White and Charcoal Black, and the company says the phone will have “AI travel photography” capabilities. Honor 300 Ultra promos The phone was first seen in leaked renders, shortly followed by lifestyle photos, and we were skeptical of them because the only source deleted their post. It appears that they were indeed the real deal, and now we can take them as confirmation about the premium appearance of the...
India-based audio platform Pocket FM has more than 200,000 hours of content on the service. However, the company’s CEO, Rohan Nayak, believes that the platform still has room to grow in terms of creating original content and expanding its library to multiple genres and sub-genres. The fastest way to do that is to tap into […]
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Yesterday, we saw a 10-second clip on Reddit showing the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra with its flat design and slightly rounded corners. Now, we are looking at more images of the Galaxy S25 Ultra coming from the same source via Reddit user GamingMK and Android Authority. The images show us the bottom of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, having a USB-C port flanked by an S-Pen slot, speaker, microphone, and SIM card slot. Another image shows the corner bezel of the smartphone, while the third photo shows the phone with One UI 7.0's charging notification on the screen. Samsung Galaxy S25...
Back in February, ZTE announced its first flip-foldable – the ZTE Libero Flip. That device then made its way to the global market as the nubia Flip, and we now have our first look at its successor – the nubia Flip 2 (NX732J), which appeared in certification listing on China’s TENAA agency. nubia Flip 2 (NX732J) Flip 2 will offer a redesigned look with a substantially larger 3-inch AMOLED cover screen with 422×682px resolution. The outside screen now features a rectangular look instead of the round one of its predecessor. It is flanked by two cameras – a 50MP main shooter and a...
Raspberry Pi is better known for its single-board computer with a ton of ports sticking out. The most recent of which is the Raspberry Pi 5, which was introduced in September 2023. These small computers are perfect for the education market and for tech enthusiasts looking for a cheap computing device to power an interactive […]
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We last covered EV charging platform Ampeco in 2023 when it raised a Series A round of $13 million. Today it’s raised $26 million in a Series B funding led by Revaia, a growth equity investment fund. That takes its total funding to $42 million. Many EV charging systems are end-to-end solutions which makes them […]
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Xiaomi published the official schedule for the HyperOS 2 rollout two weeks ago, and it included over a dozen models that were up for an update as early as this month. The company kept its promise and started pushing HyperOS 2 to Xiaomi 14. The package is 6.3 GB in size and has version number OS2.0.4.0.VNCMIXM. It should be available to all international users of the vanilla flagship. HyperOS 2.0 is based on Android 15 and brings plenty of AI-powered features, in line with the trend of 2024. These include new dynamic wallpapers, a new desktop layout, writing and translation...
Battery tech is pivotal as the world leans into electrification to power decarbonization in the race against climate change. But rising demand is putting more attention on the limits and drawbacks of current generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology. This is where Cambridge University spin-out Molyon hopes to come in: the U.K. startup is developing next-gen […]
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Since its introduction in 2011, Siri never really lived up to the hype and Apple is reportedly working to bring its digital assistant up to par with competitors like Opena AI's ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The latest newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman details Apple’s ambitious plan to overhaul Siri with more capable generative AI features and rely on an in-house AI large language model (LLM). Gurman specifies that Apple will update Siri in stages, with the first one being ChatGPT integration in Siri coming in December of this year. That key addition is described as a “band-aid” for...
Honor 300 and Honor 300 Pro are arriving on December 2, the brand revealed on Weibo. Both phones will have MagicOS 9 out of the box, and it seems the Pro will run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The company opened pre-orders for both phones, letting eager customers put a CNY 999 deposit (about $140/€130) to book a spot in line. Honor 300 & Honor 300 Pro The arrival date is not a huge surprise. Both the Honor 300 and Honor 300 Pro were on the company website, and users who registered interest were promised more info on prices and availability on December 2. Today's announcement...
Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, a tiny board designed around a microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects at scale. Raspberry Pi is once again using the RP2350, its own, well-documented microcontroller. But what is a microcontroller again? As the name suggests, microcontrollers let you control other electronic components or devices. Regular Raspberry […]
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Not every app or service is trying to monetize your personal data. Here are some of our favorite alternatives to popular apps.
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On October 21, a new ticker opened to Nasdaq traders: NBIS, a truncation of Nebius, a fledgling player in the AI cloud infrastructure space. Casual observers could be forgiven for wondering where this company had come from, as there had been little in the way of the usual fanfare that surrounds most startups’ journey to […]
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The new Asus ROG Phone 9 series brings more processing power, better cooling, a faster display and a bigger battery. That makes them the ultimate gaming phones, right? Maybe, but they are not without their flaws Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro The Asus ROG Phone 9 and 9 Pro will receive only 2 OS updates (they start with Android 15) and will continue getting security patches for 5 years. The latter number is nice – these days our phones provide access to our personal data, bank accounts and more – but missing out on new features after Android 17 on a $1,000+ phone isn’t a great...
There has been no shortage of sales events this year, but this is the granddaddy of them all – Black Friday. Which technically falls on the 29th, but it doesn’t hurt to start early. The Xiaomi 14T and 14T Pro are both €150 off at the moment. Both use the same display and have basically the same design, but the Pro has the more powerful chipset, better camera and faster battery charging. Check out our Xiaomi 14T vs. 14T Pro post for an in-depth comparison. Xiaomi 14T €150 off Read our review ...
There’s a whole week of sales ahead of us ending on December 2. We picked out the best smartphone offers from Amazon UK and tried to pair up similar models. Like we saw last week, the Pixel 9 phones are £100 off. This week the deal is a bit better with an extra 10% off if you have an Amazon Prime Student subscription. Still, the Google Pixel 9 Pro at £900 (£810 if you can get the extra 10% off) is quite pricey. But there aren’t too many small (or small-ish) flagships out there. Google Pixel 9 Pro £100...
Canalys' market report for the smartphone market in Q3 2024 in Africa just dropped, showing a modest 3% year-on-year growth and projecting an even less impressive 1% growth for the full year 2025. That's largely due to the region's economic uncertainties. Despite the small market gains on average across the continent, the situation in individual markets varies. For instance, Egypt showed an impressive 34% growth for a third consecutive quarter due to strong local production capacity throughout 2024. Nigeria, on the other hand, is the biggest market in Africa but grew merely 1%,...
The U.K. is set to create an all-encompassing regulatory framework to govern the crypto sector in early 2025. Speaking on Thursday at the Tokenisation Summit in London, economic secretary to the treasury Tulip Siddiq confirmed that the new rules would include cryptocurrency and stablecoins, which are pegged against a more stable asset such as a […]
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Huawei is holding a big event on November 26 to introduce the Mate 70 lineup and the Mate X6 foldable smartphone. Today, we learned that the company is also launching FreeBuds Pro 4, the first TWS earbuds with HarmonyOS Next. The buds are quite similar visually to the FreeBuds Pro 3 but with a finer edge of the stem. It will also have Huawei Sound, which appears to be a rebrand of Huawei Histen audio features. These earbuds having a dedicated operating system means they will feature extended integration in the HarmonyOS Next environment, which should include the new Mate...
Honor is preparing to launch its next-gen number-series smartphones in China with the Honor 300 series. We already saw an early registration listing for the vanilla Honor 300, and the brand has now followed up by posting one for the 300 Pro model. Honor 300 Pro will look similar to the non-Pro model and will be available in three colors: Black, Green and Sand. The 300 Pro features a curved screen with a pill-shaped cutout for its front-facing cameras. Honor 200 Pro had a 50MP main selfie cam and a 2MP depth helper, so we can expect a similar setup on the 300 Pro. Honor 300...
Redmi will launch the K80 Pro on November 27, and today, we learned more details about the phone. The brand shared the key specs on its Weibo profile, including the new flagship chipset by Qualcomm, a massive battery and an IP68 + IP69 rating. Xiaomi Redmi K80 Pro features Redmi K80 Pro coming with Snapdragon 8 Elite is not a surprise, as company officials have already teased the phone to be extremely fast and powerful. It will also have a D1 chip that will control the display to attempt and boost the frame rate and resolution in certain apps ang games. The phone is shaping...
Legislation to ban social media for under 16s has been introduced in the Australian parliament. The country’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed the plan to curb the use of social media by kids earlier this month, and the bill has now been presented to lawmakers, Reuters reports. Many jurisdictions will be watching the proceedings with interest, […]
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Today Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro made their debut on the international stage. The phones are the first with ColorOS 15 out of the box, but we also got a schedule for the existing devices that will get the latest version of the copmany's software. The lislt applies to globally available devices, and we can see a dozen smartphones and two tablets will get the new UI by the end of this year. Fourteen more models will switch to ColorOS 15 by the end of Q2 2025. The Find N3, Find N3 Flip, and Reno11 Pro are getting the update in November, which means Oppo has just 10 days to push the...
Here is yet one more sign of the travel industry’s noticeable boom: a major growth round for one of the B2B startups servicing it. Lighthouse, a data analytics platform for hotels and others in the hospitality industry, has closed a Series C of $370 million. The KKR-led round catapults Lighthouse to a valuation of over […]
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Apple is expected to launch the iPhone SE 4 in early 2025, and the most recent report suggested this will happen in March, which is one month earlier than the previously reported timeline. A supply chain report obtained by MacRumors claims that the phone is practically confirmed for Q1 2025, when it will be announced with an Apple-designed 5G modem. It is worth pointing out that none of these reports are new; we should take them as a second confirmation that the previous ones were correct and that the iPhone SE (2025) is really happening. The new phone will say goodbye to the...
The Galaxy S23 series received its first internal One UI 7 beta, as evident by new listings on Samsung internal firmware servers. The new beta builds S918BXXU7DXKM, S918BOXM7DXKM, and S918BXXU7DXKM will be tested by Samsung and ironed out for bugs before they proceed to open beta status. As per the latest plans, One UI 7 should arrive in the first weeks of 2025 alongside the Galaxy S25 series. From there, Samsung will likely push the update to the S24 series, Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, followed by the S23 series. Via
Stop us if you've seen this one. Today we have the Samsung Galaxy A16 for review, the nearly identical 4G version of the Galaxy A16 5G we reviewed last month. Like the 5G model, the 4G one ships with nothing more than a SIM eject tool and a USB-C cable. The LTE-only Galaxy A16 is nearly identical to its 5G counterpart but there are some obvious visual differences. Where the 5G model had a rear panel with a prism-like effect to reflections, the 4G has a matte finish. Ours is the Gray model but it definitely has some light Blue to it. Specs-wise, you get the same 6.7-inch...
Sony today launched the second generation model of its flagship Alpha 1 camera. Sticking with the company's famously bad naming conventions, the new camera is called Alpha 1 II. The original Alpha 1 was the Swiss Army knife of mirrorless cameras and was critically acclaimed for its incredible high speed photo and 8K video capabilities. The Alpha 1 II borrows the same 50.1MP full-frame stacked CMOS sensor but combines it with a new AI processing unit. This improves the autofocusing capabilities, which can now detect a more diverse range of subjects apart from humans, including...
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard any talk about the OnePlus flip folding phone, but Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station has shared a likely launch timeframe for the brand’s first clamshell foldable. The OnePlus V Flip (placeholder name) is now expected to launch in Q2 2025 (April-June), which would make it the second foldable in the brand’s portfolio after the OnePlus Open. Previous rumors suggested the OnePlus V Flip would be a rebranded Oppo Find N5 Flip, but the latter was reportedly canceled according to a report from earlier this year. This makes the OnePlus flip...
You’ve heard of car airbags deploying within milliseconds to protect passengers. How about an airbag for your knee?
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The Z70 Ultra cameraphone is expected to be announced in a mere two days, and nubia can barely keep their excitement about the phone's new features. We already know it will have a screen with a more detailed resolution and an even higher refresh rate, and today, we learned more about the cameras on the back. The 50 MP main camera will be the same custom-made 35 mm shooter from the Z60 Ultra but with a variable aperture, as recently revealed in a leaked video. The telephoto lens will have a new f/2.48 lens, while the ultra-wide-angle snapper will capture images with a 122-degree...
One of India's largest news agencies has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content.
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Indian nutrition startup HealthKart’s valuation has surged to about $500 million in a new investment of $153 million, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The investment, one of the largest for an Indian consumer startup this year, was co-led by private equity firms ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal, with Avendus Capital serving as financial […]
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Following a listing showcase from earlier this month comes a new leak for the Honor 300 series. Chinese actress Yu Shuxin was seen flaunting one of the upcoming Honor 300 variants, giving us our first live look. Honor 300 leaked shots The device in the image looks similar to the previously leaked renders, with an irregular-shaped camera island that appears to house two camera sensors. We don’t know much more about the Honor 300 series other than that all four models will support 100W charging. Honor 300 spy shot Based on rumors, Honor 300 Pro is expected to...
Huawei Mate 70 is up for pre-order one week ahead of the November 26 launch. The series will consist of Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, and Mate 70 Pro+ devices, according to Vmall. The Huawei-owned online store also revealed there will be five different memory variants and eight colors split between the three devices. There have been over 130,000 pre-orders for the phones in the first 10 hours after the listing went up, and we expect the number to cross into the millions when it comes time for the actual launch. The only official teaser revealed that Huawei will not follow the trend of flat...
House plants are great. They can also be hard. All of those stress-reducing self-care qualities they promise tend to fade into the background when they suddenly turn brown for seemingly no reason. Unlike pets and human children, they can’t bug you when something is wrong. They just sort of wither. There’s a reason Reddit is […]
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Nubia unveiled the Red Magic 10 Pro and 10 Pro+ this week, both with a Snapdragon 8 Elite nubia calls an "Extreme Edition". The pair mostly shares the same specs. The main difference is the battery and charging - the 10 Pro has a 6,500mAh battery with 80W charging, while the 10 Pro+ ups it to a 7,050mAh silicon-nitride pack with 120W charging. The nubia Red Magic 10 Pro+ also has either 16GB or 24GB of RAM and 512GB or 1TB of storage. The non-Pro tops out at 12GB and 512GB. The nubia Red Magic 10 Pro and 10 Pro+ are on pre-order now and will ship on November 18. We've heard multiple...
The Pro skips a generation, it seems, so Realme went from the GT 5 Pro to the Realme GT 7 Pro with the GT 6 and GT 6T in the middle. The 6-series offered great value at mid-range prices, but the extra budget of the Pro model allows for some properly impressive stats. Let’s start with the display. It’s a 6.78” LTPO panel with 1,264 x 2,780px resolution – same as many other GT models. This one, however, was developed by Samsung to be both super efficient and super bright (reaching 6,000 nits). Like many other brands, Realme has dropped the optical fingerprint reader in favor of an ultrasonic...
Amazon is calling this an early Black Friday sale and of the various offers that it includes, we focused in on the Google phones. The Pixel 9 series is up €130 off with an additional discount available for Prime Student members. The older Pixel 8 series has deeper price cuts (and also has extra discounts for Prime Student subscribers). Starting with the base Google Pixel 9, you get the new Tensor G4 chipset, which is faster and more efficient than the G3. The dual camera combines a large 1/1.31” 50MP sensor in the main with a 48MP 123° ultra wide. The 6.3” OLED display is not an LTPO...
The European Union’s risk-based rulebook for artificial intelligence — aka the EU AI Act — has been years in the making. But expect to hear a lot more about the regulation in the coming months (and years) as key compliance deadlines kick in. Meanwhile, read on for an overview of the law and its aims. […]
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If you’ve been keeping a close eye on the rumor mill lately, then the image below will definitely look familiar to you. We’ve already seen the same image in a previous leak, albeit edited in a slightly different manner. It allegedly shows the upcoming Oppo Reno 13 and Reno 13 Pro in the wild. Two devices with an unmistakable iPhone look. Global release in Jan, powered by Dimensity 8300 on both vanila and Pro https://t.co/qfYjdPZSj0— yawn (@chunvn8888) November 15, 2024 An insider source has now shared a few extra bits of alleged information regarding the pair. Apparently, both will be...
nubia just recently made the Red Magic 10 Pro and 10 Pro+ official. As per the announcement, both phones run what is denoted as the Snapdragon 8 Elite "Extreme Edition". We aren't quite sure what "Extreme Edition" denotes quite yet, but presumably, it entails slightly higher clock speeds. As we wait for the phone to arrive in our office so we can properly test it for ourselves, we can marvel at this "leaked" early AnTuTu 10 scorecard, which shows the phone basically crushing all of the competition with a blistering score of 3102960 points and a 99% percentile. Slightly lower than the last...
WhatsApp has finally announced the Message Drafts feature for its users, which should remind them about the message they started typing but did not send for whatever reason. starting a reply to a message and getting distracted… we know what that’s like 😵💫which is why we’re introducing drafts! when you start a message and don’t finish it, you’ll see a draft indicator on the chat so you remember to hit send— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) November 14, 2024 The way this Message Drafts feature works is when you have typed a message but don't send it, you'll see a "Draft" indicator in green at the...
Samsung's Galaxy S25 family is coming in January, though there's currently a bit of confusion as to whether it will land in early or late January. Still, we're getting ever closer to the official unveiling, and now a benchmark run has revealed the fact that the base model will have 12GB of RAM. That's a nice step up from the 8GB of the entry-level S24, although that one did have a 12GB iteration as well. We're hoping the S25 loses the 8GB tier entirely, but we can never be 100% sure until the actual announcement, so do keep that in mind. The Galaxy S25 models will either all go with...
Samsung India started offering free screen replacements to Galaxy phones with a green line on the display and said the promo affected units have until September 30 to be replaced. Today, the company announced an extension until December 31, 2024, but only for a limited number of devices. The Galaxy S21 trio, S21 FE, and S22 Ultra are eligible. The full list of Samsung phones (with their model numbers is): Galaxy S21 (SM-G991B) Galaxy S21+ (SM-G996B) Galaxy S21 Ultra (SM-G998B) Galaxy S21 FE 5G (SM-G990B/E) Galaxy S22 Ultra (SM-S908E) The replacement is free and can be...
Oppo announced the flagship-tier Pad 3 Pro tablet alongside the Find X8 series in China, and now a more affordable alternative is coming. The slate will be called Oppo Pad 3 and will launch on November 25 alongside the Reno13 series. It will have an 11.6" screen with 2.8K resolution and 7:5 ratio of the screen. Oppo Pad 3 The Pad 3 will be a new tablet, unlike its Pro sibling, which is a rebranded OnePlus Pad 2. According to the official Oppo store, it will arrive in three colors - White, Purple, and Blue - and will have stylus support. The Pad 3 will come with a 144 Hz...
The Huawei Mate 70 series was coming, and now we know when. Richard Yu, CEO of the CBG Division, revealed the phones will arrive on November 26. The executive did not reveal more details, but he confirmed a new luxury car brand called Maextro will also debut. Richard Yu at the 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show Yu revealed the date during an interview at the 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show. The announcement comes as a surprise because Huawei Mobile's social media accounts are still silent on the matter. We expect to see at least four phones - Huawei Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro+, and Mate...
The vivo X200 series debuted on October 14 in China. We recently learned the phones will soon arrive on the international scene, and today, we have a date to circle in our calendars – it is November 19. The vivo Malaysia division scheduled a launch for 7 PM local time, after which a three-day pre-order period will begin. vivo X200 series The phones arriving in Malaysia are the vivo X200 and vivo X200 Pro. The online store says nothing about the X200 Pro mini, meaning the X200 is getting the green color, initially touted as exclusive for the mini. The two X200 phones sport...
Many startups and larger tech companies have taken a crack at building artificial intelligence to code software. Now, another new player is coming out of the shadows to throw its hat into the ring, with a mission to fix the many problems that will arise when humans and all those AIs are all writing code […]
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Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the realization that there might be a business opportunity in competing with expensive legacy mapping software hit the founders during class. “When we took introduction class to GIS [geographic […]
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Today we have with us the new Sony LinkBuds Open. These are the second generation version of the LinkBuds that launched almost three years ago. Much like the original model, LinkBuds Open are based around the idea of having an open-ear design for the earbuds that lets outside sound in naturally. For this, Sony uses a custom ring-shaped driver that sits around the hole in the middle. At first glance, the earbuds look rather alien with their pod-shaped design and the ring attached to one end. Unlike the previous model, the ring is smaller than the pod it's attached to. The pod...
The Swedish BNPL startup has confidentially filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. SEC.
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Oppo is preparing to launch the Reno13 series on November 25, and today, we got our first look at one of the phones. One image of the device's camera island was posted by Digital Chat Station, who pointed out the design similarity to an iPhone 15. Here are the two phones next to each other: Similarities include a rectangular transparent camera island, seamless mold and similar frame design. The Reno13 is clearly thinner, and it looks like it will have a third camera, though. We do have to point out that this design is not entirely new. The Oppo Reno9 series came with two major...
Prelude is a relatively new a new French startup that focuses on SMS verification; it’s announcing new funding from Singular and Seedcamp on Wednesday. The two founders met when they were working for Zenly, a popular location-sharing app with tens of millions of users that was acquired by Snap (and later shut down). While you […]
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Samsung's Galaxy S25 family is expected to arrive at some point in January, but you may have been wondering when exactly. The answer to that question could have been revealed today through the leak of a purported survey Samsung is running online. According to this, pre-orders for the devices will start on January 5, which means there's a very, very high likelihood that the launch event will take place on January 5 as well. That is, of course, if this information pans out. Galaxy S25 series will launch on Jan 5th, according from an online survey to customer about promotion when it ready...
Apple could soon let users share the location of lost items via the Find My app with people who are not in their contacts using a link.
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Chinese flagships are getting too good. Huge batteries, the latest chipsets, the best cameras (by an increasing distance). But they're also getting more and more refined. Enter the Oppo Find X8 Pro and Find X8, the latest flagships from China that will luckily, make it to the global stage later this month. We'll focus on the Pro here, but let's get a quick staredown between the pair of X8s. Outside of the obvious differences in height, display size, and battery size, the Pro has better cameras - namely a superior main 50MP sensor and a second, further-reaching 135mm telephoto. The...
Berlin-based Quantune is trying to shrink laser spectrometers so that you can wear one on your wrist, and it just raised $9M to do it.
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Running payroll is hard in any country, but perhaps especially so in Brazil thanks to consistently changing laws and extremely influential unions that make it significantly harder to get it right. Fernando Gadotti struggled with this as the co-founder and CEO of DogHero, LatAm’s version of Rover. When Gadotti left the company in 2022, after […]
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Oppo announced its Find X8 and Find X8 Pro in China last month and promised that both will be available internationally at some point. We now have a date to look forward to as the brand confirmed it will hold a global launch for the Find X8 series on November 21 in Bali, Indonesia. Oppo’s big event is set to start at 1PM local time (GMT+8) and will also mark the global launch for ColorOS 15 which will debut on the new Find X8 series phones. The Find X8 and Find X8 Pro are going global on November 21. Find X8 and Find X8 Pro feature MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipsets, 50MP...
The iQOO Neo10 appeared in some rumors last week, and today, the lineup got officially confirmed. The company posted teaser, dubbing the series “performance flagships.” This means the new devices will have a top-tier flagship, RAM and storage at the likely expense of camera performance. vivo iQOO Neo10 confirmation The iQOO Neo10 Pro is likely to run on the Dimensity 9400, an upgrade over the Neo9 Pro with D9300, which was an upgrade over the Neo8 Pro with Dimensity 9200+. We expect the new phone to keep up with the current trend of bigger batteries, which will be at least 6,000...
It’s clear that Gen Z has an influence on app consumption. Known as the “mobile-first generation,” they make up about 40% of all mobile users worldwide. Curious about their preferences, we recently contacted the app intelligence firm Appfigures, which provided an overview of the 50 most downloaded apps by Gen Z this year. However, due […]
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The 2024 generation of Pro iPhones brings mostly minor changes - refinement and fine-tuning. That includes an even wider range of camera capabilities, a new button (possibly in the camera category, but also kind of its own thing), design tweaks, a tiny bit larger display, a small battery capacity increase. But the 16 Pro in particular can almost claim to have introduced a more principal hardware upgrade - the 5x telephoto camera of the Maxes replaces the 3x unit of the 15 Pro. So if you had to choose now, should you be getting the new 16 Pro, or maybe save a buck and track down the last...
A dearth of funding for vital open source technologies is leading to a swath of support from startups, unicorns, corporations, and even venture capital firms. Last year, Bloomberg launched its FOSS (free and open source software) fund, committing up to $90,000 per year to various projects. And in October, Indian financial services company Zerodha launched […]
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A couple of weeks ago, the Samsung Galaxy S24+ was down to £800 for a 12/256GB model, now that same unit will cost you £50 less. You can also pick up a 512GB phone, but that is a £100 upgrade. The S24+ has a 6.7" QHD+ LTPO display, an Exynos 2400 chipset and a 4,900mAh battery with 45W/15W charging, plus a 50+10+12MP camera. Samsung Galaxy S24+ £250 off£10 Galaxy Store credit Read our review 12/256GB - £750 at Amazon UK 12/512GB - £850 at Amazon UK The...
