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Abidur Chowdhury, a key designer who worked on the iPhone Air, has left the company and joined an unnamed AI startup, according to insiders quoted by Bloomberg.
Chowdhury can be seen in the iPhone Air introductory video embedded below. While he wasn’t the only driving force behind the design, his departure has had an impact on the design team, claim the insiders.
Chowdhury joined Apple around six years ago – around the same time that famed designer Jony Ive left to form his own creative agency cal
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Infinix has entered the trendy slim space with the freshly unveiled Infinix Note Edge. Now, this isn't one of those sub-6mm slim phones, but at 7.2mm, it's still thinner than the majority of phones out there. Infinix says this is the first phone to feature MediaTek's Dimensity 7100 5G chip. The Infinix Note Edge has a now-retro design with sloping, curving panels on either side of a thin frame. The... Read more ›
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The senior editor at the blog Windows Central decries two serious Windows issues "that were not spotted by Microsoft during testing, and are so severe that the company has now issued an emergency fix to address the problems." Microsoft's first update for Windows 11 in 2026 has already caused two major issues that saw users unable to fully shutdown their PCs or sign-in into a device when using Remote Desktop...... Read more ›
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft reached the Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday following a 4-mile, 12-hour crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket is being prepped for the Artemis II mission, which will carry three Americans and one Canadian on a voyage around ... Read more ›
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They took their sweet, sweet time, but the Redmi Note 15 series phones have finally arrived in Europe. The series made its debut in China with slightly different specs, then launched in India. The global launch originally happened in mid-December, so we’ve been waiting for a while. The five new models are finally available. And yes, it’s five models as Xiaomi continues building 4G versions for the Pro and vanilla... Read more ›
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Spotify is raising the price for its Premium subscription in the US again (along with Estonia and Latvia). The new fee will be $12.99 per month, up $1 from $11.99 previously. The new pricing will take hold from your billing date in February. The Duo plan is going up to $18.99 from $16.99, the Family plan will be $21.99 (previously $19.99), while the Student plan will increase from $5.99 to... Read more ›
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The original OnePlus Open came out in 2023, and it's been crickets ever since. 2024 passed with no Open 2, 2025 too, but apparently the brand was planning to finally come out with its next foldable smartphone this year. However, that's not happening anymore. The OnePlus Open 2 has been cancelled (again?). That is, of course, if we choose to believe the latest rumor on the matter, the source of... Read more ›
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The OnePlus 13T launched last April and now the company is rumored to be working on its successor, the 15T. Today more details about it have been leaked courtesy of Digital Chat Station on Weibo. According to him, the phone weighs 194g and will be offered in Relaxing Matcha, Healing White Chocolate, and Pure Cocoa (all names are machine translated from Chinese, keep in mind), in the following five RAM/storage... Read more ›
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the buzzword for the past few years, and many businesses have tried to cash in on that trend. This has led tech companies to increase their investments in infrastructure upgrades to keep up with demand. While Apple was slow to jump on the AI bandwagon, it's now reported to be starting mass production of its own AI server chip this year. The word comes from... Read more ›
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It was nearly a year ago that the GSM Association published the RCS Universal Profile 3.0, which, among other things, includes an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) standard for messages. The previous E2EE implementation was a Google-specific thing, which is why Apple didn’t support it when it adopted RCS with iOS 18. Now that there is an industry standard, Apple is working to implement it – this will finally enable encrypted messaging... Read more ›
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Liu Zuohu, also known as Pete Lau, is the co-founder and CEO of OnePlus, and he has led the brand since its inception in 2013. While we haven’t heard much from the exec in the last few months, he is now facing arrest charges by Taiwanese prosecutors. The reason? Illegal hiring practices in Taiwan. Taiwan’s Shilin District Prosecutors' Office issued an official document on Tuesday indicting two Taiwanese citizens for... Read more ›
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The Motorola Moto G Power (2026) launched just last week – it’s a $300 phone with an IP69 rating and a MIL-STD-810H compliant design. It has a 6.8” LCD and is powered by the Dimensity 6300 paired with expandable storage, plus a 5,200mAh battery with 30W wired and 15W wireless charging. If you ever need to repair the latest G Power model, you may want to consult this disassembly video... Read more ›
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The Redmi Note 15 series got its global launch around a month ago, but the phones are yet to land in Europe. That seems likely to change very soon, though. According to Xiaomi's website, the European launch is scheduled for January 15, which is the day after tomorrow. In some markets you can grab a small discount for the devices on that website (€20 or £15), which will be available... Read more ›
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