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The ongoing memory chip shortage is about to lead to a drastic drop in smartphone shipments this year. According to the latest forecast from TrendForce, the market will see a 10% drop in global smartphone shipments, which would result in an estimated 1.135 billion units shipped for the calendar year.
There is, however, an even worse turn of events, which could see the drop go as low as 15%, which TrendForce describes as the âBear-case scenarioâ. Under this scenario, global smartphone shipments are e
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After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be rolled out for employees and their friends in San Francisco and Los Angeles, with public customers to follow. Waymo's current fleet of Jaguar I-Pace vehicles runs on [âŠ] Read more âș
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Amazon engineers have been pushing back against internal policies that steer them toward Kiro, the company's in-house AI coding assistant, and away from Anthropic's Claude Code for production work, according to a Business Insider report based on internal messages. About 1,500 employees endorsed the formal adoption of Claude Code in one internal forum thread, and some pointed out the awkwardness of being asked to sell the tool through AWS's Bedrock... Read more âș
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I planned a road trip with my best friend, and we set the goal of hitting three national parks in one long weekend. Our lofty itinerary was a mistake. Read more âș
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The large language models that millions of people rely on for advice -- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini -- will change their answers nearly 60% of the time when a user simply pushes back by asking "are you sure?," according to a study by Fanous et al. that tested GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, and Gemini 1.5 Pro across math and medical domains. The behavior, known in the research community as sycophancy, stems from... Read more âș
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As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%. Read more âș
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While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry. Read more âș
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A new villain has emerged in right-wing discourse: the Affluent White Female Urban Liberal, or AWFUL. Talking heads on Fox News and right-wing YouTubers describe AWFULs as smug, entitled, and even âa cancer on the nation.â AWFULs, their argument goes, are the reason that ICE activities in Minnesota have become so violent. These women are [âŠ] Read more âș
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This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The latest US jobs report came out yesterday, and it paints a mixed picture. In the Vox employee Slack, senior editor Benjy Sarlin explained it to us as a bit of a âboth/andâ situation: [âŠ] Read more âș
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Big Tech's race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance's next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance - the China-based company behind TikTok - says Seedance 2.0 supports prompts that combine text, images, video, and audio. The company claims it "delivers a substantial leap in generation quality," offering improvements [âŠ] Read more âș
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Without more aircraft to hit Chinese defenses, the Air Force might have to hold back, risking the military getting drawn into a slog, experts said. Read more âș
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Tired of boring black and white color options? The Pixel 10a has a couple of vibrant colors too. Read more âș
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I compared chicken sandwiches from McDonald's, Popeyes, and Bojangles. My favorite was the most expensive, but the extra-crispy sandwich was worth it. Read more âș
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A key line from the first novella should've shown up in episode 4, but it was nowhere to be found. Read more âș
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Apple just rolled out iOS 26.3 and it brings a new tool to help users easily migrate data from iPhones to Android. Read more âș
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Feral Interactive has announced the release of Tomb Raider on iOS and Android. Originally released in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Tomb Raider has been fully rebuilt for iOS and Android. Coinciding with the franchise's 30th anniversary, this reboot of the console version includes the complete original campaign and all 12 DLC packs featuring extra upgrades, outfits, and a bonus Challenge Tomb. In case you need reminding, here's... Read more âș
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UK and US-based SpaceTech startup The Compression Company is announcing a âŹ2.8 million ($3.4 million) pre-Seed round to tackle limited satellite bandwidth with AI-driven compression that runs directly onboard satellites, reportedly reducing file sizes by over 95% and enabling each one to transmit far more data to Earth during each short ground-station pass. The round ... Read more âș
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The incident, which occurred during a replenishment-at-sea, left two personnel injured. They're in stable condition. Read more âș
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The Nothing Phone (4a) and (4a) Pro are rumored to be launching globally in early March, and today Nothing has pretty much confirmed that they're coming soon, by starting the teaser campaign for the duo. As you can see in the tweet below, not much has been revealed - aside from, possibly, the devices' colorways. The dots are black, white, pink, yellow, and blue. So don't be surprised if either... Read more âș
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The Honor X70 was unveiled in July last year, packing an 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery. Now, according to a tipster, the company is gearing up to launch the Honor X80 with a 10,000mAh battery. Prominent tipster Digital Chat Station has recently claimed that Honor is developing the X80 with a 10,000mAh battery. Honor Win comes with a 10,000mAh battery Notably, Honor has already launched the Win and Win RT in China,... Read more âș
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Following all the leaks, rumors, and speculation, today the inevitable has happened - a new leak brings us full spec sheets for all three members of the upcoming Galaxy S26 family. As hinted at through Samsung's teasers, the main focus this year will be AI, as the hardware hasn't changed all that much compared to the Galaxy S25 family. The Galaxy S26 and S26+ will allegedly be powered by the... Read more âș
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Ever since Trump Mobile announced the T1 Phone, many of us were left wondering whether it's going to happen at all. The T1 Phone is still wrapped in mystery, and it's constantly getting delayed. However, The Verge managed to speak to two executives at the company - Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas, who gave some extra details of the future device. First of all, the T1 Phone isn't dead. It's... Read more âș
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Following its announcement in October, Honorâs MagicOS 10 is now running on 20.26 million devices worldwide. The milestone was confirmed by the brand as it managed to push the update to over 150 devices. The news was shared on the official Honor Club platform. Honor Magic8 Pro running MagicOS 10 The Android 16-based MagicOS 10 made its debut on the Honor Magic8 and Magic8 Pro and was soon after brought... Read more âș
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Last year, Meta changed the WhatsApp Business Solution Terms in a way that severely limited what third-party AI chatbots are allowed to do (essentially, they were relegated to customer support). The European Commission decided to take a closer look as it sensed potential issues. The investigation is still ongoing, but the Commission feels that it canât wait for the full investigation to conclude because the delay can cause irreparable harm... Read more âș
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Samsung has just released the fourth beta build of the upcoming One UI 8.5. This version of the company's Android skin will make its debut with the Galaxy S26 series, which is most likely getting unveiled on February 25. The fourth beta was rumored to land in mid-January, but if that was ever the plan, then it was obviously delayed for a few weeks. Still, it's out now for the... Read more âș
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Google delighted its Pixel users last year by introducing an updated version of Quick Share that worked with Apple's AirDrop, but it has remained exclusive to the Pixel 10 series with a promise to bring it to older Pixel phones as well. Now Eric Kay, Vice President of Engineering at Google, confirmed that Quick Share compatibility with Apple's AirDrop is coming to a wider range of Android devices. Maybe the... Read more âș
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Google recently began rolling out the Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 update to eligible Pixel devices. At the same time, the company has confirmed that the first Android 17 beta is coming soon. In a Reddit post, Google revealed that the Android 17 Beta 1 will roll out to users soon with bug fixes and include improved performance and system stability. Users currently enrolled in the Android Beta program will... Read more âș
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The ongoing memory chip shortage is about to lead to a drastic drop in smartphone shipments this year. According to the latest forecast from TrendForce, the market will see a 10% drop in global smartphone shipments, which would result in an estimated 1.135 billion units shipped for the calendar year. There is, however, an even worse turn of events, which could see the drop go as low as 15%, which... Read more âș
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