Late last year, Google introduced the “Dream Screen” feature for YouTube Shorts – this is a play on words on “green screen” and allows content creators to use AI generated images and videos as a background for their videos. The company is building on this capability and will soon integrate its latest Veo 3 model into Shorts. This will allow creators to generate elaborate and fairly polished-looking video clips to... Read more ›
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Samsung foundries manufactured the first four Google Tensor chips – the G1 through G4 that were used in the Pixel 6 through Pixel 9 series. Now insiders are saying that Google has switched alliances and the next five generations, Tensor G5 through G9, will be fabbed by TSMC – these will be used in the Pixel 10 (coming later this year) to Pixel 14 series. This reportedly came as a... Read more ›
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Poco is set to unveil the F7 on June 24 in multiple markets, and the brand has already revealed the F7's design and a few specs, including its battery capacity. Poco's Indian branch said the F7 would pack a 7,550 mAh Si/C battery, making it the phone with the largest battery in India at launch. However, much to the chagrin of customers in other markets, the non-Indian F7 will ship... Read more ›
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The Redmi K80 Ultra is launching soon in China, and we now have a detailed spec sheet to work with. The brand shared more details on its official Weibo page and tipster Experience More also chimed in with some additional info. Redmi K80 Ultra color options As per the new reports, Redmi K80 Ultra will feature a flat 6.83-inch OLED display with 1280 x 2772 px resolution and a 144Hz... Read more ›
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The Redmi K80 Ultra is launching soon in China, and we now have a detailed spec sheet to work with. The brand shared more details on its official Weibo page and tipster Experience More also chimed in with some additional info. Redmi K80 Ultra color options As per the new reports, Redmi K80 Ultra will feature a flat 6.83-inch OLED display with 1280 x 2772 px resolution and a 144Hz... Read more ›
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A couple of days ago, vivo said that it would soon launch the T4 Lite with a 6,000 mAh battery for under INR10,000 ($115/€100). Today, the brand announced that the T4 Lite will be unveiled in India on June 24 at noon local time. The vivo T4 Lite will come in Prism Blue and Titanium Gold colors, and it will be powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC. The T4 Lite... Read more ›
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Honor is gearing up to launch its next flagship foldable phone with the Magic V5 and the teaser campaign is now in full swing ahead of the big launch set to take place on July 2 in Shenzhen, China. Honor has now shared our first official look at the device in its folded state. It looks impossibly thin and we can also notice a big camera island that's rumored to... Read more ›
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First Trump, now Klarna - everyone seemingly wants a piece of the lucrative US carrier market. Klarna, the Buy Now Pay Later app, has just announced that it's launching its own mobile phone plan in the US, which will be accessible directly in the Klarna app. The $40 per month plan includes "unlimited 5G data that stays at 5G speeds", unlimited talk and text, and no fees for activation or... Read more ›
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The Oppo Reno14 series, unveiled last month in China, will make its international debut on July 1 at the OOO Music Festival in Malaysia at 6PM local time. The Reno14 series comprises two smartphones - Reno14 and Reno14 Pro. We've also heard of the Reno14 F, but it's unclear whether that will go official on July 1 or will be unveiled separately. #OPPOReno14Series5G is pulling up at OOO Music Festival... Read more ›
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According to legendary leaker Evan Blass, Samsung's next Unpacked event is taking place on July 9 at 10 AM EDT (that's 7 AM in LA, 3 PM in London, 4 PM in Paris and Berlin, 7:30 PM in India, and 11 PM in Korea). The use of that time zone in the leak seems to confirm the rumored location of New York City as well, although not specifically mentioned. This... Read more ›
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Google Maps' feature that uses AI to predict when walking or taking transit will get you to your destination in roughly the same amount of time as driving is headed to Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Warsaw. In cities like Hamburg, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Rome, Zurich, Budapest, Vienna, and Brussels, you will be able to see where you have dedicated cycling lanes, along with details like heavy car traffic or steep hills.... Read more ›
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Google's AI Mode is getting a new feature: Search Live. This is like Gemini Live, but inside the Google app for iOS and Android. It's currently limited to users in the US, who are enrolled into the AI Mode experiment in Labs. Like Gemini Live, it lets you have "a free-flowing, back-and-forth voice conversation with Search", Google says. The company bills it as the perfect way to search when you're... Read more ›
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The Fairphone 6 is apparently launching on June 25, and ahead of that we've already seen it in a leaked render, and then its specs got leaked a couple of days ago. Today, a lot more official-looking images of the phone have been outed, showing it in all of its three colors - Forest Green, Cloud White, and Horizon Black. Fairphone 6 in Forest Green The Fairphone 6 has an... Read more ›
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Xiaomi's self-developed chipset, the Xring O1, made its debut inside the Xiaomi 15S Pro smartphone, which launched last month along with the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra tablet. Now it looks like Xiaomi is developing another tablet, the Pad 7S Pro. This one will use the Xring O1 just like the Pad 7 Ultra, but given the branding should be smaller. The Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, for reference, has an 11.2-inch... Read more ›
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Samsung's first XR headset, currently codenamed Project Moohan, has already been showcased by the company a bunch of times, but it's still not fully official. A new report out of Korea claims the company has now set a date for its unveiling: September 29. Then, it will become available for purchase on October 13, in Korea first. After the domestic market launch, it will gradually start to make its way... Read more ›
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Honor is unveiling the Magic V5 foldable smartphone on July 2, and alongside it the MagicPad 3 tablet. The brand has now started teasing the new tablet and posted the official images you can see below. Honor MagicPad 3 official images Honor also confirmed the MagicPad 3's most important specs. It will come with a 13.3-inch LCD screen with "3.2K" resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate. The device will also... Read more ›
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NFC Forum introduced version 15 of the NFC (Near Field Communication) standard. The most notable upgrade is the extended communication range. It's now 2 cm, up from 0.5 cm. This makes tasks such as contactless payments faster and more stable. With the increased range, the NFC no longer requires precise device alignment and enables more consistent connections. The new NFC 15 benefits compact devices like smartphones and wearables the most.... Read more ›
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Earlier this week, Samsung announced the One UI 8 Watch, which will debut with the next Galaxy Watch coming in July. The One UI 8 Watch update brings new Samsung Health features, including Bedtime Guidance, Vascular Load, Running Coach, and Antioxidant Index. While Samsung Health features have been free to use until now, things could change going forward as the Korean brand is considering subscription plans for Samsung Health. In... Read more ›
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Garmin’s latest health tracker is a smart sleep band that attaches to your upper arm. Garmin Index Sleep Monitor offers detailed sleep tracking with sleep stages, sleep score, heart rate variability (HRV) status and breathing variations. There are no screens or buttons; you simply strap the band to your arm before sleep and it starts gathering data. Garmin Index consists of two parts – an adjustable band made from a... Read more ›
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The vivo X Fold5 will be announced on June 25 (Wednesday next week), but the company is already teasing some key aspects of the phone. For example, earlier this month it posted this image that compared X Fold5’s thickness against the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Another teaser showed that the new model is lighter than the X Fold3 Pro. Neither teaser offered concrete numbers, though. vivo X Fold5 Now vivo... Read more ›
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