The US government approved the landmark national security package which was signed into law by President Joe Biden yesterday. The new regulation effectively gives TikTok parent company ByteDance an ultimatum to sell TikTok’s US business to a local company in the next nine months or face an effective ban on the platform. Reuters is now reporting that ByteDance is not willing to sell off TikTok to a US company and... Read more ›
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AndroidHeadlines just came out with a report that Samsung may be readying an Ultra variant of the Galaxy Z Fold6 for Unpacked event on July 10. This leak comes out to confirm the Ultra's existence. Galaxy Z Fold6 Ultra and Z Fold6 model names The new information includes a model number - SM-F958N, which in turn suggests that this is an Ultra device because historically, all Ultra handsets in Samsung's... Read more ›
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The Oppo A60 surfaced in the Google Play Console earlier this month, and today it quietly went official in Vietnam. Undoubtedly, it will be launched in more markets in the coming weeks. Oppo A60 official images Despite what its name implies, it can't be considered a succesor to the A59 from December 2023, since that model has 5G support, while the A60 doesn't. Thus, think of it like the successor... Read more ›
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OnePlus has already made the Nord CE4 smartphone official, and it's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset. Today a new leak from a generally reliable tipster brings us the details about the chipsets powering the next two Nord branded devices, because there will apparently be two more coming in the following weeks. The Nord 4 will employ the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, while the Nord CE 4 Lite... Read more ›
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Non-invasive blood sugar monitoring is the next frontier for wearables and a new report from South Korea suggests Samsung may launch its next-generation smartwatches with the ability to monitor users’ blood sugar levels. According to the report, Hon Pak who serves as SVP of Samsung Electronics and is the head of digital healthcare met with Samsung Health advisory board members at the company’s Medical Center in Seoul to discuss the... Read more ›
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Realme launched the 4G-only C65 earlier this month, and today, the brand followed up with a 5G version of the phone, powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC. The Realme C65 5G is the first Dimensity 6300-powered smartphone, and it comes with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card. The smartphone runs Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 out of the box, with Realme... Read more ›
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Tempered glass lens protectors for the upcoming Xperia 1 VI and 10 VI appeared on Japan’s Rakuten Market ahead of the Xperia launch event scheduled for May 17. The notable bit is that both protectors are physically larger than those of their predecessors and feature wider apertures which could translate to larger camera sensors. Xperia 1 VI camera protector in comparison to Xperia 1 V The lens protector for the... Read more ›
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We recently heard that Samsung is working on the Galaxy S24 FE, which will be launched in late 2024. While there's no word about the Galaxy S24 FE from Samsung, the phone's listing on UK carrier EE's database confirms its existence and moniker. The UK carrier also revealed the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE's model designation, which is SM-721U. However, it didn't divulge anything else about it. But if rumors are... Read more ›
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Last year's Infinix GT 10 Pro was quite a hit, and the brand is now putting the finishing touches onto its successor, the GT 20 Pro. This is expected to be unveiled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 28, according to an exclusive leak we brought you earlier this week. Today the GT 20 Pro's specs have been leaked, along with official-looking images. The phone is rumored to have a... Read more ›
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Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, announced on Threads that the company is expanding its mute filters to apply to more parts of the app than before. Called Hidden Words, the feature had so far applied only to posts directed towards to you, so you could only mute certain words or phrases from appearing in your replies. Starting today, the feature has been expanded to your timeline, search, profiles, and replies... Read more ›
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Yesterday a rumor did the rounds claiming Google is getting ready to launch a version of the Pixel Tablet that would come without the Charging Speaker Dock in the box. Today a new rumor 'confirms' the previous one (as much as any rumor can 'confirm' anything), and helpfully adds pricing information for the new dock-less tablet. Thankfully, it will cost less than the tablet + dock bundle that's currently on... Read more ›
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We've already heard not once, but twice that Samsung was planning on holding its next Unpacked unveiling event in July, and today a new rumor gives us an actual date: July 10. This information reportedly comes from "multiple sources", as does the event's location: Paris, France. This was also rumored before, but it's nice to have a confirmation, even if it does come by way of another rumor, as nothing's... Read more ›
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A few days ago the Honor 200 Lite was listed by Honor in France with very few details, and today the phone is fully official. Not just that, but it's already up for pre-order in France from Honor's official online store. It's priced at €329.90, and if you pre-order one until May 15 you'll get a €30 price reduction by using the coupon code AFR200L. Honor 200 Lite in Starry... Read more ›
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Mere hours ago we told you that Samsung and Google are working together on developing new AI features for their respective smartphone lines, and now a new rumor claims the next iteration of Samsung's Android skin will bring a new AI feature. According to prolific tipster Ice Universe, One UI 6.1.1 will come with one "key functional innovation", namely "video AI". Unfortunately there are no actual details about what that... Read more ›
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Back in January, Samsung announced the Google-developed Circle to Search AI feature for its Galaxy S24 series before Google unveiled the it for its Pixels, signifying a strong partnership between the two companies in the AI space. In case you've been wondering whether there's more AI stuff to come from these two companies in the future, the answer is a resounding yes. Google and Samsung are working together on developing... Read more ›
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TSMC announced its ground-breaking 1.6nm manufacturing process for chips and it also includes backside power delivery network that improves power efficiency and transistor density even further. The announced 1.6nm process relies on gate-all-around nanosheet transistors, just like the upcoming N2, N2P and N2X architectures based on the 2nm node. The new process alone allows 10% higher clock speeds at the same voltage and up to 20% lower power drain at... Read more ›
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Micron Technology is the latest recipient of direct funding from the US Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Science Act. The US-based computer memory and data manufacturer is set to receive a $6.14 billion federal grant to support the expansion of its Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) fabs in Syracuse, New York. TSMC and Samsung received similar subsidies earlier this month. Micron’s roadmap plans include investing upwards of $100 billion... Read more ›
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Smartphone activations in the US are seeing the lowest share of iPhones in six years, according to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The analysts report the numbers each quarter but use a 12-month period to eliminate seasonality (iPhone sales are always the weakest just before the new generation launches and the strongest just after). For most of 2023, Apple held steady at around 40%. However, it share began... Read more ›
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Last year, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the Apple iPhone 17 Pro coming in 2025 could use a resin-coated copper (RCC) mainboard. Now Digitimes, citing its supply chain sources, claims that at least one next-gen Apple Watch might also use an RCC material motherboard. The RCC material uses a thin film of copper coated in resin, making the motherboard's overall design thinner. This should leave more room for other components... Read more ›
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The Chinese smartphone market grew by 6.5% in Q1,2024 thanks to robust demand for Huawei and Honor devices. The IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker shows an estimated total of 69.3 million smartphones were shipped in the first three months of the year, led by Honor and Huawei. The two companies are neck and neck for the leading position with each controlling a 17% share of the market. Huawei’s market share... Read more ›
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