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Samsung has filed a new patent that shows the Ring-like device to be taking temperatures of objects and people.
It could come with visual, auditory, or tactile alerts that show up on the ring…
Before a new car comes to market, it's subjected to many months, sometimes years, of rigorous testing around the world. Sweden often hosts a big part of that journey, its cold northern expanses offering the perfect mix of frigid temp…
Meta and the Internet Society have established the Connectivity Co-Funding Initiative, which aims to expand affordable internet connection around the world. They announced the new project at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.…
As leaders in mobile technology and connectivity gather in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, the Internet Society (www.InternetSociety.org)—a global charitable organization championing an open, globally connected, and secure Int…
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Infinix enters the tri-fold segment with the Zero Mini Tri-Fold, featuring dual vertical hinges for a three-way fold.
The concept's outward-folding design lets it attach to fitness gear and b…
Lenovo is showing business laptops lovers some attention by announcing several new ThinkPads at Mobile World Congress 2025, including a new form factor for the T-series line, and updated internals across the business laptop lineup.
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Folding screens are the latest trend in phones. Google, OnePlus, Motorola, and Samsung have already released phones with foldable displays, and Apple is soon to unveil its own foldable phone.
But what about laptops?
The folding scree…
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Chrome for Android now stretches content right to the edges, even under the status and navigation bars.
It hides when you scroll, giving you more room for content.
Chrome 135’s …
It didn’t take long for wireless earbuds to become ubiquitous. Apple’s AirPods launched back in September 2016, joining notable true wireless headphones from Jabra, Sony, Samsung, and others. Shortly after, they became the go-to choice for…
Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announced new TikTok insights in the Meltwater platform. Through TikTok's new Mentions and Discovery API, TikTok insights and trends are now available for teams w…
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Google's Gboard recently achieved a major milestone as it crossed 10 billion downloads on the Play Store.
The company also reportedly pushed a small server-side update to Gboard, changing its…
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Google Voice users can now transfer their calls to another person on their team with the new feature "call delegation."
It's also easier to transfer a Google Voice number from a personal Voic…
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Google is rolling out an Android 16 Beta 2.1 patch to enrolled Pixel devices with a few bug fixes.
The short list of patches includes a fix for a problem that caused Pixel phones to reboot un…
Is it OK to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to prevent a nuclear apocalypse? Is it possible to be racist against white people? How do you define a Black person?
These are among the sample prompts xAI has used in training its chatbot Grok, acco…
Microsoft is making its Copilot AI assistant available as a Mac app. The native macOS app will offer access to the web-based version of the Microsoft tool. It's rolling out today in the US, the UK and Canada. In practice, the apps fu…
In a fitting crossover, Roblox is getting a big speed boost on Chromebooks. Google said on Thursday that a new x86 version of the online game platform and creation system is twice as fast as the Android version, which was previously …
Amazon announced that it has created its own quantum computing chip, joining Microsoft and Google in a push to take this potentially transformative technology from the theoretical to the practical. Ocelot is a prototype that's intend…
Apple's new, budget-friendly smartphone is now available for online and in-store purchases.
Apple's new iPhone 16e is the fourth edition of the company's less expensive smartphone series. The iPhone 16e features a larger screen, utilize…
Happy Friday! What do Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, and Gayle King have in common? They are part of the first all-women space crew since 1963. Sánchez is leading the six-person crew on an 11-minute journey on one of her fiancé Jeff Bezos' Bl…
I’ve been traveling through time this week. Reviewing the iPhone 16e feels at once like I’m visiting my younger self and also forced to live in olden times, especially since I’ve been using an iPhone 16 Pro for months. No matter the devi…
It sometimes feels like everybody and their dog has a podcast. (Engadget does!) But why not jump on the trend when the interest in this type of content has grown for years? Video platform YouTube may not seem like…
Nvidia, the chip giant at the heart of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, said its business remained strong, despite fears of a bubble stirred by the emergence of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek last month.
Sales of the firm's chips hit …
Instagram is reportedly considering launching its short-form video feature, Reels, as a separate app as the future of Chinese-owned TikTok remains uncertain in the US.
The social media platform's boss Adam Mosseri told staff about the…
ChatGPT has surpassed 400 million weekly active users. "We feel very fortunate to serve 5 percent of the world every week," OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said on X about the new audience stat. This figure is twice the weekly active user c…
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A new YouTube Premium Lite plan will be announced for users in the U.S., Australia, Germany, and Thailand "soon."
Unlike YouTube Premium, which bundles YouTube Music with ad-free videos and o…
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Google is making file uploads available in Gemini for free users.
The change has already begun to roll out and should be available in the Gemini app, as well as the web client.
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xAI launched its Grok-3 AI chatbot merely a few days ago, but locked it behind a paywall worth $40 per month. Now, the company is offering free access to it, but only for a limited time. xAI chief, Elon Musk, says the free access will only…
After much waiting and online speculation, Apple announced its new budget-friendly smartphone on Wednesday: the iPhone 16e.
The fourth-generation edition of the cheaper smartphone line is larger in size, utilizes face ID, features a USB…
Chinese automaker SAIC Motor said on Friday it would partner with tech company Huawei to develop new "globally competitive" smart electric vehicles.
The tie-up sees yet another state-owned automaker betting on partnerships with Huawei, …
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Universities across China have launched artificial intelligence (AI) courses this month based on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, whose AI breakthrough has been described as a "Sputnik moment" for China and garnered…
Visual Intelligence is one of the standout features that debuted with the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro series last fall. This feature was widely believed to be limited to iPhones equipped with Camera Control (and Apple Intelligence), …
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Samsung listed three unreleased A-series Galaxy phones on its Chilean service website.
The phones are the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G (SM-A266), Samsung Galaxy A36 5G (SM-A366), and Samsung Galaxy A…
Apple's new budget-friendly smartphone is available for pre-order beginning Friday.
Apple announced the release of the iPhone 16e, the fourth edition of the company's less expensive smartphone line, on Wednesday after CEO Tim Cook tease…
If you couldn’t stomach $800 for a new iPhone with Apple Intelligence, don’t worry: Apple just announced the iPhone 16e. At $599, it strikes a balance on specs, which is the soft and cosy way to say it doesn’t have everything.
It has a …
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Live Captions and Live Translate will now have a 30-minute visibility window, making it easier to go back and read what you missed.
The transcript of the last 30 minutes of a call will appear…
Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve "meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades".
It is the latest development in quantum co…
Now the Apple iPhone 16e has officially been announced — and is available for preorder, no less — you might wonder what accessories you need to buy for it. This handset has been a long time coming and fits nicely into the lineup between th…
Apple has announced a new iPhone which brings artificial intelligence (AI) features at a lower cost than its flagship handsets.
The iPhone 16e has the same processor as the more expensive iPhone 16, Apple said, with similar storage opti…
Oppo is back with a new foldable, and the Find N5 is a technically impressive balance of thinness and power. Skipping over the whole unlucky number four thing (this is technically the fourth iteration of the Find foldable), the company cla…
Google has strengthened Chrome’s security with AI-driven real-time protection, helping safeguard your PC from dangerous downloads, sites, and extensions, as spotted by Leo on X (via Bleeping Computer). Google tested the update for three …
Apple always has different hardware being worked on at any time. Some are going to be several years away from ever seeing the light of day like the reported robots it's working on while others are just a few days from launch like the iPhon…
Huawei unveiled the Mate XT Ultimate in China, just a day after the iPhone 16 Pro launch. While Apple introduced incremental upgrades, Huawei has pushed boundaries with an already novel form factor. And now, it’s expanding beyond China—Hua…
A new research report suggests that ransomware attacks are not only becoming more frequent, but hackers are also striking faster than ever before. Researchers indicate that bad actors are rolling out attacks as quickly as security professi…
Google is ramping up efforts to make AI overviews more comprehensive and visible in search results. As it looks to evolve the overviews into more elaborate responses, the search giant might also include them in search results on mobile app…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become embedded in the systems that power organisations, industries, and people’s daily lives. Generative AI (GenAI), in particular, is reshaping how organis…
Elon Musk-led xAI has announced their latest AI model, Grok-3, via a livestream. From the get-go, it was evident that the company wants to quickly fill all the practical gaps that can make its chatbot more approachable to an average user, …
The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so far.
Attempts to steal data are wide-ranging, said minister for information and co…
Nothing, the mobile and lifestyle tech brand founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, is set to launch its next set of mid-rangers early in March. Official details of the devices, including Nothing Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro, have been scanty,…
Elon Musk is taking aim at federal workers and organizations, through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Now, Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) is blocking Signal.me links, a URL used by encrypted messaging service Signal that…