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Apple witnessed a record number of unit shipments in India in 2024, according to a report by a market research firm. Overall, smartphone shipments in India grew four percent year-over-year (YoY) in 2024, reaching a total of 151 million units. The growth was reportedly a result of a strong first-half performance with a seven percent growth, which compensated for a slower two percent growth in the second half. The report also stated that shipments to offline and online channels respectively grew by four percent YoY, at par with the overall growth.Indian Smartphone Shipments Witness 4 Percent Growth YoY in 2024According…
OpenAI is poised to enter the custom component business in 2025. The brand is currently in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to fabricate the first generation of its in-house AI-based silicon, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. The AI start-up has plans to create custom chips to lessen its dependence on AI chips from Nvidia. Sources told Reuters that OpenAI is wrapping up the final design of its chip, which should be complete in the coming months. The company will design the chip in collaboration with Broadcom. The 40-person in-house team is spearheaded by former Google engineering…
Oppo Find N5 has been spotted in a leaked unboxing video that reveals the design of the smartphone, with only a few days left until it is launched in global markets and China. The upcoming foldable phone is expected to debut with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, and the company has now revealed the battery capacity of the upcoming handset. The Oppo Find N5 is also confirmed to arrive with DeepSeek-R1 integration, giving users access to the popular chatbot’s online functionality.Oppo Find N5 Design (Leaked)An unboxing video on YouTube shows the Oppo Find N5 being taken out of its retail…
In what is becoming an increasingly tiresome and petty personal spat between a pair of tech billionaires, the Wall Street Journal reports Monday that a consortium backed by xAI CEO Elon Musk has made an unsolicited, $97.4 billion bid for control over rival OpenAI. This offer comes mere months after Musk sued the company over its plan to transition to a for-profit business structure. “It’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was,” the WSJ cited Musk as saying in a statement provided by his lawyer, Marc Toberoff, to the OpenAI board. “We…
Table of Contents Table of Contents Adjust your TV’s picture mode Adjust the contrast Adjust brightness and black levels Adjust the tint and saturation Ditch motion smoothing and other modes Get the best audio Whether you’re a supporter of Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest or any of the other 16 teams in the English Premier League, you’re among the most-watched sports league in the world’s estimated 1.9-billion person audience. Call it whatever you like — soccer, football — if you’re watching this global sport on an excellent TV, new or old, it’s likely that it didn’t come out of…
iQOO Neo 10R will be launched in India on March 11. Ahead of the launch, the company has teased the pricing and the AnTuTu score of the smartphone in a social media post. While the exact price was not revealed, the company mentioned the price segment the handset will belong to. Additionally, the brand also claimed that the phone has achieved the highest AnTuTu score in its segment. Notably, the iQOO Neo 10R, the first R-branded device in the Neo series, is confirmed to be equipped with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC.iQOO Neo 10R Pricing and AnTuTu Score TeasedIn…
South Korea’s spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of “excessively” collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app’s responses to questions relating to issues of national pride.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it sent an official notice to government agencies last week urging them to take security precautions over the Artificial Intelligence app.”Unlike other generative AI services, it has been confirmed that chat records are transferable as it includes a function to collect keyboard input patterns that can identify individuals and communicate with Chinese companies’ servers such as volceapplog.com,” the NIS…
OnePlus Watch 3 has been the subject of speculation for weeks, but now we have official confirmation. OnePlus has announced the global launch date for its upcoming smartwatch, along with a glimpse of its design and key features, including battery life. The smart wearable is expected to feature a larger battery than its predecessor, OnePlus Watch 2, which launched in February 2024 with a 500mAh battery offering up to 12 days of usage.OnePlus Watch 3 Launch, FeaturesThe OnePlus Watch 3 will launch in select global markets on February 18 at 8am EST or 1pm GMT (6:30pm IST). The official webpage for the upcoming…
Buried in a garbage dump in Wales, U.K., is a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth a colossal $765 million, according to computer engineer James Howells. Howells accidentally discarded the smartphone-sized drive in 2013, but his local council has repeatedly refused him permission to enter the landfill site and search for it, citing factors such as environmental concerns and arguments over who is the lawful owner of the device now that it’s part of the dump. But there’s been a new twist in this long-running story, as Newport Council recently revealed that it’s planning to close down the site in the…
iOS 18.3.1 began rolling out to users on Monday, and the latest update for supported iPhone models arrives with an important patch for a critical security flaw. The vulnerability allowed some attackers to gain access to a user’s iPhone, even while it was locked. Apple has also confirmed that the security flaw may have been exploited to target some individuals. Users with eligible iPhone models should update to the latest version of iOS, which includes a fix for the vulnerability.iOS 18.3.1 Update Fixes USB Restricted Mode VulnerabilityApple’s release notes for the iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 update state that the…