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Honor Magic 7 series was teased on Monday at Snapdragon Summit 2024, Qualcomm’s annual launch event for its next-generation flagship mobile chipset. The smartphone maker has confirmed that the Honor Magic 7 lineup will be equipped with the new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor that was unveiled by the chipmaker. Honor has also revealed some of the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of its upcoming smartphone, including an open ecosystem enabled by an on-device AI agent, and improved mobile gaming that uses the NPU for rendering graphics.Honor Magic 7 Series Confirmed to Feature Snapdragon 8 Elite ChipAt the ongoing Snapdragon Summit 2024,…
WhatsApp for Android might be getting a new feature which will make video calls and capturing images within the app more fun. As per a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is testing camera effects. The new feature is said to add filters, backgrounds, and other effects to users’ faces when capturing an image or during video calls. While some of the effects can reportedly be activated manually, others are said to be triggered automatically based on expressions and gestures.WhatsApp Camera Effects FeatureAccording to the WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo report, the feature was spotted in the WhatsApp beta for Android…
The New York Times has introduced the next title coming to its Games catalog following Wordle’s continued success — and it’s all about math. Digits has players adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers. You can play its beta for free online right now. In Digits, players are presented with a target number that they need to match. Players are given six numbers and have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide them to get as close to the target as they can. Not every number needs to be used, though, so this game should put your math skills to the…
Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite processor at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii on Monday. Soon after the launch, Asus declared that its next gaming smartphone — ROG Phone 9 — will use the latest Snapdragon chip. The ROG Phone 8 successor will be announced next month. It is teased to arrive with AI features and a boxy design. The Asus ROG Phone 9 sports a hole punch display with minimal bezels and has LED lighting on the back.Asus ROG Phone 9 Launch DateThe new Asus ROG Phone 9 will be launched on November 19 in select global markets. The…
One of the biggest reasons that Ultra watches like the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch Ultra appeal to so many people is the battery life, Both of thee watches offer a significant improvement over the regular versions. Meanwhile, for Pixel Watch lovers, there is no Ultra variant to choose from. I’ve enjoyed the Apple Watch Series 10 so much that I’ve ditched my Apple Watch Ultra 2. However, it falls short in one area: the battery life. It’s a noticeable drop from the Apple Watch Ultra 2, and it’s easy to forget to charge it. After wearing the…
Snapdragon Summit 2024 — the chipmaker’s annual event to unveil its flagship smartphone processor — began on Monday with the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This high-end smartphone chipset is confirmed to arrive on smartphones from several brands, including Asus, iQOO, Honor, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi. South Korean tech conglomerate Samsung has also revealed that its upcoming handsets will be equipped with the successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which was unveiled by Qualcomm last year.Samsung Confirms Upcoming Galaxy Smartphones Will Feature Snapdragon 8 Elite ChipAt the ongoing Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Samsung Mobile President TM Roh…
ChatGPT, like other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, has the potential to introduce biases and harmful stereotypes when generating content. For the most part, companies have focused on eliminating third-person biases where information about others is sought. However, in a new study published by OpenAI, the company tested its AI models’ first-person biases, where the AI decided what to generate based on the ethnicity, gender, and race of the user. Based on the study, the AI firm claims that ChatGPT has a very low propensity for generating first-person biases.OpenAI Publishes Study on ChatGPT’s First-Person BiasesFirst-person biases are different from third-person misinformation.…
Apple officially unveiled the Apple iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max as the top choices for the ultimate iPhone experience. Both pack Apple’s most powerful phone hardware yet, almost reaching the level of Apple’s M series Mac chips. But the Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have little to differentiate them apart from their size. Apple splits the Pro series into two classes: big Pro and little Pro models. With different-sized bodies, the aspects that obviously vary are the size of the screen, as wello as the phones’ heft, and battery capacities. But is there more to…
Snapdragon 8 Elite —Qualcomm’s new SoC was launched during the company’s Summit 2024 event in Maui on Monday. During the keynote, Xiaomi’s senior vice president Adam Zeng announced that its next flagship Xiaomi 15 will be the first smartphone to feature the latest chip. The Xiaomi 14 successor will be unveiled by the end of this month. The Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC is built on TSMC’s 3nm process and has prime cores capped at 4.32GHz.Xiaomi senior Vice President Adam Zeng announced that Xiaomi 15 will be the first smartphone to come with the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in global markets.…
Meta announced that it’s testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links. Additionally, the Menlo Park-based tech giant is also testing using video selfies to let users quickly regain access to their compromised accounts. The company said it aims to proactively remove harmful content from its platforms to create a safer experience for users.In a newsroom post, the social media…