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Apple’s affordable Watch SE has not seen a yearly upgrade since its inception in 2020. The wearable was last refreshed with a second-generation model back in 2022. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has claimed that a third-generation Apple Watch SE is in the works. The iPhone maker is also expected to introduce Apple Watch Series 11 and Watch Ultra 3 models this year, refreshing the Watch Series 10 and Watch Ultra 2 launched in 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Cupertino, California-based company is expected to swap out the aluminium shell for plastic in the next Apple Watch SE.Third Apple Watch SE Will Likely…

Samsung wants to buy your old smartphone, but unlike its usual trade-in programs, its newly launched Galaxy Easy Reward program doesn’t require you to buy a new phone at all. With it, Samsung is taking on the various phone recycling and used device centers which purchase your old phone, saving you the effort of selling it privately. Galaxy Easy Reward goes online in Korea on January 14, and the range of phones Samsung will buy is extensive. Starting out with the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung will also buy back the S21, S22, and S23 series, along with the Galaxy Z…

Apple sold fewer iPhones and lost ground to Chinese rivals last year, reflecting the absence of Apple Intelligence in its largest market outside the US.The iPhone slipped a point to 18 percent market share in 2024, according to Counterpoint Research data. Archrival Samsung Electronics also gave up share to faster-growing Android device makers from China, led by Xiaomi and Vivo. Apple marked a two percent sales decline for the full year, according to the research, at a time that the wider market grew four percent globally.Cupertino, California-based Apple has been playing catchup on Artificial Intelligence (AI), with its suite of AI enhancements…

Google might be tweaking the overlay window of Gemini on Android devices. A Reddit user shared a screenshot of the new user interface, which appears when the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant is summoned via voice command or manually, on Friday. Several other users replying to the post also claimed to have seen the new interface on their Android devices. The new overlay window is a thin rectangular box with just three interactive icons, as opposed to the existing large square box.Gemini Might Be Getting a Redesigned OverlayReddit user amitsama92 shared a post on the GooglePixel subreddit, pointing at the…

Blue Origin has scrubbed Monday’s highly anticipated launch attempt of its New Glenn rocket. With just 13 minutes remaining on the countdown clock at Cape Canaveral in Florida early on Monday morning, the decision was taken to stand down to give engineers a chance to troubleshoot “a vehicle subsystem issue.” The three-hour launch window opened at 1 a.m. ET, but after pausing and restarting the clock multiple times over the next couple of hours, the decision was finally taken to suspend launch operations at around 3 a.m. ET. A new schedule has yet to be set. Please enable Javascript to…

Table of Contents Table of Contents Plantaform Smart Indoor Garden Nekojita FuFu LG AeroCat Tower Samsung Ballie Amazfit V1tal Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 PocketBook InkPoster One thing irritated me I didn’t go to CES 2025, and under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t miss the 10-hour flight clutching hand luggage packed to the brim with lip balm and moisturizer or the endless traipsing around casinos once I’d arrived. But watching the event from afar this year did give me more than just a twinge of FOMO. I saw peers and colleagues find gadgets that not only looked fun (usually the best part of…

VLC media player, the open-source project developed by VideoLAN, is getting a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature. At the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025), the project showcased an AI-powered subtitle feature that can generate and show subtitles on the fly. The feature also supports real-time translation and can instantly generate translated captions in multiple languages. The media player’s AI feature will be powered by open-source and local large language models (LLMs) and function offline. There is no word on when this feature will be rolled out to users.VLC Gets AI-Generated Subtitles FeatureAI-generated subtitles have grown in popularity in…

Apple may be developing a successor to Vision Pro — its first mixed-reality headset — but it isn’t likely to see the light of day before 2026, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. It was first unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2023 as a niche product that is largely aimed at developers. In the last few months, rumours have swirled around its potential successor, which could be launched in the next few years.Alongside the purported Apple Vision Pro 2, another wearable headset is reportedly in development, and it could be introduced as a…

Table of Contents Table of Contents How to play Connections Hints for today’s Connections Today’s Connections answers NYT Connection FAQs Connections is one of the best puzzle games from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends. Some days are trickier than others —…

Apple has released the iPhone series in a relatively predictable format in recent years with a smaller and larger version of both the base and Pro models. The iPhone 17 series which is expected to make its debut in the second half of 2025 is rumoured to include a new iPhone 17 Air (or iPhone Slim) model with a thin build. Now, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed the thinness of this purported handset. This model is anticipated to replace the ‘Plus’ version in the upcoming iPhone 17 lineup. It could be the slimmest iPhone ever released by Apple.iPhone 17 Air…