Aaron Leong
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Samsung will be using a new waterdrop hinge in its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5, and it's already putting the hinge to the test to ensure it meets or beats the durability set by the Fold 4.
According to The Elec, Samsung Electronics is putting its new-for-this-year waterdrop-shaped hinge through final reliability...
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Hold on to your Torrents, Elden Ring is getting a much-anticipated DLC after all. Called Shadow of the Erdtree, the news comes just in time to whet the appetites of its cadre of fans (a.k.a. the Tarnished).
FromSoftware, the developer of Elden Ring, sneaked a succinct blog post and tweet stating that the Shadow of...
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A major milestone in airflight comes in the form a highly-modified F-16 being successfully controlled by an AI bot for 17 hours over 12 flights back in December 2022.
Last week, the Department of Defense revealed details of a set of experimental flights by the experimental flight platform over the Air Force Test...
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Google's Wear OS is getting a couple of relatively solid improvements this quarter that could bring some much-needed fizz to your Wear OS wearable.
At MWC 2023 in Barcelona, Google is making it presence known by announcing a couple of QOL features to Wear OS (as well as for Android). These improvements should give...
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A growing number of Samsung S23 Ultra owners are reporting supposed bubbles or ripples near the corner of their phone displays. Should you be concerned? Samsung claims that you shouldn't.
Image Credit: Alvin (@sondesix on Twitter)
Concerns about the quality control of Samsung's latest flagship, the fantastic S23...
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Motorola is rumored to be taking its next Razr flip smartphone to the next level by incorporating more external screen area than you can shake a stick at.
If you haven't yet noticed, OEMs don't see necessarily see slab phones as range-toppers anymore—bendy display smartphones are where it's at (a la Samsung Galaxy...
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A growing number of Microsoft Outlook users have had their Focused Inbox inundated with spam and junk mail for a few weeks now. Here's what's going on and how to temporarily fix it.
It seems like the anti-spam filter for Microsoft Outlook is on the fritz. Many (but not all) users have been faced with the Focused...
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Qualcomm has introduced its latest Snapdragon X75 5G modem-to-antenna solution that boasts a host of features and improvements, such as smarter signal management, better carrier aggregation and connectivity via enhanced AI resources and processing.
The Snapdragon X75 5G offers the world's first 5G modem...
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During the Cloud 11 launch event, OnePlus confirmed that it will be debuting a pair of foldable phones called the OnePlus V Fold and V Flip at the end of this year.
Hot off the announcements of the OnePlus 11, Buds Pro 2, and OnePlus Pad, OnePlus let the cat out of the bag amidst swirling rumors and trademarked...
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In a rather expected announcement, Google unveils its own AI-driven chatbot solution called "Bard". Between this, ChatGPT, and Microsoft's reported Bing version, among others, the AI-driven chat arena is looking to get quite heated this year.
2/ Bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world's knowledge with the...
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The flippin' foldable smartphone race of 2023 is about to intensify with OnePlus joining the fray, if new trademark listings are anything to go by.
The new phones could likely be called "OnePlus V Flip" and "OnePlus V Fold", which are the officially trademarked names found on the China National Intellectual...
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Nothing has effectively confirmed that the Phone (2) will be coming to the US later this year. Should we hold our breaths to this little hint from its CEO, Carl Pei? Well, at least something is better than Nothing.
In a recent chat with Nothing co-founder and CEO Carl Pei, Inverse reported that the company is...
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The OnePlus 11 5G is being officially announced on February 7 at its Cloud 11 event, but we wanted to share some early sneak pics of the highly-anticipated phone and its companion Buds Pro 2 on our test bench.
We'll be dropping the full review of this green OnePlus 11 and Buds Pro 2 in the coming days, so stay...
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Google is dropping another update to its Google Clock app with a feature that changes how snoozers interact with their alarms.
Version 7.4 of the Google Clock app does away with the slider to snooze or stop an alarm, replacing it with large buttons. Android Police founder Artem Russakovskii posted this change on...
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It looks like the US-bound OnePlus 11 5G will be arriving mostly unchanged from the Chinese market version, apart from lower charging speeds. I think OnePlus took it literally when its fans asked it to charge less for the phone when it decides to sell the device here.
Over on Twitter, frequent tipster SnoopyTech...
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As one last goodwill move before riding off into the digital sunset, Google is imbuing the Stadia Controller with Bluetooth connectivity for use with other consoles and devices.
Once a darling of cloud gaming, Google and (upset) subscribers are finally saying goodbye to the service as of today. Other services such...
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Word is going around that the next Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 could bring some major fan requests—cameras from the S22 Ultra, an almost completely flat display crease, plus a dedicated S-Pen slot.
Samsung foldables have had good cameras, but as premium phones with prices to match, we expect the best out of the company...
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Google has simplified Google Photos verbiage to reduce user confusion over media storage choices and management. It's a small change, but a meaningful one.
Google recently removed free photo and video storage. While alternatives have cropped up practically overnight, that hasn't prevented people from ponying up...
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Apple is giving us a clearer idea of when its MacBooks will begin shipping with OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays, which should bring with it better battery life and thinner/lighter designs.
Based on tweets by industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the first OLED-equipped MacBooks could arrive at the end of...
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Carl Pei's Nothing is finally launching the Phone (1) in the US for cheap. That's great news for fans... as long you read the fine print first.
Possibly one of the most hyped up (and disappointing—in terms of waiting for it to go on sale in NA) phones of 2022, the Nothing Phone (1) definitely still knows how to...
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We saw a proliferation of a new genre of health tracker at CES 2023, one that requires you to merely pay a visit to your toilet. Whether you're taking a leak or number two, there was a gadget for everyone, it seems.
Working in tandem with wearables and smartphone, toilet seats and clip-on devices are set to track...
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In a collective "I told you so" moment, security experts were proven right as California's newly-minted digital license plates have been hacked by a group of security/vulnerability researchers. The team was able to track the plate by GPS or even change the vehicle status to "Stolen." Even as the state legalized the...
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