CES 2022 to Now End a Day Earlier Than Planned as Omicron Cases Surge

CES 2022 will now end a day earlier than planned, the organiser of the event said, after companies including Amazon and GM dropped out of attending in person due to Omicron concerns.

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My top 5 phones of 2021 - Ivan

Hello - my name is Ivan, and I'm the resident photographer here at GSMArena.com! This is my list of favorite phones for the year and you can tell right away that it's a bit boring and predictable. In my defense, I like the biggest and absolute best phones with the more versatile and capable cameras. But I did include an odd phone or two that piqued my interest for other reasons. So let's get started. I'll list the devices in reverse order, so the last is my absolute favorite. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G I went to the press event for the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 announcement...

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Apple Faces CCI Antitrust Probe Over Alleged Abuse of App Market

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a detailed probe against Apple for alleged unfair business practices with respect to its App Store.

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How to Watch Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts in India, USA, UK, and Around the World

Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts releases New Year's Day, January 1, 2022 worldwide. You can watch it online on Amazon Prime Video in India, HBO Max in USA, Spain and Nordic, NOW TV, Sky Max and Sky...

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The Gadgets We Can't Wait to Buy in 2022

Happy New Year! The Gadgets 360 staff presents what's on their 2022 tech wishlist: iPhone 13s, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, MacBook Air M1 and Pro M1 Max, Apple TV 4K, along with Amazon Fire TV...

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Happy New Year 2022!

This challenging year is finally done, and we can look ahead to the bright 2022. Yes, it sounds like “2020 too”, but we remain hopeful that changes for the better are coming and life will bring everyone the chance for a new beginning. Thank you for staying with us. We published nearly 5,500 news articles and almost 150 phone reviews. You can take a detailed look in our 2021 numbers in this a dedicated article. We can only wish your phone to never run out of battery life in the most important moments and may it allow you to capture many great memories. Let’s hope the screens emit...

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Huawei Says 2021 Revenues Down Almost 30 Percent Due to US Sanctions

Huawei, battered by US sanctions, expects 2021 revenue to have declined nearly 30 percent and predicted continued challenges in the New Year.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold, Note 10 Series to Get Stable One UI 4: Report

Samsung will be continuing to seed its stable One UI 4 update to more of its devices. According to a report, the latest ones on the list to get the new update are the first-gen Galaxy Fold and Galaxy...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2021: Q3

It's the end of the year, we are all feeling a bit nostalgic. Having gone throught the most popular reviews of Q1 and Q2 it's now time to recap what phones of the third quarter got your interest. If there is one thing that you, our audience, has made abundantly clear is that you really like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 family and particularly the Redmi Note 10 Pro, or Max, as it is known on some markets. Not only did its review top our Q1 chart and indeed the 2021 yearly popularity chart as a whole, but our long-term review coverage of the phone managed to snag the second spot in this...

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Tesla Recalls Nearly Half a Million Cars Over Safety Issues

Tesla is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rear-view camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the US road safety regulator said.

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Six Tablets for Working or Learning Remotely

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2021 Winners and losers: Oppo

While the first members of the Oppo Reno5 series arrived in 2020, some did so quite late (including one on December 31) and others launched in 2021. This year we also saw the Reno6 and recently the Reno7 series. There were many launches in the A and F series as well, but we’ll try to condense the best and the worst of Oppo’s 2021 here. Winner: Oppo Find X3 Pro Let’s start with the best, otherwise known as the Oppo Find X3 Pro. The phone was unveiled in March and it flaunted a meticulously crafted design and custom camera hardware. The design won a Red Dot Award, in no small part...

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Honor Magic V to come with 50MP main camera and dual high-refresh displays

If a new report from reliable leaker @DigitalChatStation reveals some of the Honor Magic V’s key specifications. The Honor Magic V is an upcoming foldable smartphone developed by the Chinese brand that was recently teased with a no-gap folding design. Honor Magic V main display (image: Weibo) According to the post, the Honor Magic V will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and come pre-loaded with Android 12 out of the box. The but about the chipset corroborates an earlier presentation slide leak. Meanwhile, the battery will support 66W super flash charging and there’s a 50MP main...

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BGMI 'Login Failed' Error Prevents Some Gamers From Accessing the Game

Battlegrounds Mobile India users have been experiencing a "login failed" error, developer Krafton announced on Wednesday. The publisher is currently investigating issues faced by some users, who...

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Samsung, Micron Warn China Lockdown Could Affect Memory Chip Production

Samsung and Micron, two of the world's largest memory chip makers, warned that a COVID-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian could affect their chip manufacturing bases in the area.

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LG’s OLED EX TVs produce 30% more brightness and thinner bezels than conventional OLEDs

LG is introducing its next generation of TV panels called OLED EX. These new panels can output up to 30% more brightness while reducing the size of the bezels needed around a TV. Based on a 65-inch TV, the bezel has been reduced from 6mm down to 4mm thin. The “EX” bit comes from “Evolution” and “eXperience” which is a cute acronym for LG, but what does that really mean aside from marketing speak? The improvements come from deuterium, one of the two stable isotopes of hydrogen. LG Display has figured out how to extract deuterium (also known as ‘heavy hydrogen’) from water to...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Raises Over $337 Million in Fresh Funding

Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million (roughly Rs. 2,515 crore) in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing.

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Android 12 with One UI 4 reaches Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+

Samsung has opened the floodgates this week, releasing updates to Android 12 with One UI 4 left and right. The Galaxy S21 family and the latest foldables went first, and after a hiccup, resumed their update. Then the Galaxy S20 and Note20 families were next, and following those - the S10 of course. Now it's time for tablets. Samsung's latest and greatest, to be precise. We're talking about the Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+. Both of these devices are now receiving One UI 4 based on Android 12 in Europe. And when we say "Europe", we mean the following territories: Austria, the Baltics, Bulgaria,...

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iQOO 9 lineup's battery size and charging speed confirmed

vivo sub-brand iQOO yesterday announced it will introduce the iQOO 9 series on January 5 while also revealing the smartphone's design and a few specs. Today, the company took to Weibo to tell us more about the battery tech. iQOO says the iQOO 9 series will pack a 4,700 mAh battery and feature 120W wired and 50W wireless charging. However, only the Pro version will support wireless charging, which isn't a surprise since the iQOO 8 Pro also came with 50W wireless charging but the regular iQOO 8 didn't. iQOO also doesn't explicitly mention which variant will ship with a 4,700...

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Ferrari Partners With Blockchain Firm Velas to Create Collectibles for Fans

Ferrari, the luxury automobile manufacturer, said on Monday that it has signed a multi-year accord with Swiss technology firm Velas Network to create digital content for its fans.

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE unboxed and reviewed by retailer buyer in South Africa

Samsung is expected to announce the long-delayed Galaxy S21 FE next month, though conflicting reports have us guessing the launch will take place either during (January 3 or 4) or shortly following CES 2022 (January 11). A customer has already been able to purchase the unreleased phone at a retailer in South Africa. Reddit user u/UnknownWon posted several nuggets of useful information that most of us get to benefit from. The user posted an unboxing video that shows the initial setup of the S21 FE, and we can spot the slim box that omits the charger. More recently, u/UnknownWon...

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AMD and P&G After Google and Microsoft Pull Out of CES Over Omicron Fears

AMD, Procter & Gamble, and Micro-Star International are among the latest companies to pull out of the CES event -taking place in-person in Las Vegas in January 2022 - over Omicron fears.

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iPhone 13 Users Demand Noise Cancellation Option Offered in Earlier Models

iPhone 13 users are demanding Apple to add a dedicated noise cancellation option that is available on earlier models. The iPhone maker has, however, not yet addressed the user demand.

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Samsung Galaxy Note20 and S20 family (including S20 FE) now receiving One UI 4 with Android 12 update

Samsung is moving fast in the updates world. Just yesterday the company managed to restart its update to One UI 4 based on Android 12 for the Galaxy S21 family as well as the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 after having paused the rollout for a few days to fix some bugs. And today, only one day later, the company is ready to send out One UI 4 to even more devices. We're talking about the entire Galaxy S20 family, including the S20 FE, as well as the Galaxy Note20 family. All of the devices in these ranges are now receiving the latest software, based on Android 12, at least in one place in the...

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Watch the New Trailer for Robert Pattinson's The Batman

The Batman trailer #3 sets up Batman/ Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) and Catwoman/ Selina Kyle's (Zoë Kravitz) partnership as they attempt to bring the Riddler (Paul Dano) to justice. The Batman...

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Xiaomi 12 Series, Xiaomi True Wireless Earphones 3 Price Tipped

Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12 Pro prices have surfaced online ahead of their launch in China later today. The leak shows the price as well as the RAM and storage configurations of the three...

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Baidu Tests Metaverse Waters With New VR App XiRang

Baidu took its first steps into the metaverse industry with the launch of a virtual reality app, looking to test the waters in what is considered by many to be the next phase in the Internet's...

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Alibaba Pushed by China to Design Its Own Chips to Promote Self-Reliance

To help make China a self-reliant "technology superpower," the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world's biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its...

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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites Into Orbit From Kazakhstan

OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live broadcasts showed.

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Samsung resumes rollout of stable One UI 4 based on Android 12 after fixing bugs

Samsung's stable updates to One UI 4 based on Android 12 for the Galaxy S21 family and the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 were halted last week due to a nasty issue with Google Play compatibility. Now, about five days later, the issues seem to have been sorted out through some collaboration with Google over the holidays, as the rollouts are finally restarted. There's a new build doing the rounds, and this is labeled G99xBXXS3BULC for the S21 models (where "x" is a number that varies according to which device you have). The Korean variants get G99xNKSS3BULC. On the other hand, the new build for...

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How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5's Last Restock of 2021 in India

PS5 India December 28 restock - for the Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray PlayStation 5 - available at Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, GameLoot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, Sony Center ShopAtSC, and Vijay Sales.

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Samsung Galaxy M33 5G runs Geekbench with Exynos 1200 SoC, has 6,000 mAh battery

Samsung's working on a successor to the Galaxy M32 from earlier this year, which will unsurprisingly be called Galaxy M33. A prototype of this model has been spotted in the Geekbench database today, where it showed up with the Exynos 1200 chipset at the helm. That's the same SoC that the Galaxy A53 5G was caught running the same benchmark with, and their scores are pretty similar too, unsurprisingly. It is in fact likely that the Galaxy M33 will be a rebranded A53, but with one major difference - a much larger battery. The Galaxy M33's cell has already been certified by SafetyKorea,...

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DIZO Watch R and Buds Z Pro launching on January 5

Realme TechLife brand DIZO is gearing up to announce a set of new smart accessories on January 5 with the Watch R smartwatch and Buds Z Pro TWS earphones. The Watch R looks a lot like the Realme Watch T1 with a round 1.3-inch AMOLED display, 5ATM waterproofing, continuous heart rate monitoring. It’s also confirmed to feature SpO2 meter, over 100 sports modes and a battery life rated at 12 days of contentious usage. DIZO Watch R and Buds Z Pro (images: DIZO) DIZO Buds Z Pro are said to feature 10mm drives, ANC and up to 25 hours of playback with the included charging case. The...

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Oppo certifies three phone designs with rear displays

Oppo finally received a patent for a phone with an under-display camera, and now the company secured the rights on three more designs. All of them have one thing in common: a rear display within the camera island. It is highly unlikely these solutions will be part of the Find X5 series, but we would love to see a revolution in the way we use smartphones, and hopefully, Oppo could lead it. A display on the back is nothing new - Meizu Pro 7 series brought a tall 2” Super AMOLED screen, while the Mi 11 Ultra reused a 1.1” Mi Band 5 panel. And let’s not forget the vivo NEX Dual Display...

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Oppo to launch three Find X phones, might call them Find X5

Oppo promised in early December a Find X phone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will arrive in Q1 2022. Two weeks later, Mediatek confirmed that another device from the series will be powered by a Dimensity 9000. The leakster Digital Chat Station revealed the flagship family would actually have three members at launch, with the third one with a yet unknown chipset. They also stated Oppo is working on another Find N phone, which will have a horizontal hinge, which will compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Huawei P50 Pocket on the Chinese market. Interestingly enough, they also called...

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Green Dominates Price Charts as Majority Cryptocurrencies Pump Up

While Cardano, Ripple, and Polkadot among majority cryptocurrencies rose in values, only a handful of them have registered losses as the year inches closer to its end.

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Microsoft Cancels In-Person Presence at CES 2022 Over Rising Omicron Cases

Microsoft said it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month's event on...

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Winners and losers: Xiaomi

It has been a productive year for Xiaomi – it launched over 50 devices and that is just counting the phones. It also did a bit of rebranding by dropping the ‘Mi’ from its premium devices – starting in the second half of this year, the company goes with just “Xiaomi” + model number, just as it has always done in China. The year isn’t over yet, the company plans to unveil one of the first phones with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 – the Xiaomi 12 series – which will probably arrive with the stable MIUI 13 (a beta version is already undergoing tests). Winner: Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra It’s...

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Crypto 2021 - the Year That Was: Gains and Losses of Top Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency is quickly evolving into an indisputable disruption for many traditional financial services and sectors globally, but while 2021's been a year of plenty wins for the crypto community,...

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James Webb Space Telescope Sets Off on Million-Mile Voyage

James Webb Space Telescope on December 25 blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 930,000 miles from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.

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Top 10 trending phones of week 51

Oppo's Find N foldable phone did stay long in the spotlight and after being the most popular smartphone in our database last week didn't even make the top 10 this time around. Instead all eyes are on the Xiaomi 12, which is due to be announced in two days. It leads from the Redmi Note 11 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which have been in these positions for three weeks now. In fourth place we have another upcoming phone - the vivo V23 Pro, which just edged out the newly introduced Huawei P50 Pocket foldable. That pushes the iPhone 13 Pro Max to sixth, just ahead of another new...

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Week 51 in review: Galaxy S22 leaks aplenty, Huawei P50 Pocket is here

Another week down and only one left to go in 2021. It was business as usual, which means a lot of Galaxy S22 leaks. We saw official cases for the Galaxy S22 and S22 Ultra, as well as a look at the new S Pen. We saw the Galaxy S22 series dummies pictured side by side for scale, as well as a reported official poster for the Galaxy S22 Ultra. We learned that all three S22 models will have glass backs, as opposed to last year's series, where only the Ultra was all glass. Finally, the Galaxy S21 FE is expected to become official on January 3 and launch on the 11. The upcoming phone was...

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My top 5 phones of 2021 - Kaloyan

We all know this year wasn't great as many things went from bad to worse. The mobile industry suffered from supply shortages that caused cancelled launches and premature discontinuations. But the year 2021 still gave us some incredibly good smartphones, beacons across a sea of incremental upgrades (or even downgrades). I have reviewed, helped review, or just used, a lot of phones this year and there are certainly a few that left their mark and became an instant recommendation to give to friends and family. Those are not necessarily flagships; they are just good smartphones for various...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2021: Q2

It's the end of the year, we are all feeling a bit nostalgic. Having gone throught the most popular reviews of the first three months of the year it's now time to recap what phones of the second quarter got your interest. The Xiaomi Poco F3 review, topped the Q2 chart just barely spilled over into April. It was unveiled alongside the Poco X3 Pro, which soaked up a lot of spotlight in Q1 and there are quite a few similarities between the two devices. Mostly that they embody Xiaomi's ambition towards ultimate value-for-money. The Poco F3 will run you more than the budget X3 Pro,...

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Weekly poll results: Oppo Find N showered with love

Folding phones seem to have an ever-increasing fanbase and Oppo Find N is no exception despite its single-market availability. W loved our time spent with the compact foldable doing our full review and plenty of you are also fond of Oppo’s first folding phone. Last week’s poll was all about your opinion on the Find N and now that the votes are in, we have a clear majority that believes Oppo made the best foldable to date. And there’s good reason for all the positive feedback, Oppo really made a well-rounded device with a unique form factor that does not really have a direct competitor...

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How to Use Hide My Email on iPhone, iPad: Follow These Steps

In this article, we are giving a step-by-step guide on how you can use Hide My Email on your Apple device.

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Best tablets of 2021

Working, studying and spending more time at home than ever before leads to some unexpected market trends. The tablet market was dormant for years with Apple having an unparalleled lead over competitors yet once 2020 rolled in things began to change. Android makers re-emphasized their efforts in the once-forgotten tablet sphere and we got plenty of interesting options in all price points over the past twelve months. Apple also kept improving its own iPads with its refreshed mini and high-end Pro models. We’ve gathered a bunch of our top picks for the best tablets of 2021 and are presenting...

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Anker 547 USB-C charger provides up to 120W of power while teaching you math

Anker has launched a new multi-device charger featuring four USB-C ports. This charger is capable of providing up to 120W at the same time, provided you can do a bit of math. The way this works is that different ports on the charger have different outputs. One of the ports is capable of sending up to 100W of power by itself if it's the only one in use. Another one can do up to 60W and then the remaining two can do 20W each. Now, if you plug in two devices, the 100W port drops down to 90W if you use one of the two 20W ports or 60W if you use the 60W port. And if you're charging...

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro to come without a SIM card slot

Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 lineup in September, and the iPhone 14 is still months away from the launch, but rumors around the iPhone 15 have already started doing rounds on the internet, with the latest one claiming Apple will ditch the physical SIM card slot beginning with the iPhone 15 series in 2023. Word comes from Brazilian publication Blog do iPhone, which says that the 2023's Pro models (tentatively called iPhone 15 Pro) will not have physical SIM card slots and will rely entirely on eSIM technology for connectivity. The source also claims that these iPhones will come with dual...

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Winners and losers: Apple

It was a challenging year for all brands, but Apple ends up an absolute winner. Sure, it ended up a victim of the chip shortages as well and is still having trouble putting all of its devices on store shelves. But those devices are in high demand and when that's said for devices as expensive as Apple's are, you know they are pretty great. Apple grew its sales in much of 2021. Whether it was tablets, laptops, or phones, Apple either was the number one or in the top five among rivals. Couple that with Apple's unmatched high margins and it spells a superb 2021. But it wasn't all wins for...

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Apple Accused of Breaking Competition Laws by Dutch Regulator

Apple on Friday was yet again accused of breaking competition laws. Netherlands' top competition regulator has ordered changes to the iPhone maker's App Store payment policies.

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iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro Launching on January 5, Leaked Poster Shows

iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro launch in China is scheduled for January 5, according to a leaked poster. The Vivo sub-brand also shared an image showing the back half of the smartphone. Separately, a tipster...

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Merry Christmas!

The year is finally drawing to an end, and the jolly holiday of Christmas is here! With many things still being canceled or postponed, what we do have right now is the love of friends and family and the warmth of home. From our team to all our readers and fans, we wish you to stay healthy, strive for a better future and build new lasting memories. May your holidays sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill. Celebrate the little joys in life - a ray of sunlight in the day or a sparkling star in the night - these are moments that are as everlasting as they are...

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James Webb Space Telescope to Launch Today: When, How to Watch Live

NASA's largest space telescope launch countdown has begun. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched today on Christmas Day, December 25, and space enthusiasts can watch all the action live.

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iQOO 9 and 9 Pro to debut on January 5, leaked poster reveals

vivo sub-brand iQOO is getting ready to unveil its next flagship smartphone duo, comprised of the iQOO 9 and the iQOO 9 Pro. According to a leaked poster that surfaced in China today, these will become official at an event on January 5. As you can see from the image below, the iQOO 9 has a racing stripe design and an unnecessarily huge camera island at the rear. It sports three sensors, and a lot of unused glass - maybe the other half can be used as a mirror? A usually reliable tipster has shared the following image that's said to be of the iQOO 9 Pro, and the design is very similar...

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Motorola is working on a new foldable Razr

The foldable smartphone space is definitely heating up these days, with more and more companies announcing more and more such devices. Motorola was one of the pioneers of the space, with the original foldable Razr launched in 2019. The 5G followup a year later made much smaller waves, but the company is undeterred and in fact it's already working on the next generation Razr. This information comes straight from a Lenovo exec, posting on Weibo (Lenovo owns Motorola). He promises that the next Razr will be more advanced in terms of performance, and it will come with an improved UI....

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The top stories of 2021: Q1

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2021. We'll start with the main events of the first three months of the year and we'll cover the next quarters in the following episodes of the series. The first quarter of the year was transformative and shaped a lot of 2021. Qualcomm had just announced its Snapdragon 888 in the last month of 2020, and the first phones with the new flagship chipset came out at the turn of 2021. The Xiaomi Mi 11 pioneered the SD888, but notable phones with Qualcomm's new silicon included the Mi 11 Pro, the Redmi K40 Pro+, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, Mi Mix...

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Leaked build of Android 13 surfaces with new features and minor changes

Android 12L is currently in the Beta phase as it aims to optimize the user experience for larger-sized devices like tablets and foldables. Meanwhile, Android 13 "Tiramisu" is getting its first look as XDA-Developers reveals screenshots from an early build of Android 13. The outlet confirms it is confident about the screenshots it is providing in its report. The first feature is codenamed “Panlingual” and it means that instead of setting one language to apply universally to all apps and menus, users would be able to set a universal language for the UI and menus, but then set languages to...

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Tesla Deactivates Video Games on Moving Car Screens After Safety Probe

Tesla will stop allowing video games to be played on vehicle screens while its cars are moving, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

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CoinSwitch Kuber Lists New Crypto Assets for Indian Investors

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Xiaomi 12 specs and prices leak

Next week Xiaomi is holding a grand launch for its next flagship smartphone family in China. The 'vanilla' Xiaomi 12 model has already been leaked and teased a lot, and so far we found out it will be a smaller handset than you may have expected - its 6.28" screen enables a 69.9mm width. While the panel is "only" 1080p, it's already rumored to have received an "A+" score from DisplayMate. We're also expecting the Xiaomi 12 to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The rest of the spec details have purportedly leaked today in China, along with pricing info. Let's dive in, shall...

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Minnal Murali Movie Review: Super Hero, Super Mediocre

Minnal Murali movie review: Tovino Thomas-led Malayalam-language superhero movie is overambitious to a fault, packing in too much and unable to deliver on most counts. Download Minnal Murali from...

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Honor Magic V will be the first foldable smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Just yesterday Honor started teasing its upcoming foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic V. The company hasn't outed any details about it, aside from letting us know that it is in fact going to be Honor's "first foldable flagship", and that it's coming soon. According to a leaked presentation slide that surfaced in China, however, we get another bit of info about Honor's upcoming foldable - namely that it will use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. It will, in fact, be the first foldable device to do so, although definitely not the last - we're expecting a lot more entries in this category in...

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Two of Google’s Pixel-exclusive features have been disabled due to bugs

Pixel owners have noticed that Google has taken its time to push out the December Feature Drop update for Pixels and now we can speculate the possible reason for this. Meanwhile, Google has confirmed that it has had to disable two Pixel-exclusive features following the December update on Google Pixel phones. Google has confirmed on a Google Support forum that it has had to disable Hold For Me and Call Screen features from the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro until a major bug from the December update has been addressed. In light of a bug in the December Android update, we are disabling...

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Amazon Restores AWS Cloud Services After Power Outage

Several apps and websites, including those of Hulu, Slack, and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon's data servers on the US East Coast.

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Tesla Cars' Gaming Feature Being Investigated by US Auto Safety Regulators

US auto safety regulators said they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker's decision to allow games to be played on the front centre...

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Samsung Galaxy A53 to have two chipset versions

We've been used to Samsung releasing two separate versions of its flagship smartphones, with some markets getting a Snapdragon chipset inside, and others settling for an Exynos. Which markets get which is something that sometimes changes, but other than that, this has been a pretty predictable development for the past few years. Now it seems like Samsung is looking to adopt the same strategy for one of its best selling mid-rangers. The upcoming Galaxy A53 will succeed the A52/A52s and A51, which were all Samsung's best selling mid-rangers. And the A53 is allegedly going to be offered in...

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Amazon Sues Enforcement Directorate to Quash Future Group Deal Investigation

Amazon is taking India's Enforcement Directorate to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing shows.

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Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate lands in India on December 26

Asus' everything-and-the-kitchen-sink phone, the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate, initially launched back in June with a crazy assortment of specs, including 18GB of RAM and a 6,000 mAh battery. For some reason, this handset has so far stayed away from India, but that's finally due to change in the next few days. The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate will be officially sold in the subcontinent starting on December 26. You'll find it at Flipkart, and it will be priced at INR 79,999 (approximately $1,060 or €935 at the current exchange rates). Sales start at 12 noon on that day. As the name clearly implies,...

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iQOO 9 series to use Samsung ISOCELL GN5 main sensor

After learning about the iQOO 9 series display tech yesterday, the vivo sub-brand is now teasing the camera specs of its upcoming flagship. An iQOO official took to Weibo to detail a brand new custom camera sensor with improved imaging capabilities which was later suggested by Ice Universe and Digital Chat Station to be Samsung’s 1/1.57-inch ISOCELL GN5 sensor – a 50MP 1.0μm sensor. Samsung ISOCEEL GN5 sensor (image: Samsung) Apart from the large pixels, the Samsung imager brings all-direction autofocus and should offer a noticeable step up from the iQOO 8 series. Elsewhere, the...

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Realme schedules GT2 Series global launch for January 4

After teasing and slowly revealing information about Realme’s upcoming GT 2 lineup, Realme Founder and CEO officially sets a date via Twitter for the global launch of the new series. The Realme GT 2 Series will have its global launch event on January 4 at 11:30 AM local time in China. I've got some exciting news. GT 2 Pro, our first-ever premium flagship phone, will be unveiled in Mainland China on Jan 4. #realmeGT2Pro pic.twitter.com/D3R6IMekAM— Sky Li (@skyli_realme) December 22, 2021 Realme recently revealed that the GT 2 Pro will be the first bio-based smartphone design...

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Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey Mock Web3 on Twitter

Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey dismissed the so-called Web3 and criticised the involvement of venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz in building out what some have called the next phase of the...

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Facebook, Twitter Drop CES Plans Over COVID-19 Concerns

Facebook parent Meta, Twitter, and Pinterest separately said they will not send teams to CES 2022 in Las Vegas as concerns grow about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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Pixel Watch to be powered by Exynos SoC, may bring on-device Google Assistant

As we enter the new year, more evidence piles on about Google’s unicorn Pixel Watch. Earlier this month, we saw leaked marketing images of the Google Pixel Watch that show a round watch body and a low-profile touch screen with rounded edge all the way around. A recent report from 9to5Google found mentions of “PIXEL_EXPERIENCE_WATCH” which not only solidifies the case for the smartwatch to bear the Pixel name, but it also suggests that a Pixel smartwatch would receive Wear OS features exclusive to the new wearable. Leaked marketing images of the Google Pixel Watch Pixel...

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Amazfit GTR 3, GTR 3 Pro, and GTS 3 get second major update

Amazfit is currently busy sending out the second major update for its latest smartwatches - the GTR 3 Pro, GTR 3, and GTS 3. These were unveiled together back in October, and now they're in the process of receiving the latest software goodies. In the case of the GTR 3 Pro, the new build which is currently rolling out is labeled 8.26.3.1, and this brings with it a GoPro mini app in the Zepp app store, the addition of a background app status indicator on watch faces, the addition of a screen lock function in the control center, manual altitude calibration, as well as the usual improvements...

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Realme 9 Pro+ will have 65W charging while Realme 9i sports a 5,000 mAh battery

Realme is working on bringing us a whopping four members of the Realme 9 family soon, with the official launch expected to take place in the first few weeks of 2022. As we get ever closer to that point, two of the upcoming phones have been certified by CQC, and this process has confirmed the previously leaked rumor about the Realme 9i having a 5,000 mAh battery with 33W charging support. On the other hand, the Realme 9 Pro+ is unsurprisingly going to boast 65W charging. According to previous leaks, this model will have a 50 MP main rear camera and a 16 MP selfie snapper. Not much else is...

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Parler to Expand Into NFTs to Tap Into the Burgeoning Digital Asset

Parler said it will expand its business into NFTs, in a move that underpins the rapid growth of the digital asset in recent months.

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The Top Tech Gift Ideas for Christmas 2021

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Xiaomi's Mix Fold 2 rumored to use Ultra Thin Glass display from Samsung

Back in March Xiaomi officially unveiled its first ever foldable smartphone, the Mi Mix Fold. Now that it's quite a few months old, you may be wondering whether a sequel is in the works, and as it turns out - it is. Not a big shock, that, for sure. According to a few hints from some certifications it's already gone through, the tentatively called Mix Fold 2 might reach stores at some point in mid-2022, though we're hoping this one won't stay forever confined to China like its predecessor. The Mix Fold 2 is now rumored to use a Samsung-made internal folding screen, with Ultra Thin...

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The LG UltraGear 17G90Q is the company's first gaming laptop

LG today announces its first gaming laptop, the UltraGear 17G90Q. This is a premium notebook with high-end specs and will go on sale early next year. The 17G90Q features a 17.3-inch, 1920x1080 resolution IPS LCD panel. The display has a refresh rate of 300Hz with a claimed 1ms response time and 99% sRGB coverage. Powering this display is an unspecified 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake - H CPU and the flagship Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q GPU. You also get a choice of 16 or 32GB DDR4 memory and up to 1TB of M.2 NVMe storage. The 17G90Q features a dark Purple Gray color and measures...

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Popular ride-hailing app Bolt gets Petal Maps integration

Ride-hailing service Bolt is getting Huawei Petal Maps integration. Users will see the Bolt app as a means of transport when route-planning in Huawei's Petal Maps and will then be taken to the Bolt app to choose driver and ride options. Bolt was one of the first major services to launch on Huawei's AppGallery and offers ride-hailing, ride-sharing, scooters, and food delivery in a number of countries and cities across Europe, Asia, North, and South America, and Africa. The Bolt app has been downloaded more than 12 million times on Huawei's AppGallery, while Petal Maps has more than...

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Huawei P50 Pocket specs surface - displays, chip, cameras, battery

The Huawei P50 Pocket is a clamshell foldable that Huawei will unveil on December 23. We've seen leaked images of it, renders and an official confirmation of its announcement. But up until now, we new little about its internals. We now learn that the Galaxy Z Flip3 5G rival will have a bigger inner display, a bigger battery with faster charging, and more cameras. Starting with the display - the inner has a 6.85-inch diagonal, while the outer is a 1-inch circular display. There are three cameras underneath that cover display - a 50MP IMX766 main camera, 13MP ultrawide and 8MP 3x zoom...

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YouTube TV Reaches Deal to Restore Access to Disney Channels

YouTube began restoring access to Walt Disney channels on its platform on Sunday, after the companies reached a distribution agreement to end a two-day blackout.

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2021 Winners and Losers: Samsung

In a turbulent year filled with component shortages and delayed product launches, Samsung once again stood at the top of the smartphone world. Notable developments started with the Galaxy S21 series introduction in January, while the Galaxy Z Fold3, Z Flip3 and Tab S7 series arrived in August. We also saw plenty of new Galaxy A and M series phones throughout the year as well as two new Galaxy Buds earphones and the excellent Watch4 series that marked the Korean maker's return to the WearOS family. We spotted some wrong turns among the many successful moves so let's recap what Samsung did...

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Apple Seeks Dismissal of India Apps Market Antitrust Case

Apple has asked CCI to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a player in the country where Google is dominant, a filing shows.

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Realme GT 2 Series Launch Today: How to Watch Livestream

Realme GT 2 series launch is taking place today (December 20). The launch will be livestreamed on YouTube and is expected to include the Realme GT 2 Pro. The smartphone is confirmed to have the...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 50

We've got a third leader in as many weeks in our trending chart after Oppo's new Find N foldable took the number one spot. Yet, as the Motorola Edge X30 dropped to fifth, Redmi Note 11 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G retained their places on the podium. In fourth we have the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, while the Redmi Note 10 Pro retains its sixth position. A couple of Samsung phones follow with the Galaxy A12 ahead of the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The Poco X3 Pro has slid to ninth, while the iPhone 13 completes this week's top 10. That means we wave goodbye to the Motorola S30 and the...

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Week 50 in review: Oppo Find N official, Galaxy S22 live photo emerges

Welcome to another week's recap. The biggest story of the week was the arrival of the Oppo Find N. It has a much smaller footprint than the Galaxy Z Fold3. Outside, the Find N has a 5.49-inch 18:9 display - a standard aspect and an easier one to use, compared to the Fold3's 25:9 outer screen. On the inside, the Find N has a 7.1-inch 8.4:9 main screen, which is only slightly narrower than a square. The Oppo Find N sold out in China, and the maker is as of now not planning to make it available outside. We saw an alleged live image of the Galaxy S22, while the Ultra received FCC...

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How to Share Google Photos From Your Android Smartphones and Tablets

Google Photos allows users to back up and store their images online, and access them on other devices. Users can also share their images and videos with family and friends. Here are four easy ways how...

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How to Preview a WhatsApp Voice Message Before Sending

We are here providing a step-by-step guide to let you use WhatsApp voice message preview on your device.

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Major leak reveals Garmin's new Venu, Epix, Fenix, and Instinct series smartwatches

Garmin unveiled the Venu 2 and Venu 2S smartwatches in April, and we know a Plus variant exists since we saw its leaked image last month revealing the design, color options, and a few features. Now a major leak by WinFuture reveals Garmin is planning to introduce more than one smartwatch since the publication posted over three dozen official-looking images of the Epix Gen2, Fenix 7, Fenix 7S, Instinct 2, and Instinct 2S, in addition to the Venu 2 Plus we've already seen. Garmin Epix Gen2 The Garmin Epix Gen2 will have an in-built GPS like the original Epix and come with an altimeter and...

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Weekly poll results: the Motorola Edge X30 looks like a runaway success, the S30 not so much

The Motorola Edge X30 may be a big hit for the brand, it was a clear favorite in last week’s poll. Between it and the Moto G200, which also seems ripe for success, Motorola is headed for a strong year. The major concern that most commenters expressed is about the price – the X30 could be one of the best value-for-money phones of 2022, but we just don’t know how much it will cost outside of China. The phone has a lot going for it, but it is not perfect, so pricing is crucial. Most of the complaints are the usual – no microSD card, no 3.5 mm jack. Another issue is that proper...

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iQOO Neo5 SE price and specs tipped ahead of launch, Snapdragon 870 in tow

iQOO yesterday announced it will introduce the Neo5 SE on December 20 alongside the Neo5s. The company also shared a few teasers on social media, revealing the Neo5 SE's design, color options, and some features. And while the vivo sub-brand hasn't detailed the Neo5 SE's specs sheet yet, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed the smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 870 SoC. The tipster also claims that the iQOO Neo5 SE will pack a 144Hz refresh rate screen and support 55W charging. However, the smartphone will come bundled with a 66W adapter, likely because the 55W...

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