Google Pixel 9a debuted on Wednesday as the latest addition to the company’s affordable “a” series lineup. To achieve a lower price tag, the phone sacrifices some of the features seen in the flagship Pixel 9 models. While the Pixel 9a still offers artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities powered by Google’s large language model (LLM), a … Read more
Apple was ordered by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals, with the latter spelling out details on how to go about it in line with the bloc’s landmark rules and where non-compliance could lead to an investigation and fines. The move by the European Commission came six months … Read more
HMD Pulse Pro was launched in April 2024 alongside the Pulse+ and standard Pulse variants. The company could now be working on a successor to the Pulse Pro model. Design renders of an unspecified HMD smartphone have surfaced online, which resembles the HMD Pulse Pro design. Some key features of the purported smartphone have been … Read more
South Korea’s central bank is set to launch CBDC trials for real-world transactions under the “Digital Test Project Hangang,” according to local reports citing BoK officials. The three-month programme is said to involve seven banks and 100,000 participants that will be testing blockchain technology’s role in finance. The BoK reportedly sees this large-scale pilot as … Read more
Realme Buds Air 7 have been launched in India. The TWS earphones are claimed to offer a battery life of up to 13 hours on a single charge. They are said to provide a total playback time of up to 52 hours with the case. The earphones have an IP55 dust and splash resistance rating. … Read more
Apple is said to be working on its first foldable device. We have yet to see any official word from Apple regarding a foldable iPhone, but ahead of it, a new report gives us an idea about its pricing. The foldable iPhone model is said to cost around twice as much as the iPhone 16 Pro Max. … Read more
Mistral Small 3.1 artificial intelligence (AI) model was released on Monday. The Paris-based AI firm introduced two open-source variants of the latest model — chat and instruct. The model comes as the successor to the Mistral Small 3, and offers improved text performance and multimodal understanding. The company claims that it outperforms comparable models such … Read more
Huawei will hold its Huawei Pura Pioneer Festival (translated from Chinese) later this week. The company is expected to introduce new Pura series or P-series smartphones at the event. Although the brand has yet to confirm a moniker, a senior executive has teased a foldable smartphone ahead of the event. Another teaser confirmed that the … Read more
The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for March has been revealed. EA’s MMA fighting title UFC 5 headlines this month’s Game Catalog additions. The game brings several improvements and refinements over its predecessor and is the first game in the UFC series to be developed in EA’s Frostbite engine. The PS Plus Game Catalog will … Read more
WhatsApp is developing a new functionality which may provide Android users with more choice when it comes to picking up video calls, according to a new report. The instant messaging platform is said to be testing a new option which offers the choice of turning off the device’s camera before picking up a video call. … Read more
TSMC has pitched US chip designers Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom about taking stakes in a joint venture that would operate Intel’s factories, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, the Taiwanese chipmaking giant would run the operations of Intel’s foundry division, which makes chips adapted for the needs of … Read more
Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chipsets that will be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. As per the report, the company has deployed a limited number of processors to test the performance and sustainability of the custom chipsets, and based on how well the tests go, it will begin large-scale production … Read more