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OnePlus 13 is expected to launch in China soon as a successor to the OnePlus 12. The company has officially revealed the display details of the upcoming handset previously. Now, a senior OnePlus executive has teased the phone’s key charging feature. Other expected specifications of the smartphone, including battery size, have been leaked as well.

Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the business, the firm said in a statement Tuesday. The California-based company said last week it was laying off 85 percent of its employees — around 675 people — to reduce expenses due to its inability

Foldables have indeed come a long way, especially in India. While earlier limited to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold range, 2024 has provided enough variety from a number of manufacturers across foldable segments. You can now get one for as low as Rs. 64,999 in a flippable clamshell form factor or pony up Rs. 1,59,999 for

Facebook owner Meta announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts, claiming it can rival tools from leading media generation startups like OpenAI and ElevenLabs. Samples of Movie Gen’s creations provided by Meta showed videos of animals

iPhone 16 series was unveiled by Apple last month and teardown videos and durability tests of the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are currently doing rounds on the Web. Most recently, the bill of materials (BOM) details of the iPhone 16 Pro Max have surfaced online, revealing the total manufacturing cost

Infinix Zero Flip will be launched in India soon. The company’s first clamshell-style foldable phone was introduced in global markets last month, and will make its debut in the country by mid-October, the Transsion-owned company has confirmed. The Infinix Zero Flip is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8020 chipset and sports a 6.9-inch inner screen

Bharti Airtel has made an early payment of 84.65 billion rupees ($1.01 billion) to the Indian government, partially settling its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction, the telecom carrier announced on Monday. This is the first payment the country’s second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly

Oppo Find X8 series is expected to launch in China soon. The lineup will likely include a base, a Pro and an Ultra variant. Details about the purported handsets have been surfacing online over the past few weeks. A company official has now teased the display design of the Oppo Find X8 Pro and hinted

WhatsApp has introduced a new set of features for status updates. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform is rolling out new status likes and private mentions features for Android and iOS users. Likes on Status is a new way to acknowledge a contact’s status update by tapping the heart emoji. With private mentions, users can now

iPhone SE 4 — the anticipated successor to the company’s third-generation model — could arrive with several notable upgrades to the display, camera, processor, and connectivity. While Apple is unlikely to announce any details of the purported smartphone in the near future, details of the iPhone SE 4 have surfaced online on multiple occasions. According

Samsung Galaxy S25 series is expected to go official in early 2025 with three models — the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra. While the launch is not likely to take place for a few more months, purported details related to the design of the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra model have already been spotted

The potential use cases of blockchain technology appear to be gaining pace in the telecom sector. London-based World Mobile Group is a firm that aims to globalise decentralised Web3 networks. Founded in 2018, the company says its mission is to deliver high-quality web connectivity through a decentralised hybrid network that is 12 times more cost

Samsung Galaxy A56 is said to be in the works as a successor to the Galaxy A55, which debuted in India in March. Ahead of the launch of the purported handset, it has been spotted on the database of a benchmarking platform, boasting specifications such as the Exynos 1580 chipset and the new Android 15

Snapchat has begun rolling out a new feature for iOS users which lets them keep track of all the places they have explored and sent snaps from. The feature, dubbed Footsteps, only works when the Ghost Mode is not enabled on Snapchat for iPhone. In addition to counting new places the user travels to, it

Extensive damage from a fire at Tata Group’s Apple iPhone component plant in southern India could hamper production ahead of a festive season sales surge, an industry watcher and a source said, forcing the US firm’s suppliers to arrange critical parts from China or elsewhere. The weekend blaze has caused an indefinite production halt at

Honor is developing a novel foldable technology that would enable the creation of a device that features a multi-directional foldable display. Details of this technology have surfaced in a patent document that shows how such a device would function. It is currently unclear whether Honor plans to launch a device with this technology in the

Airtel, along with other telecom operators, has a special measure in place to help prevent the misuse of their customers’ SIM cards. One needs to enter a PIN code before accessing the SIM card. If someone enters the wrong PIN, then the SIM card is blocked automatically. This is where the PUK code comes into

Vivo X200 series will be unveiled in China on October 14. The lineup is expected to include three models — the Vivo X200, Vivo X200 Pro, and Vivo X200 Mini. Just days ahead of the official launch, renders of these smartphones have appeared on a Chinese retailer site. The Vivo X200 and Vivo X200 Pro

LinkedIn is reportedly removing artificial intelligence (AI) prompts it was previously displaying on its platform. These AI prompts would appear on the feed of Premium users, nudging them to use the service’s AI features. However, several users have stated that these prompts have not been visible on the service for a while. The company has

Apple has been rumoured to be working on its smart home category for quite some time now. Now, a new report claims that the Cupertino-based tech giant might launch a new tabletop smart display device with smart home functionality next year. The device is said to be part of a series, where the higher-end variant

FAU-G: Domination, the action game from Indian developer Dot9 Games, has crossed over one million pre-registrations on Google Play Store on Android in three weeks of going live. Pre-registration for the game began September 5 on Android devices. The upcoming shooter in the FAU-G series from nCore Games received a trailer earlier this month, showcasing

The government should earmark the entire spectrum available in the medium frequency range of 6 gigahertz band for mobile telephony so as to enable them to deliver high-speed data services in the range of 50-100 mbps, telecom industry body COAI said in a letter to the Department of Telecom. The Cellular Operators Association of India

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale brings discounts and other offers on a wide range of products across categories such as smartphones, wearables, laptops, tablets, electronics, home appliances, and more. We have recently curated a list of the top smartphone deals under Rs. 30,000 during the Amazon sale. However, if you already have a recently purchased

The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users’ passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it had stored some passwords in ‘plaintext’. Meta publicly acknowledged the

Apple has been speculated to be developing a new type of product — a home accessory that will run on a software variant of tvOS and will sport a touch display on top. According to a new report, this purported device may have artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities courtesy of Apple’s latest A18 processor. It may

The Motorola Razr series has been one of the most recognisable phones in human history. It also sold well and made much money for the now Lenovo-owned Motorola. The flip phones took the foldable flip route in late 2020 and are currently in their 5th generation. We got two phones this year, the Razr 50

The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE Corp that have been deemed security threats by the US government. The House said on Tuesday it will take up a bipartisan bill called the Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act that would require

A federal judge narrowed a lawsuit accusing Apple of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Store, Apple Music and Apple TV. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, dismissed nearly all claims based on the “Allow Apps

OnePlus Ace 5 Pro and Ace 5 are expected to launch as successors to the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro and Ace 3, respectively. Details about the handsets have surfaced online over the past few weeks. Previous leaks have suggested the base and Pro variants could come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Gen 4 chipsets, respectively. A new leak

Airtel launched a network-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution on Wednesday that will automatically identify and detect spam calls and messages. The AI-powered spam detection tool is aimed at helping users know when a spammer is calling so that they can make an informed decision on whether to pick up the call or reject it. The