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OPPO Announces ColorOS 17 Based on Android 17, Details Rollout Timeline, Supported Devices for China

September 18, 2026
OPPO has officially unveiled ColorOS 17, bringing a new visual design, AI-powered features, performance improvements and additional security tools to supported devices. The new Android 17-based operating system will first ship on the upcoming OPPO Find X10 series, OnePlus 16 and OPPO Watch S2. OPPO also announced a stable rollout schedule for devices in China, with the first batch set to receive…
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Samsung Galaxy A08, Galaxy A18 4G Phones Launched

September 18, 2026
Samsung Galaxy A08 and Galaxy A18 have been launched internationally. The Galaxy A08 has been launched in regions like Ukraine while the Galaxy A18 is now available for purchase in France. Both are 4G phones, and have MediaTek and Exynos processors. Here are all their…
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Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls

September 18, 2026
Text-based AI assistants are a hot market, with Instinct, Wajo, Town, Ollie, and Meta’s Muse agent, which launched last week, vying for users’ attention and tasks. San Francisco-based Instinct is one of the most popular of the lot, attracting huge investor interest at what is reportedly a $10 billion valuation. Instinct’s popularity may now grow even further, as it’s added…
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Strange but true: one of the photographers who defined the look of London's Swinging Sixties was actually working 5,000 miles away

September 18, 2026
Picture London in the Swinging Sixties and you think of King’s Road boutiques, David Bailey, models in Soho coffee bars. Sam Haskins, whose work is about to go up for auction at Sloane Street Auctions, was one of the photographers whose work helped shape the visual language of the 1960s. So it’s surprising to learn that at the time, he wasn’t anywhere near any of it. In fact, he…
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Rivian’s ALSO e-bikes are finally hitting the road – but not for frustrated customers

September 18, 2026
Rivian spin-off ALSO is finally getting its futuristic TM-B electric bikes out across the United States. Unfortunately for the customers who ordered them nearly a year ago, those bikes aren’t headed to their garages. They’re headed on tour. ALSO has kicked off its “Test Spin Fall Tour,” a traveling demo program that will bring the high-tech TM-B to cities around the country from September…
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