With Tokyo 2020 well underway, there’s just a barrage of news about various events, results, and medal standings. Google Discover is highlighting a hub of sorts that’s quite a nice way to keep track of all things Olympics.
For some, the Discover invites them to “Follow the 2020 Olympics” with an inline card. Others that have been heavily searching about Olympic developments look to be…
Apple yesterday released iOS 14.7.1, with a reference to an iOS security fix for a vulnerability that may have been actively exploited …
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may…
Android 12 Beta 3.1 arrived just yesterday as a small bug fix update, but it also included a little bonus tweak for the auto-rotate animation.
This change is so subtle that you might not even notice it at first, but the auto-rotate animation has a smoother, easier…
Nokia has launched the XR20, a 5G-capable rugged phone that runs Android One.
At 6.67 inches, the XR20 packs in an FHD+ display, which is coated in Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, while the chassis is MIL-STD-810H rated as well as being completely water-resistant. The internals might frustrate somewhat, with the XR20 utilizing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G-enabled chipset, 4,630mAh battery, 4/6GB…
MediaTek has officially unveiled the Kompanio 1300T chipset, an SoC designed specifically with Android tablets and Chromebooks in mind.
Built upon TSMC’s 6nm process, this is an 8-core CPU that comes with an ARM Cortex-A78 cores plus Cortex-A55 efficiency cores, but…
Google shrinks in US smartphone market ahead of Pixel 6’s ‘reboot’ while OnePlus grows over 400%
July 27, 2021
The US smartphone market is dominated by names like Apple and Samsung, but others such as Google and OnePlus have been trying to make a meaningful impact in it for years now. As we near the Pixel 6 and its “soft reboot” of Google’s lineup, new stats on the US…
After teasers and tidbits, Carl Pei’s Nothing has finally launched the ear (1) Bluetooth earbuds with some competitive features given the $99 entry price.
The most notable addition to the sub-$100 true wireless earbuds is that of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), which has become more commonplace on mid-range Bluetooth earbuds over the previous 18 months. A master of online marketing, Pei’s…
For the majority of its lifetime, each notable Android release has come with a fun dessert-themed nickname. Those names publicly stopped with the release of Android 10, but Google has kept the theme going with internal codenames and, apparently, Android 13 is being called…
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 will mark the start of a reboot for Google’s Wear OS platform, and so far we’ve already learned a lot about what it will bring to the table. In another leak today, the demo mode from the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic confirms names, shows…
OnePlus generally has at least two release cycles each year, its flagship and then the tweaked “T” version. This year, though, it seems like the “OnePlus 9T” isn’t in the cards.
Reliable tipster Max Jambor claims on Twitter that there will be “No 9T” this year, referring to the OnePlus 9T that would otherwise be expected. The reason isn’t directly mentioned, but it’s probably a…
