Over the past couple of years, the field of AI has been awash in concerns over ethics and fairness in AI. At the same time, the world has awakened to the deep-seated, structural problems of racial injustice.
The two are inextricably linked. AI is one of the most powerful technological transformations we’ve seen — part of a thread that begins with the rise of the personal computer and runs…
Weekly poll: the Xiaomi Mi 11 is the first S888 powered phone, but is that enough to want one?
January 3, 2021
That was quick – the Snapdragon 888 was unveiled on December 1 and the first phone to use it arrived on December 28. This is more than a paper launch to claim “first”, by the way, the phone goes on sale on January 1.
This means that the Xiaomi Mi 11 is the first phone…
2020 Winners and Losers: LG
January 3, 2021
We won’t beat around the bush here, LG hasn’t been going so great on the smartphone scene lately. Some sort of re-imagining is definitely in order and we have already seen early signs that the Korean giant is trying to take a new course one way or another.
Winner: LG…
Xiaomi demos its Wi-Fi 6E AX6000 router by pitting the Xiaomi Mi 11 against the iPhone 12 Pro Max
January 3, 2021
Xiaomi recently made its first Wi-Fi 6E router official. The Mi Router AX6000 is priced at CNY 599 (about $91) and is currently available for reservation in China and will be going on its first sale on January 8. It is chuck-full of next-get Wi-Fi features, which we will mention shortly. However, it’s difficult to properly get a sense of the new technology, without a practical illustration.
Samsung Galaxy A32 5G gets Bluetooth certified
January 3, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy A32 5G we’ve been hearing about since last month has been certified by Bluetooth SIG, moving it a step closer to the launch.
The listing on the organization’s site doesn’t tell us any specs of the A32 5G other than confirming Bluetooth…
Galaxy Buds Pro moniker confirmed by Samsung on its website
January 3, 2021
Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy Buds Pro this month alongside the Galaxy S21 series, and while the Korean conglomerate is yet to reveal the Buds Pro’s launch date, it has confirmed the Galaxy Buds Pro moniker as the support page for the TWS earphones has…
Xiaomi sells 350,000 Mi 11 units in 5 minutes
January 3, 2021
Late last month Xiaomi took the wraps off the Mi 11, the world’s first smartphone to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chipset. Today the company had its first sale of the device in its home market of China, and it looks like it was a resounding success.
Xiaomi managed to sell over 350,000 Mi 11 units in just five minutes. The total value of those exceeded CNY 1.5 billion.
2020 Winners and Losers: Motorola
January 3, 2021
Motorola had a surprisingly rich 2020 lineup, spanning across multiple families. There was the return to flagship realm, in the Motorola Edge and Edge+, as well as the exciting follow up that was the Razr 5G.
Even so, the company’s focus luckily remained mostly centered…
Xiaomi has already made the Mi 11 official in December, and the phone has gone on sale today with great results. But, according to mumblings on Weibo, there’s a Mi 11 Pro coming too, at some point in the near future.
This would make sense considering how last year we…
Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S21 lineup on January 14, but before that, the company is tipped to introduce a new Galaxy M series smartphone in India.
The new M series smartphone will launch in India next week with a big screen, which a leaked poster reveals will have a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera.
The poster further tells us that the smartphone will have the power key and…
