Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being.
Ford pauses construction at planned EV battery plant
Ford spokesperson T.R Reid told The Detroit News Monday, “We’re pausing work, and we’re going to limit spending on construction at Marshall until we’re confident about our ability to competitively…
Samsung Galaxy A05s lands in the Google Play Console ahead of release
September 26, 2023
The Galaxy A05 and A05s are both upcoming smartphones at the lower-end of the Korean company’s roster, and both of these have been leaking a lot lately. Most recently, we’ve seen them in leaked schematics portraying the differences in design (and some…
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Lite arrive in Europe as OnePlus Buds Pro 2R
September 26, 2023
Back in March, OnePlus launched a Lite version of its Buds Pro in China. These have today landed in Europe too, although under a different name: OnePlus Buds Pro 2R. They are the same exact thing, though, aside from the name – oh, and only the white version seems to be…
Realme GT2 Pro gets Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 early access
September 26, 2023
Realme has announced the Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 early access program for the Realme GT2 Pro in India and Russia.
The company has started accepting applications for the same, and those interested can enroll in the program by enabling the Developer Mode on their GT2 Pro and navigating to its > menu, clicking on the “realme UI 4.0” banner at the top, then click on the…
Lava Blaze Pro 5G's launch date and design revealed
September 26, 2023
Indian handset maker Lava launched Lava Blaze Pro last September, followed by the Blaze 5G a month later. Now, Lava has announced it will launch the Blaze Pro 5G on September 26 in India at noon local time.
The Lava Blaze Pro 5G is touted as the “King of 5G,” and…
Realme teases smartphone with a periscope camera
September 26, 2023
Realme launched the Realme X3 SuperZoom in May 2020 with a periscope telephoto camera, but after that, the company didn’t launch any smartphone with a regular telephoto or a periscope telephoto unit. However, Realme posted an image on X suggesting the return of the…
Samsung accidentally leaks the Galaxy S23 FE, Tab S9 FE and Buds FE
September 26, 2023
Given the intensity of leaks regarding the trio of Samsung Galaxy Fan Edition devices in the last couple of weeks, the announcement date can’t be too far. And the company’s seemingly innocent misstep confirms our suspicion. The Argentinian branch posted an image showing all three products – the Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy Buds FE.
Moreover, the published image came…
Weekly poll results: the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the clear fan favorite, the 15 Plus gets no love
September 26, 2023
Last week’s poll leaves no secrets as to which of the new iPhone 15 models is the most popular – sure, it’s expensive, the periscope camera is an unknown and the older models are still competitive, but the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the one to have from this…
Remember when Android had widgets on the lock screen? Well, Android 14 might see the return of such widgets as Mishaal Rahman on X unearthed an intriguing reference in the latest Android 14 beta build.
A new SystemUI flag named “widget_on_keyguard” suggests…
Google Bard fails to deliver on its promise — even after latest updates
September 26, 2023
Google revamped its artificially intelligent chatbot Bard last week in a major overhaul that now gives users access to it from some of its most popular products including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and more. The update theoretically gives Google’s Bard an advantage over ChatGPT, which is the market leader pushed jointly by OpenAI and Microsoft. Together, Google’s search engine and…
