The latest original sealed iPhone went up for auction earlier this month with the expectation of bringing in at least $50,000. With the auction now ended, the final price surpassed $50K and set a new record, almost doubling the price of one sold just six months ago.
Last August, we saw an original sealed iPhone sell for $35,414, with another one going for $39,340 in the fall. Impressive…
Roblox shows its vision for UGC and generative AI
February 20, 2023
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Roblox showed off its vision for the combination of user-generated content and generative AI.
Dan Sturman, CTO of Roblox, said in a blog post that the company sees an…
Tamron has announced its 11-20mm F2.8 Di ultra-wide angle zoom will be available for Fujifilm X-mount
February 20, 2023
Tamron has announced its 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD ultra-wide angle zoom will be made available for Fujifilm X-mount. The 11-20mm lens gives a 16.5-30mm equivalent range on an X-series camera, providing a faster alternative to Fujifilm’s own XF10-24mm F4 OIS WR though…
9to5Google Weekender: Galaxy S23 Ultra review and other top stories
February 20, 2023
This week Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 series and we published our full review. In other news, Android Auto continued its redesign rollout, YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki stepped down, and more.
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Following Twitter’s lead, Meta launches its own blue checkmark subscription for Facebook and Instagram, costs $14.99/mo on iOS
February 20, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, has today announced plans for a subscription tier, offering account verification with government ID, a verified blue checkmark for Facebook and Instagram, and “direct access to customer support”.
The subscription…
Pixel 7 doesn’t support latest 5G standard, might with Android 14
February 19, 2023
The 3GPP is responsible for developing mobile broadband standards, with 5G being the recent focus. Standards are made available as “releases,” with the Pixel 7 on the older 3GPP Release 15 compared to other available phones today.
Release 15 launched in June of 2018 as…
Super Nintendo World is an IRL game, interactive and replayable
February 19, 2023
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Super Nintendo World has officially opened at Universal Studios Hollywood. The highly anticipated theme park pioneers a unique concept — rather than focusing on rides, the park is an interactive experience.
Full disclosure, I was lucky to visit the park the day before it opened. Universal and…
A month ago the Nothing Phone (1) received its second Android 13 beta but now the testing period is over. Nothing OS 1.5.2 is already rolling out and it includes a stable build of Android 13 a swell as the January 2023 security patch.
Note that Nothing is yet to detail the…
The iPhone 15 Pro is expected to launch alongside the Pro Max and two other models this fall, most likely in September. And yet, here we are in mid-February and we already seem to have the first speculative renders of the upcoming phone. These are CAD-based, so they’re…
Samsung Galaxy A04 is receiving Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update
February 19, 2023
Samsung rolled out the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for the Galaxy A04s in December, and now it’s the vanilla A04 that’s receiving the One UI 5.0 upgrade.
The Samsung Galaxy A04’s One UI 5.0 update has firmware version A045FXXU1BWB1 and comes with the dated December 2022 Android security patch. It’s currently seeding in Kazakhstan, but the rollout should expand…
