Oxygen OS 9.5.8 is now heading out for the OnePlus 7, with the update highlights including the August 2019 patch and optimizations for the display adaptive brightness mode.
The update was announced over on the official OnePlus forums by Manu J, who confirmed that the incremental rollout of Oxygen OS 9.5.8 has now started. This follows the most recent update for the OnePlus 7 Pro which also…
Welcome to your Monday! This week, we’ve got Samsung’s big Unpacked event (Galaxy Note incoming), as well as Disney reporting on how its expansion is faring so far. Over the weekend, you might have missed an E3 data breach that leaked thousands of registered…
Samsung Galaxy Note10+ prototype spotted out in the wild
August 5, 2019
Just two days before Samsungs Galaxy Note10 unveiling, a Chinese user was spotted with what appears to be a fully functional prototype of the Note10+. The device sports the centered punch hole and minimal bezels but its screen does not seem to be curved. That’s…
Just last week, the OnePlus 7 Pro received a software update that squashes a few bugs, fixes a couple of things and bumps up the security patch to August 2019. Well, today the vanilla 7 is receiving the incremental update as well.
The changelog is quite similar to the one of the 7 Pro although, the Oxygen version is 9.5.8. It optimizes the adaptive brightness, clears the issue with accidental…
Ming-Chi Kuo today released a report claiming that Apple will bring back Touch ID fingerprint recognition to its iPhones starting in 2021. The analyst said that he believes Apple will release a iPhone with both Face ID and under-display Touch ID fingerprint biometrics.
Kuo…
When Realme 1 arrived back in May 2018, it was a great deal and a phone worth recommending. 11 devices later and 14 months further in time, the company finally can join the big boys league after reaching 10 million shipments across the globe.
The Weibo profile of the company…
LG unveils X2 (2019) / K30 (2019) mid-ranger
August 5, 2019
LG announced its latest affordable handset in South Korea under the name X2 (2019). It arrives with a quad-core CPU, an HD+ screen without notches, and a single camera on the back. The price is KRW198,000 in South Korea, but we expect it to cost about $160 around the world.
LG also revealed the phone will have another name in Europe (including Germany, Italy, and Poland) and North America –…
AI knitting system designs and creates garments
August 5, 2019
If you’ve ever wanted a custom bobble hat but your knitting skills aren’t up to par, let the robots do it. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a computer-aided knitting system which can…
Google Assistant has long had the option to read your SMS messages aloud, but that hasn’t done much good if your conversations lived in third-party apps. That shouldn’t be an issue for long. Both Android Police and 91mobiles have noticed that Google is rolling…
While Showtime took forever to start filling in details for its Halo TV series, it’s clearly eager to make up for lost time. The broadcaster has announced that Natascha McElhone (of Ronin and Californication fame) will portray both the legendary Cortana AI as well as Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator of Spartan supersoldiers like Master Chief. The producers have filled out considerably more…
