Before Trump-era sanctions made the company a non-player in the market, Huawei was briefly the world’s largest phone manufacturer, surpassing both Samsung and Apple in shipments. In a sign of how much it has fallen since then, Huawei announced this week it recently entered into a patent cross-licensing agreement with its biggest domestic rival. Oppo, the parent company of OnePlus and subsidiary…
Google Doodle honors Mária Telkes, ‘The Sun Queen’ of solar energy
December 11, 2022
Google has replaced their homepage logo with an animated Doodle in honor of prolific solar energy scientist Mária Telkes, nicknamed “The Sun Queen.”
Mária Telkes was born in Budapest, Hungary on December 12, 1900, and she received a thorough education in the…
Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro announced with SD 8 Gen 2, new Leica cameras
December 11, 2022
Xiaomi just announced its latest flagship series – the Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro. Both handsets run on Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset based on TSMC’s 4nm manufacturing process. Perhaps more importantly, the two devices offer a…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11:38 p.m. PST) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. About 53 minutes after launch, the small satellite, or SmallSat, was released from its dispenser to begin a four-month journey to the Moon to seek out surface…
Samsung Galaxy M04 unveiled: Helio P35 SoC and 5,000 mAh battery
December 11, 2022
The Galaxy M04 teased by Amazon a few days ago has been officially unveiled by Samsung. It is powered by the Helio P35 SoC, and you get two storage options – 64GB and 128GB. The smartphone has 4GB of RAM onboard, which can be expanded virtually up to 8GB with the RAM…
Infinix Zero Ultra with 180W charging is launching soon in India
December 11, 2022
The Infinix Zero Ultra unveiled in October will launch soon in India. This revelation comes from Indian online retailer Flipkart, which created a promo page on its website to tease the smartphone’s India launch.
One of the biggest highlights of the Infinix Zero Ultra…
Samsung Galaxy M13 5G gets Android 13-based One UI 5 update
December 11, 2022
The Samsung Galaxy M13 5G announced in July with Android 12 is receiving the One UI 5 update based on Android 13.
The update has firmware version M136BXXU2BVK3, and it comes with the November 2022 Android security patch in addition to the usual One UI 5 goodies.
Samsung is seeding the Android 13-based One UI 5 update for the Galaxy M13 5G in India right now, but the rollout should expand to other…
Samsung Galaxy S23 series will support 8K@30fps video recording
December 11, 2022
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 is just around the corner and as the release date approaches, naturally more rumors start to emerge. The latest one comes from a reliable source regarding Samsung-related stuff.
In a recent tweet, suggests that the Samsung Galaxy S23 series will…
Huawei and Oppo announce a cross-licensing agreement
December 11, 2022
In a short press release, Huawei and Oppo announced their new cross-licensing agreement. The patents involve technologies such as 5G, Wi-Fi and audio/video codecs.
Since the announcement doesn’t go into details, one would assume that Huawei is providing the…
Weekly poll results: Honor 80 and Magic Vs well liked, Honor 80 and 80 SE get the cold shoulder
December 11, 2022
A few months ago, the Honor 70 launched in Europe, and it received a warm welcome in our polls. Now, we’re already talking about the Honor 80 series – which hasn’t reached Europe yet, but it is coming. Are people excited? Yes and no. More specifically, yes to the Honor 80 Pro, and no to the vanilla and SE models.
Technically, there is no Pro+ this generation, but the Honor 80 Pro…
