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08 Sep 2024 15:12

Google Goes All-In with TSMC

Google tensor G4 chip manufactured by Samsung Foundry on its 4nm process. However, it was a minor upgrade over the Tensor G3 in the pixel 8 series as reflected by benchmarks & even the G4 itself is codenamed 'Zuma Pro' while G3 is 'Zuma'. G4 still utilizes Samsung's older FO-PLP packaging instead of the newer FO-WLP, which played a key role in resolving heating issues in the Exynos 2400—unlike its predecessors.

Now with Tensor G5, Google is not only switching to TSMC, but it will made it on the latest 3nm node & will also utilize TSMC's InFO-POP advanced packaging.
Tensor G6 to power Pixel 11 series, likely codenamed 'malibu', will also be manufactured by TSMC only on its latest 2nm process

FunFact: Apple's Foundational Models, both on device and server, for Apple Intelligence were fully trained on Google TPU clusters instead of NVIDIA.
Google's Axion, its first custom Arm-cores based TPU v5p for datacenters, is also made on TSMC 3nm N3E node

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07 Sep 2024 21:58

Android 15 will make it harder for thieves to bypass FRP

Android has a security mechanism called Factory Reset Protection (FRP) that is activated when you first associate a Google account with your device. It kicks in when the device undergoes an untrusted factory reset, such as a factory reset triggered from recovery mode, asking user to sign-in to google account to confirm identity.

Android stores a key in a persistent data block that survives factory resets, so even if another factory reset is forced on the device, FRP will still kick in. However, there are ways for thieves to bypass it entirely. Thus, Google is making changes to FRP, making it much harder to bypass.

1. Enabling the OEM unlocking setting will NO longer prevent FRP from activating.
2. Adding a new Google account is blocked.
3. Setting a lock screen PIN or password is blocked.
4. Installing new apps is blocked.
5. Bypassing the setup wizard will NO longer deactivate FRP.
Click HERE to read about it in detail.

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05 Sep 2024 17:50

Bluetooth 6.0 Announced

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) released the Bluetooth Core Specification version 6.0. One of the major features of Bluetooth 6.0 is "Channel Sounding," a feature that will bring "true distance awareness" to billions of future Bluetooth devices and accessories. This technology will achieve "centimeter-level accuracy over considerable distances," making it easier and quicker for users to locate lost items and will thus improve the Find My networks from companies like Apple, Google & Tile.

Bluetooth 6.0 also enhances ISOAL (Isochronous Adaptation Layer). ISOAL allows larger data frames to be transmitted in smaller packets and reconstituted later. A new framing mode introduced in this spec reduces latency and improves reliability. Other changes introduced in Bluetooth 6.0 include Decision-based Advertising Filtering, an extended feature set for link-layer, and advertiser monitoring and frame space improvements.

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04 Sep 2024 20:08

Nokia Plans to Sell Mobile Networking Business to Samsung

Acc to bloomberg, Nokia Networks has struggled to compete with Ericsson and Huawei. So, the company discussed all the possible options with its advisors, which included selling some or all of the division or merging with one of its rivals.

Nokia's telecom equipment business is reportedly worth $10 billion. Samsung Electronics has shown interest in the acquisition to improve its Radio Access Network (RAN) segment. RAN helps connect smartphones to the rest of the telecom infrastructure.
If the deal happens, Samsung's RAN market share would jump from 6.1% last to 25.6% which would make Samsung the world's 2nd-biggest RAN supplier, just behind Huawei (31.3%) and ahead of Ericsson (24.3%)

Nokia obviously declined the report.
Samsung already makes 4G and 5G base stations, chipsets, devices, radios, and core equipment. It has supplied equipment to Telus, O2 Telefónica, Reliance Jio, NTT DoCoMo, Dish, Verizon, Vodafone etc

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04 Sep 2024 17:48

Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Lineup will only use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Chipset

All models of Galaxy S25 series across the lineup, irrespective of the country/region, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 For Galaxy or the Leading Version chipset, instead of Exynos 2500. This is a different strategy from the Galaxy S24, which uses Samsung's self-developed 'Exynos' and Qualcomm's 'Snapdragon' together.

The Exynos 2500 is said to be reserved to power the next gen Samsung Galaxy Z Foldables. It makes sense though because the Exynos 2500 will be ready by that time since Samsung foldables will debut in second-half of 2025

For now, Samsung's semiconductor division will focus on improving the performance and stability of the Exynos 2500 chip. Samsung Device Solutions business has reportedly ordered executives of its foundry business to improve its 3nm and more advanced semiconductor chip fabrication processes to secure competitiveness in the market.

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03 Sep 2024 19:40

This is the Android 15 statue. It's the Bot holding a Vanilla Ice Cream cone. (Vanilla Ice Cream is the internal dessert name for Android 15.)

Source: Dave Burke on X

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02 Sep 2024 20:13

Apple Music and YouTube Music Joins hands for Seamless Playlist Transfer

Apple and Google join hands to "officially" enable seamless playlist transfer b/w their music apps. This new option arrives via Google and Apple both using the “Data Transfer Project” stack which was developed by the two companies as a part of the Data Transfer Initiative, of which both Google and Apple are members. This same ongoing partnership has also previously delivered the photo-sharing tool used to transfer photos and videos from iCloud to Google Photos.

Only the playlists you've created (including collaborative playlists that you own) are transferred. Music files, non-collaborative shared playlists and curated playlists, and folders in which you've organized your Apple Music playlists are not transferred. If the service you're transferring to doesn't have specific songs, then obviously they won't be transferred either.

Spotify can CRY in the corner and continue blaming Apple

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01 Sep 2024 09:47

Scoop: OSOM, the company formed by former Essential employees, is being sued to turn over its financial records. Its former CPO alleges the founder has misused company funds to pay for Lamborghinis and his lavish lifestyle.

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30 Aug 2024 19:36

HMD Barbie Flip Phone Announced Globally

HMD Global has launched the Barbie Phone, a retro flip phone in partnership with MATTEL. It has a screen on the front that can be used as a mirror & the nostalgic SNAKE game.

The device also comes with hidden Easter eggs for key Barbie dates & words, typing BARBIE by pressing *#227243# gets you Barbie wallpapers, *#ken# or *#536# for greetings from Ken and *#malibu# for Malibu beach sounds.

The phone comes with two replaceable back covers. The UI features Barbie wallpapers and Barbie app icons to support digital wellbeing including ‘Digital balance tips’ & ‘Barbie Meditation’.

Internal: 2.8-inch QVGA
External: 1.77-inch
• 3.5mm Headphone jack
• FM Radio (Wired/Wireless)
• 1450mAh removable battery; USB-C charging

Global:
• UNISOC T107 SoC
• 0.3MP VGA rear camera
• S30+ OS with Barbie UI
• 48MB RAM; 128MB storage
Priced at €99/£129

USA:
• Snapdragon 215 SoC
• 5MP HD rear camera
• KaiOS with Barbie UI
• 512MB RAM; 4GB Storage
Priced at 130$

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30 Aug 2024 17:26

Motorola G55 Launched in Europe

After launching G45 which is rebranded G34, Motorola now launched G55 which is rebranded G64 launched just 4 months ago in April.
Funfact: G54 is also rebranded G64 only and now G55 too

Since its same G64 only with the model number changed to G55 for the sake of new series number smartphone, it comes with:

• 6.5-inch IPS LCD Display
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 2.2 storage
• MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC
(overlocked Dimensity 7020 for 5% performance gains which is basically rebranded Dimensity 930 chip)

• 560nits Peak brightness
• 50MP main (OIS) + 8MP ultrawide
1 Android OS upgrade (Last is Android 15)
3yrs Security Patches

However, G64 comes with 6000mAh battery with 33W charging while the G55 gets 5000mAh battery with 30W charging

Priced at €249 for 8GB RAM with 128GB storage

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29 Aug 2024 22:16

Vivo T3 Pro launched in India

Just like Xiaomi, Vivo uses it's sub-brand iQOO for marketing by selling the same products twice just with a different logo. This T3 Pro is basically rebranded iQOO Z9s Pro which was launched just 6 days ago. Even the pricing is same of both the smartphones.

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29 Aug 2024 21:16

Redmi Watch Active 5 Launched in India

Specifications:
• 2-inch (320×385 px) LCD screen
• 500nits brightness
• Alexa Built-in 🤡
• 200+ customizable watch faces

• Bluetooth calling
• 140+ sports modes
• 24x7 Heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen measurement, Activity tracking, Sleep and stress monitoring, period cycle monitoring etc

• Built-In mic & Speaker for calling
• IPX8 water resistant only
• 470mAh battery
Battery life: 12days heavy use, 18days typical use

Priced at Rs. 2799 (~35$)

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29 Aug 2024 04:44

Pavel Durov Has Been Charged and Must Remain in France

Pavel Durov has been accused of participating in organized criminal activities, money laundering, and refusing to provide data upon the authorities' request. This information was disclosed in a press release from the French prosecutor's office, obtained by "Novaya Gazeta Europe".

As a result of these charges, Durov is now under judicial supervision: he is prohibited from leaving France and must post a bail of 5 million euros. He will be released on bail but will be required to report to a police station in person twice a week.

The list of charges includes six crimes:
• Conspiracy to manage an online platform used for illegal transactions as part of an organized group;
• Refusal to provide information or documents requested by authorized bodies necessary for lawful wiretapping;
• Complicity in crimes by allowing Telegram access to users involved in distributing child pornography, trafficking drugs, fraud, and other criminal activities;
• Money laundering resulting from crimes or offenses as part of an organized group;
• Providing cryptographic services without proper declaration;
• Importing cryptographic tools to ensure confidentiality without prior declaration.

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28 Aug 2024 06:19

Airtel teams with Apple for streaming deals in India, closes Wynk Music app

Airtel has entered into a strategic partnership with Apple, integrating Apple TV+ and Apple Music services into its offerings for high-tier customers. As part of this move, Airtel will be discontinuing its Wynk Music platform. The new changes will go live later this year.

• Premium Airtel broadband and postpaid subscribers will now enjoy access to Apple’s services as part of their plans.
• Wynk Premium subscribers will receive exclusive offers from Airtel for Apple services.

Wynk Music employees will be moved to other parts of the Airtel business.

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27 Aug 2024 06:03

YouTube Premium Gets Expensive in India

YouTube launched the YouTube Premium in India back in 2019 at Rs. 129 a month, after 5 years, the company has hiked the price of the premium membership to Rs. 149. The student plan which was launched for Rs. 79 per month now costs Rs. 89

YouTube Premium family membership, which was launched for Rs. 189 a month that lets you share the account with 5 more family members now costs Rs. 299, which is a 58.2% Hike.

Existing premium subscribers are getting an email to agree to the new price, if no action is taken by the next billing date in September, your subscription will end before the new price takes effect from the billing date after that in October.

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07 Sep 2024 22:19

Android 16 will bring New Quick Settings Style and Notification Panel

While tinkering with the latest Android 15 QPR beta, Mishaal Rahman managed to activate a new version of the notification and Quick Settings (QS) panels that is likely intended for the Android 16 release. With the Android 16, notifications and QS will be separated, thus allowing the former to show more notifications & the latter to show more tiles and buttons.

Pulling down the status bar once still brings down the notifications panel but only on the quarter of the screen. While you can’t see any QS tiles anymore, but you can see the app that’s underneath the panel. However, the bad news is that, the QS tiles needs to be accessed by pulling down the status bar with two fingers.

Since its spotted on A15 QPR Beta 1, this design overhaul is still quite unfinished for eg light mode sucks, many things are missing such as icons of many tiles and many things will be changed too before A16 drops next year.

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06 Sep 2024 05:18

❤️ Thanks everyone for your support and love!

Last month I got interviewed by police for 4 days after arriving in Paris. I was told I may be personally responsible for other people’s illegal use of Telegram, because the French authorities didn’t receive responses from Telegram.

This was surprising for several reasons: 

1. Telegram has an official representative in the EU that accepts and replies to EU requests. Its email address has been publicly available for anyone in the EU who googles “Telegram EU address for law enforcement”. 

2. The French authorities had numerous ways to reach me to request assistance. As a French citizen, I was a frequent guest at the French consulate in Dubai. A while ago, when asked, I personally helped them establish a hotline with Telegram to deal with the threat of terrorism in France.

3. If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself. Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. Building technology is hard enough as it is. No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools. 

Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy. You have to reconcile privacy laws with law enforcement requirements, and local laws with EU laws. You have to take into account technological limitations. As a platform, you want your processes to be consistent globally, while also ensuring they are not abused in countries with weak rule of law. We’ve been committed to engaging with regulators to find the right balance. Yes, we stand by our principles: our experience is shaped by our mission to protect our users in authoritarian regimes. But we’ve always been open to dialogue.

Sometimes we can’t agree with a country’s regulator on the right balance between privacy and security. In those cases, we are ready to leave that country. We've done it many times. When Russia demanded we hand over “encryption keys” to enable surveillance, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Russia. When Iran demanded we block channels of peaceful protesters, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Iran. We are prepared to leave markets that aren’t compatible with our principles, because we are not doing this for money. We are driven by the intention to bring good and defend the basic rights of people, particularly in places where these rights are violated.

All of that does not mean Telegram is perfect. Even the fact that authorities could be confused by where to send requests is something that we should improve. But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue. We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day. We publish daily transparency reports (like this or this ). We have direct hotlines with NGOs to process urgent moderation requests faster.

However, we hear voices saying that it’s not enough. Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform. That’s why I made it my personal goal to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard. We’ve already started that process internally, and I will share more details on our progress with you very soon. 

I hope that the events of August will result in making Telegram — and the social networking industry as a whole — safer and stronger. Thanks again for your love and memes 🙏

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05 Sep 2024 17:09

Introducing NVIDIA GPU Purse with Fan

"Show off your wealth in the form of a GPU. This accessory has an external fan that spins and an Nvidia GT 730 card. Suitable for carrying a smartphone and small items."
"Limited edition. I will make about 10 more in the next few weeks. Available in long or short chain," the creator of the project specified.

Priced at 1025$ and available to purchase at gpupurse.com

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04 Sep 2024 19:48

Samsung plans to deploy facial authentication to prevent leaks

Samsung is reportedly attempting to prevent "trade secret" leaks by implementing a new facial recognition technology which will require employees working remotely to have their faces scanned from six angles before gaining access to Samsung's systems.

The system also enables continuous surveillance & is designed so that if the employee leaves the computer and the facial recognition tech no longer detects them or detects another person even, it shuts down the monitor. Samsung Display division has already started testing this new authentication system and Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, and Samsung SDS, are employing this new authentication system as well.

The labor union has raised privacy concerns. However, last year only, an ex-Samsung Display researcher who worked for the Samsung Display for 10 years conspired with other researchers to leak Samsung Display OLED technologies to display Chinese companies.

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03 Sep 2024 20:58

Google releases Android 15 update to AOSP

Android 15 is finally available for AOSP (Android Open Source Project). However, Google has NOT yet rolled out Android 15 stable for its own Pixel smartphones. It's likely delayed due to platforms bugs and is expected to roll out next month,
mid-October.

The Android 15 update brings several new features and changes like Private Space, which creates a separate profile that users can hide apps in, a screen recording detection API, predictive back gesture, changes to background activity launches etc. You can view full list of changes in Android 15 here.

Android 15 won't seem like a major update as many features will get shipped with QPRs releases such as Audio Sharing, a revamped Desktop Mode, the Tiny Taskbar, lock screen widgets etc. However, apart from Google, most OEMs don't incorporate platform changes in QPRs into their updates.

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03 Sep 2024 17:15

NothingOS 3.0 Leaked

Smartprix has leaked NothingOS 3.0 closed beta test version. The changelog includes:
• New Boot Animation
• New Fingerprint Unlock Animation
• Lock Screen Customization Shortcut
• LESS of NothingOS Font
• New "Inter" Font option
• Redesigned Settings App
• New Lock Screen Clock

Redesigned QS tiles with Resizable toggles:
Swiping down the QS will initially show two 1×2 toggles (Wi-Fi and Mobile Data) & 2×2 toggle for Bluetooth or your connected device. Expanding the QS reveals additional toggles, including a new Mute toggle in a 1×2 layout, allowing you to switch between Mute, Vibrate, and Sound. There is a new Expand Toggle button resize any icon into 1×2, 1×1, or 2×2, similar to iOS 18. The QS also adapts to light mode

Other changes comes from Android 15 including battery health, predictive back gestures, partial screen recording, device diagnostics, auto archive unused apps etc. There's also a Network Power Save Mode to extend standby mode time in NothingOS 3.0

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02 Sep 2024 19:56

OnePlus's Resolution to 10 Pro and 9 Pro Motherboard Failure is Offering 30% Discount on Motherboard Spare Part

OnePlus 10 Pro, 9 Pro and 9RT users reported motherboard failure issues. It started happening after August or July updates.

OnePlus service centre is demanding Rs. 42,000 (~500$) for OnePlus 10 Pro 5G  Rs. 27,000 (~350$) incase of 9 Pro to repair their motherboards. But after rage from the community for NO resolution, instead of offering FREE motherboard replacement or entirely a new device, OnePlus's final resolution is to offer customers with their dead 10 Pro and 9 Pro smartphones, a 30% discount on motherboard part that too as a "goodwill gesture"

However, users would still need to pay 350$ for OP 10 Pro motherboard & 250$ in-case of 9 Pro. OnePlus then automatically closes 'case/tickets' of users who declined to accept their 30% discount on motherboards saying that customer was either unresponsive or has accepted to offer which obviously is a LIE

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31 Aug 2024 19:30

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 introduced as Underclocked Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Qualcomm has quietly announced Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (SM-6475 AB) manufactured on 4nm process.

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 CPU:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
GPU: Likely Adreno 710 only

RAM: LPDDR4X; LPDDR5
Storage: UFS 3.1

7s Gen 2 meanwhile:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.95GHz
GPU: Adreno 710

Comparing to Snapdragon 6 Gen 1:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
GPU: Adreno 710

However, for the display part, 6 Gen 3 does NOT support 144Hz at FHD+ unlike 7s gen 2. Everything else remains the same as 7s Gen 2

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30 Aug 2024 17:43

Motorola Edge 50 Neo Launched in Europe

Similar to the edge 50, this comes with MIL-810H standard and also has IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance. However, unlike the Edge 50 with 2yrs AndroidOS upgrades, this cheaper Edge 50 Neo gets LTPO display and comes with 5 AndroidOS upgrades 🤯

Specifications:
• 6.4-inch (1200×2670 px) 1.5K resolution pOLED LTPO display
• Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate
• 3000nits peak brightness
• Gorilla Glass 3 protection

• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM with uMCP storage
• e-SIM; NFC
• 50MP main (Sony LYT 700C = IMX 766; OIS)
• 13MP Ultrawide
• 10MP 3X Telephoto

• 32MP Front camera
• Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP68 rating; MIL-STD 810H certified
• 4310mAh battery
• 68W wired + 15W wireless charging

Priced at €450 for 12GB RAM with 512GB storage
Perks: FREE Motorola Buds + with sound by BOSE worth 130€

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30 Aug 2024 17:17

Motorola G35 Launched in Europe

After launching G45 recently which is rebranded G34 only launched in January 2024, Motorola now introduced G35 too

Specifications:
• 6.72-inch FHD+ resolution IPS LCD screen
• 120Hz refresh rate; HDR10
• 1000nits peak brightness
• Gorilla Glass 3 protection

• UNISOC T760 SoC
(More powerful than Snapdragon 695 or 6s Gen 3)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 2.2 storage
• MicroSD Card slot

• 50MP main (NO OIS) + 8MP Ultrawide
• 16MP front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
• 5000mAh battery with 18w charging

Priced at €199/£150 for the base model with 4GB RAM with 128GB storage

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29 Aug 2024 22:11

Realme 13 and 13+ 5G Launched in India

Common Specs:
• FHD+ resolution AMOLED Display
• 120hz refresh rate
• 16MP Front camera
• 3.5mm audio jack, Stereo speakers
• 5000mAh battery

Realme 13:
• 680nits peak brightness
• MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 2.2 storage
• 2249mm² stainless steel VC cooling
• 50MP main (Samsung JN5, NO OIS) + 2MP useless
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• P64 rated; 45W Fast charging

8GB+128GB= Rs. 17,999 (~215$)
8GB+256GB= Rs. 19,999 (~240$)

Realme 13 Plus:
• 2000nits peak brightness
• Panda Glass Protection
• Rain water smart touch
• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 3.1 storage
• 6050mm² stainless steel VC cooling
• 50MP main (LYT-600, OIS) + 2MP useless
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP65 rated; 80W Fast charging

8GB+128GB= Rs.22,999 (~275$)
8GB+256GB= Rs.24,999 (~300$)
12GB+256GB= Rs.26,999 (~320$)

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29 Aug 2024 21:06

Poco Pad Launched in India

Poco Pad 5G has been launched which is the company’s first tablet in India that is nothing new but the rebranded Redmi Pad Pro by Xiaomi which was launched just 1 month ago.

Xiaomi marketing basically works on releasing one product and then few days later, release the same product under a different brand, i.e by changing just the logo of the product, and price it 10$ cheap compared to the original product

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28 Aug 2024 17:39

So... Apple pokes holes in anti-fingerprinting measures by design, as a feature.
https://www.finnvoorhees.com/words/banned-iphone

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27 Aug 2024 18:51

If you unlock the bootloader of your Google Pixel 9 as I did, AICore refuses to download the Gemini Nano with multimodality model, breaking core features of the Pixel Screenshots app, Call Notes, and AI weather reports in Pixel Weather.

Pixel Studio doesn't use Gemini Nano, so it still mostly works.

Not surprising, but Google doesn't want people snooping around and messing with these features/the model.

In the future, I'm betting a lot of these ML models will be run in VMs, further isolating them. In fact, that's one of the things that the Android Virtualization Framework team has pitched to developers - being able to securely run proprietary ML models in a VM. And AOSP has just added flags for assigning TPUs to protected VMs, so we're getting there.

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26 Aug 2024 18:31

Pavel Durov Charged with 12 Crimes

“Novaya Gazeta Europe” has obtained access to a press release from the French prosecutor's office, highlighting several of the alleged offenses:

• Complicity in administering an online platform for conducting illegal transactions by organized groups.
• Refusal to provide law enforcement agencies with information or documents required for investigation and prosecution.
• Complicity in storing child pornography.
• Complicity in drug distribution.
• Complicity in cybercrimes.
• Complicity in fraud committed by organized criminal groups.

TASS, a Russian news agency, reports that the investigation against Pavel Durov began on July 8. According to the agency's information, the entrepreneur may remain in custody until August 28.

Emmanuel Macron was the first from the entire French government to issue an official statement, emphasizing the independence of the judiciary system and stressing that Pavel Durov's arrest is not politically motivated but is in accordance with the legal framework protecting citizens' rights.

In response to a request from RIA Novosti, the European Commission said they are monitoring the situation and are ready to cooperate with French authorities. The United Nations does not yet have sufficient information. Previously, in response to an inquiry from TASS news agency, the European Commission declined to comment: “This is a national investigation, we do not intend to comment on it, you should refer to the French authorities.”

#arrest