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WhatsApp sues Indian government over new rules it says break encryption

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is suing India’s government over new internet rules it claims are unconstitutional and will “severely undermine the privacy” of its users, The New York Times reports. The Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, which was introduced in February and comes into effect today, contains a requirement that messaging apps identify… Read more

Sony’s AI subsidiary is developing smarter opponents and teammates for PlayStation games

In 2019, Sony quietly established a subsidiary dedicated to researching artificial intelligence. What exactly the company plans to do with this tech has always been a bit unclear, but a recent corporate strategy meeting offers a little more information. “Sony AI […] has begun a collaboration with PlayStation that will make game experiences even richer… Read more

Google is testing its Fuchsia OS on the original Nest Hub

Google started developing its Fuchsia OS as an open-source operating system for many platforms back in 2016, but for the longest time there haven’t been any news abut it. Well, Fuchsia is now the official OS for Google’s original Nest Hub, formerly the Google Home Hub. The team behind Fuchsia is replacing the Nest Hub’s… Read more

Samsung on 10 year partnership with Wacom, Galaxy Book Pro 360’s S Pen

Samsung and Wacom have been partnering for 10 years now, ever since the first S Pen made an appearance with the huge-screened by the standards at the time Galaxy Note. Samsung is the largest phone maker in the world, while Wacom is renowned for its digital pen tablets. Together they make devices that have almost… Read more

Royole unveils stretchable micro-LED displays that can be shaped into globes or domes

You don’t hear much abut them, but Royole unveiled the first foldable phone in the world and is now working on another technology – stretchable displays. These are based on micro-LED tech built on a stretchy, elastic circuit. Why would you even want a stretchable display? For one these can be stretched into various shapes,… Read more

Lenovo Pad Pro unveiled with 11.5″ 90Hz OLED screen, Plus and vanilla models follow

In addition to the multimedia powerhouse that is the new Lenovo Yoga Pad Pro, Lenovo unveiled three other tablets. The first slate is fairly powerful (though it’s still priced pretty aggresively), the other two focus on affordability (but still have a solid spec sheet). Lenovo Pad Pro 2021 Like the Yoga model, the Lenovo Pad… Read more

Dizo is Realme’s first sub-brand for AIoT products

Last week Realme revealed its plans to venture out its own TechLife sub-brand called “D”. Today, the sub-sub-brand is formally unveiled as Dizo. Dizo will venture into the Smart Home, Smart Care, Accessories and Smart Entertainment product categories aided by Realme’s supply chain, AIoT experience and industrial design. The new sub-brand will also benefit from… Read more

ARM unveils Cortex-X2, A710, A510, new Mali GPUs as it prepares to go 64-bit only

ARMv8 has been around for years, it is the first 64-bit version of the ARM architecture. Now it’s time to move on to ARMv9. No, it’s not jumping to 128-bit, but it does bring the end of 32-bit designs. ARM is planning to take Cortex-A cores 64-bit only by 2023 and it is working with… Read more

Realme updates its Q3 Pro and GT Neo with faster charging and new names

Realme announced two new phones in China earlier today but both of them are just minor spec bumps over their predecessors. Realme’s Q3 Pro was announced in China just last month but the new Carnival Edition unveiled today brings the Snapdragon 768G in place of the Dimensity 1100 chipset found on the regular Q3 Pro… Read more

Realme X3 and X3 SuperZoom are now receiving stable Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0

Realme continues updating its older devices to Realme UI 2.0, and the X3 series are next in line. Both the Realme X3 and Realme X3 SuperZoom got their Open Beta releases back in April, and today the stable update is seeding. The new package is 668MB in size and is hitting users with the Beta… Read more

Xiaomi Redmi AirDots 3 Pro to arrive on May 26 with ANC

Xiaomi’s brand Redmi is having a huge announcement tomorrow, May 26, where the Chinese fans will also get to see the Note 10 smartphones for the local market. We expect to see the new Redmi Note 10 Ultra, and today we learned the stage will also see the Redmi AirDots 3 Pro – the brand’s… Read more

Intel has taped in the 7nm Meteor Lake compute tile

Gregory Bryant has recently announced that Intel has taped in its 7nm Meteor Lake CPU architecture, which means that the designing phase has been completed. From now on, Intel will start working on the production phases, leading to the release of Intel’s first 7nm processor. The executive VP and GM of the client computing group… Read more

AOC’s full gaming peripherals line-up has been revealed

Earlier this year we saw AOC take its first steps beyond monitors and into the PC gaming peripherals market. AOC already has two headsets and now, there are two mechanical keyboards, two gaming mice and a new mousepad to add to that line-up. In total, the new AOC Gaming series of peripherals spans the GK500… Read more

Intel’s upcoming ‘socket V’ may force you to buy a new cooler for Alder Lake-S CPUs

A new report detailing the size of Intel’s new socket V (LGA1700) claims that the new socket will have a lower height and feature a more rectangular hole pattern, strengthening the rumours about Alder Lake processors coming in a rectangular shape, although it may come at the cost of cooler compatibility. Unlike the LGA1200 socket… Read more

Sony releases new Uncharted film teaser

The Uncharted movie has had a long and troubled development, beginning all the way back in 2008. Over a decade later, the film is finally ready to see the light of day in February of next year. Ahead of the first official trailer, a new teaser for the film has been released, showing off both… Read more