Microsoft Global Hackathon winners will make it easier to give tech support to your family

What you need to know A group of developers and engineers won Microsoft’s annual Hackathon event with an idea to improve tech support for family members. The concept is to provide a secure and simple way to provide assistance to people remotely. Many people are called upon frequently to provide tech support to friends and […]

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Strike at iPhone factory could give Samsung the advantage before holiday season

While the demand for iPhone 14 Pro is through the roof, Apple recently revealed during its Q3 2022 earnings call that there could be supply chain issues during the holiday season. Now, the company is facing even more problems as there have been reports of massive strikes at one of the factories where the iPhone […]

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Samsung releases Camera Assistant app to give you more manual controls, updates Expert RAW

Samsung has released a new version of the Expert RAW camera app and it arrives on the Galaxy S22 series first. The company is also launching a brand new app, aptly named Camera Assistant, which gives you manual control over some automatic camera features. Some are basic things like disabling the video recording option in […]

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vivo will give out awards to football fans for creative posts on Instagram

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicks off in just over a month (November 20) and smartphone maker vivo (as the official smartphone partner for the event) has cooked up several ways for fans to engage with the championship, the brand and win official gifts along the way. The campaign is called #vivoGiveItaShot and is already […]

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Samsung’s new credit cards give Indian consumers 10% cashback on all products

Samsung has launched two co-branded credit cards in India in collaboration with Axis Bank and Visa. With these credit cards, consumers can get 10% cashback on all Samsung products and services. Unlike other cashback offers and discounts, Samsung’s 10% cashback offer will be available throughout the year. Customers can choose between two Samsung-branded credit cards: […]

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The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers

If crops could feel envy, it’d be for legumes. Bean plants have a superpower. Or more accurately, they share one. They’ve developed symbiotic relationships with bacteria that process atmospheric nitrogen into a form that’s usable for those plants—an essential element for building their tissues, photosynthesizing, and generally staying healthy. This is known as nitrogen fixation. […]

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Galaxy Buds 2 Pro can give you neck stretch reminders

The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are Samsung’s most feature-rich wireless earbuds yet. They feature improved audio quality, stronger ANC, longer battery life, and better 360 Audio. Apart from all those improvements over the Galaxy Buds Pro, the new wireless earbuds also have a surprising new feature. Galaxy Buds 2 Pro can track your head and […]

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Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 images give us a good look at the new fashion watches

The Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4 look set be the next smartwatches introduced to an already extensive Amazfit family. After sharing initial images and details about the watches back in July, GSM Arena has managed to get hold of another collection of renders of the two smartwatches, which should once again fall under Amazfit’s […]

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Samsung won’t give Apple its best OLED tech for iPhone 14

As per industry insiders, Samsung Display is one of Apple’s primary OLED suppliers for the upcoming iPhone 14 series. And according to a new report, the company will help Apple lower iPhone 14 OLED production costs by applying materials of different grades for different iPhone 14 models. Samsung Display will reportedly supply OLED panels for […]

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Bill Gates plans to give ‘virtually all’ his money to the Gates Foundation and drop off list of world’s richest people

What you need to know Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates restated his plans to donate “virtually all of” his money in the future. Gates announced plans to donate $20 billion to the Gates Foundation this month. Gates also highlighted that Warren Buffett has donated generously to the Gates Foundation, making up “basically half” of the foundation’s […]

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Montblanc Summit 3 will give iPhone owners a Wear OS 3.0 smartwatch

The recently announced Montblanc Summit 3 smartwatch will let iPhone users get in on the Wear OS 3.0 action we can confirm. That important detail about compatibility was confirmed to Wareable by a spokesperson from Qualcomm, which will be good news for the Apple clan that they will have the opportunity to see what Google […]

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Future WhatsApp update to give group admins more control over who joins

Meta is improving the group functionality in WhatsApp. The latest beta version of the messaging app brings a new group management tool that gives admins more control over who they allow in their groups. The new beta update also features a handful of new emojis. As of now, WhatsApp groups can be joined freely by […]

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EU Planning to Force Apple to Give Developers Access to All Hardware and Software Features

The European Union is pressing ahead with legislation to heavily regulate companies like Apple, setting plans to force “gatekeepers” to open up access to hardware and software, and even set up an internal department to meet new rules, according to an endorsed agreement from the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee. The provisional agreement on the […]

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Google Maps immersive view launches this year to give you the vibe of a place from afar

Google Translate wasn’t the only app/service that got some new features announced at Google I/O today – so did Maps. Later this year, Google Maps is getting something called immersive view, and the name is rather self-explanatory. This should initially work for LA, London, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo, with more cities coming soon […]

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Give Fitbits (of Sorts) to the Trees

You might look at a tree swaying in the wind and see botanical tranquility—a hypnotic back and forth of life interacting with air. Scientists appreciate that too, but they also see something else: data in motion. It turns out that the way a tree moves says a lot about its biology, the local hydrology, and […]

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Android 13 to give more control over the phone’s LED flash

According to a developer already familiar with Google’s recently released Android 13 developer preview, Google may give you more granular control over your LED flash on the back of the phone. There are two APIs associated with the new feature – one gives information about the brightness of the LED flash and the other one […]

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Qualcomm’s new wearable chips might give Samsung’s Exynos W920 serious competition

Qualcomm chipsets power most Android smartphones and Wear OS smartwatches across the globe. However, the last hardware that the company produced for wearables was in 2020, which was the Snapdragon 4100 and 4100+ chipsets. It really needed to refresh its wearable chipsets, and it seems like the updated chips are finally on their way. As per […]

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Samsung’s horrible yield forces Qualcomm to give TSMC its business

Samsung has been working hard to win clients for its foundry division. Making chips for companies that don’t have their own manufacturing facilities is a very profitable business. However, it’s also very complicated. The global chip shortage also places immense pressure on chipmakers. If they’re unable to meet clients’ supply requirements due to issues with […]

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Apple will now give price estimates for repairs in certain countries

With the latest update to the Apple Support app, Apple adds “relevant support options” for customers to describe an issue with their iPhone or iPad. The app opens up with a “Tell us what’s happening” where you can briefly type what’s wrong with your device and get relevant support options. Based on your description of […]

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