Apple agrees that putting your wet phone in rice is a stupid idea

Whether an accidental spill or a drop in the swimming pool, we’ve all been there when our phones have likely suffered water damage. It’s not a nice feeling, because nobody wants to lose their phone. If you’ve ever frantically searched for advice on how to revive a wet phone online, you’ll most definitely have come […]

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Indian retailers are putting up “coming soon” posters for the vivo V30 and vivo V30 Pro

vivo is gearing up to launch the V30 series in India – the vivo V30 and the yet to be announced vivo V30 Pro. There is no concrete date yet, but local retailers have started putting up “Coming soon” posters in their stores. By the looks of it, the V30 Lite is not coming. The […]

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Why Xbox customers are right to be angry about Microsoft putting more ‘exclusive’ games on Nintendo or PlayStation

In mid-November, I started sending out feelers to contacts and sources within Microsoft to inquire about a tip I’d received, that Sea of Thieves was potentially exploring a PlayStation or Nintendo Switch version. I was unable to confirm, nor refute, those rumors. But it wouldn’t be the last time I’d hear similar.  A few weeks […]

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Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground

In addition to burying solid carbon or sprinkling it on fields, researchers are also turning waste biomass into liquid carbon—oil, essentially, that they pump back into the ground instead of pumping the fossil variety up. “What we do at the highest level is we make barbecue sauce—or liquid smoke for barbecue sauce—and then we inject […]

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AMD’s new Ryzen 8000G Series desktop processor revolutionizes gaming and empowers users to run AI models on their own devices rather than putting their ideas into AI services on distant servers

What you need to know During CES 2024, AMD officially announced specs for its new Ryzen 8000G Series processors for desktops as well as updated Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors. AMD says that the Ryzen 8000G Series processor for desktops is the fastest processor in the world, making it ideal for handling demanding game graphics […]

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT’s first birthday — “A year ago we were probably sitting in the office putting the finishing touches on ChatGPT before the next morning’s launch”

Artificial Intelligence has taken the world by storm, with companies like Microsoft and OpenAI at the forefront. This has consequently led to the emergence of AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot (formerly Bing Chat). Speaking of ChatGPT, can you believe it’s been one year since OpenAI shipped the tool to broad availability? Just a few […]

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Seville to Paris: Putting the Oppo Find N3 cameras to the test

Oppo’s Find N3 was announced in October and we got to review the large foldable late last month. Sometime in the middle of all this we also spent a few days with the phone while travelling around Europe – and the Find’s camera proved to be a mighty fine companion, whether it was the sunny […]

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Evernote may start putting limits on free users

Evernote is among the most well-known note-taking and task-management apps and is used by millions of users around the globe. Evernote is available on all the popular mobile and desktop operating systems and can also be accessed via a web browser. Subscription-based services are pretty common these days, and Evernote is no different, with users […]

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Is Microsoft putting ads in the Windows 11 Start menu?

What you need to know Microsoft released an optional update for Windows 11 this week. The update includes a feature which shows a notification to back up files to OneDrive. There is debate regarding if this type of notification is an ad or not. Microsoft has started to roll out an optional update for Windows […]

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Halo Infinite banned a Forge player for putting weed in their map

What you need to know A Halo Infinite player was temporarily banned from the game’s Forge mode without warning for over three months because they included custom-made props that resembled marijuana in their map. The use of the prop violated the official Xbox Community Standards, which are enforced by Microsoft. The suspension was lifted following […]

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Fossil VP: Google is finally putting effort into Wear OS

After years of Wear OS stagnation, Google’s smartwatches are set for rapid improvement. That’s according to Brook Eaton, VP of Product at Fossil, with the company fresh off the announcement that its Gen 6 smartwatches will finally get the Wear OS 3 upgrade – along with the arrival of a brand-new device, the Gen 6 […]

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Qualcomm starts sponsoring Manchester United, putting the Snapdragon brand front and center

Today Qualcomm has announced that it’s entered a “multi-year global strategic collaboration” with Manchester United, one of the best known football clubs in the world. So Qualcomm will be sponsoring Manchester United, with the arrangement featuring the Snapdragon brand. That’s definitely interesting – Qualcomm seems to be expanding these sponsorships far and wide recently, putting […]

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Here’s why ‘saving’ Surface Neo by putting Android on it makes sense

Source: Windows Central In October 2019, Microsoft wowed the tech world with two new devices: Surface Duo and Surface Neo. Both were similar devices with dual screens, but Surface Duo was a phone running Android while Surface Neo was meant to be a new era of PC running Windows 10X — itself a new OS […]

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Windows 11 is putting enterprise PCs in a tough spot, says report

It was no secret that Windows 11 was going to have a particular effect on enterprise hardware. But now we have a better idea of what kind of concrete fallout has come with Microsoft’s newest operating system, courtesy of networking solutions firm Riverbed. Riverbed’s report indicates that over a third of enterprise devices aren’t ready […]

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