Refreshed Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 (2024) launches quietly with a new chipset

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is so good that Samsung is releasing it a third time. The original launched in 2020, then there was a 2022 re-release with minor changes (mostly the chipset) and now there is a 2024 model. And when we say “there is”, we mean that Samsung Romania is already selling […]

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Samsung quietly launches Galaxy M15 5G with OLED screen, 6,000mAh battery

In December 2023, Samsung launched the Galaxy A15 5G, and by the end of that month, we learned that it was developing the Galaxy M15 5G, which would be a rebranded variant of the A-series device and a successor to last year’s Galaxy M14 5G. Well, almost two and a half months after that news […]

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Samsung Galaxy M15 quietly debuts with OLED display

Samsung quietly “announced” its entry-level Galaxy M15 smartphone in some regions. The handset is spotted on the official Iraqi Samsung website and some Levant regions. Unfortunately, the listings don’t give out any availability information or price. The specs and official images are all revealed, though. The Galaxy M15 brings a huge upgrade over its M14 […]

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Samsung Galaxy M15 quietly debuts with OLED display

Samsung quietly “announced” its entry-level Galaxy M15 smartphone in some regions. The handset is spotted on the official Iraqi Samsung website and some Levant regions. Unfortunately, the listings don’t give out any availability information or price. The specs and official images are all revealed, though. The Galaxy M15 brings a huge upgrade over its M14 […]

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Apple is quietly using AMD’s FSR for MetalFX graphics upscaling

Apple announced Metal 3, which is the company’s latest graphics framework, at WWDC 2022. It comes with MetalFX, which helps GPU offer better graphics performance. So far, people have been assuming that Apple has developed MetalFX in-house. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. According to a new report from NotebookCheck, MetalFX is based […]

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Apple quietly launches iPad (2022) with eSIM in China

Yesterday, Apple unveiled a new, lower cost Pencil. And if you open the Chinese press release for this announcement and scroll all the way to the bottom you will see that the company also introduced a new revision of the Apple iPad (2022). It’s only for China and the upgrade is really only new in […]

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Bethesda Game Studios quietly releases The Elder Scrolls: Castles mobile game into early access

What you need to know Bethesda Game Studios quietly launched a new mobile game in The Elder Scrolls series on Android devices in early access. Titled The Elder Scrolls: Castles, it’s similar to Fallout Shelter, with players managing a castle including customizing the rooms, obtaining new subjects, solving problems, and more.  The Elder Scrolls: Castles […]

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YouTube Premium Quietly Hikes Subscription Prices in the US

Google has quietly increased its YouTube Premium subscription prices for newcomers in the United States (via 9to5Google). Individual YouTube Premium subscriptions now cost $13.99 per month, up $2 from the previous $11.99 price. Signing up to a monthly subscription from within the iOS YouTube app has also increased to $18.99, up from $15.99. Annual plans […]

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Lava Blaze 1X 5G quietly gets official with 6.5-inch screen, 50 MP main camera

Lava made the Blaze 5G official back in October of last year, and then followed it up with a 6GB of RAM edition this February. Now the company seems ready to improve upon the formula even further, with the Blaze 1X 5G. The new model is already listed by Lava’s official website, even though it […]

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Redmi A2 and Redmi A2+ quietly debut at the low-end

Xiaomi’s Redmi unveiled a whole bunch of new devices yesterday – the Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 5G, Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro+, that is. And yet, the sub-brand has also recently made another two handsets official, albeit in this case very quietly, by simply adding them to the Mi […]

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Microsoft quietly bans crypto mining on its cloud services

What you need to know Microsoft has updated its “Acceptable Use Policy” for Azure and Dynamics 365 Services as of December 1, 2022. The new language forbids using the services for crypto mining without Microsoft’s consent. Microsoft follows Google, Amazon, Oracle, and others with similar bans. While most of us think of massive GPU and […]

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Microsoft quietly bans crypto mining on its cloud services

What you need to know Microsoft has updated its “Acceptable Use Policy” for Azure and Dynamics 365 Services as of December 1, 2022. The new language forbids using the services for crypto mining without Microsoft’s consent. Microsoft follows Google, Amazon, Oracle, and others with similar bans. While most of us think of massive GPU and […]

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Microsoft quietly bans crypto mining on its cloud services

What you need to know Microsoft has updated its “Acceptable Use Policy” for Azure and Dynamics 365 Services as of December 1, 2022. The new language forbids using the services for crypto mining without Microsoft’s consent. Microsoft follows Google, Amazon, Oracle, and others with similar bans. While most of us think of massive GPU and […]

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Realme V23i quietly launched in China with Dimensity 700 and 5,000 mAh battery

Realme has the habit of occasionally announcing new devices for the Chinee market without a heads-up or complete spec sheet and the latest example is the Realme V23i – the newest midrange entry in the maker’s V-series lineup. The device is now officially listed on Realme’s online shop in China with a CNY 1,999 ($288) […]

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Infinix Zero 5G 2023 quietly announced with Dimensity 1080

Last year Infinix brought its first 5G phone – the aptly named Infinix Zero 5G and now the brand has just announced its successor – the new Infinix Zero 5G 2023. You get a 6.78-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. There’s a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 5G chipset at the helm […]

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Samsung quietly held its 53rd Founding Day and 54th general shareholders meeting

Two days ago, Samsung Electronics held its 53rd Founding Day at Samsung Digital City located in Suwon. The company’s annual Founding Day event was held quietly as South Korea is mourning the Itaewon accident, where 155 people died during Halloween celebrations. The ceremony was attended by various high-level executives, including Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee and President […]

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TCL 40R quietly announced with Dimensity 700 SoC and 5,000 mAh battery

TCL has a new budget device in Europe with the TCL 40R – a Dimensity 700 equipped 5G midranger with a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. There’s a 6.6-inch IPS LCD upfront with HD+ resolution and waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam. The back houses a 50MP main cam, a 2MP […]

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TCL 40R 5G quietly announced with Dimensity 700 SoC and 5,000 mAh battery

TCL has a new budget device in Europe with the TCL 40R 5G – a Dimensity 700 equipped 5G midranger with a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. There’s a 6.6-inch IPS LCD upfront with HD+ resolution and waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam. The back houses a 50MP main cam, a […]

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Google Maps quietly gets rid of the COVID-19 layer

The COVID-19 pandemic really hit the world hard two years ago, and everything was brought to a standstill. Google also introduced a COVID-19 layer on Google Maps that allowed users to track the number of COVID-19 cases in a given area. It also worked with Apple to bring COVID-19 exposure notifications, although it never really took […]

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