Samsung Care+ will include unlimited battery repairs from May

Samsung’s Care+ protection plans in the US will come with unlimited battery repairs starting in May. This will be bundled into the benefits of both Care+ and Care+ with Theft and Loss tiers. There are, however, two caveats to keep in mind. First, this will make both plans $2 more expensive per month. Second, and […]

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Google Pixel 8 will get on-device Gemini Nano AI after all

When it announced Gemini, Google also revealed its tiers, one of which is called Nano and runs entirely on-device. The company initially wanted to gatekeep Gemini Nano and only make it available for the Pixel 8 Pro, even though the ‘vanilla’ Pixel 8 has the same chipset. A lot of online backlash ensued, and what […]

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Throwing snowballs in Helldivers 2 will seriously damage your democracy spreading abilities, so play with the new Stratagems instead

What you need to know Helldivers 2 players enjoying throwing snowballs on snow covered planets have been warned they need to cut it out as it can crash the game.  The developers have acknowledged the issue in the game’s official Discord and hope to have it fixed in “the near future.”  In happier news, new […]

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The Earth Will Feast on Dead Cicadas

Much like an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators away from their usual prey. During the 2021 Brood X emergence, Zoe Getman-Pickering, a scientist in Lill’s research group, found that as birds swooped in on cicadas, caterpillar populations exploded. Spared from […]

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The follow up game from the team behind ‘Ori and the Will of the Wisps’ is already hauntingly spectacular

No Rest for the Wicked: Moon Studios’ next big game is almost here.  Moon Studios is an acclaimed team known for Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel, Will of the Wisps. As a result of those games, Moon Studios is easily arguably responsible for two of the best Xbox exclusive games ever made. […]

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Over 100 million people will get Galaxy AI after the current rollout is complete

Samsung just started the next step of its Galaxy AI suite rollout through the One UI 6.1 update coming to the Galaxy S23 family (including the S23 FE), Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series starting on March 28, aka today. Those devices will get the Galaxy AI features that launched […]

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The Next Generation of Cancer Drugs Will Be Made in Space

During the course, King was part of a team tasked with identifying research that could be conducted in space with the best potential impact on humankind. Her team landed on the concept of crystallizing drugs in microgravity. There was data stacked up on the International Space Station hinting at the potential to “absolutely revolutionize cancer […]

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WhatsApp will finally let you send HD media automatically

WhatsApp introduced a feature back in August that lets you send photos in higher quality – the full resolution of the image. Users had to pick the good resolution manually and individually for each image, which was less than ideal. An inside look into the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.7.17 revealed all images and videos […]

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Sony Xperia 1 VI dimensions revealed, the phone will be a bit shorter and a bit wider

A couple of weeks ago we heard a rumor that Sony will drop the 4K display from the next Xperia 1 model – this would happen as the aspect ratio changes from 21:9 to 19.5:9 (which suggests that the vertical resolution will no longer be 3,840px). This would also entail a change in the phone’s […]

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WWDC 2024 Will Include In-Person Special Event at Apple Park

While Apple does not plan to hold a traditional in-person WWDC event this year, the company will invite select developers and students to attend a special event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. On Monday, June 10, Apple will host a keynote viewing party to let attendees watch the pre-recorded unveiling of new […]

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WhatsApp will finally let you select HD as default image resolution

WhatsApp compresses all the images and videos unless you share them as documents. And many people get annoyed by the drop in quality of images and videos shared through WhatsApp. Last year, the app introduced the ability to share HD (actually 4K resolution) quality media, but you have to explicitly select that option. If you […]

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Billionaire investor warns “The faster and higher things go up, the harder they fall” while talking about skyrocketed AI stocks, which will predictably lead to an inflationary economic slowdown

What you need to know DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach says the current AI wave reminds him of the dot-com era. The billionaire investor warns that the current market is grabby and momentum-driven, citing that the rush to invest in AI is a huge risk and will eventually accrue massive losses. The CEO attributed that […]

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Report: iOS 18 will give you more freedom when arranging your home screen

iOS 14 introduced home screen widgets and the App Library, the biggest improvement since iOS 7 switched to a flat visual style or maybe since iOS 4 added folders. Now another change is coming – Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the upcoming iOS 18 will make the home screen “more customizable”. There will be several […]

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite will run Windows games ‘just fine’ using x64 emulation

What you need to know Qualcomm’s upcoming PCs will leverage emulation to run x86/64 Windows games at optimum performance. Benchmark data showcases a similar performance to the Radeon 780M when played on a Snapdragon X Elite device. The company is expected to release these much-anticipated devices later this year during the summer.  At the 2024 […]

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Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official will power Motorola Edge 50 Pro , Week 12 in review

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is official and will power the flagship killers of 2024. The 8s Gen 3 offers a selection of premium Snapdragon features without costing as much as the premier 8 Gen 2 and 8 Gen 3 chips. The 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm chip with a Cortex-X4 prime core at […]

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Weekly poll: will you buy the Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra?

In a recent poll, the Asus ROG Phone 8/8 Pro proved to be a potentially very popular model if it could clear one hurdle – the $1,100/€1,100 price was too high (it was even worse for the Pro, $1,200/€1,200/₹95,000). What if the ROG Phone 8 was cheaper? Wish granted – just not the way you […]

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Best Buy will give you $20 for free if you buy these already-great games or gadgets

What’s better than a discount? Getting stuff for free. Best Buy will give you a $20 promotional certificate for free if you spend $100 or more on eligible gaming products. To take advantage of the promotion you need to have a My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership. That is admittedly a […]

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WhatsApp will soon let you disable link previews

In the current version of WhatsApp for Android, when you paste a link to a website in the text input field, the app loads its preview, showing you the title, description, and thumbnail of the webpage, and when you send that message, it shows the preview to the other person as well, instead of just […]

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Galaxy S23, Fold 5, and Flip 5 will get all Galaxy S24 AI features

One UI 6.1 will be an exciting update for anyone who owns a flagship Galaxy smartphone or tablet that launched in 2023, as those are the only devices that are eligible to receive the Galaxy S24’s AI features as a part of that update, at least right now. When Samsung announced the One UI 6.1 […]

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