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If you had to choose, would you go for an outright discount or a $200-worth gift for your next high-end smartphone purchase? That’s an incredibly hard decision to make for even the most experienced bargain hunters, but what if we were to tell you Motorola is allowing its customers to get the best of both worlds right now when it comes to the brand’s latest flagship?That may sound a little too good to be true, but trust us, it’s very much real and easily accessible, at least if you hurry. All you need to do is add the decidedly premium…
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Deepfakes are being used to resurrect dead politicians For example in Indonesia, where over 200 million voters will go to the polls tomorrow. (CNN)+ And also in India, which has a general election around the corner. (Al Jazeera) 2 How BYD beat Tesla to become the world’s top electric vehicle makerIts growth has been truly stratospheric. Now here comes the scrutiny. (NYT $)+ BYD is getting into shipping in a big way—this is why. (MIT Technology Review)3 Sports leagues are rolling out apps for Apple’s Vision Pro headsetNow we just…
There aren’t a lot of 2022-released phones we can wholeheartedly recommend as a smart 2024 purchase, but if you’re on a tight budget, the aptly named Motorola Edge (2022) mid-ranger is definitely on that short list. In fact, said list probably opens and ends with this surprisingly well-balanced and handsome 6.6-incher right now at an absurdly low price after a new record high Amazon discount.For some reason, the e-commerce giant no longer lists the handset’s original price, making it difficult to ascertain exactly how sweet of a deal we’re looking at here. But because we like to keep track of…
For years, there’s been buzz about Samsung cooking up a new kind of foldable phone. Last year, there were talks about the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 having a buddy in the form of a tri-foldable Galaxy smartphone. Well, that didn’t pan out. Now, as we gear up for the next-gen Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, the chatter is back, hinting that Samsung might finally bring in the first-ever triple foldable smartphone.In a recent post on X, tipster Revegnus (via Tom’s Guide) shared that Samsung is getting ready to unveil a “triple fold” phone…
Warning signs of dating app scams Dating app scams revealed: Did you think you were falling in love but fell for a robot instead? 01:31 Activity on dating apps and websites increases leading up to Valentine’s Day, and so does your risk of being scammed, according to new research. Increasingly, scammers are using high-tech tools like bots and artificial intelligence to trick victims into sending them money. Cyber security company Arkose Labs reported between January 2023 and January 2024, dating apps saw a 2087% increase in bot attacks.A bot is software that operates on the internet and is designed to…
The Super Bowl is viewed by so many people that any company that wants to have its name on the tip of everyone’s tongue Monday morning needs to spend the money to buy an ad. According to NBC News, three companies that you might have noticed advertising during the big game were topping the App Store download chart on Monday. The three firms include Paramount+, Copilot, and Temu. Those were the top three free apps downloaded on the App Store Monday proving how exposure during the Super Bowl can mean a great deal to a firm.Not only did video streamer…
On February 6, Meta said it was going to label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. When someone uses Meta’s AI tools to create images, the company will add visible markers to the image, as well as invisible watermarks and metadata in the image file. The company says its standards are in line with best practices laid out by the Partnership on AI, an AI research nonprofit. Big Tech is also throwing its weight behind a promising technical standard that could add a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio. Called C2PA, it’s an open-source internet protocol that relies on cryptography to encode details about…
Last year, Meta introduced yet another social media app, Threads, which operates in many ways similar to X (formerly Twitter). Threads allows users to post and share text, images, and videos and engage with other users’ content through replies, reposts, and likes.Earlier reports indicated that Threads is developing a Trending feature, allowing users to discover posts on the most talked-about topics on the platform. While the feature is still awaiting a widespread release, Threads is now introducing the Trending feature to users in the US.Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri (via 9to5Mac) shared that the Trending feature on Threads helps users discover…
Frogs can be hard to detect, and they are not, of course, the only species that eludes more traditional, boots-on-the-ground detection. Thomsen began work on another organism that notoriously confounds measurement: fish. Counting fish is sometimes said to vaguely resemble counting trees — except they’re free-roaming, in dark places, and fish counters are doing their tally while blindfolded. Environmental DNA dropped the blindfold. One review of published literature on the technology — though it came with caveats, including imperfect and imprecise detections or details on abundance — found that eDNA studies on freshwater and marine fish and amphibians outnumbered terrestrial…
It’s been months since vivo launched its flagship smartphone, the X100 Pro in China and India, and the phone has yet to go global. However, the situation is about to change as multiple European retailers are gearing up for the launch of vivo’s most powerful phone to date, the X100 Pro.That’s the good news. The bad news is that the flagship is a bit overpriced, especially in comparison with the Chinese price. In fact, it’s safe to say that Europeans will be getting the most expensive vivo X100 Pro, followed by India and other similar emerging markets where the flagship…
In a ‘lol hey guys’ captioned video, Joe Biden made his TikTok debut and this isn’t going too well among his own team, as a Democratic Senator said he’s “concerned about the national security implications of Chinese-owned TikTok and the Biden campaign decision to join”.Reuters reports on Democratic Senator Mark Warner’s concerns: “I think that we still need to find a way to follow India, which has prohibited TikTok. I’m a little worried about a mixed message”.The “mixed message” is, of course, mentioned because Joe Biden signed legislation in 2022 blocking most federal government devices from using TikTok over homeland…
If you thought life just couldn’t get any better, wait until you find out about this deal. Motorola.com is now offering a killer deal on the most affordable clamshell foldable phone on the market, the Razr (2023), which, frankly, is way too good to pass up. The official store is selling this puppy at a spicy $150 off its price tag, but that’s not all! You also get the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II as a gift. Now, given that these earbuds are by no means cheap, for they cost some $299.99, we say kudos to Motorola for knowing just how…
These days, we are all snapping tons of photos, right? Think about how many you’ve got on your phone alone. With all those pics, having enough storage space is super important. And it seems like more and more folks are realizing this because they are choosing to buy extra storage (plus, big tech companies are giving a strong push to move away from relying solely on free services). Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, shared some big news – 100 million people have signed up for Google One, an all-in-one subscription service that gives you more storage for free services like Gmail,…
A decade ago, the iPhone was not known for having a large battery. Samsung took advantage of this by releasing a commercial that called iPhone users “Wall Huggers.” In this iconic ad, iPhone users are inside an airport looking for an outlet to plug their handsets into. Many of them are sitting on the floor, back against the wall, plugged into an outlet, and charging their iPhones. The outlets by the bathroom sink are taken by iPhone users and those using the outlets by the base of the water fountain have to be careful not to get “rear-ended” by a…
Honor’s Magic 6 Pro is set to have its international debut on February 25 at the upcoming MWC (Mobile World Congress) and, here’s another impressive battery show-off.Recently, Honor’s flagship was sent to Near Space in a show-off 3-hour flight – after making it to over 16,000 ft in the air (at such heights, temperatures are a bit chilly and, as you know, cold is the battery’s enemy.), it was parachuted back to Earth with 86% battery.Now, the Magic 6 Pro is battling this year’s champion from Samsung – the Galaxy S24 Ultra.The popular Unbox Therapy YouTube channel decided to throw…
There might be exactly 5 reasons to wait 8 months for the edgy-looking Pixel 9: Design camera, AI, and (hopefully) a lower price tag than the Galaxy S24 and iPhone 15 Periscope zoom camera rumored to bless the more affordable Pixel 8 – is this even allowed?!Undoubtedly, the most surprising rumor about the Pixel 9 is that Google’s vanilla flagship model is expected to feature a long-range periscope zoom camera, similar to the 5x zoom snapper in the Pixel 8 Pro.The reason why this would be a “big deal” (if it happened) is that none of Samsung, Apple, or Google’s…