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Samsung’s One UI 6.1 rollout continues to hit more mid-range devices. The next phone that’s getting the software upgrade is the Galaxy A52, a rather popular 5G smartphone that made its debut in the US about three years ago.Sadly, the Galaxy A52 5G has already received its last major OS update at the beginning of the year, so the phone will remain forever stuck on Android 14. But with the release of One UI 6.1, Samsung hopes to breathe new life into these older phones.The folks at SamMobile report that Galaxy A52 5G units in the United States and Canada…
How many different foldable phones is Samsung planning to release in the next few months? That question is on a lot of minds right now, tormenting the most reputable tech leakers and publications out there, as well as regular consumers and everyday Galaxy fans.At this point, the entire mobile tech world will be bitterly disappointed if the industry’s top vendor only ends up unveiling two boring and repetitive sequels to last year’s Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 in 2024. That’s because the rumor mill has been abuzz for quite some time now with speculation of upcoming models carrying…
What’s exciting to me about this latest study is that the tech gave the participants skills they could use beyond the lab. And because the stimulator is external, it is likely to be more accessible and vastly cheaper. Yes, the newly enabled movements are small, but if you listen to the palpable excitement of one study participant as he demonstrates how he can move a small ball into a cup, you’ll appreciate that incremental gains are far from insignificant. That’s according to Melanie Reid, one of the participants in the latest trial, who spoke at a press conference last week.…
The Edge+ (2023) is fantastic and all, but what if you can’t shell out $600 for your new Android phone? If you don’t mind making a few compromises, the regular non-Plus Edge is the one for you. This phone is almost as good as its flagship sibling, but it comes at a much more affordable prices. Especially now, when the Motorola phone again sells at $250 off its price tag on Amazon, saving you 42%! We first noticed this smashingly good offer back during the Black Friday savings event. But both the official store and Amazon have launched it on multiple…
Just a few days ago Sony introduced its new top-of-the-line Xperia 1 VI smartphone. It is quite a shame that the manufacturer owns a puny .35% of the global smartphone market because as you can see from Sony’s own “unboxing” video, this device has many outstanding features, and it still comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack! For all of Sony’s prowess as a top-tier consumer electronics firm, it has always had trouble marketing the Xperia line and this phone is not coming to the U.S. which is still the third-largest smartphone market in the world.The Xperia 1 VI (pronounced Xperia…
Google’s Digital Wellbeing app, that handy tool on most Android phones that helps you keep tabs on your screen time, is getting a bit of a makeover. This isn’t just about a new look, but rather about making the app easier to use and giving you more control over your digital habits. These changes were spotted by Assemble Debug over at Android Authority, who dug into the app’s beta version and found some interesting clues about what’s coming down the pipeline.One of the most noticeable changes is a bit of renaming. “App Timers,” the feature that lets you set daily…
Aging bypass What is certain is that head transplantation—or body transplant, as some prefer to call it—is a subject of growing, if speculative, interest in longevity circles, the kind inhabited by biohackers, techno-anarchists, and others on the fringes of biotechnology and the startup scene and who form the most dedicated cadre of extreme life-extensionists. Many proponents of longer life spans will admit things don’t look good. Anti-aging medicine so far hasn’t achieved any breakthroughs. In fact, as research advances into the molecular details, the problem of death only looks more and more complicated. As we age, our billions of cells…
While Sony has done a lot of insane things (in both a good and bad way) in the mobile industry over the years, the Xperia Pro-I launch back in 2021 might just take the cake as the most bonkers stunt ever pulled by this particular smartphone manufacturer and possibly any major handset vendor.Originally priced at an eye-popping $1,800 in the US and fittingly marketed as “The Camera”, the 6.5-inch Android super-flagship rocked a simply unrivaled 1-inch image sensor on its back alongside two other far more conventional telephoto and ultra-wide-angle snappers.As Sony is reportedly gearing up to finallyunveil a sequel…
Once a very customer-friendly operation, T-Mobile could see an exodus of subscribers after the price hikeAnd T-Mobile might not be done with the price gun. We could see a $5 per line per month increase starting today for new customers signing up for Go5G 55, Go5G Plus 55, and Go5G Next 55 plans. By definition, the price hikes for the legacy plans impact only existing subscribers, and to reiterate, the rumored price hikes for the currently available Go5G 55, Go5G Plus 55, and Go5G Next 55 plans affect new subscribers only. T-Mobile’s January 2017 press release seems to promise that…
Last year, there were more than 21,000 deepfake pornographic videos online — up more than 460% over the year prior. But Congress could soon make it illegal to share the doctored images.Leading the charge are New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, who co-authored bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on people who share non-consensual intimate deepfake images online. The legislation proposes criminal penalties that include a fine and up to two years in prison, and civil penalties could range up to $150,000.”It’s outrageous,” Hassan said. “And we need to make sure that our…
Inaugurated in 2019 with the eventual goal of revolutionizing the mobile industry, Samsung’s foldable lineup has become rather predictable in the last few years in terms of both upgrades (or rather refinements) brought to the table by new models and the release schedule of said new models.But with the company’s market segment supremacy threatened all of a sudden by a raft of (primarily China-based) rivals, Samsung was always likely to get the Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip families out of their recent rut in 2024. What remains unclear is, well, exactly how that will come to pass, with budget-friendly…
There used to be a time when Google would treat new Android releases like the big deal that they are. It would dedicate considerable prime time during Google events, keynotes, presentations; each major version would lovingly get its own special dessert name… You get the point – it was a grand occasion!For one reason or the other, as Android got more and more robust of an OS, the search giant stopped giving such special attention to new Android versions. The culmination of this anti-trend was just a few days ago, at this year’s Google I/O conference, where the company spent…
Highly accurate TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo must have been working his sources inside Apple hard because today he posted some new information about Apple’s foldable MacBook in his blog. Kuo says that Apple is considering two different screen sizes for the device, 20.25 inches and 18.8 inches. When folded, the two different sizes correspond to a 14-15 inch laptop and a 13-14 inch laptop respectively. Analyst Kuo says Apple is deciding between two screen sizes for the foldable MacBook Kuo says that the foldable MacBook will be powered by the M5 chip. If that doesn’t ring a bell, that’s…
That complexity is a problem when AI models need to work in real time in a pair of headphones with limited computing power and battery life. To meet such constraints, the neural networks needed to be small and energy efficient. So the team used an AI compression technique called knowledge distillation. This meant taking a huge AI model that had been trained on millions of voices (the “teacher”) and having it train a much smaller model (the “student”) to imitate its behavior and performance to the same standard. The student was then taught to extract the vocal patterns of specific…
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is stylish. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is powerful. But also, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 is pretty expensive. So, it’s great that it can now be yours for less.As part of its Discover Summer Sale, Samsung is offering a free storage upgrade on its clamshell star. This means you can get the 512GB option at a sweet $120 discount. Additionally, you can score extra savings of up to $500 if you trade in your old phone. In case you want to snag your Galaxy Z Flip 5 with a carrier activation, you’ll also receive…