The Nothing Phone (2) got official in July last year, and so you may have been expecting its successor to show up in a few weeks' time. But you'd be wrong, as it turns out. The lack of recent leaks regarding a Phone (3) was actually foreshadowing. Today Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei outright announced the fact that the Nothing Phone (3) is only going to launch in 2025. That's a pretty huge delay compared to the usual high-end smartphone yearly refresh cycle, and if you're wondering why Nothing chose this path, it's all about - wait for it - AI. There's been a lot of hype around AI....

Huawei's Richard Yu (Yu Chengdong in Chinese) will allegedly no longer serve as the CEO of the Consumer Business Group, instead moving to the position of Chairman. The new CEO will apparently be He Gang, the former Chief Operating Officer (COO). So far Huawei has never had a Chairman for its Consumer Business Group, so Yu will be the first. The point of the move is to allow Yu to expand his scope of duties within the company. He will now look after more parts of the group, including those dealing with smart devices and car components - Huawei has been very active in the EV space in...