Qualcomm has achieved "complete victory" in its licensing dispute with Arm, which started back in 2022 when Arm filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over a breach of contract related to Arm's acquisition of Nuvia and its use of Nuvia technology in the design of its custom Phoenix cores. Like all court spats, this one took very long to conclude, but it now has in its entirety. A US District Court judge in the District of Delaware dismissed the lone remaining claim in Arm's lawsuit against Qualcomm and Nuvia, by ruling in favor of Nuvia. This follows Qualcomm's victory in December 2024,...
Well, this sure isn’t going to re-ignite the x86 vs. ARM performance arguments, right? Early, admittedly controlled, benchmarks from the new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme show it wiping the floor with top new CPUs from AMD and Intel in both single-core and multi-core performance. Here are the results from Geekbench 6.5 and how they compare against the likes of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Qualcomm’s original Snapdragon X Elite as tested by PCWorld. Note that some of these results come from Geekbench 6.1, but they should still be comparable. In a similar...
The very first Samsung Galaxy S phone was announced a long 15 years ago – a lot has changed in smartphone photography since then. That original S-phone had a 5MP camera that could record 720p video. The latest Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 200MP camera and can record 8K video – that’s 4320p! To put it another way, the resolution for still images has increased 40x, while video recording has 36x the number of pixels. That’s just the main camera – one of the biggest changes since 2010 is the growing number of cameras. The S25 Ultra has four on its back, including a new 50MP ultra-wide, a 50MP...
Samsung has released a new report stating that the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 continue to enjoy strong demand in the US, maintaining momentum months after release. Samsung’s newest Galaxy Z foldables are said to be outperforming all earlier generations in sales. The Galaxy Z Flip7 is reportedly converting more users from competing smartphone brands than any of its predecessors. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is generating strong interest among existing Galaxy users, especially those from the Galaxy S Ultra series. Samsung reports that nearly 30% of Z Fold7 buyers are upgrading...
Samsung has released a new report stating that the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 continue to enjoy strong demand in the US, maintaining momentum months after release. Samsung’s newest Galaxy Z foldables are said to be outperforming all earlier generations in sales. The Galaxy Z Flip7 is reportedly converting more users from competing smartphone brands than any of its predecessors. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is generating strong interest among existing Galaxy users, especially those from the Galaxy S Ultra series. Samsung reports that nearly 30% of Z Fold7 buyers are upgrading...
It’s been over a year since OpenAI announced Sora - its video and audio generation model. OpenAI is now introducing the first major update with Sora 2, which can generate more realistic and physically accurate videos, along with improved user control and editing capabilities. Described as a “GPT 3.5-moment”, Sora 2 also brings improved sound output with synchronized dialogue and sound effects. Sora 2 is able to avoid common problems associated with prior video generation models, such as morphing objects and distorting physical reality to complete a prompt. Generated videos will also...
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Huawei announced its nova 14 series in May and the trio recently made its global debut. Huawei is now bringing in a fourth option with the Nova 14i, which, while new in name, is actually a rebrand of the Huawei Enjoy 60X aka Nova Y91 both of which launched back in 2023. Huawei nova 14i That means you’re getting the same specs and design as those 2023 phones but with new coats of paint – black or blue to be more precise. Huawei nova 14i comes in black and blue colors Nova 14i brings a 6.95-inch LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. There’s a pretty...
The Samsung Galaxy A26 recently received the Android 16-based One UI 8 stable update, which is now rolling out for the Galaxy A17 5G. The update comes with firmware version A176BXXU2BYID and September 2025 Android security patch, in addition to bringing the One UI 8 goodies to the Samsung Galaxy A17 5G. Samsung is currently rolling out the One UI 8 stable update for the Galaxy A17 5G in Vietnam, but it should be released in other regions soon. [#InlinePriceWidget,14041,1#] If you live in Vietnam and haven't received the stable One UI 8 on your Galaxy A17 5G yet, you can check...
Today Microsoft has announced that the 2025 update to Windows 11 has started to roll out. Commonly known as version 25H2 (because it's meant to arrive in the second half of the year), it's the annual feature update to Microsoft's latest OS (the company used to issue two updates per year but has switched to only one a few years back). The update will be delivered using "servicing technology", Microsoft says, which is the same one used for the monthly updates. Availability today begins via a "controlled feature rollout" for devices that are running Windows 11 version 24H2, but initially only...