AI can be fun or helpful – but sometimes it can even be dangerous. Voice cloning has already been used to scam people who receive calls from – supposedly – a loved one in trouble. But AI can be used to defend against such scams too. Samsung has added voice phishing detection to One UI 8. This only works in Korea for now and has been trained on data from the National Police Agency and the National Institute of Scientific Investigation. If your phone supports it, you will find it in the Phone app settings – look for a Voice Phishing Suspected Call Notification toggle. Enabling Voice...
AI can be fun or helpful – but sometimes it can even be dangerous. Voice cloning has already been used to scam people who receive calls from – supposedly – a loved one in trouble. But AI can be used to defend against such scams too. Samsung has added voice phishing detection to One UI 8. This only works in Korea for now and has been trained on data from the National Police Agency and the National Institute of Scientific Investigation. If your phone supports it, you will find it in the Phone app settings – look for a Voice Phishing Suspected Call Notification toggle. Enabling Voice...
Honor's mid-range lineup has just grown with the arrival of the Honor 400 Smart in Europe. This joins the 400, 400 Pro, and 400 Lite. The Honor 400 Smart is currently offered by Orange in Spain, but it will undoubtedly spread to more European markets soon. It comes with a 6.77-inch LCD screen with 720x1610 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 700-nit peak brightness, the Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 SoC at the helm, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. Honor 400 Smart 5G official images On the rear there's a 50 MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture and a 2 MP depth sensor, and for selfies...
Sales of the Galaxy S25 series have been strong, getting ahead of the S24 series sales pace. The new Edge was off to a rough start, though. For a more detailed look at how the 2025 models performed compared to the 2024 models, Ice Universe has shared sales numbers for both, covering the period from launch to the end of June. In total, all four Galaxy S25 models have sold a total of 20.22 million units in that period, compared to 18.02 million for the S24 models in the same time frame last year. That is an increase of 12.2%. However, that includes 650,000 Galaxy S25 Edge units – note...
Honor's flagship line of slab-style smartphones is getting an Ultra this year, according to rumors from China. The Honor Magic8 Ultra is now said to sport an upgraded periscope telephoto camera compared to the one in the Magic7 Pro. It will still have 200MP resolution, so the upgrade won't come from there. The main camera in the Magic8 Ultra will have a sensor made by OmniVision, according to the same source, and it will be customized for this phone. It should have a big size, but just how big isn't mentioned. Honor Magic7 Pro The Magic7 Pro has a 1/1.3" type sensor for its primary...
Samsung has detailed all the ways its latest Galaxy Watch8 series' health sensor and software enable preventive health care, by using insights from the smartwatches to help you build healthy habits. The Galaxy Watch8 series has enhanced ECG technology that can detect ectopic beats - premature heartbeats that often go unnoticed but can lead to arrhythmias, and even stroke or heart failure, if left untreated. Then there are the vascular load monitoring during sleep and an antioxidant index - both new on the Watch8 series. The vascular load monitoring uses PPG waveform to judge...
The Trump administration is enforcing a new 25% tariff on all imports from India, which brings the total levies to 50%, currently making for the highest tariff rate on any country. The latest executive order will go into effect on August 27, with the reasoning behind the new levies based on India’s imports of Russian oil. The move would be a major setback for Apple as Cupertino has been transitioning its iPhone manufacturing to India over the past years with plans to assemble all of its US iPhones in the country. The timing is specifically bad as Apple is expected to begin shipping its...
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite is yet another tablet in development alongside the Galaxy Tab S11 and the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra. The S10 Lite is expected to be an affordable tablet from the South Korean giant and was recently spotted on the Bluetooth SIG database, suggesting its imminent launch. The Galaxy Tab S10 Lite has now appeared on the Google Play Console carrying the same model number SM-X406B. The listing reveals the design and key specifications of the tablet. It is listed with a 1320x2112 resolution display that will offer a 240 hdpi screen density. The tablet seems to be...
Just as expected, the iQOO Z10 Turbo+ went official in China today, joining the Z10 Turbo and Z10 Turbo Pro in the brand's roster. The Z10 Turbo+ comes with a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with 1260x2800 resolution and 144 Hz refresh rate, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ SoC at the helm, 12/16GB of RAM, 256/512GB of storage, and an insane 8,000 mAh battery with support for 90W wired charging. There's a 50 MP main camera with OIS, an 8 MP ultrawide, and a 16 MP selfie snapper. It is offered in gray, white, and gold/beige. It measures 163.72 x 75.88 x 8.16 mm, and weighs 212g. An optical...
Last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said "we are releasing GPT-5 soon," and on Sunday, Altman teased the GPT-5 by posting a screenshot on X that had "ChatGPT 5" written in the top-left corner. A recent tweet from OpenAI's official X account suggests the model will be launched later today at 5 PM UTC, but thanks to GitHub, you don't have to wait that long to know more about GPT-5. LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT— OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 6, 2025 GitHub, in a now-deleted blog post, mistakenly revealed some details about the GPT-5. The post stated that GPT-5 offers "major improvements in...