A couple of days ago, Cybernews published a report that claimed that the Pixel 9 Pro XL shares personal info with Google every 15 minutes, before even setting up the device. This includes your location, your email address and phone number, app list and other telemetry. However, the developers behind the privacy-focused Android fork called GrapheneOS point out that this is not unique to the Pixel 9 Pro XL – it is standard Android behavior. And not just that, they point out that iOS collects pretty much the same information. There's a highly inaccurate article about Pixels from Cybernews...

nubia launched the Z60 Ultra last December in China, and our trustworthy source tells us its successor - the nubia Z70 Ultra - should be unveiled next month. We are also told the nubia Z70 Ultra is coming to the global markets before the end of the year. There's no word from nubia about the Z70 Ultra yet, but reliable tipster Digital Chat Station posted a video on Weibo showing the incredibly thin bezels of the smartphone. You can watch it below. DCS said this is a 1220p resolution screen with no punch-hole or notch, which is hardly surprising since the Z60 Ultra didn't...

The physical camera shutter button is making a big comeback on smartphones this year and Oppo Find X8 and X8 Pro will launch with a Quick Capture button. In a lengthy Weibo post, Oppo’s Find series product manager Zhou Yibao explained the reasoning behind bringing the Quick Capture button on the company’s upcoming flagship phones. The post describes "pain points" where the Oppo exec felt the need for a fast and easy way to snap photos without using touchscreen controls. These included personal experiences with freezing temperatures and him wearing gloves and a rafting trip which made...

Microsoft has announced that starting in November, users can play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox app on Android. This announcement comes via Xbox President Sarah Bond, who, in a post on X, said, "The court's ruling to open up Google´s mobile store in the US will allow more choice and flexibility. Our mission is to allow more players to play on more devices so we are thrilled to share that starting in November, players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android." The court's ruling to open up Google´s mobile store in the US will...

We’re three days out from the official launch of the vivo X200 series and the company has now confirmed the launch venue as well as a few more details about the upcoming devices. The X200 series consisting of the X200, X200 Pro, and X200 Pro mini is launching on October 14 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center aka Water Cube. The event will be titled “Far Beyond Imaging” with vivo specifying in a dedicated press release, that the X200 series will bring an overhauled camera experience. Some of the X200 Pro's key camera-related features include a refined 200MP periscope camera with a 135mm...

Intel has announced its latest generation Core Ultra 200S series of desktop processors based on its new Arrow Lake architecture. This new generation boasts of modest improvements in performance but with much greater advancements in efficiency. Intel is claiming 9% improvement in IPC (instructions per clock) for the P-cores compared to 14th gen, 32% improvement in IPC for the E-cores, which the company claims results in up to 13% improvement in multi-threaded performance compared to the competition. However, it's not all about performance this generation, as Intel claims 40%...

Sennheiser has launched a special edition of the Accentum Wireless headphones, aptly named Accentum Wireless SE. The SE model features just two differences from the standard model, a bundled Bluetooth adapter and colored highlights. The Accentum Wireless SE come with the Sennheiser BTD 600 Bluetooth dongle in the box. This device is meant to ease the process of pairing Bluetooth headphones with your PC or Mac for those who somehow can't figure it out and improve audio quality over the computer's built-in Bluetooth functionality. It supports aptX and aptX Adaptive and Sennheiser...

WhatsApp has been working on chat-specific theme support for a few months now, and the good news is that the feature has finally started rolling out. The bad news is it's only accessible by those who are using the Android beta of WhatsApp. So, while most of us won't get this right away, at least we can take a look and see what we can expect to roll out to every WhatsApp user in a few months or so. Before you say "WhatsApp already has chat themes", yes it does, but the new feature lets you select different ones for different chats. So you're no longer confined to a one-size fits all...

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset back in July, aiming it towards very affordable 5G devices. And Xiaomi confirmed it would be the first to launch a smartphone powered by this SoC. The time has now almost come for the reveal. Said first smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 is going to become official on October 16 at the India Mobile Congress 2024. That gives you an idea about the fact that this handset will be sold in India. It's still unclear what the device will be, but given the chip's focus on affordability, we're betting on a Redmi of some sort - most...