Verified checkmarks used to be a status symbol before Elon Musk ruined everything by allowing the plebs to purchase said status. Google, however, might be bringing back the status symbol nature of verified checkmarks, as it seems intent on introducing them to its search results. This is only a test at the moment, which only a limited subset of Google users are seeing. But what they are seeing will definitely seem familiar to anyone who's been on a social media site in the past few years. The checkmarks are blue and show up next to business links, which makes this a case of good...
We had a brief encounter the other day, but now that it hit the shelves we managed to grab a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE unit to review. But before handing it over to the review team let's do a quick unboxing. There's not much in the retail package, to be honest. The phones ships with a USB-C cable and a SIM tool, packaged in a typical black box. If it's good enough for the Galaxy S24 Ultra - it's good enough for the FE, we guess. We have the base model 8/2128GB in Yellow - what we'd expect most users would go for - the S24 FE is supposed to be the value-for-money option after all. The...
Oppo's Zhou Yibao keeps on teasing the company's upcoming Find X8 series. Today he's shown us the front of the Find X8 Pro for the first time ever, in a live shot courtesy of a friend of his who was participating in the Gobi Challenge. This takes place in the Gobi desert, which is where the exec's friend could place a call from thanks to the Find X8 Pro's satellite connectivity support. Zhou's post seems to imply that there will be two versions of the phone on offer from the start of sales, one with satellite connectivity and one without. The Find X8 Pro has a screen with...
Oppo's Zhou Yibao keeps on teasing the company's upcoming Find X8 series. Today he's shown us the front of the Find X8 Pro for the first time ever, in a live shot courtesy of a friend of his who was participating in the Gobi Challenge. This takes place in the Gobi desert, which is where the exec's friend could place a call from thanks to the Find X8 Pro's satellite connectivity support. Zhou's post seems to imply that there will be two versions of the phone on offer from the start of sales, one with satellite connectivity and one without. The Find X8 Pro has a screen with...
Samsung announced it has begun mass production of its fastest SSD for PCs. The PCIe 5.0-based product, model name PM9E1, has the industry's highest performance and largest capacity, the company claims. Samsung stated that the memory stick is built on the 5 nm-based controller and 8th-gen V-NAND technology. It aims to provide "powerful performance and enhanced power efficiency, making it an optimal solution for on-device AI PCs." The PM9E1 provides 14.5 GB/s reading speed and 13 GB/s writing speed, enabling a plethora of data-intensive AI applications. Samsung will offer the PM9E1...
Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone SE in early 2025, one more source claimed. The rumors come just days after Mark Gurman from Bloomberg revealed the timeframe, but the new information added more details about specs and features. According to sources who spoke with 9to5Mac, the fourth iPhone SE will have a modern look at the front, similar to an iPhone 14 with the notch and FaceID. It will also have Apple A18 chipset and will borrow some cameras from last year's iPhone 15. The current iPhone SE, launched in 2022, is basically an iPhone 8 with newer chipset, but the iPhone SE...
Samsung unveiled its latest tablets alongside the Galaxy S24 FE a few days ago, but this time there are only two - the 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S10+ and the 14.6-inch Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. Samsung's skipped the 11-inch Galaxy Tab S10 and you can see why - there's a rather dramatic size difference between the Tab S10 Ultra and the Tab S10+. The Galaxy tab S10 Ultra next to the S10+ This is Samsung's biggest (and bestest) tablet yet but it isn't drastically better than its predecessor. It's a bit lighter, which is always nice, but most upgrades come down to the new chipset, which...
Apple has officially started assembling the entire iPhone 16 series in India. This includes the two Pro series iPhones which is the first time Apple is manufacturing its top-tier flagships outside of China. The move is part of Apple's continued push to diversify its production chain away from China. The made-in-India iPhone 16 series phones will be available in India later this month and will also be exported to select countries around the world. In addition, Apple is planning to open 4 new Apple stores in Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai. These new stores will join the existing...
The Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note10 series are far from current models, but many are still rocking them in 2024. First released back in 2019, Samsung hasn't abandoned them and is still pushing updates. However, a recent one caused a huge problem for some users. The most recent software update for the Galaxy S10 and Note10 phones caused a bootloop issue for many users. There are a growing number of reports on Reddit, and people are trying to investigate the root cause. So far, information is scarce, but it's believed to be related to the SmartThings framework. Unfortunately, the only...
Samsung kicked off its Developer Conference (SDC) today and made One UI 7 official. However, while One UI's track record had us anticipating a release this month, it will arrive next year - ouch! Still, let's focus on the positives - like this Galaxy S24 Ultra running the upcoming OS. It's a short clip that nonetheless reveals some key details, like the redesigned icons, a new standalone command center you access with a swipe from the right side of the screen - like you get on popular Chinese phones and the iPhone. The notification area should be a swipe from the left. The animations...