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Counterpoint Research (CR) has just published its report regarding the global smartphone market for the third quarter of the year (July to September). And it was a terrible one. Shipments dropped 20% compared to Q3 2025. The only winners in terms of growing their market shares were Samsung and Apple. Samsung led the pa
Starting today, Google is making its SynthID Detector tool available to everyone across the globe in English. This tool can be used to find out if an image, video, or audio file was made with AI from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, or Kakao. Soon, the SynthID Detector will also detect media that was created with Apple's AI too
WhatsApp has allegedly spent months developing a feature that will let you schedule messages, and this is now finally being made available to a limited number of users who are part of the beta program for WhatsApp on the Google Play Store for Android. As you might expect, it lets you schedule messages to be delivered a
We’re one day away from Apple’s smart-home focused product launch event and the latest PowerOn newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mike Gurman shines more light on what to expect. Apple’s long-awaited smart home control hub, which will allegedly be called HomeView, will come in two designs. The standard “countertop” model will
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to pro
In late September, a rumor claimed Apple would be holding a special event on October 13 to unveil new smart home products, including the mythical HomePad or Home Hub, the HomePod mini 2 speaker, and a new Apple TV 4K box. Today the company has confirmed the event, which has the tagline "Welcome home". You can see the o
The ongoing memory chip crisis has been plaguing tech companies for months and a new report from Korea’s Money Today suggests that Samsung is ready to significantly cut its smartphone production as a result. According to the report, Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) has already reached out to suppliers to reduce their pro
Today Samsung has announced that it's partnered up with former French football star Thierry Henry to promote the Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8. The three devices launched back in July, and now Henry will star in a new Welcome to Foldables ad campaign that will run across Europe. [#InlinePriceWidget,14673,1#] [
Apple received some bad news today. The company has been ordered to pay an additional $184 million in interest on top of a jury's previous $634 million verdict in a patent infringement case with Masimo. The initial verdict came out in November of last year, when a jury found that Apple infringed upon Masimo's patents r
Last week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed that Apple will announce its new HomePad on October 13. Now, a new report suggests that the company is planning two separate product launches this month. According to the report, which cites multiple sources familiar with the matter, Apple is planning another online launch in
Analysts are sending mixed signals – sales of the iPhone 18 Pro models in China are stronger than those of the 17 Pro models and yet Apple is reportedly cutting component orders due to weak demand. The analysts at JP Morgan are saying that there’s nothing to worry about. In a note to investors, the analysts say that th
As folding technology matures, the focus has shifted from perfecting the hinge to slimming things down and now battery life has emerged as a key differentiating factor for foldables - the tablet-like multitasking, media consumption and gaming experience enabled by the larger screen put extra strain on the battery. The
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