ChatGPT now has 200 million weekly active users

It's hardly surprising that ChatGPT has managed to double its weekly active users since last November, given how much of a buzzword AI has been over the past year and the fact that ChatGPT is the most well known generative AI chatbot. The OpenAI service now boasts 200 million active users every week, up from 100 million in 2023. OpenAI also says...

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition to have S Pen support after all

Samsung's oft-rumored Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, known until very recently as Galaxy Z Fold Slim or Galaxy Z Fold Ultra, will actually have S Pen support, according to a new rumor today. This contradicts a previous rumor which claimed it wouldn't support Samsung's stylus. Of course, we can't vouch for the validity of either of these rumors, so...

Xiaomi 14T and 14T Pro mega leak reveals full specs and prices

Xiaomi launched the 13T and 13T Pro in late September of last year, and so we're getting very close to the arrival of their successors, the 14T and 14T Pro. Today a list of their most important specs has been leaked along with pricing for the EU. Let's jump right in and start with the prices. The Xiaomi 14T with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will...

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE gets certified by the FCC

Samsung's Galaxy S24 FE is coming soon - the latest rumors on the matter claim it will be launching either in late September or early October. Ahead of that, the US version of the phone has been certified by the FCC. This process has confirmed that the device has dual-band Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi 6E support, NFC, Bluetooth, 5G support, and reverse wireless...

Realme Buds T01 launch with 12mm drivers, low-latency gaming mode

Alongside the 13 5G and 13+ 5G smartphones, Realme also unveiled a new pair of true wireless earbuds today. Meet the Realme Buds T01. These are cheap and therefore do not have active noise canceling. They do, however, have "AI Environmental Noise Cancellation" for calls - meaning they should cancel the noise around you so that the person you're talking...

Motorola Razr 50 lands in India on September 9

While the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra was launched in India last month, the 'vanilla' Razr 50 is yet to join it. That will, however, change early next month. Motorola has just announced that it's bringing the Razr 50 to India on September 9. It will be available from Motorola itself as well as Amazon. The marketing materials which are out so far emphasize...

Samsung Developer Conference 2024 confirmed for October 3

This year's Samsung Developer Conference is going to be the event 10th installment. It will be held on October 3 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California, USA. There's going to be a live stream on Samsung's official YouTube channel at 10:00 AM PT. Arguably, the most important part of this year's event will be One UI 7.0, which is expected...

Motorola Moto G35 hands-on review

The new Moto G35 5G is the most affordable entry in this year’s Motorola G-series and it brings a competent specs sheet for just €199. We got to spend some time with the device following its announcement and these are our first impressions. Motorola is turning a new page in its G-series design language with the G35 and the G55. Both devices offer...

You can now transfer your playlists from Apple Music to YouTube Music and back

You can now move playlists between Apple Music and YouTube Music in an official manner. Apple has published two help documents (linked as the Sources below) which outline what you need to do to switch from one service to the other. Before you ask - no, there's no official way to move from Apple Music to Spotify or Spotify to Apple Music. For now,...

Another Google Pixel 9 Pro XL video teardown confirms battery replacement woes

A few hours ago iFixit published its teardown video of the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, and now the same phone has been subjected to a similar treatment by Zack at JerryRigEverything. The device is opened from the back using heat and isopropyl alcohol. From the get-go repairs seem slightly hindered by the use of less common screws in some parts. And there...

iPhone 17 to have 12GB of RAM, compared to only 8GB in the iPhone 16

Apple is announcing the iPhone 16 series on September 9, and a new rumor claims all four models will get 8GB of RAM. In contrast, the iPhone 17 family coming next year will jump to 12GB of RAM. That is a pretty significant jump and it's apparently all to do with AI - this time around the Apple Intelligence features will be mostly cloud-based, but...

Galaxy S25 Ultra to be thinner and lighter than iPhone 16 Pro Max and Pixel 9 Pro XL

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra has long been rumored to have a different shape compared to its predecessor, with more rounded corners to the frame so that it won't put a dent in your hand. Now, a new rumor claims Samsung's next flagship smartphone will be thinner and lighter than both the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Google's Pixel 9 Pro XL. Unofficial...

HMD announces the Barbie phone

Following months of teasers, HMD finally announced its Barbie-themed flip phone. The device is more or less a gamified Nokia 2660 Flip but features several software tweaks as well as a big styling makeover. As you’d expect from a collaboration pink plays a big theme. The phone comes with a pink removable 1,450 mAh battery, a pink USB-C cable, a color-matched...

Instagram now lets you easily add text and stickers onto your photos

Instagram is now letting you easily add text onto your photos. Not just that, but you can also add a picture on top of a picture as a sticker. This also applies to carousels. The company says "this gives you the creative flexibility to make your content stand out and explore new, more entertaining, storytelling with photos and carousels". After you...

Xiaomi 14 Civi review

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vivo X200's screen and battery details tipped

The vivo X100, unveiled last November, came with a 5,000 mAh battery with 120W wired charging support. The vivo X200, expected to arrive in October, is rumored to pack a bigger battery, which, according to reliable tipster Digital Chat Station, will be 5,500-5,600 mAh. vivo X100 DCS also claimed the vivo X200 would support wireless charging, which...

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold retail unit gets unboxed, compared to the original Pixel Fold

While the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold isn't shipping yet, one lucky person has already gotten their hands on an Obsidian color unit, and has thankfully unboxed it over on Reddit for the world to see. Pixel 9 Pro Fold - unboxed byu/Ok_Row_3905 inPixelFold The crease out of the box seems improved significantly compared to the original Pixel Fold's, while...

Xiaomi button-less smartphone to arrive next year

Xiaomi is allegedly working on a button-less smartphone, which it will launch in the first half of next year. It is apparently codenamed Zhuque, and its standout feature will obviously be its total lack of buttons. Unfortunately the source of this information doesn't actually know what will replace the buttons - so it could be combination of gesture...

Google to roll out Android 15 to Pixels in October

The Pixel 9 family launched a couple of weeks ago with Android 14 on board, and so you may have been wondering what Google's plans are about releasing Android 15. According to a new rumor today, the company will only roll out Android 15 to its Pixels in October, perhaps around the middle of that month. That is despite the fact that Google will allegedly...

Top 10 trending phones of week 34

Google's Pixel 9 lineup loosened its grip on our trending chart, but it remained the most popular family in week 34. The Pixel 9 Pro retained its first position and even though the Samsung Galaxy A55 managed to climb back to second, the 9 Pro XL made it two out of three in the podium spots. [#InlinePriceWidget, 13218, 1#] We then have the Samsung...

Be warned: some Qi2 devices don't have magnets and it can be hard to tell

You know how Qi2 was touted as “MagSafe for Android”? Well, it turns out that is not the case. Qi2 (it’s pronounced “chee”) is split into two profiles and only one of them uses magnets. The Magnetic Power Profile (MPP) was contributed by Apple and is essentially MagSafe without the Apple trademark name. There is also Extended Power Profile (EPP),...

Asus Vivobook S 15 S5507 review

The Vivobook S 15 is the first notebook from Asus to be powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip. It's also part of the first wave of devices to ship on this new platform as part of Microsoft's renewed push into the ARM-based PC market currently dominated by Apple. The Vivobook S 15 (or the S5507) is a premium device with a price tag of...

Galaxy S25 Ultra and SD 8 Gen 4 leaks, SD 7s Gen 3 goes official, Week 34 in review

Things cooled off in terms of announcements this week and that gave room for a boatload of rumors to fill in our news section. Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy S25 Ultra with a larger 6.86-inch screen and slimmer bezels rumored to measure 2.3 mm compared to 3.35mm on the S24 Ultra. The upcoming Samsung flagship should offer slightly rounded...

Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite gets One UI 6.1 based on Android 14

This might actually be the end of the road for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite as the device received its third, and probably final, OS update. Although, it's important to note that the device got One UI 6.0 earlier this year. The tablet launched with Android 11 in mid-2021, and it has just received an Android 14-based One UI 6.1 update in South Korea....

Circle to Search for Samsung Galaxy S21 FE expands to more countries

The Circle to Search feature, rolled out by Samsung for the Galaxy S21 FE in Vietnam and some other Asian countries a few days ago, is now rolling out in the US, Europe, and Canada. The update that brings Circle to Search to the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE also bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to August 2024. In Canada, the update...

Deals: the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro XL go on sale, you can still collect store credit for them

Last week was the big Pixel 9 series launch. Pre-orders have now ended for the vanilla Pixel 9 and the 9 Pro XL and they are now available for sale. You can still grab store credit from Google and Amazon ($150 for the vanilla, $275 for the XL). The small Pixel 9 Pro and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold are still on pre-order, their launch is early next month....

Apple plans to produce more iPhones this year, mostly Pro and Pro Max models

The upcoming iPhone 16 series is expected to debut on September 10 this year, as long as the report is correct, of course. But what will the Pro and non-Pro mix will look like? Well, The Elec obtained supply chain information revealing Apple's production plans. The OEM will initially produce about 90.1 million iPhones, a tad more than last year's...