Qualcomm wants to make it easier for phone makers to issue Android updates

Android updates are increasingly supported for longer and longer periods of time on top of the line, high-end, or upper-midrange devices across brands, but lower-midrange and especially entry-level phones have it a lot harder. Qualcomm wants to do all it can to change that, however. The issuance of updates is very dependent on the maker of the chipset in your phone, as that company has to still actively support the SoC, and for most cheaper ones, the support window ends much sooner than for more expensive ones, perhaps understandably. Even at higher price points, the cadence of updates...

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Motorola Edge 50 Fusion vs. Edge 50 Pro

If you are eyeing a new Motorola phone, you may have stumbled upon the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and the Motorola Edge 50 Pro, which honestly look visually quite identical. There is a bunch of differences under their respective hood, though, and we'll have a look at those in this comparison to assess whether the huge difference in price is well deserved. The Edge 50 Fusion retails for around €350, while the Pro can be found for almost double that at around €580. Sure, the Pro is expected to be the better device in every way, but maybe the Edge 50 Fusion has what it takes to get you a lot of...

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Huawei develops new energy-efficient Taishan cores

According to a tipster on X, Huawei is working on next-generation Taishan cores that are more powerful and energy-efficient than ever before. The Taishan cores are said to be used in Huawei's upcoming CPU architecture and will serve as the power-efficient cores. The new cores allegedly have lower power consumption, while outperforming the Kirin 9000s' Cortex-A510 cores. The tipster claims Huawei's upcoming Taishan V130 architecture will aim to compete with Apple's M3 chip and be based on the 5nm manufacturing node. If true, this is a big breakthrough for the company, which was...

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European Commission slams Apple for not bringing Apple Intelligence features to the EU

About half of Apple's keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month was devoted to AI features, and how the company will weave them across the upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. And if you're in the EU, none of that matters because Apple has decided not to bring the Apple Intelligence (get it? AI!) feature set to iPhones and iPads in the EU. That's because of "uncertainties" regarding the EU's Digital Markets Act which came into being in March and already forced a bunch of concessions from Apple. The European Commission's Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the...

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Steam Deck gets game recording functionality

Steam Deck is getting Valve's new game recording feature. This feature is part of the new beta update that is rolling out to all Steam Deck and Steam users. Today we’ve launched Steam Game Recording into Beta. This is a new built-in system for creating and sharing your gameplay footage, that works on any game on Steam. Learn more here: https://t.co/H5z6Reykmx pic.twitter.com/koDAjyUeAe— Steam (@Steam) June 26, 2024 Steam Deck did not have a native game recorder function built-in till now. With the new feature, users can set a preset duration and storage limit and the device will...

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Google Translate adds support for 110 new languages thanks to AI

Google announced the added support for 110 new languages in its Translate app. Since the app supported 113 languages prior to the update, this is certainly the biggest upgdate yet. Google used its PaLM 2 AI language model to train the software in 110 new languages. The AI proved to be particularly good at learning languages related to one another, such as Hindi, Awadhi and Marwadi, as well as French creoles like Seychellois Creole and Mauritian Creole. The new update also brings support for Cantonese, which, according to Google, has been one of the most requested languages...

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