Samsung opted for an iterative refresh for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series after Apple instituted a major design change for its iPhone 17 lineup. And, as a result, the South Korean tech behemoth is now reportedly paying the price for its inertia, if the latest tidbits about the series' pre-order cadence are anything to go by. The current pre-order trajectory for the Galaxy S26 series would make it nearly impossible for Samsung to meet the lineup's annual sales target According to the tipster Jason C, there is a "perceived lack of interest in the Samsung Galaxy S26 series." Also, as […]

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Apple used a specific aluminum alloy within the iPhone 17 Pro Max to ensure the model's beefed-up heat dissipation capacity. However, that alloy is now leading to worrying cases of people's phones being dented even when secured by a case, negating the entire raison d'être for encasing your iPhone 17 Pro Max in the first place. Apple uses a 5080-series aluminum alloy for the iPhone 17 Pro Max and a 6000-series one for the base iPhone 17, leading to very different denting outcomes Erica Griffin recently posted images of her dented Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, clearly showing the frame […]

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In what is a testament to the power of the emerging LLM-based coding tools, such as Claude Code, a group of teenagers recently spent the better part of a birthday bash building over ten games, and that too without any prior coding experience. Claude Code just enabled a group of teenagers to "go from consuming dopamine to producing it" by using LLM prompts to produce the code for as many as ten games The Chief Information Security Officer at Sysdig, Sergej Epp, recently penned a very interesting LinkedIn post detailing how he was able to show a group of teenagers […]

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Apple was the only major smartphone OEM to record a meaningful year-over-year growth in China-related sales for the month of January 2026, with the rest of the OEMs having to contend with a veritable bevy of adverse base effects. Counterpoint Research: Apple recorded a year-over-year sales growth of 8 percent in China for January 2026, while other major OEMs recorded a double-digit percent decline As is evident from the above tabulation by Counterpoint Research, Apple recorded year-over-year sales growth of 8 percent in China for January 2026. However, all other major Chinese smartphone OEMs recorded double-digit-percent declines, largely due to […]

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T-Mobile has just taken a significant step towards rolling out AI-powered services on its network, starting with a Live Translation feature with support for over 50 languages. T-Mobile is now embedding real-time AI services into its network, starting with a Live Translation feature for phone calls T-Mobile appears to be taking a lead in rolling out AI-powered services on its network, as illustrated by its just-announced Live Translation feature for phone calls. T-Mobile intends to officially launch this service in the spring of 2026 and is currently accepting registrations for the beta service from its postpaid members. Critically, T-Mobile notes […]

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The Dimensity 9600 chip, which is MediaTek's next flagship offering, is not expected to see the light of day until the third quarter of 2026. Even so, given the chip's near-apex credentials that are capable of giving Qualcomm's top-of-the-line Snapdragon variant a run for its money, the Dimensity 9600 SoC continues to attract quite a bit of attention and interest from tech enthusiasts and prosumers alike. Dimensity 9600 chip's architecture TSMC's process node Unlike Apple's A20 chip, which is expected to leverage TSMC's N2 process, MediaTek is likely to opt for the Taiwanese fab giant's relatively more costly N2P process […]

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First, Apple scaled back its World Knowledge Answers AI project, as well as an AI-driven overhaul of the Safari browser and the Apple Health app. Now, it seems the Cupertino giant is rolling back the launch of the new Gemini-backed Siri, resorting to a gradual feature drop approach instead. Apple's launch of the new Gemini-backed Siri hits roadblocks As we've been noting ad nauseum over the past couple of weeks, Apple has formally selected Google's Gemini to power the next generation of its on-device Foundation Models as well as a revamped version of Siri, which would bring the much-delayed in-app […]

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Apple has just opened the proverbial floodgates by officially releasing the iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, HomePod Software 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3 software updates. Apple iOS 26.3 goes official, along with software updates for a wide range of Apple devices The iOS 26.3 software update includes the following changes, as gleaned from the recent beta updates: Limit Precise Location Apple has added a new "limit precise location" feature, which limits carrier visibility to the neighborhood instead of the more precise street level. The following carriers will support this feature for now: Do note that this […]

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Verizon is showcasing its data throughput prowess this week after the Sunday's Super Bowl LX match in San Francisco, where the carrier says that it provided median download speeds of 2.16 Gbps at the height of the action. Verizon claims the data throughput it offered during this year's Super Bowl Sunday was the result of "nearly 200 individual network projects across the Bay Area" Verizon has just given a snapshot of the data throughput it powered via its dense network in the Bay Area: Do note that Verizon is the official 5G network of the NFL. As such, the network […]

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