To be or not to be. Over the past few weeks and months, in what can only be described as a case of chronic myopia, tech enthusiasts approached the contentious debate around the camera specs and the battery size of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra with a gravitas that equaled - or perhaps even surpassed - the one hinted at within this famous Shakespearean soliloquy. Now, however, Samsung's official promo material for the upcoming 'Galaxy Unpacked' event has formally put an end to any lingering uncertainty on both counts. Samsung's promo material for the upcoming 'Galaxy Unpacked' event reveals […]

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If Samsung were looking for additional bragging rights just before the unveiling of the Galaxy S26 series, it certainly got those today, when a Galaxy S26 Ultra smoked the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max in the latest Geekbench 6 tests. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smokes the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max in single-core and multi-core Geekbench 6 tests Without further ado, here are the latest Geekbench 6 scores for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Do note that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra employed in this test was powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, as is expected to […]

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As if the low-cost MacBook, the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBooks, and the iPhone 17e were not enough, we've just received an inkling that Apple might launch two new Studio Displays in the coming weeks, and possibly right around the time it holds its March event. Now you can add two new Apple Studio Displays to the Cupertino giant's growing roster of imminent product launches Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects Apple to launch the much-anticipated low-cost MacBook, along with a host of new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, as well as the new Apple Studio Displays "over the course of […]

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Corporate espionage is a tricky affair at the best of times. And, when your target vector involves a behemoth like Google and its prized Tensor chip, the stakes become nosebleed-high, as three Silicon Valley engineers are now finding out to their detriment. Two sisters and one of their husbands now stand accused of stealing trade secrets related to Google's Tensor chip As per a press release issued by the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, three Silicon Valley engineers - Samaneh Ghandali, Mohammadjavad Khosravi, and Soroor Ghandali - have now been indicted "on charges of conspiring to commit […]

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In what is a testament to Apple's penchant for optimizing its products to the umpteenth extent, the iPhone 17 models show the least performance variation between the early review units and their mass production counterparts, with many Chinese OEMs predictably faring quite poorly against Apple's benchmark consistency. Apple's iPhone 17 production models show admirable performance consistency against early review units As per a recent test that compared various flagships based on the performance of early review units with their production-ready counterparts, Apple's iPhone 17 lineup showed the lowest variance overall, with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max going so […]

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Google shocked many tech enthusiasts by equipping the just-announced Pixel 10a with the older-gen Tensor G4, effectively breaking away from a long-held, industry-wide convention of sorts by glossing over the newer Tensor G5 chip. Yet, there is a method to this apparent madness, one that can be easily decoded via hard numbers. The veritable windfall in cost savings that Google stands to amass by opting for the Tensor G4 chip in the just-announced Pixel 10a Consumers do not typically pay for planned obsolescence. And, it is for this reason that smartphone OEMs typically equip their various lineups in a given […]

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If you needed any reference as to how far behind Apple currently is in the ongoing AI race, look no further than the minuscule AI capabilities that the iPhone maker just rolled out with much fanfare for its Apple Music app, and then compare them with Google's latest model that is now creating entire tracks from scratch. Apple Music now uses AI to create playlists as Google's models are now building entire 30-second song tracks As we noted recently, with the iOS 26.4 update, the Apple Music app will let you create a playlist with a text-based prompt. Basically, you […]

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The near-constant dribble of leaks over the past few weeks left little to the imagination when it comes to the Pixel 10a. And now, Google has finally launched its latest Pixel-branded budget smartphone, bringing to the proverbial table a relatively hefty battery, albeit housed within the now-archaic form factor, but embellished with a number of handy AI features. Behold Google's Pixel 10a Physical features The Pixel 10a features a "perfectly flat" plastic back, where the camera module sits flush with the rear plane. It also has a Corning Gorilla Glass 7i cover glass, with a 6.3-inch FHD+ AMOLED "Actua" screen […]

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