After a few teasers and leaks, Motorola is now taking the wraps off its new collaboration with Swarovski, called The Brilliant Collection. This collection includes a Motorola Razr 2025 and the Moto Buds Loop, both of which are available in the new PANTON Ice Melt color, accented with Swarovski Crystals. Providing a really unique look for both products. The Motorola Razr is accented with Swarovski crystals that “stand as the epitome of meticulous craftsmanship and timeless luxury”....

A new Android RAT has been spotted by iVerify. RAT, in case you’re not familiar, stands for a Remote Access Tool. The source claims that it is being sold on cybercrime forums as we speak. iVerify notes that even inexperienced attackers can now launch mobile malware campaigns at this point, as “Android malware as a service market has matured.” Attackers pay a subscription fee and then receive a malicious APK, which is usually ready to deploy....

Samsung is no stranger to poking fun at Apple, in general. It happened a number of times in the past. Well, Samsung is now back to fire shots at Apple for not offering a foldable iPhone, basically. This is not the first time this has happened, either. Back in November last year, Samsung launched a promo video in which it promotes the Galaxy Z Fold 6 in front of an Apple Store , during a new iPhone launch day, basically....

What appears to be an official invite for the 2026 Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event has leaked, seemingly confirming the event date as February 25. This date isn’t too much of a surprise, given that the date for the Galaxy S26 launch has leaked in some form or another more than once. The Galaxy S26 family of devices is suspected to be dropping at the next Unpacked, too. So you put two and two together, and you get the event date for Galaxy Unpacked 2026....

NVIDIA has established itself as the premier AI processing hardware, and its latest chip, the Blackwell Ultra GPU, is being hailed by the company as its fastest chip for AI. It boasts an impressive 640 5th-gen Tensor cores and 15 PetaFLOPS of NVP4 compute power. NVIDIA is positioning this new GPU as a big upgrade over its current Blackwell AI chips. Based on current information from the company, it promises some pretty significant gains....

Just a day ago, Apple introduced the AirPods Pro 3 , offering a new generation of its high-end true wireless earbuds after three years. The new AirPods Pro 3 audio accessory comes with a handful of upgrades, featuring a new design and some features supported by Apple Intelligence. The Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation feature is one of the biggest highlights of the AirPods Pro 3. While demonstrating the Live Translation functionality during the iPhone 17 launch event , Apple didn’t mention anything about compatibility with older AirPods....

In the race to build the ultimate flagship smartphone, companies are constantly making trade-offs between features, performance, and design. This year’s devices, like the Galaxy S25 Edge and the upcoming iPhone 17 Air , reflect a bet on thinness while compromising aspects such as the camera and battery. Even so, new technologies allow for sacrifices without having a significant impact on the user. The upcoming OnePlus 15 could be an example of this, as it could offer a massive battery capacity while maintaining a sleek design....

Earlier this month, the OnePlus 15 appeared on Geekbench . While that listing confirmed some of its specs, the benchmarking results were very disappointing. It was obvious that was not the final build. Well, the OnePlus 15 just got benchmarked again , and this time around, it’s showing its full might. The OnePlus 15 gets benchmarked again, and this time around, it’s showing its true power The phone appeared on Geekbench under the ‘PLK110’ model number, the same as last time....

The OnePlus 15 will become official in October , it seems, as expected. The information comes from Digital Chat Station, one of the most accurate tipsters from China. The OnePlus 15 is expected to arrive in October, and that’s not a surprise at all This is what we expected will happen, as the O n ePlus 13 arrived in October last year. Do note that this is a China launch, however....

This year, with the OnePlus 15 , the company is changing its focus a bit. Instead of being the best all-around flagship possible, OnePlus is focusing more on gaming. Having removed Hasselblad from its camera, and focusing more on the large vapor chamber, 165Hz display, and its massive 7,300mAh capacity battery. On paper, there are some aspects of the OnePlus 15 that appear to be downgrades, but are they actually downgrades?...

Do smartphone makers have an incentive to make their phones easy to repair? Not really. If it forces customers to pay for more expensive official repairs or just buy a new phone outright, that would be better for their margins. However, changes to regulations and the right to repair movement have forced phone makers to rethink their approach. So, if you’re looking for a phone that has the potential to be easy to repair, then check out this OnePlus 15R teardown by the folks at PBKreviews ....

More and more people are starting to turn to AI to search for the things they need rather than Google. It’s not hard to see why. AI allows users to frame questions naturally, which makes it easier for less tech-savvy users who don’t know their “Google-fu.” However, it looks like some AI companies want more. So much so that, according to a report from BleepingComputer, OpenAI could be working on its own Chromium browser....

User backlash forces OpenAI to disable ChatGPT AI app suggestions The core problem centered on the AI chatbot’s user experience. For many users, particularly those paying for a subscription, ChatGPT represented a clean, ad-free environment. When these branded suggestions appeared—for instance, recommending the Zillow app during a house-buying discussion—users perceived them as the platform’s first official, unannounced ads. Screenshots quickly circulated online, fueling the controversy and eroding trust among the user base....

OPPO is reportedly going to outfit the Find X9 Pro with MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 chipset, and a 7,500mAh capacity battery later this year, if recent rumors are to be believed. MediaTek is poised to announce the Dimensity 9500 in the next couple of months – likely in September, just before Snapdragon Summit. And OPPO is typically one of the first to release their Find X series with the latest chipset. Last year, it was in October that OPPO did their global launch for the Find X8 series in Bali....

A major deal to secure TikTok’s future in the United States has been reached . It includes a surprising solution at its core: TikTok ‘s powerful Chinese recommendation algorithm will be copied and retrained on U.S. user data. This agreement, which follows a long effort to prevent a ban on the app, aims to address national security concerns about its Chinese ownership. Tech giant Oracle will play a central role in this new arrangement....

Paramount Skydance has renewed its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery with an updated bid. The updated offer aims to address earlier concerns reported by the target’s board. The proposal now comes with strengthened financing commitments. It repositions the offer as a superior alternative to an existing Netflix agreement. Paramount revises its strategy with an updated offer for Warner Bros. Discovery The new proposal increases the credibility of Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion all-cash proposal by adding an irrevocable personal guarantee from Larry Ellison....

Signify’s Philips Hue is one of the more popular brands when it comes to smart home appliances and systems. However, the competition is stiff in the smart home space, but the company is sitting on its hands. At IFA 2025 , the company has taken the wraps off a bunch of new Philips Hue devices that you might want to check out if you’re looking to give your home a smart upgrade....

The time has come to compare two flagship smartphones from Google. We’ll compare the company’s foldable flagship and its non-foldable counterpart. In other words, this is a Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold vs Google Pixel 10 Pro XL comparison. Both of these phones were announced back in August last year, and they do have some things in common, though there are also a lot of differences here, of course. We’ll kick this off by talking about the specs of both smartphones, following which we’ll jump over to their designs, display, performance, battery life, cameras, and audio output....

This time around, we’ll be comparing Samsung’s best flip phone foldable with the best iPhone Apple has to offer in general. In other words, this is a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max comparison . The iPhone 16 Pro Max is a non-foldable smartphone, of course. These two phones are vastly different, which should make this comparison even more interesting, actually. We’ll kick things off by listing the specs of both phones....

The year 2026 will be a breakthrough for 2nm chips. Apple is reported to have secured more than half of the initial capacity of TSMC’s 2nm N2 variant for the upcoming A20 chips. This move throws Android chip manufacturers, Qualcomm and MediaTek, under the bus. However, a new leak says that the chipmakers will utilize TSMC’s improved 2nm N2P node for their Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Dimensity 9600....