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What you need to know The COROS VERTIX 2S is an adventurer’s watch announced on April 25 and shipping on April 27 for $699.  Replacing the original VERTIX 2, it has a redesigned GPS antenna, revamped HR sensor, and a…

Smartphone activations in the US are seeing the lowest share of iPhones in six years, according to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The analysts report the numbers each quarter but use a 12-month period to eliminate seasonality (iPhone…

What you need to know A report following an interview with Samsung’s executive director, Cho Cheol-min, states Samsung is having discussions with Google about “evolving” on-device AI. It was claimed that Google’s Gemini Nano version 2 will be available on…

The Chinese smartphone market grew by 6.5% in Q1,2024 thanks to robust demand for Huawei and Honor devices. The IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker shows an estimated total of 69.3 million smartphones were shipped in the first three months of…

What you need to know Google’s plan to eliminate third-party cookie trackers has been postponed until next year. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns about Google’s new technology, Privacy Sandbox, potentially favoring Google and disrupting competition.…

Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event is expected in early to mid-July with Paris as the host city – a couple of weeks before the city hosts the Summer Olympics. There have been leaks about the new Galaxy gadgets that are…

While most of the exciting innovation in the storage industry is focused on SSDs, mechanical hard drives aren’t left behind — far from it. Seagate in particular has consistently delivered HDDs with ever-increasing capacities, and the Exos X24 sits at…

Google released the Pixel Tablet in June of last year, and it has so far come with a Charging Speaker Dock in the box – a unique pairing, aimed to make it usable as a smart speaker when docked. The…

What you need to know Google Messages introduced Screen Effects in February, adding over 15 visual effects triggered by specific keywords in messages. An option to disable these animations seems to have surfaced in the latest version of the Messages…

If you buy a Samsung high-end smartphone, or even a mid-ranger, there’s no charger in the box, but of course the company will happily sell you an overpriced assortment of them if you so desire. And today it’s launched the…