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  Android 16 With Support for Live Activities, Advanced Protection Rolling Out for Pixel Devices

  Google on Tuesday released the first stable version of Android 16, beginning with supported Pixel devices. The company says it is the earliest release of a major Android operating system (OS) update in the last few years and brings several new features. It adds live updates for real-time notifications and enhanced security measures courtesy of Adva...

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  Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Teased; Claimed to Be Slimmest, Lightest, and Most Advanced Foldable Yet

  Samsung, in a new blog post, said that its latest Galaxy Z series devices are designed to surpass the competition in the foldable category. Expected to be the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the company claimed the foldable to have a thin and lightweight build. The teaser video shows a smartphone with a book-style foldable form.

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  Meta Aria Gen 2 Glasses to Offer Advanced Hand and Eye Tracking, PPG Sensor, and More

  Earlier this year, Meta announced Aria Gen 2 as a research-focussed wearable device and the successor to 2020’s Project Aria. The company has now taken a deep dive into the technology which powers the second generation of the AI and ML-powered smart glasses. It comes with a number of improvements compared to the first generation model, featuring ...

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  Apple Design Awards 2025 Winners Announced: CapWords, Speechify and Neva Bag Top Spots

  Apple on Wednesday announced the list of winners and finalists of the Design Awards 2025 across several app and game categories. Presented each year since 1996, the annual awards commemorate developers and their work on bringing innovation and technical advancements to their apps across Apple devices like iPhone, iPad, and mac. A total of 12 stando...

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  Google Play Integrity API Updates to Impact Advanced Users With Rooted Devices, Custom ROMs: Report

  Google's updated Play Integrity API will significantly restrict access for rooted or custom ROM users. The report indicates the API, used by developers to ensure app security, now uses hardware-backed signals for integrity checks. This change makes it much harder for uncertified Android versions to bypass Google's verification, consequently limitin...

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  2,600 Km Tech Trail: Exam Cheaters In Arunachal Get Answers From Haryana

  53 candidates have been arrested for attempting to use advanced electronic devices, including GSM-enabled gadgets and micro earpieces, to cheat during the exams.

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  Google Gemini Advanced Users Can Now Connect the Chatbot With GitHub

  Google is adding a new feature to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Gemini. Announced on Wednesday, Gemini can now connect to GitHub repositories and perform several coding tasks. These include generating and modifying functions, explaining code, answering queries about the codebase, debugging code, and more. Currently, the feature is only ...

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  Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16

  Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...

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  Google Expanding Gemini Live with Camera and Screen Share Features to All Android Devices

  Google announced the rollout of the Gemini Live with Camera and Screen Share features to all compatible Android devices on Wednesday. Last week, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced the availability of the features to the Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series. Now, the company is rolling it out to all Android devices that support the...

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  Apple CEO Tim Cook Prioritises Development of AR Smart Glasses to Beat Meta: Report

  Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly prioritised the development of true augmented reality (AR) glasses. While Apple hasn’t confirmed its plans, rivals like Meta, Google, and Snapchat are exploring smart glasses. Unlike bulkier headsets, AR glasses demand advanced, affordable technology to succeed, and Cook is reportedly focused on developing an ind...

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  Google Reportedly Rolling Out Gemini Live Video and Screen-Sharing Features

  Google is reportedly rolling out its two major Gemini features — live video and screen-sharing. The Mountain View-based tech giant first unveiled these features at Google I/O 2024. Developed by Google DeepMind under Project Astra, these features come with live multimodal data processing capabilities and allows the artificial intelligence (AI) cha...

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  Apple’s Smart Home Hub Tipped to Adopt iOS 19-Style UI; Launch Delayed to Post WWDC 2025

  Apple has long been rumoured to be developing a new smart home hub as the latest addition to the company's portfolio of smart home products. The purported product’s launch was recently reported to face delays due to struggles faced by the Cupertino-based technology giant in developing a more advanced version of Siri, whose capabilities it may lar...

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  Apple’s Smart Home Hub Launch Reportedly Postponed Due to Siri Delays

  Apple has been rumoured to be developing a smart home hub for quite some time now. It was expected to be launched some time in March as the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of smart home products but now faces a postponement, according to a seasoned journalist. This is attributed to the struggles faced by the Cupertino-based technology ...

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  Samsung Showcases Flexible Briefcase, Flex Gaming Console and 27-Inch 500 Hz QD-OLED Monitor at MWC 2025

  Samsung Display showed off advanced OLED screens and foldable display technologies at MWC 2025, from its OCF smartphone displays with up to 5,000nits peak brightness to concept devices like the 'Flexible Briefcase', a new Flex Gaming console, and bezel-less OLED Tile displays. The company also showcased a 27-inch QD-OLED monitor with a 500Hz refres...

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  Qualcomm to Showcase 6G Vision, AI-Powered Wireless Advancements at MWC 2025

  Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its plans for the development of 6G wireless technology, with several of the innovations set to be showcased at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona. The company says it will commence standardisation of 6G cellular technology this year by increasing the spectral efficiency and improving coverage across a...