T-Mobile reveals 37 million accounts got their data stolen by a hacker

T-Mobile experienced a second breach in security in less than 18 months. The carrier revealed that a hacker stole data, including names, birth dates, and phone numbers, from 37 million customer accounts. The “bad actor” was initially found to obtain data on January 5, and the carrier plugged the hole with help from outside cybersecurity experts by the next day. According to the telecom, there was no evidence its security systems were compromised, and the mechanism the hacker used did not reveal more sensitive data like social security numbers, government identification numbers,...

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Here's the upcoming Poco X5 in cricketer Hardik Pandya's hand

The Poco X5 has been on a constant diet of certifications recently, before its official launch that should happen soon. But little did we know that cricket stars already had access to it, even if it's not official yet! Case in point: here's Hardik Pandya carrying what seems to look like the upcoming X-series device from Poco, taking a call on it without trying to hide it in any way. That gets us to believe that Poco and Pandya have a partnership going on, which if you're a cricket fan you may or may not be happy about. Hardik Pandya handling what looks like the Poco X5 Will we...

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Samsung Wallet is now available in 8 more regions, including India and Brazil

Samsung Wallet arrived last June, bringing Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass under one roof. It's been rolling out globally since, the Korean company now announcing the service is expanding to eight new markets, bringing the total to 29. The new regions are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, and the roll-out is scheduled for the end of January. Samsung Wallet app Samsung Wallet is a one-stop service for all types of cards - credit and debit, library cards, memberships and gift cards and even some digital supported keys, as well as...

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Leaked Honor Magic teaser suggest it's going after the Galaxy series at MWC

It appears that our initial expectations were true after all. Honor will introduce the new Magic5 series at this year's MWC in Barcelona. In case you've missed it, Honor hasn't officially confirmed its presence at this year's MWC, but the event's website revealed it will be more extensive that the company's participation last year. Now what looks like a teaser image was shared by a noted tipster. The image reads "Go beyond the Galaxy to witness the real Magic", with the capitalization of Galaxy a clear challenge of Samsung's flagship series. So Honor is clearly aiming high with its...

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Tecno Spark Go 2023 announced

The latest member of the Tecno Spark Go series is here and it brings a 6.56-inch LCD, Helio A22 chipset and a 5,000 mAh battery. Tecno Spark Go 2023 sports an HD+ display with a 60Hz refresh rate and a waterdrop notch housing its 5MP front-facing camera. Tecno Spark Go 2023 The back features a large camera island housing the 13MP main camera, a 2MP depth sensor and the fingerprint scanner. Spark Go 2023 comes with 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB storage which is expandable via the microSD card slot. The phone boots Android 12 with Tecno’s HiOS 12 on top. The 5,000 mAh battery supports 10W...

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Redmi Note 12 series hits record sales in India in the first week since launch

The Redmi Note series has been highly successful in India, reaching 72 million lifetime sales last year. The latest generation went on sale in the country on January 11 and it has already made its mark on the market – Xiaomi sold a record ₹3 billion worth of phones in under a week. ₹3 billion worth of Redmi Note 12 series phones have been sold in India in under a week The Redmi Note 12 series was hotly anticipated, Xiaomi India's CMO, revealed that even before the series went on sale, online retailers had accumulated over 8 million searches for the Redmi Note 12 models. Anyway,...

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Samsung Galaxy S23 series US pricing leaks

Following yesterday's price leak for the Galaxy S23 series in Australia, a new post from Reddit shows what is allegedly US pricing from an internal Verizon document. The good news for potential S23 buyers in the US is that Samsung will not raise prices on the new models compared to last year’s S22 series. Leaked Galaxy S23 sreies Verizon document Taking a closer look at the leaked document Samsung Diamond appears to be the internal codename for the new S23 series with DM1 being the Galaxy S23 while DM2 is the S23+ and DM3 is the S23 Ultra. The baseline Galaxy S23 will start at $799...

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iOS 16.3 is launching next week with several fixes

Apple’s new iOS 16.3 software update will bring key fixes once it arrives next week. It will remove the horizontal lines appearing temporarily on the screen and fix the lock screen and its widget. It will also have support for the new 2nd-gen HomePod and physical security keys. Apple identified the horizontal lines on some iPhone 14 Pro Max that appeared during phone wake-ups or restarts, and is about to issue a fix. The iOS 16.3 Beta revealed the new update will also address the bug where the wallpaper on the lock screen sometimes appeared black. The Home Lock Screen widget that...

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