Disney and Yahoo are also cutting jobs as a cost-saving measure

The tech world is bracing for a rough patch with a decline in sales and income, and companies left, and right are cutting jobs as a cost-saving measure. Twitter, Facebook’s parent company Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all announced layoffs, and now Disney and Yahoo also issued similar announcements. Disney’s CEO Robert Iger revealed 7,000 people would be cut as part of a “significant transformation”, while Yahoo will cut 20% of its workforce, which is about 1,700 people - of them, 1,000 will part ways as early as next week. Disney employs 220,000 people, 166,000 in the...

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Unlocked Samsung Galaxy A51 5G is receiving Android 13-based One UI 5.0 in the US

Samsung began rolling out the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for the Galaxy A51 5G last year, which is now seeding for the unlocked Galaxy A51 5G units in the US. The update comes with firmware version A516U1UEU8FWA4 and brings the usual One UI 5.0 goodies to the Galaxy A51 5G. You can read our One UI 5.0 review to learn more about it. However, instead of the February 2023 Android security patch, the One UI 5.0 update comes with the dated December 2022 security patch. That said, if you live in the US and haven't received the One UI 5.0 update on your unlocked Samsung...

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra gets subjected to another durability test

Mere hours ago, we brought you a video 'durability test' of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and here we are now back again with another video... another 'durability test' video, that is. Don't worry, we haven't gone insane - it's not the same video. This one is from the veteran of smartphone durability testing, Zack from JerryRigEverything. He's the one who practically invented this format, so here's his take on Samsung's latest and greatest, and how well it can withstand various stresses. In case you couldn't watch for whatever reason, we'll try to sum up the video's main points for...

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Android 14 developer preview 1 released

Google released the first developer preview of Android 14 and it brings our first-ever look into the next version of the OS. We also get to see a fresh new logo design that looks to be inspired by NASA space mission patches. Android 14 will focus on optimizing background processing to ensure optimal resource consumption and improved battery life. The new OS version is made with tablets and foldables in mind. Google says Android 14 “builds on the work done in Android 12L and Android 13 to support tablets and foldable form factors” meaning we can expect even more optimizations for big...

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vivo V27 Pro and V27e spotted on Google Play Console

The vivo V27 series is expected to launch in India later this month with three models – the V27, V27 Pro and V27e. The latter two have now appeared in listings on Google Play Console ahead of their launch. vivo V27 Pro listing on Google Play Console vivo V27 Pro (V2230) brings a 1080x2400px display and will be equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 8200 chipset and 8GB RAM. The listing also confirms the phone is running on Android 13. The vivo V27e (V2230) also packs a 1080x2400px display and utilizes MediaTek’s Helio G99 chipset alongside 8GB RAM. Android 13 is also present...

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