Alleged Redmi K70 Pro appears on Geekbench with key specs

Xiaomi will launch the Redmi Note 13 series tomorrow in China, but the company is also expected to unveil the Redmi K70 lineup this year. The brand hasn't divulged anything about the Redmi K70 series yet, but a Xiaomi device sporting model code 23117RK66C, and believed to be the Redmi K70 Pro, has popped up on Geekbench with key specs. The device runs Android 14 and has 16GB RAM onboard. It's powered by an octa-core CPU having a 1 + 2 + 5 configuration, with the prime core having a maximum clock frequency of 3.19 GHz. This chipset is believed to be the yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 8 Gen...

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Samsung Galaxy S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra finally get One UI 6 beta based on Android 14

Samsung started publicly beta testing the next release of its Android skin, One UI 6, which is based on Android 14, last month. Unsurprisingly, the rollout started with the Galaxy S23 family, the latest flagship line from the Korean device maker. After that you may have expected the Galaxy S22 models to be next in line, but no - they've only been added to the beta program today. And so far, only in Korea, but undoubtedly more regions will follow soon. It's an odd decision on Samsung's part to hold off on releasing the One UI 6 beta for last year's flagships for so long - especially...

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Google's Bard AI can now connect to Gmail, Google Docs, Maps, Drive, and YouTube

Google initially unveiled its Bard AI tool as a knee-jerk reaction to the overnight popularity gained by ChatGPT earlier this year, but in the meantime the search giant has continued to improve Bard - whether by adding new features or expanding its reach. Today is another 'new feature' day in Bardland, as Bard Extensions are launching. Google says this is "a completely new way to interact and collaborate with Bard". Using Extensions, Bard can get relevant information from all the other Google products you probably use every day - things like Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and even...

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Teardown video shows the Huawei Mate 60 Pro components that shouldn't be there

A teardown of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro left politicians and companies scratching their heads – how did Huawei manage to get a 5G-capable, 7nm chipset? Under current sanctions, this shouldn’t be possible. And yet here it is. Now here is another teardown of the phone, this time in English rather than Chinese. Not that it makes the situation any clearer. Here is the phone’s motherboard uncovered: The Huawei Mate 60 Pro motherboard You can’t see the HiSilicon Kirin 9000s chipset itself, instead you see the SK Hynix RAM chips that sit above it. Those are themselves a mystery and SK...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra rumored to ditch 10x periscope module

Samsung has offered a periscope sensor with 10x optical zoom for three years in a row, starting with the Galaxy S21 Ultra but it seems that will come to an end next year. Noted tipster Ice Universe reports that the Galaxy S24 Ultra will only offer 3x and 5x telephoto sensors. As per the leakster, the S24 Ultra will bring a 10MP 3x telephoto sensor and a new 50MP 1/2.52” sensor with 0.7µm pixels offering 5x optical zoom. Despite its shorter zoom range, the new 50MP telephoto module will likely offer a significant boost in image quality. We previously got info that the S24 Ultra will...

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