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The latest addition to Honor’s X-series is now live in China with the Honor X80i. It brings a bright 120Hz AMOLED display, a 7,000mAh battery with 45W charging and is the first phone to launch with MediaTek’s Dimensity 6500 chipset. Strangely enough, MediaTek has not officially announced the Dimensity 6500, but Honor’s listing reveals a few key details. It features an eight-core CPU with 2x Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.6GHz alongside 6x Cortex-A55 units at 2.0GHz. We also get confirmation that the chip is equipped with a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU just like the Dimensity 6400 and its predecessors. As for…

Plastic production accounts for roughly 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions today. And our current moment shows just how embedded oil and gas products are in our lives. It goes far beyond their use for energy.  As I write this, I’m wearing clothes that contain plastic fibers, typing on a plastic keyboard, and looking through the plastic lenses of my glasses. It’s hard to imagine what our world looks like without plastic. And in some ways, moving away from fossil-derived plastic could prove even more complicated than decarbonizing our energy system.  Crude oil prices have been on a roller-coaster in…

The SurgePay vision is straightforward: money should just work. But the financial reality for millions of Africans and diaspora members tells a different story. SurgePay  has secured a six-figure award from Stellar’s organization, the Stellar Community Fund (SCF),  marking a strong vote of confidence in the platform’s mission to rebuild cross-border finance for Africa from the ground up. The award places SurgePay among a carefully selected group of fintech and blockchain teams chosen from 85 global applicants, and arrives at a moment when the platform is not just promising results but already delivering them. The SurgePay vision is straightforward: money…

vivo recently launched its X300 Ultra and X300s smartphones in China, alongside redesigned 200mm and 400mm teleconverters. The 200mm lens is dubbed the G2, while the 400mm is marketed as the G2 Ultra. The company has now revealed the compatibility list for these new external lenses. The vivo Zeiss G2 teleconverter is priced at CNY 999 ($145) in China and is compatible with the newly launched X300 Ultra and X300s. It will also work with the X300 Pro, X300, and the X200 Ultra. The G2 Ultra 400mm and G2 200mm teleconverters. Meanwhile, the older 2.35x teleconverter, originally introduced alongside the…

The collaboration will deliver new solutions that integrate SentinelOne’s leading EDR, security for AI apps and agents, and an AI-native platform with Google Cloud”s global-scale infrastructure and threat intelligence. SentinelOne,  the AI Security Leader, announced a significant multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud  to develop solutions that strengthen cyber defense. SentinelOne is an established, strategic Google Security partner with validated integrations across Google Security Operations, Google Threat Intelligence, and Chrome Enterprise. The collaboration will deliver new solutions that integrate SentinelOne’s leading EDR, security for AI apps and agents, and an AI-native platform with Google Cloud’s global-scale infrastructure and threat intelligence. “Security…

Nothing is reportedly gearing up to enter the AI glasses segment, according to a new report. The Carl Pei-led brand is also said to be developing a new pair of AI-powered earbuds. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, citing people familiar with the matter, Nothing is expected to launch a pair of AI glasses in the first half of next year. Image generated by author via ChatGPT The Nothing AI glasses are expected to feature built-in cameras, microphones, and speakers, and will rely on a connected smartphone and cloud processing to handle AI workloads. According to the report, the glasses will…

The rollout is positioned as one of the first large-scale deployments of AI-native concierge agents within the African hospitality sector, reinforcing CityBlue Hotels’ ambition to lead the next phase of innovation in guest experience and hotel operations across the continent. CityBlue Hotels,  one of Africa’s fastest-growing hotel groups, has announced a strategic partnership with UK-based platform Inntelo AI  to deploy AI-native concierge agents across its hotel portfolio, in a move aimed at advancing digital transformation in African hospitality. The announcement will be officially unveiled at the Future Hospitality Summit Africa, scheduled to take place in Nairobi on 31 March 2026.…

If you’ve been waiting for the AI Inbox in Gmail to become more widely available, today’s the day. This was initially only usable by “trusted testers” in January, but has now started rolling out for anyone in the US. There is, however, a gigantic caveat. It’s currently only available with the Google AI Ultra subscription, which is a whopping $249.99 per month. There’s also the smaller caveat that this is labeled as beta, but then again Gmail itself was in beta for many years, so that’s probably less relevant. As you can see from the screenshot above, the AI Inbox…

The partnership builds on NVIDIA NVLink Fusion, a rack-scale platform that enables customers to develop semi-custom AI infrastructure using the NVIDIA NVLink™ ecosystem. Marvell will provide custom XPUs and NVLink Fusion-compatible scale-up networking, while NVIDIA will provide the supporting technologies, including Vera CPU, ConnectX® NICs, BlueField® DPUs, NVLink interconnect and Spectrum-X™ switches, and the rack-scale AI compute. NVIDIA  and Marvell Technology, Inc.  announced a strategic partnership to connect Marvell to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion™, offering customers building on NVIDIA architectures greater choice and flexibility in developing next-generation infrastructure. The companies will also collaborate on…

POLAR Street X Urban Sports Watch | Key Features, Price & Alternatives HomeActivity TrackersPOLAR Street X Urban Sports Watch Gadget Flow EditorsPOLAR Street X Urban Sports WatchPOLAR Street X is a lightweight urban sports watch made for training, commuting, and daily wear. It blends durable hardware with useful fitness, navigation, and recovery tools.Bright AMOLED display: The 1.28-inch touchscreen stays clear day and night, and Gorilla Glass 3 helps protect it from scratches during everyday use.Reliable training data: Precision Prime heart-rate tracking, GPS, and support for 170+ sports help you measure effort, pace, routes, and progress more accurately.Built for city life:…