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A few days ago, Oppo started teasing an upcoming K-series device in India, and the URL for the teaser microsite revealed that the phone in question is the K14x. As the name implies, this should be the successor to the K13x, which made its debut in June of last year. Oppo hasn’t shared any official specs of the K14x, nor any other information aside from the teaser image you can see below. However, a new leak today claims the K14x will be powered by the Dimensity 6300 SoC. This is the same chipset used by its predecessor, so if there…

Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok. The Southeast Asian countries banned Grok after it was used to create a flood of nonconsensual, sexualized imagery on X (now a subsidiary of xAI), including images of real women and minors. In late December and January, Grok was used to create at least 1.8 million sexualized images of women, according to separate analyses by The New York Times and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. In a statement, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said that it was lifting the ban after X…

February will be a busy month with the arrival of the Galaxy S26 series, but it is not here yet. And the outgoing S25 models aren’t at “final sale” prices yet. However, Samsung is offering an interesting way to move up a generation if you have a 2024 model. The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE was a mild refresh of the S24 FE. You can check out our versus article for a detailed comparison between these two. Also, here’s how the S25 FE compares with the S25+. Here is Samsung.com’s offer for S24 FE owners – you can trade it in…

Elon Musk’s reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric — or maybe the robber barons of the Gilded Age. Source link

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The Samsung Galaxy A37 and A57 are coming soon, though we don’t know when exactly. But their official-looking renders have given us their design and hint at their specs. The A57 will measure 6.9mm and weigh 182 grams – both slimmer and lighter than the A56. Upfront, it packs a 6.6-inch TCL SCOT flexible OLED. Expect Samsung’s Exynos 1680 chipset and a 5,000mAh battery with 45W charging. The S26 series pricing leaked. The S26 could see a price increase due to the move to a starting point of 256 gigs. The S26+ will likely be the same price as its…

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more than 20 AV partners worldwide, the question isn’t just whether Waabi can deliver on its plans to deploy over 25,000 robotaxis, but whether Uber’s bet-on-everything strategy actually works.  Watch as Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane and Anthony Ha discussed Uber’s AV partnership strategy, why Waabi’s “simulation-first” approach might be different, and…

The Reno15 series launched in China in November, and has recently started rolling out in other markets, but Oppo is already working on the Reno16 devices. According to a new leak by the prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo, all members of the Reno16 family (in China) will have a 200MP main camera, a 50MP periscope telephoto camera, the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 SoC at the helm, a metal frame, and a LIPO OLED display. Oppo Reno15 Pro Marketing will focus on the Reno16 devices being thin and light while having great camera chops. The Reno16 family is now expected to…

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO — a move that could signal the long-awaited reopening of the public markets after a years-long IPO drought. In the meantime, late-stage private companies like SpaceX are finding other ways to create liquidity for employees and early shareholders, largely through a fast-growing secondary market. To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions…

Apple introduced MagSafe wireless charging in 2020 with the iPhone 12 series. In contrast to regular wireless charging, it uses magnets rather than relying on manual alignment between the charging coils or on gravity to keep the phone and charger together. It is a simple, cheap and effective solution. So why is it that smartphone makers have been so reluctant to adopt it, even years after the Qi standard officially added a Magnetic Charging Profile? Perhaps it’s better to ask this instead – do you care whether your phone has magnets for wireless charging? First, a bit of history. The…