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With the change in TikTok ownership, TikTok users in the U.S. are collectively freaking out over the company’s updated privacy policy after being alerted to the changes through an in-app message. The revised document details the U.S. joint venture’s conditions for using its service, including the specific location information it may collect. Many users are also posting to social media about language found in the policy, which says that TikTok could collect sensitive information about its users, including their “sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status.” But despite the panic, this disclosure isn’t…

Not so long ago, it looked like mini smartphones were all but dead – now they seem to be thriving with multiple makers launching models at several price points. Oppo launched one in the Reno15 series and it was the clear winner of last week’s poll. But how successful would it be outside of its Reno15 family? The Oppo Reno15 Pro, aka Reno15 Pro Mini in India, didn’t knock it out of the park with around a quarter of the vote going in its favor – notably, there are a lot more people who think they can get a better…

We’re in a unique moment for AI companies building their own foundation model. First, there is a whole generation of industry veterans who made their name at major tech companies and are now going solo. You also have legendary researchers with immense experience but ambiguous commercial aspirations. There’s a clear chance that at least some of these new labs will become OpenAI-sized behemoths, but there’s also room for them to putter around doing interesting research without worrying too much about commercialization. The end result? It’s getting hard to tell who is actually trying to make money.  To make things simpler, I’m proposing a kind of sliding scale for any company making…

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The Realme Note 70 was launched last summer, and now the brand is already working on its successor, which will unsurprisingly be called Realme Note 80. This device has now been certified for sale in Malaysia by SIRIM, the local authority in charge. It has the model number RMX5388, and that is all that the certification reveals – it basically ties the commercial name to the model number. Now that we know that the RMX5388 is the Note 80, we know that it’s also received the EEC and TKDN certifications. A listing at Element Materials Technology has revealed that it…

Multitasking with Google’s AI is about to get much smoother thanks to a new update for Gemini Live. According to new findings, it appears that you will soon see a floating button on your screen that lets you control your chat without stopping what you are doing in other apps.A new way to control GeminiIf you have used Gemini Live to brainstorm or ask questions while switching between apps, you know it can be a bit clumsy. Currently, if you leave the Gemini app, you have to pull down your notification bar just to see if it is still listening…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. The Winklevoss twins were donors to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and also backed his family’s business ventures. In a joint filing on Friday, the SEC and Gemini asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, which centered on the collapse of an investment product called Gemini Earn, with some investors losing access to their money for 18 months. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Gemini in 2023 and accused the company of defrauding investors. To justify dismissing the SEC’s…

KORG KAOSS PAD V Dynamic Effect / Sampler | Key Features, Price & Alternatives HomeComing SoonKORG KAOSS PAD V Dynamic Effect / Sampler Gadget Flow EditorsKORG KAOSS PAD V Dynamic Effect / SamplerExplore hands-on sound control with KORG KAOSS PAD V, a dual-touch effects and sampling unit for stage, studio, and streaming setups.Dual-touch performance pad: Control two parameters at once so you can shape filters, delays, pitch, and modulation together for richer, moving textures.Flexible inputs and routing: Use MIC, LINE, Hi-Z, and USB audio at the same time to blend vocals, instruments, and computer sound in one rig.Voice FX engine:…

This week, we will have a look at several Samsung and Apple tablets, but we’ll kick things off with a quick peek at foldables. Samsung will launch the Galaxy S26 series next month, so we’re still waiting for a “last hurrah” discount on the S25 models. Meanwhile, the foldables won’t be replaced until H2. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 is available with either a $200 straight discount or you can get trade-in credit of up to $600. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 has a larger straight discount, $350, and trade-in credit – up to $1,000. Last…

This might be the strangest bug I’ve ever heard about, and it is a messy one. A Reddit subscriber with the username mixmasterswitch shared a story about his wife explaining that when someone calls her Pixel 5 and leaves a voicemail, they can hear her talking while in the process of leaving a voicemail message. The wife doesn’t hear anything on her end, which makes it look as though she ignored the caller. But the caller can everything the wife is saying which is a pretty big breach of privacy.Some Pixel users’ comments are being overheard by callersThe husband and…