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Xiaomi is rumored to unveil its 17T series smartphones in May and we now have our first look at the vanilla model thanks to a listing on Brazil’s Anatel certification agency. The listing shows a live image of the Xiaomi 17T’s back alongside its 67W charger. The images, shared by Technoblog, reveal a largely familiar design to the Xiaomi 15T but with an altered camera setup. There are three cameras on the back of the phone, with the fourth cutout being a decorative module. The Leica branding is once again placed dead center, while the LED flash is now positioned…

Cheap, accessible models now produce weaponized deepfakes—from sexually explicit images to political propaganda—that look startlingly real. They’re already inciting violence, changing minds, and sowing mistrust, with women and marginalized groups disproportionately affected. Experts fear that they’re cratering trust and critical thinking. Here’s why they’re alarmed. —Eileen Guo Weaponized deepfakes are on our list of the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now, MIT Technology Review’s guide to what’s really worth your attention in the busy, buzzy world of AI.  The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI has ended its…

You’ve probably noticed this if you’ve ever used AirPods with an Android phone. Pair them up, and they work fine as basic Bluetooth earbuds. But ear detection, noise control switching, and conversational awareness are all gone. That’s been the reality for a long time. LibrePods Android just hit the Play Store, and it’s changing that. Developer Kavish Devar built LibrePods by reverse-engineering Apple’s proprietary AirPods protocols. The app tricks your AirPods into thinking they’re connected to an iPhone, which opens up the full feature set. You get ear detection, noise control mode switching, and conversational awareness that lowers volume while…

Overall, the launch reflects Senegal’s commitment to building a structured and inclusive digital economy, with a clear focus on innovation-led development and long-term technological sovereignty. Université Amadou Mahtar Mbow has officially inaugurated a UniPod innovation hub alongside the launch of the “Sénégal Digital Factory: From Idea to Product” initiative, marking a new phase in Senegal’s national digital transformation strategy aimed at turning ideas into scalable, real-world solutions. The announcement highlights Senegal’s ambition to position digital technology as a key driver of sovereignty, job creation, and sustainable economic growth. According to officials, the initiative comes at a time when artificial intelligence,…

The ability to back up your WhatsApp chats to the cloud has been around for about a decade now. Android users can back up their chats on Google Drive, while iPhone users can back up their chats on iCloud. But WhatsApp could offer you the option to back up your chats to its own cloud storage in the future. According to a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing a feature that will let users back up their WhatsApp chats on its own cloud storage, which will be encrypted. The image below shows that Android users will have two options for…

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Through the collaboration, WildMango will support the distribution, integration, and localization of OpenAI’s products and services. WildMango  announced a landmark partnership with OpenAI  to expand access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies across Africa. As one of OpenAI’s first SMB Partners on the continent, WildMango will enable businesses, institutions, and developers to adopt and scale AI solutions tailored to their needs.This partnership will support democratizing access to advanced AI capabilities, accelerating innovation, and unlocking new economic opportunities across African markets. Through the collaboration, WildMango will support the distribution, integration, and localization of OpenAI’s products and services. This includes working closely with…

It’s a Tuesday here at Coolsmartphone Towers, and the postie has just dropped off something that feels like it’s been beamed in from a future where we’ve finally solved the problem of my terrible handwriting. I’ve been diving deep into the digital archives, scouring the wider web, and crunching through the data (think of it as me doing the hard yards in the library so you don’t have to) to bring you the lowdown on the Plaud Note Pro.  If you’ve been following my ramblings for a while, you’ll know I’ve got a bit of a love-hate relationship with “AI”…

For its famous intractability, the Bloomberg Terminal has long inspired devotion, bordering on obsession. Among traders, the ability to chart a path through the software’s dizzying scrolls of numbers and text to isolate far-flung information is the mark of a seasoned professional.But as a greater mass of data is fed into the Terminal—not only earnings and asset prices, but weather forecasts, shipping logs, factory locations, consumer spending patterns, private loans, and so on—valuable information is being lost. “It has become more and more untenable,” says Shawn Edwards, chief technology officer at Bloomberg. “You miss things, or it takes too long.”To…

Google recently announced that it’s bringing new features for the Google Wallet app, which allows users in India, Singapore and Taiwan to use digital alternatives to their physical IDs and passes, to name a few. Part of the company’s official post reads: Digital IDs are a convenient and helpful tool to help prove who you are without needing to dig through a physical wallet — and we’re continuing to expand access globally. For these credentials to be truly useful, they need to be secure, private and effective across both physical and digital spaces. That’s why we focus on building digital IDs…