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iOS 18 to Boost Apple Music With Smarter Song Transitions & More: Report
Kanika Gogia
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According to a report by AppleInsider, the upcoming iOS 18 will bring a "Smart Song Transition" feature that allows a user to adjust the crossfade duration and pick between one and twelve seconds. It might dynamically apply the Crossfade effect to the track a user is playing. Also, iOS 18 might also bring a new Spatial Gaming mode and other audio improvements. Apple is also reportedly exploring a new feature called "Passthrough" for Apple Music and QuickTime Player.
The Realme GT 6T is the very first Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3-powered phone in the Indian market. Alongside the powerful 4nm processor, the device comes with a big 5,500mAh battery backed by 120W fast charging support. In addition, there's also a Sony LYT 600 primary sensor setup. You get to see a big 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED curved display with 120Hz refresh rate, as well as stereo speakers coupled with it. As for the price, the smartphone comes in four variants and the base 8GB/128GB variant starts at Rs 30,999.
Likes Go Private! Elon Musk Wants You Like ‘Edgy’ X Posts Risk-Free
Anshuman Jain
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X (formerly Twitter) is removing the public Likes tab to stop others from seeing all the posts you've liked on the platform. The move is aimed to encourage more engagement and improve user privacy. Posts on X will still have a likes count. You can see who liked your posts, but no one will see your full like history.
After the massive success of X-Men '97 Marvel is moving forward with their X-Men live action movie. They have hired a writer to write the script for this movie and as of now, we do not have a tentative release date for this unnamed X-Men Movie.
Carl Pei shared a post showing us a look at the new quick settings coming to the Nothing OS. But this post also secretly teases a look at what could possibly be the Nothing Phone 3 as an extra button could be spotted right below the power button on the right side. We speculate the function of this button and also discuss whether this could be a clever ploy to start buzz around the Nothing Phone 3.
Upanishad Sharma
XDefiant opened up to empty lobbies with gamers unable to find a match due to a matchmaking error. Find out if XDefiant servers are down right now here.
At the Windows Build Developer Conference, Microsoft has revealed that its Teams is all set to get custom emojis next month itself, that is, June 2024. The brand new feature will be made available via the Microsoft Teams public preview. This will work similarly to how Slack uses custom emojis, and is an attempt at making Team users express "more creatively and authentically".
Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows with X Elite Chip
Abubakar Mohammed
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Qualcomm's X Elite developer kit costs $899 and it comes with a special edition 12-core X Elite processor, 32GB LPDDR5X RAM, 512GB of m.2 NVMe storage, and lots of I/O. The kit will go on sale starting June 18, the same day the first batch X Elite Copilot Plus PCs go on sale.
Valorant Replay System is finally coming. In a latest Valorant Dev Updates video, Riot Games shares more on the gameplay and specifically the Replay System. Marcus Reid, Valorant Tech Lead showcases the prototype and all the defects of the system so far. He also mentions that Replay System is nowhere near launch.
For the first time, a mega-corporation like Microsoft has released an open-source multimodal model. The new Phi-3 Vision model is trained on 4.2B parameters and brings a context length of up to 128K tokens. Microsoft has also released Phi-3 Small (7B) and Phi-3 Medium (14B) models.
Carl Pei, CEO of Nothing, has revealed a redesigned quick settings panel for the Nothing phones. The new design features circular icons, and a thicker, bottom-placed brightness slider for easier one-handed use. The design looks clean and modern but it is a work in progress. Some users are loving this redesigned concept but it has a resemblance to OxygenOS quick settings panel.
2024 marks the One Piece anime's 25th anniversary year as a result multiple celebrations and projects have been announced. According to Toei Animation's X account, the Straw Hat Pirates will head over the Las Vegas Sphere to mark the 25th anniversary of One Piece. As a result, get ready for the biggest celebrations, which will take place at Sphere Vegas from June 10 to June 16.
Intel has finally revealed a launch window for its upcoming lineup of Lunar Lake processors. The chips are set to launch in Q3 2024 with the collection being spread to over 80 laptop designs and 20 manufactures. Intel Lunar Lake is poised to be 3 times more powerful in AI processing compared to Meteor Lake. This will be in turn powered by a boosted NPU capable of outputting 40 NPU tera operations per second.
Last week, OpenAI demoed the 'Sky' voice during the ChatGPT 4o launch. The voice seemed straight out of the movie 'Her', where Scarlett Johansson lent her voice to the AI character 'Samantha'. Now, it turns out Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was in contact with Scarlett Johansson to voice the new ChatGPT 4o system. However, Johansson had refused the offer, way back in September 2023. Now, Johansson is seeking clarity and transparency as to how the 'Sky' voice was developed. Meanwhile, OpenAI has paused the 'Sky' voice on ChatGPT.
According to the latest Shift Up sales reports, sales of Stellar Blade are "exceeding expectations." At some point, the developers plan to put it on a PC to further boost its already massive sales. The creators also intend to make Stellar Blade become a thrilling franchise similar to the God of War and Final Fantasy games which further hints at Stellar Blade 2.
Microsoft has unveiled Copilot Plus PCs with built-in hardware to handle AI tasks. Some of the Copilot Plus PC features include Recall, Super Resolution, Cocreator, Live Captions, and a new Copilot experience based on Chat GPT-4o.
Microsoft Unveils Copilot+ Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with Snapdragon X Elite
Arjun Sha
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The new era of ARM PCs is here. Microsoft has just announced its Copilot+ PCs including Surface Laptop and Surface Pro. Both Surface devices come with the Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus chipsets. You get a built-in NPU that can deliver performance up to 45 TOPS. The price starts at $999 for both Surface devices.
Deadpool and Wolverine is the most sought after movie of 2024 which is evident by how people have stormed the site selling the tickets. If you want to get your hands on these tickets, go through this article and find the link to do so. LFG!
Radojka Travar
Minecraft's 15th anniversary has even spread to Google, as it's currently possible for you to play an interactive browser game in it. Simply type "Minecraft" in the search bar and click on the grass block at the bottom. Steve's hand will appear and you can break the parts of the browser where the cursor becomes the crosshair. Random Minecraft screenshots will appear with some blocks in it. Break the blocks and make pickaxes by breaking logs, stone, iron ore and more. Once you're done, click on the X button at the bottom and creeper will blow up, returning browser to normal.
According to Mark Gurman, the upcoming iOS 18 will focus on "proactive intelligence" and aim to improve Siri's voice capabilities, giving it a more conversational feel. The AI features include the auto-summarization feature for notifications, providing quick synopses of news articles, transcribing voice memos, and improving calendar suggestions. Despite some AI enhancements, Apple's proprietary chatbot will still be missing. To cater to consumer demands, Apple is reportedly teaming up with OpenAI to integrate the startup’s technology into iOS 18.
Wuthering Waves first banner is expected to feature Jiyan, Danjin, Chixia, and Mortefi in phase 1. The phase banners of version 1.0 is expected to feature Yinlin, with the 4-star characters still unknown. The Wuthering Waves standard banner is expected to feature Calcharo, Verina, Encore, Lingyang, and Jianxin.
Get ready to witness a John Wick-esque comedy-action anime soon. According to License Global, Netflix has acquired the rights to Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga. As a result, the Sakamoto Days anime is currently under development behind the scenes with a 2024 premiere planned on Netflix. This anime adaption is apparently under the supervision of TMS Entertainment, the production studio behind anime like Fruits Basket, Dr. Stone, Baki, etc. However, we have to wait for an official announcement.
X-Men’97 Season 2 in Post-Production; Hunt for New Writer for Season 3 Begins
Shashank Shakya
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After a blockbuster Season 1, X-Men'97 season 2 is already in the last stage of production. However, the third season for this series will feature a new writer and not Beau DeMayo. As of now, there is no confirmation who this writer is going to be.
After iPad Pro, iPhone 17 to Get ‘Significantly Thinner’ Design: Report
Anmol Sachdeva
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According to a latest report by The Information, one model of the iPhone 17 series will have a significantly thinner design along with cameras in the top center on the back. Also, the model will have a thinner Dynamic Island, a carry an expensive price tag than the current iPhone 15 Pro Max.
[UPDATE] Wuthering Waves Removed from Play Store, Developer Responds
Anmol Sachdeva
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Wuthering Waves has been removed from the Google Play Store but the game is still visible on the iOS App Store and Epic Games store. We reached out to the developers to find out more about the issue. Here's what they say.
Wuthering Waves Leak: You Don’t Have to Waste Pulls for Constellations, You Can Buy Them
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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In Wuthering Waves CBT2, players could purchase character duplicates using the in-game currency Afterglow Corals. The Afterglow Corals is received after pulling character copies from banners, including 4-star characters. There is no official information yet about whether this feature will be implemented in the full release of the game or not.
Pixel Phones Get Smarter Haptics with Adaptive Vibration Feature
Abubakar Mohammed
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Rolling out in Android 15 Beta 2, Adaptive Vibration automatically adjusts your Pixel's vibration strength based on your surroundings. You can find the option in Settings > Sound and Vibration > Vibration and Haptics.
We don't have to just hope for season 2 renewal of Shogun as the Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the production crew is working on season 3 alongside season 2. Furthermore, the first season's creative team members, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michaela Clavell, Rachel Kondo, and Justin Marks, are all coming back to work on seasons 2 and 3.
Sampad Banerjee
The Epic Games Store has returned with its annual Mega Sale from May 16 to June 13, offering best deals on games such as Alan Wake 2, and Hogwarts Legacy. While the discount coupons aren't available, Epic will give back discount in the form of Reward Points.
Take-Two Interactive's 2K Games confirms they'll announce a brand-new sequel from a well-beloved franchise this year. For that, the company will be partnering up with Summer Game Fest due to take place on June 7, 2024.
Anmol Sachdeva
During its fourth quarterly earnings call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that GTA 6 will be releasing in Fall 2025. So, get ready to meet Lucia and Jason in Leonida early next year.
Weird iOS 17.5 Bug Is Resurfacing Years Old Deleted Photos for Some Users
Kanika Gogia
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Apple started rolling out the iOS 17.5 update on May 13, 2024. Now, there are some reports from iOS users claiming their iPhone is bringing back old deleted photos out of nowhere after updating to iOS 17.5. In some cases, the photos which were deleted some years ago have started resurfacing in the user's photo libraries. This could be due to an indexing bug or a syncing issue between Apple devices and iCloud Photos.
Boruto Two Blue Vortex Chapter 10 Preview Teases a Much-Awaited Fight
Ajith Kumar
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The chapter 10 preview of the Boruto Two Blue Vortex manga confirmed that Hidari, Sasuke's clone, will take on Sarada Uchiha. When Hidari uses his incredibly powerful Chidori against Sarada, she manages to avoid it. As Sarada awakens her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, she and her dad's clone will engage in a full-fledged emotional battle in Boruto TBV Chapter 10 on May 21, 2024.
Aparna Ukil
3 Body Problem is a critically acclaimed Netflix series that took the Internet by storm earlier this year. Recently, the streaming platform has renewed the show for additional episodes and here we discuss everything about it.
Moto Edge 50 Fusion Launched in India: Price, Specs & Availability
Sagnik Das Gupta
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The Moto Edge 50 Fusion has gone official in India with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset. Some key specifications include a 6.7-inch 144Hz pOLED curved display, a 5000mAh battery with 68W fast charging, 15 5G bands, 50MP Sony LYT 700C primary sensor, among others. The phone starts at Rs 22,999 for the 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage variant. Meanwhile, the 12GB/256GB variant costs Rs 24,999.
As Minecraft turns 15, Mojang and Microsoft slash the prices of the game into halves. So, you can now buy Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minceraft Legends for $19.99. Additionally, Minecraft for Mobile is also available for $1.99.
Google Beefs up Android Security with Theft Protection, Live Threat Detection, and More
Anshuman Jain
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In this article, we will discuss upcoming security features on Android devices, including theft protection with factory reset requirements, offline detection, easier access to Find My Device, live threat detection for Google Play Protect, hidden content in screen sharing, and cellular network protection. These features aim to enhance user privacy and security, and will be available on Android 10+ devices later this year.
The first Wear OS 5 Developer Preview has been released and is based on Android 14. It brings improvements to battery life, new watch face development guidelines, and new guidelines for larger displays. Besides, it brings a bunch of new developer-centric features to help easily test apps on Wear OS.
Google has officially announced the Android 14 update for Android TV. The new Android update brings new energy modes to give more control to users. You can choose between Low Energy Mode, Optimized Energy Mode, and Increased Energy Mode. In addition, Google is also bringing picture-in-picture mode, color correction, improved user navigation, and more.
The Beta 2 update for Android 15 is finally out for the public and unlike previous releases that were lackluster, this new update brings in some exciting features. It introduces private space, satellite connectivity support, app pairs, vibration in notification channels, improved PiP animations and lots under the hood and privacy improvements.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Trailer Showcases Dual Protagonists in Japan
Ishan Adhikary
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Ubisoft has revealed the protagonists of Assassin's Creed Shadows along with more details in the official trailer. According to the trailer, we will see two protagonists in the game with the name Naoe and Yasuke. Naoe is a stealthy Shinobi, whereas Yasuke is the series-first real-life historical Samurai. Assassin's Creed Shadows will come to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, Mac, and PC on November 15.
First Look at The Last of Us Season 2 Revealed; Slated to Release in 2025
Shashank Shakya
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In a recent update, the first look of Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie in The Last of Us Season 2 was revealed. This reveal brought us a look at an older looking Ellie and a much more sinister looking Joel. The Last of Us Season 2 is set to make a release in 2025. The release date is not yet specified.