
Samsung to cripple Galaxy Z Flip 7 with Exynos 2500 gamble
Low yields, high hopes, and no Snapdragon 8 Elite
Samsung’s cost-cutting obsession has apparently reached new heights, as the outfit's mobile division is rumoured to be ditching Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in favour of its own Exynos 2500 for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7.

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats
Sales hit in mobiles, AI and memory chips
Samsung Electronics reckons looming US tariffs could sink demand for its smartphones and memory chips, with the South Korean giant sounding the alarm during its latest earnings call.

Digital dementia debunked
Tech-savvy pensioners have sharper minds
Scaremongering over digital dementia has taken a hit after new research found that older adults who regularly use smartphones, tablets and computers show lower rates of cognitive decline.

Google forcing better Gemini integration in WhatsApp
Part of its cunning plan to replace Google Assistant
Search engine outfit Google is working on making its Gemini AI project more tightly integrated with WhatsApp.

People type on mobiles as fast as a keyboard
Not me
People can now type nearly as fast on a screen as they can on a keyboard according to a study from Swiss boffins.

Punters upgrade every three years now
Funny what the effect of jacking the price up is
People are hanging on to their phones for three years rather than two according to a new survey data released by Ting Mobile

Chinese phones being used for monitoring
And it is pretty obvious
A global anti-censorship network AdVox claims that Chinese mobile phones are overtly spying on their users.

France says “non” to mobiles in schools
Public health issue
The French government is planning to ban students from using mobile phones in the country's primary, junior and middle schools.

Trump wants to purge White House of mobiles
Not his of course
Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is rather attached to his mobile phone which he uses to make pronouncements through his Twitter account at all hours.

Indian government considers propping up failing Apple
Sure we will prop up your failing business model - what else can we spend our cash on?
It appears that the Indian government is taking seriously a request from Apple to help prop up its failing business model and inflate its stonking margins.