US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

The US Supreme Court has upheld the law which bans TikTok in the US unless it's sold by January 19. To be clear, the ban only requires Apple and Google to remove the app from their app stores, it doesn't outright ban the app's use in the States. That said, TikTok has already announced that it will completely shut down in the US if the ban is upheld, in a possible act of grandstanding meant to at least put a hold on the ban. Now, incoming US President Donald Trump could do that, but the problem is the ban goes into effect 24 hours before he is inaugurated, so for those 24 hours at...

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Samsung Galaxy S25 family stars in leaked promo video detailing AI and camera features

Another day, another Samsung Galaxy S25 family promo leak. This time it's a video, which in just over a minute and a half manages to go through quite a lot of stuff. It also shows us the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra - or parts of them - at the end. Before you ask, no that's not the Galaxy S25 Slim because all indications so far have been that, design-wise, it's just a thinner S25+. And if that's the case, then it should have the S25+'s rounded corners, whereas the phone that's portrayed in the video showing us a bit of its front clearly has less rounded corners - just like...

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Canalys: vivo and Huawei beat Apple for lead of China's smartphone market in 2024

Canalys reports that 2024 was a year of recovery for the smartphone market in China. A total of 285 million units were shipped, up 4% compared to the year before. The Top 5 is mostly local brands with only Apple in third breaking the pattern. vivo became the new market leader with 49.3 million units shipped, while a rebounding Huawei also moved past Apple with a year-on-year growth of 37% (for a total of 46.0 million units shipped). Apple, which was the #1 company in 2023, is now down to third place followed by Oppo and Honor. People’s Republic of China...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro, Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+ chipsets leak

Earlier today the fact that Samsung is working on the Galaxy XCover7 Pro rugged smartphone leaked, and now the same source is back with some more information about three upcoming Samsung tablets and the chipsets they will use. Let's start with the Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro. Like the Galaxy XCover7 Pro smartphone, this will complement the non-Pro version launched in January of last year. And like the XCover7 Pro, the Tab Active5 Pro is said to employ Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset. The tablet will be offered in Wi-Fi-only and 5G variants. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Now let's...

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Samsung Galaxy XCover7 Pro in the works with surprising chipset

Samsung launched the rugged Galaxy XCover7 almost exactly one year ago, and according to a new report today the company hasn't forgotten about this rather niche line. In fact, it's working on the Galaxy XCover7 Pro. And unlike the XCover7, which uses MediaTek's Dimensity 6100+ SoC, the Pro will go with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 instead. Samsung Galaxy XCover7 This has allegedly been revealed through "code from reliable sources", whatever that means. Like the XCover7, the Pro should be MIL-STD-810H certified for ruggedness, on top of an IP rating for dust and water...

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Apple in talks with Barclays, Synchrony, and JPMorgan Chase for Apple Card takeover

Ever since its introduction in 2019, the Apple Card has been powered by Goldman Sachs, but that might change soon. Yesterday Goldman Sachs' CEO said his company's deal with Apple could end early, and today a new report claims two other institutions are ready to step in: the Barclays bank and the financial services company Synchrony. As you might expect for something like this, Apple, Barclays and Synchrony have declined to comment. The report cites "two sources familiar with the matter". Apparently, negotiations between Apple and Barclays have been ongoing for "several months". That...

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This is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim and here's how thin it actually is

Samsung's Galaxy S25 family is growing this year, as alongside the usual vanilla, Plus, and Ultra models we're also getting the Galaxy S25 Slim. This has now been portrayed in the first leaked renders. The Galaxy S25 Slim allegedly measures 159 x 76 x 6.4 mm. That makes it just about the size of the Galaxy S24+ (and, we assume, the S25+ as well), except, obviously, it's much thinner. For what it's worth the Galaxy S24+ is 7.7 mm thick. The Galaxy S25 Slim is apparently 8.3 mm thick at the camera bump, which is just 0.1 mm more than what the Galaxy S25 Ultra is expected to be at...

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