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* Lenovo introduces the first laptop using TCL CSOT’s inkjet OLED panel * Inkjet printing could reduce OLED production costs for future consumer devices * The Legion R9000P combines gaming performance with a sharper OLED display experience Lenovo has launched the Legion R9000P as the world's first laptop featuring TCL
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Lenovo has officially confirmed its return to the streaming hardware sector by teasing the Legion C700, a dedicated cloud-first gaming handheld scheduled to debut in August 2026. Developed in partnership with Tencent to natively integrate its START cloud platform, the device marks a distinct shift away from running hardware-heavy programs
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Indian smartphone manufacturer Lava has officially disclosed the core specifications and features of its upcoming Virat V1 5G and Virat V1 4G handsets. Scheduled to debut in India on July 24, this launch signals a major shift in the brand’s market approach. While Lava has traditionally focused on offline
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Bharti Airtel has officially updated the fine print on its website to state that its promotional “Unlimited 5G Data” benefit cannot be broadcast through mobile hotspots. The explicit clause clarifies a long-standing point of confusion for consumers, legally establishing the data perk as a smartphone-only service. Policy Enforcement and Data
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Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI has officially unveiled Kimi K3, signaling a major leap forward for the global open-source AI community. Touting 2.8 trillion parameters, Kimi K3 is designated as the world’s largest open-weight AI model to date, designed to aggressively compete with premier closed-source models from
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Google is officially consolidating its suite of artificial intelligence tools by rebranding its popular research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, as Gemini Notebook. The tactical name change moves the platform squarely into Google’s unified Gemini family, placing it alongside core offerings like the standard Gemini app and Gemini Live. Initially
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Xiaomi sub-brand Poco is reportedly gearing up to introduce the Poco M8 Power and Poco X8 in the Indian market. According to details shared by industry tipster Yogesh Brar, the smartphones are scheduled to debut later this quarter. The upcoming handsets are not entirely fresh designs but are instead expected
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The spring closet cleanout is one of those tasks that feels impossible until you have a system and genuinely straightforward once you do. The problem most people run into isn't the volume of stuff. It's figuring out what to do with it all. The four-pile method
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The air quality warnings affecting communities from Arizona to New York are a reminder that you don't have to be anywhere near a wildfire to feel its effects. Fine particles in wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles and remain at dangerous concentrations long after the visible haze
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Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a tricky one, with some long answers
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Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle features one of those purple categories where
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The enterprise technology ecosystem is caught in a costly cycle. Over the past two years, millions of dollars have been funneled into generative AI pilots, yet many of these initiatives stall out before ever reaching a live production environment. When a project fails, the immediate instinct of technical leadership is
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Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. Following the success of its $99 Kodak-branded Snapic A1, Reto Project is releasing the Kodak EC35, an even more affordable 35mm film
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Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.”) On the latest episode
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TL;DR Korea’s market now sets global AI sentiment. The Kospi-Nasdaq correlation has nearly tripled. SK Hynix’s US listing extended Korea’s influence into 24-hour trading. Fund managers in London, New York, and Tokyo have added a new step to their morning routine: checking South Korean stocks. Korea’
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The CERT Coordination Center warns that Wi-Fi routers built by Tenda may have a hidden, authentication backdoor in firmware. Researchers from CERT, the Computer Emergency Response Team for the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, discovered this Tenda router vulnerability and revealed that if a hidden default password is
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* Anthropic’s Claude extension flaws allow fake clicks to launch sensitive AI workflows * Researchers found vulnerable handlers unchanged across eight extension updates * Synthetic clicks bypassed checks designed to confirm real user actions Security researchers at Manifold Security have claimed Anthropic's Claude for Chrome browser extension contains two unpatched
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* Watch World Cup final free on BBC / free on ITV (UK) * UNLOCK STREAMS with NORTON VPN (try risk-free) * Spain vs Argentina – Kick Off: 3pm ET / 8pm BST The 2026 World Cup finalis here as Spain take on Argentina to be crowned champions. It is being billed as Lamine Yamal versus
