Ayaneo reveals the Pocket Play, an Android slider phone inspired by the Xperia Play
Ayaneo first teased the Ayaneo Pocket Play back in August, but has only now unveiled its design.
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Australia's under-16 social media ban triggers confusion, workarounds, and privacy fears
The legislation, which passed last year, requires Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube to verify the ages of Australian users and close the accounts of those identified as under 16. Although social media networks have begun to comply, gaps have already occurred in their age...
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Xbox suffers a brutal 69% drop in Pornhub traffic as PlayStation dominates
Pornhub's ever-interesting year-in-review shows that phones continue to make up the overwhelming majority of traffic to the platform – 87% – despite falling 3.5% compared to the previous year.
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Samsung is making 11 million OLED panels for Apple's first foldable iPhone
ETNews (syndicated by nate.com and translated by known tipster @jukan05) reports that Samsung Display will provide Apple with enough OLED screens for between 10 and 11 million foldable iPhones next year. As prior reports estimated between 6 and 8 million, the new number suggests Apple is confident regarding sales of...
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US to demand five years of social media history from foreign travelers under new proposal
Travelers from the 42 countries can currently visit the US for up to 90 days without a visa, provided they obtain an electronic travel authorization.
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Man arrested for allegedly wiping his Google Pixel before a CBP search
Tunick was indicted by a grand jury on November 13, and an arrest warrant was issued the same day. It says that on January 24, he knowingly destroyed the contents of the Pixel phone for the purpose of preventing or impairing government authorities from taking the property into their custody.
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Microsoft faces reality check on AI ambitions as Copilot and Foundry struggle to meet goals
Microsoft's push to make artificial intelligence the core of its product strategy is running into resistance from the very customers it expected to embrace it. Multiple Azure sales units fell short of ambitious growth targets tied to Foundry, Microsoft's marketplace for AI models and agent-building tools. In response, the company...
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This PowerShell script promises to remove every AI feature from Windows
A developer who goes by "Zoicware" has joined that resistance. He recently updated his tool for ripping AI features out of Windows 11. Called RemoveWindowsAI, the open-source PowerShell script is built to scrub Microsoft's growing stack of AI components, and the dev claims it does a far deeper clean than...
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AMD FSR Redstone Looks Sharp on Paper, Plays Rough, Launches Broken
AMD FSR Redstone launches with big promises, but Frame Generation is still flawed and major features are locked to RDNA 4. If you expected a leap toward Nvidia-level tech, this will disappoint.
Analysts predict PC market will grow in 2025 despite recent quarterly declines
Omdia recently released its latest quarterly report on PC shipments in the US. The market research firm, formerly known as Canalys, said the PC market fell for a second consecutive quarter, a decline driven primarily by US administration policies on tariffs, education, and government investment.
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