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Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sources told Reuters.The details of the push provide an insight into the US smartphone company’s private strategy to navigate around the Trump tariffs and build up inventory of its popular iPhones in the United States, one of its biggest markets.Analysts have warned that US prices of iPhones could surge, given Apple’s high reliance on imports from China, the main manufacturing hub…
This year, global trade is undergoing major restructuring amid President Trump’s tariffs on America’s trading partners. The historically strong transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Europe is now faltering amid the trade war. China might be looking for ways to pull Europe closer, especially with regard to electric vehicles. Welcome to the Friday edition of Critical Materials, your daily round-up of news and events shaping the world of battery-powered cars and technology. Also on the radar today: Tesla has suspended sales of its U.S.-made Model S and X in China and Lucid is looking to take over select assets of…
The Oppo Find X8 Ultra is the latest “Ultra” flagship on the scene, positioned to compete directly with heavyweights like the Galaxy S25 Ultra and the upcoming Vivo X200 Ultra. Sitting at the top of Oppo’s lineup, above both the Oppo Find X8 Pro and Find X8, this device brings a host of premium upgrades. Curious about how the Ultra stacks up against the Pro model? We break down all the key differences, from camera improvements to chipset enhancements and more. Read on to find out what Oppo has brought to the table with its newest flagship.Oppo Find X8 Ultra…
Google on Thursday rolled out the April 2025 update for Pixel devices. It arrives as an over-the-air (OTA) update for the company’s latest Pixel 9 series, Pixel Tablet, and other older devices running Android 15. Google says it brings fixes for issues related to the biometric authentication, camera, and user interface. Further, the April 2025 update also includes a security patch which fixes three vulnerabilities in the software whose severity ranges from high to critical.Google Pixel UpdateOn a support page, a Google community manager detailed the features of the Pixel update for April 2025 with the build numbers BP1A.250405.007, BP1A.250405.007.B1,…
TAMIL NADU: 11th April 2025 Ola Electric’s first Roadster X electric motorcycle left its Krishnagiri Futurefactory today, with deliveries set to begin later this month. The company in a regulatory filing said the Roadster X will be priced at Rs 84,999, Rs 94,999, and Rs 1,04,999, with 2.5 kWh, 3.5 kWh, and 4.5 kWh battery packs, respectively. The Roadster X+ with a 4.5kWh battery costs ₹1,14,999, while the 9.1kWh battery (equipped with the 4680 Bharat Cell) has an impressive range of 501 km per charge and costs ₹1,84,999. The Roadster X Series’ powertrain features a chain drive and an integrated…
Since the release of ChatGPT’s new image generation capabilities, the chatbot has been used for many purposes, the most famous one being to create Studio Ghibli-style images using their real life images. Over time, however, social media users realised that there was much more to be done with ChatGPT’s new capabilities. While some have used the chatbot for nefarious purposes such as creating fake IDs, others have found that they can also turn their real life pictures into action figures.If you want to join the viral social media trend with your own action figure-themed images, here’s our step-by-step guide.How to…
iQOO’s Z9x was a bit competitive in terms of price but only stood out because of its battery life and fast charging capabilities. Its cameras were very basic, and the same can be said about its software, which was loaded to the brim with bloatware and pushed spammy notifications. Nearly a year later, we have a successor, and it’s called the iQOO Z10x. It seems like iQOO did its homework this time, as the Z10x appears prepared to tackle the competition.The rear panel is made of polycarbonate and has a matte finish, which does not pick up smudges and dust. Out…
Gaming company Razer announced the official launch of the Razer PC Remote Play platform on Thursday. First announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in beta, the platform allows streaming of PC games to mobile devices such as phones and tablets, along with Windows-based handhelds. The company says it takes advantage of the full frame rate and resolution of the mobile device to deliver high-fidelity visuals without issues such as letterboxing or pillarboxing.Razer PC Remote Play FeaturesRazer detailed the features of its new gaming platform in a newsroom post. It has a revamped interface on the Razer Cortex PC,…
NEW DELHI, 11th April 2025 Omega Seiki Mobility, a Faridabad-based electric three-wheeler manufacturer, intends to use Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds raised by Naari Shakti (Women Welfare Charitable Trust), which intends to deploy 2500 specially designed Pink Auto Rickshaws to women drivers across India, thereby increasing employment and last-mile connectivity. The company has offered these autos at a special price of Rs 2,59,999 (on-road, Delhi), 1% interest rate, and working cost, which is 1/4th the running cost of a CNG vehicle. The first fleet of pink auto rickshaws will be deployed in Delhi NCR, with subsequent rollouts in Bangalore, North…
But Google, with all its resources, was not in fact the first firm to emulate OpenAI. Less than three months after o1 was launched, Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce giant, released a new version of its Qwen chatbot, QwQ, with the same “reasoning” capabilities. “What does it mean to think, to question, to understand?” the company asked in a florid blog post with a link to a free-to-use version of the model. Another Chinese firm, DeepSeek, had released a “preview” of a reasoning model, dubbed R1, a week before that. Despite the American government’s efforts to hold back China’s AI industry,…