Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber‎

Today Google is launching its newest Gemini models. Gemini 3.6 Flash is described by the company as its "workhorse model that delivers better coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance". It's supposed to be more efficient and better quality than its predecessor. Google boasts that customers "have found it particularly capable at multimodal tasks like document parsing, chart and data analysis, and report drafting". Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is "designed for both low-latency tasks and tasks where high throughput is critical for developer workflows, like agentic search and document...

Apple Upgrade program is coming next week with up to 36-month payment plans‎

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to launch a new device leasing program in partnership with Klarna. It will be called Apple Upgrade and will require a soft credit check. It will apparently work like a subscription, with iPhone and Apple Watch leases running for 24 months and iPad and Mac leases running for 36 months. The Apple Watch SE, the base iPad, the iPhone 16, and the MacBook Neo will be excluded from the program. You will be able to pay off the device early and upgrade early to a new model, as well as decide whether to return or keep the device at the end...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 4G review‎

Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is on hold‎

The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery was won by Paramount Skydance, which forced Netflix to drop out. The deal has however been put on hold by a judge. Twelve US state attorneys general requested a temporary restraining order to block Paramount Skydance from closing the deal, and US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of the Northern District of California granted the request. The deal is now effectively on hold for the next 14 days. On August 3, the judge will hold a hearing on the state attorneys general's motion for a preliminary injunction, which would freeze the deal until...

Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone may offer a 7-inch screen‎

Apple's iPhone will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, and the company is rumored to mark the occasion with a major redesign for its iPhone Pro lineup. The upcoming models are likely to go by the iPhone 20 moniker and are said to feature an edge-to-edge quad-curved display and solid-state buttons. Well-known tipster Digital Chat Station has now claimed that Apple is testing a 6.96-inch display, which could make its way to the iPhone 20 Pro Max. Image generated using Gemini AI While that's only 0.06 inches larger than the panel on the current iPhone 17 Pro Max, the tipster...

Report: TSMC is planning to raise chip prices in 2027‎

The rising prices of semiconductor products are not showing signs of slowing down. Nikkei Asia reports that TSMC will raise prices by up to 10% starting next year, which is bad news for its clients – the likes of Nvidia, Apple, Qualcomm, AMD and Intel – and that in turn will be bad news for their customers. The prices for TSMC’s advanced nodes will go up by 5% to 10%, depending on the type of chip and the company buying it. This will make chipsets for future smartphones more expensive. Tablets, laptops, smartwatches and so on will likely be affected as well. The bad news is that we’re...

Samsung introduces the Galaxy Card to take on Apple Card‎

Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Card in the US, a new credit card that lets customers earn cash rewards on eligible purchases. The company has partnered with Barclays US Consumer Bank and Visa to offer the Galaxy Card. It will be available as both a physical metal card featuring Samsung's black logo and a virtual card. Applications open on July 22, with eligible customers able to apply online or at Samsung retail stores across the US. New cardholders can earn a $200 welcome bonus by spending $2,000 within the first 90 days of opening their account. The Galaxy Card offers 5%...

vivo S2 teaser image leaks alongside its specs‎

Back in May we heard that vivo was working on restarting the S series in India with the S2. This will be the follow-up to the S1, which was launched in 2019, but after so much time it's obviously not going to be a proper successor. Today a teaser image for the upcoming device has been leaked and you can see it below. The phone is rumored to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. It's also said to come with a 6.59-inch OLED display with "1.5K" resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, an in-display fingerprint scanner, a 50MP main camera, a 50MP periscope telephoto camera, an 8MP...