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iQOO Neo 11 Confirmed to Launch With Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, 8K VC Cooling Solution

iQOO Neo 11, the successor to last year’s iQOO Neo 10, is set to debut in China on October 30. The handset will be offered in at least two colourways. While most of the specifications are still under wraps, the company has now confirmed that the phone will ship with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, paired with an LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. It will also get an 8K VC cooling solution to prevent the phone from overheating. This comes days after the phone was found testing on Geekbench with Android 16 and 16GB of RAM.

Apple’s iPhone 20 to Feature All Solid-State Haptic Buttons in 2027, Tipster Claims

A new leak suggests Apple has completed testing its solid-state button technology, paving the way for mass production with the iPhone 20 series in 2027. These buttons, including power, volume, action, and camera, will likely simulate clicks using localised haptic feedback instead of physical movement, improving durability and water resistance. The transition may reportedly begin with the iPhone 18 in 2026, where the camera button will shift to a pressure-sensing design before adopting piezoelectric ceramic feedback in later models.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Said to Feature Larger Battery, Reintroduce S-Pen Support

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 will launch next year with S-Pen support, according to a report. The handset is expected to pack a 5,000mAh battery, which would be an upgrade over the Galaxy Z Fold 7's 4,400mAh battery. This year's flagship foldable from the South Korean tech giant does not feature stylus support to achieve a thin form factor. Recently, a report revealed that the company is working on bringing back S-Pen support for its flagship phones.

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie – a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career

From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peak

Towards the end of Knife, his 2024 book about the assault at a public event in upstate New York that blinded him in his right eye, Salman Rushdie offers a thought experiment:

Imagine that you knew nothing about me, that you had arrived from another planet, perhaps, and had been given my books to read, and you had never heard my name or been told anything about my life or about the attack on The Satanic Verses in 1989. Then, if you read my books in chronological order, I don’t believe you would find yourself thinking, Something calamitous happened to this writer’s life in 1989. The books are their own journey.

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