Amazon’s Ring Cuts Ties With Flock Safety Amid Consumer Surveillance Backlash

Amazon ends Ring’s planned Flock Safety integration after Super Bowl backlash, reigniting debate over surveillance technology and consumer privacy.

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Samsung Galaxy A07 5G Brings AI Power to the Budget Tier

Samsung unveils the Galaxy A07 5G with Gemini AI, a 6,000mAh battery, 120Hz display, and six years of updates, bringing AI to budget users.

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iPhone 18 Series to Drop SIM Card Slot in Europe to Make Room for Slightly Larger Battery: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to launch eSIM-only iPhone 18 series in Europe. Eliminating the physical SIM tray may help the company to free up more internal space in all iPhone 18 series smartphones. This could offer room for a slightly larger battery. The global variant of iPhone 18 Pro Max is rumoured to get a battery rated between 5,100mAh and 5,200mAh. Apple start...

Poco X8 Pro Spotted on Geekbench With MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra SoC, Android 16

Poco X8 Pro, expected as the successor to the Poco X7 Pro, has surfaced on Geekbench ahead of its launch. The global variant, listed as Xiaomi 2511FPC34G, scored 1,708 in single-core and 6,297 in multi-core tests. The benchmark suggests an octa-core MediaTek processor with a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU, pointing to the Dimensity 8500 Ultra SoC. The listing also indicates 12GB R...