Huawei reportedly preparing 'Starlight', a new affordable smartphone brand
The online-focused sub-brand would take on Redmi, iQOO and Realme with Kirin-powered phones, including one with a built-in cooling fan.
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Anthropic pledges 5% of its shares to a new 'public benefit' fund
The Claude maker says the fund could grow as the company's value rises and could be used to help people whose jobs are disrupted by AI. It cannot fund lobbying.
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LOUD beat Vitality 3-1 to become the first two-time VALORANT world champions
The young Brazilian team won the $1 million top prize at VALORANT Champions 2026 in Shanghai, with captain erde named Finals MVP.
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Fact check: are those iPhones floating in the Strait of Hormuz real?
Viral clips claim a sunken container ship spilled iPhones and perfume into the sea. The ship sinking is real; the footage has not been verified, and some images are AI-generated.
The leap second is on its way out: world timekeepers move to drop it from May 2027
Meeting in Versailles, the world's metrology body considered ending leap seconds eight years early, to avoid an unprecedented 'negative' second as Earth's spin speeds up.
Japan declares a 'state of emergency in cyberspace' after hacks hit more than 20 major firms
Lawson, JR East and Times Car are among the victims. Banks have been told to stop accepting driver's licences alone as proof of identity, and officials warn AI is lowering the cost of attacks.
TECNO POVA Curve 2 5G launches in Pakistan at Rs99,999 with an 8,000mAh battery
The 7.42mm phone pairs a huge battery with a curved 144Hz AMOLED screen and a Dimensity 7100 chip. Here are the specs and launch offers.
Qualcomm wins its court fight with Arm — and is awarded just $2
A Delaware jury found Arm breached its licence and interfered with Qualcomm's talks with Meta, but sided with Arm on five other claims. The bigger battle over royalties is still to come.
Password '123456' blamed for breach of Denmark's national population register
Data linked to about 8.8 million CPR numbers was pulled through a small IT firm's legitimate access. Credit-fraud warnings have nearly quadrupled in a week.
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A jailbroken PS5 can run a 27-billion-parameter AI model at 20 tokens per second
A homebrew project runs llama.cpp on the console's GPU and can serve answers to other devices on a home network. It is unofficial and needs a hacked PS5.
iPhone 18 Pro owners report fading colour around the camera, especially on Burgundy models
Weeks after launch, Reddit threads show lighter, pinkish halos on the camera plateau. Apple has not commented, and the issue echoes last year's Cosmic Orange complaints.
Instagram is testing AI-generated songs you can send in DMs
Write your own lyrics, pick a genre and Instagram turns it into a full song. Meta hasn't confirmed a global launch or which AI model powers it.