According to one of the Lux Optics co-founders, who’s also the developer behind the Halide camera app, Apple was close to acquiring Lux Optics in an attempt to improve its native Camera app. Lux Optics is also behind the Kino, Spectre and Orion apps. The deal eventually fell through in September last year. However, the […]

Perplexity announced Perplexity Health, a feature that’s specifically designed to answer medical questions in the most medically accurate and evidence-based way possible. The feature aggregates health data from different apps, devices and platforms. The AI assistant then tracks metrics and trends over time. With all that information, Perplexity Health is supposed to provide reliable personalized […]

Apple’s plans to enhance the iPhone 18 Pro‘s Camera app led it to consider acquiring Halide, but the talks ultimately collapsed and were followed by a fierce legal dispute between the startup’s co-founders, according to The Information reports. In the summer of 2025, Apple reportedly held discussions to acquire Lux Optics, the developer behind the […]

The Apple TV is now almost two decades old amid rumors of the announcement of a new model. Today marks 19 years Apple launched the original ‌Apple TV‌. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the ‌Apple TV‌ at Macworld Expo in January 2007 alongside the original iPhone, but it didn’t launch until March. The ‌‌Apple TV‌ […]

Xiaomi 13T Pro and Poco F5 owners across the globe are reporting that a HyperOS 3 update is now being pushed. Interestingly, this isn’t the first HyperOS 3 update for the Xiaomi 13T Pro. The device received it more than a month ago, but the software was quickly rolled back due to random bootloops and […]

Apple saw a 23% year-over-year increase in iPhone sales in China during the first nine weeks of 2026, significantly outperforming a broader market decline driven by weak demand and rising component costs, according to Counterpoint Research. China smartphone sales apparently fell by 4% year-over-year in the first nine weeks of 2026. Within this environment, Apple […]

Oppo is currently working on the Pad Mini, according to a new rumor from Digital Chat Station. As the name implies, this will be a smaller tablet, with an 8.8-inch high-refresh rate screen. The Oppo Pad Mini is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC, and it comes with a 13MP rear camera and […]

Oppo is currently working on the Pad Mini, according to a new rumor from Digital Chat Station. As the name implies, this will be a smaller tablet, with an 8.8-inch high-refresh rate screen. The Oppo Pad Mini is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC, and it comes with a 13MP rear camera and […]

This is the latest in Honor’s lineup of affordable yet powerful laptops – the MagicBook Pro 14 2026. Here’s a rundown of the specs – nearly 15-inch OLED display, a close to 100Wh battery, a 1.8nm Intel processor, and a below-1.4kg weight. The 2026 model ships with Intel’s latest Panther Lake processors, launched at CES […]