Apple’s custom-built 5G modem due to land in 2023
Qualcomm When Apple bought the scraps of Intel’s modem business in 2019, it was just a matter of time before it started selling phones without Qualcomm modems. According to a new report, that time is rapidly approaching. Japan-based Nikkei Asia reports that Apple has tapped TSMC to build the new modem, which will use 4-nanometer…
Apple reportedly equipping M1 Max Duo SoC in next iMac Mac Pro
Rumor mill: Apple's latest silicon, the M1 Pro and M1 Max, have barely come off MacBook Pro assembly lines, and rumors are already circulating about what's next for Apple silicon. Rather than going back to the drawing board and designing chips with even higher specs, why not just knit two Max SoCs together? As you…
Apple commissions TSMC to build custom 5G modem for iPhone
In brief: Apple has reportedly tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to build 5G modems for future iPhones. It's unclear exactly when the new hardware will be ready for deployment, but we are hearing it'll be built on TSMC's 4nm process sometime in 2023. Sources familiar with the matter told Nikkei Asia that Apple aims…
The most used Android mobile devices throughout the world, according to Uptodown research
The Uptodown App Store published a study based on its traffic data, pointing out the most popular brands and models of Android smartphones in different parts of the world. Samsung ranks first in the world with a model that entered the market in 2016, and the most popular models in each region make apparent differences…
Google is finally fixing the worst thing about texting between iPhone and Android
For years, iPhone and Android users have been struggling to bridge the divide caused by iMessage. Every iPhone owner knows the feeling of seeing a text turn green instead of blue, and everyone with an Android device has been the odd one out in a group chat. Apple also widened the divide even further a…
Tropical Merge is a farming simulator, out now in select countries on Android
Tropical Merge is a family farm adventure game full of mysteries that has been soft-launched. It's now available on Android for players from the United Kingdom, Russia, and a few other countries. About Tropical Merge Tropical Merge has been developed and published by Clever Apps Pte. Ltd. It specializes in developing simulation and puzzlers, with…
Barbarous: Tavern Wars is a restaurant management game that has just soft-launched in select countries on Android
Barbarous: Tavern Wars is a casual restaurant management game that has just been soft-launched in Australia and Canada on Android. It sees you completing timed levels where the aim is to satisfy your customers and set out on a quest to become the most famous tavern in the land. About Barbarous: Tavern Wars Barbarous: Tavern…
Gaia Project is an asynchronous strategy game letting you take control of a galaxy, out now on Android and iOS
Starting off as a PC game, Gaia Project is a strategy-based game created by Digidice. It launched on Steam on May 31st and has now finally been ported over to the ever-growing mobile gaming space. Gaia Project is set in a galaxy called Terra Mystica, featuring 14 different factions who want to colonize the galaxy…
Wear OS gains ground thanks to Samsung, but Google needs to keep up
Although Wear OS definitely has the upper hand when it comes to diversity, the Apple Watch irrefutably has the numbers in terms of market share. Google’s wearable platform was, in fact, a very distant second as far smartwatch operating systems go, but that has suddenly changed in the last few months. Some might not like…
Apple sues NSO Group for attacking iPhones with Pegasus spyware
Now Apple has followed WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in suing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. Along with promising new information about how NSO Group infected targeted iPhones via a zero-click exploit that researchers later dubbed ForcedEntry, Apple says it’s “seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using…