By 2025, podcasts have turned from a niche curiosity into a global habit. An estimated 584 million people tune in to podcasts each month, with U.S. listenership exceeding 158 million – that’s over half of Americans aged 12+. Podcasting has become an audio entertainment juggernaut, valued at nearly $40 billion worldwide. Whether you’re launching your … Read More “The Current State of Podcasting: What Every Creator Needs to Know” »
ARM unveiled its next-generation CPU and GPU designs today and it is also introducing the Lumex compute subsystem (CSS). Previously, the likes of MediaTek and Samsung would license CPU and GPU designs and piece together a chipset. The Lumex CSS is a turnkey solution . To be clear, ARM isn’t about to start selling chips. … Read More “ARM introduces Lumex: a customizable chipset design for 3nm nodes” »
ARM has unveiled its next generation CPU and GPU designs and is doing some rebranding at the same time – meet the ARM C1 CPUs and G1 GPUs, which will form the ARM Lumex compute subsystem (CSS). “Lumex” is the new branding that ARM will use for mobile-focused designs (for others, “Niva” will be used … Read More “ARM introduces new C1 CPU and G1 GPU cores with new branding, “Cortex” name dropped” »
With the iPhone 17 launch now behind us, attention has shifted to the Samsung Galaxy S26 series with new leaks pouring in every other day. We’ve now got more details on the top-of-the-line Galaxy S26 Ultra model. Just yesterday, Ice Universe noted that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will feature a downgraded 10 MP sensor for … Read More “Galaxy S26 Ultra to use the same 5x telephoto camera as the S25 Ultra” »
vivo has dropped yet another teaser for the upcoming X300 series, this time revealing key specifications of the lineup along with its AnTuTu benchmark score. In a series of posts on Weibo, Han Boxiao, vivo Product Manager, shared that the X300 series has managed to cross the 4 million mark on the AnTuTu benchmark. The … Read More “vivo X300 series key specs and AnTuTu score revealed” »
The Galaxy F17 is now official in India and it brings a nearly identical spec sheet to the Galaxy A17. In fact, the only difference between the two is the color options, with the F17 being offered in Violet Pop and Neo Black. Galaxy F17 in Violet Pop and Neo Black The … Read More “Samsung Galaxy F17 debuts with familiar looks and specs” »
Oppo is gearing up to launch its F31 series smartphones on September 15, and we now get some additional specs details ahead of the unveiling. The F31, F31 Pro and F31 Pro+ will offer 7,000mAh batteries with 80W SuperVOOC fast charging. Oppo also clarified that the batteries inside the upcoming F31 series phones are rated … Read More “Oppo F31 series key specs officially confirmed” »
Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone 17 announcement, vivo has released a teaser showcasing the camera bump of its upcoming X300 Pro flagship. The company even compared the thickness of the bump to that of the new iPhone 17 Pro. vivo Product Manager Han Boxiao took to Weibo once again to share details on … Read More “vivo x300 series camera bumps compared to iPhone 17 Pro” »
Google released Android 16 back in June, and at the launch of the Phone (3) in early July, Nothing promised it would roll out the update to Android 16 “later this autumn”. Clearly, the Nothing Phone (3) should be the first in line. Today, the company has started teasing Nothing OS 4.0, based on Android … Read More “Nothing starts teasing Nothing OS 4.0 based on Android 16” »
Yesterday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air. All of them come with many new features and specs, but one interesting setting wasn’t talked about during the presentation – though maybe it should have been. We’re talking about using pulse width modulation (PWM) for dimming the screen, … Read More “All iPhone 17 models let you completely turn off PWM dimming” »