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US President Donald Trump imposed a series of sweeping tariffs on countries around the world that could drastically alter the landscape of global trade, and consumer goods like iPhones could be among the hardest hit, analysts said on Thursday, with increases of 30 percent to 40 percent if the company were to pass on the cost to consumers. Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54 percent tariff. If those levies persist, Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra expense or pass it on to customers.Shares of the company closed down 9.3 percent on Thursday,…

Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro were unveiled in November last year in India with a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. The Chinese smartphone brand is gearing up to bring the new Find X8 Ultra, Find X8s, and Find X8s+ devices next week. As we wait for their official reveal, details about the next-generation Oppo Find X9 series have surfaced on the Web. The upcoming flagship lineup is said to come with a periscope telephoto camera. Tipster Smart Pikachu on Weibo claimed that the Oppo Find X9 series will come equipped with a 200-megapixel main camera or a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens.…

Honor Play 60 and Honor Play 60m have been unveiled in China. Both smartphones are powered by MediaTek Dimensity chipsets and a 6,000mAh battery each. They carry 13-megapixel main rear cameras and 5-megapixel selfie shooters. The phones support up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of onboard storage. The handsets have a new button that lets users access certain quick functions with a single click. The Honor Play 60 and Play 60m are available for purchase in China. Honor Play 60, Honor Play 60m Price, Colour OptionsHonor Play 60 price in China starts at CNY 1,199 (roughly Rs. 14,100) for the…

Amazon is adding a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature to Kindle devices that will help users quickly refresh their memory while reading a book series. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is dubbed Recaps, and it will provide a short AI-generated recap of the books already read in a series to bring the user up to speed before they read the next book. The e-commerce giant is currently rolling out the new feature via an over-the-air (OTA) update in the US. Notably, in November 2024, Amazon added a similar X-Ray Recaps feature to its video streaming platform, Prime Video.Kindle Devices…

Motorola Edge 60 is expected to launch soon and join the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion variant, which was recently unveiled in India with a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 SoC and a 5,500mAh battery. Details about the purported vanilla Edge 60 handset have now leaked suggesting its design and key specifications. The handset is tipped to share several features with the Fusion. Notably, leaked renders of a rumoured Edge 60 Pro option had recently surfaced online as well.Motorola Edge 60 Design, Colour Options, Features (Expected)The Motorola Edge 60 will arrive in blue and green colourways, according to leaked design renders shared in a YTECHB report.…

Grand Theft Auto 5 is coming to Xbox Game Pass, while the recently released GTA 5 Enhanced version will be available on PC Game Pass, Microsoft announced Thursday. The open-world title will join the game subscription service on April 15. GTA 5 Enhanced released on PC on March 4, bringing technical enhancements and GTA Online features previously only available on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X versions of the game.GTA 5 Coming to Xbox Game PassGame Pass Ultimate, Standard and PC subscribers will be able to dive into GTA 5 at no additional cost. The Enhanced version of the game on…

Kazakhstan, aiming to advance trials of its digital Tenge CBDC this year, has sought the UAE’s expertise to explore the Web3 sector. In a recent development, the National Bank of Kazakhstan signed an MoU with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) to collaborate on fintech, cybersecurity, and CBDCs. Kazakhstan also intends to leverage the UAE’s experience in regulating virtual digital assets (VDAs) to shape its own regulatory framework.A delegation from Kazakstan’s National Bank visited the UAE last week to meet with officials from the CBUAE. During the meeting, officials from both agencies discussed topics like digital assets regulation and…

WhatsApp for Android might soon offer artificial intelligence (AI)-generated topics to converse with Meta AI. As per a new report, the instant messaging platform is working on a feature to show suggested topics that users can chat about with the AI chatbot. These include educational topics that users can learn about, humour, and different conversation styles for the chatbot to follow. This new feature could be part of the planned redesign of the Meta AI interface in the app, which was previously rumoured to be under development.According to WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo, the messaging platform is working on an AI-powered…

Honor unveiled the Magic V3 in global markets in September last year, months after its initial debut in China. The Honor Magic V4 was previously rumoured to break cover around the same time this year, but a new leak coming out of China suggests that Honor has chosen to skip number 4 in its foldable product line. The brand is speculated to instead launch the Honor Magic V5 as a successor to the Magic V3. It is expected to have a slim build and could be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.Chinese tipster FixedFocus took to Weibo to suggest that Honor would skip the…

Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are reportedly expected to arrive later this year with an upgraded 48-megapixel telephoto camera, and details of the camera’s capabilities have now surfaced online. While previous reports had suggested that the iPhone 17 Pro models would be the first to feature a high-resolution telephoto camera, a tipster claims that Apple is also planning to introduce a new lens that delivers additional improvements over last year’s iPhone 16 Pro models.iPhone 17 Pro Telephoto Camera Upgrades (Expected)According to a post by tipster ‘Majin Bu’, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max…