That drop contributed to annual shipments falling 11.3% in 2022. its new line of premium smartphones, the Galaxy S23 series, at its first Unpacked launch event for 2023 That drop contributed to annual shipments falling 11.3% in 2022.

Update 11/1/2021: Added details about LG’s rollable smartphone and 2021 TV lineup We’re just days away from the start of CES 2021 and it’s definitely shaping up to be vastly different from previous years be showcasing the company’s first-ever QNED Mini LED TVs as their top-of-the-line offering for the 2021 premium LCD TV lineup at their virtual booth during CES 2021. Autonomous robots with ultraviolet C disinfection lights Credit: LG Electronics Back at CES 2020, we

A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked by attackers who used the accounts to spread a cryptocurrency scam. Accounts hacked included Apple, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian West, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Wiz Khalifa, Warren Buffett and more. Those accounts and many others posted a message promoting the address of a bitcoin wallet with the claim that the amount of any payments made to the address would be doubled and sent back. Twitter has made a statement that “a coordinated social engineering attack” on employees gave a hacker “access to internal systems and tools” resulting in the massive hack. The latest software update to the Fitbit Charge 4 includes dynamic GPS and a “smart wake” option. The new Dynamic GPS allows users to connect with the GPS in their phone if it’s in range, which helps with location accuracy and preserving battery life. The Smart Wake feature will work along with the wearable’s sleep tracker, setting alarms to wake users at the time when they are most likely to feel most rested. The new features are now rolling out to all users. Based on phone leaker Evan Blass’ latest leak video, the Samsung 5G Galaxy Z Flip looks practically identical to the original LTE version. According to XDA-Developers’ Max Weinbach, most features will remain the same except for an upgrade to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 Plus chip. The phone is also rumoured to come in a new “mystic bronze” colour and it has also been said that the new phone will support wireless charging. Google’s Play Pass, a subscription app and game service for Android that’s similar to Apple Arcade, was previously only available in the US. Google has announced that the service will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom from this week. Additionally, Google has added over 150 new apps and games to the existing Play Pass catalogue. For certain regions, a one month trial is available for new Google Play Pass users. Oppo announced its new 125w Fast Charge, which is said to be able to charge a 4,000mAh battery up to 41% in just five minutes and 100% in 20 minutes. Oppo also revealed AirVOOC, a 65w wireless charger that it said can fully revitalize a battery in 30 minutes. Any Android phone that supports 125w charging can take advantage of Oppo’s Flash Charge when it becomes available for sale, but of course, there’s no such phone available at the moment. We wrote more about it here. Zoom enters the hardware market by releasing a 27-inch 1080p touchscreen device called the Zoom for Home DTEN ME. Designed to cater to the needs of people working from home, the new device has three wide-angle cameras, an eight-microphone array and integrated speakers for video calls. The smart camera optimizes the view of the room while the device also has echo cancellation and automatic noise reduction. The full HD multi-touch display can also be used for whiteboarding and annotation. The device is available for preorder at $599 USD.

The base MacBook Pro 13″ 2020 and the MacBook Air 2020 overlap in quite a few areas, and it does make We tried the MacBook Air 2020 for a few weeks and we think that this is the one that you should go for The MacBook Air 2020 comes with the latest Intel 10th-gen processors, i3, i5 and i7. Our recommendations to get the best out of the MacBook Air 2020? Max out the RAM. The MacBook Air 2020 (starting from S$1,449) is available on Apple’s online store.

BNPL loans accounted for US$75 billion in online expenditures in 2023, up 14.3% from the previous year According to Adobe Analytics, BNPL loans accounted for a staggering US$75 billion in online spending in 2023 , marking a 14.3% increase from 2022. BNPL loans drove $75 billion in online spending in 2023, up 14.3% from the previous year.

China's "silver economy" reaches 10 trillion yuan and projected to exceed 20 trillion yuan by 2027. iFlytek Founded in 2012, UBTech has been developing robots for various applications, including logistics and China, which refers to industries targeting older adults, reached 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) in 2022 and is projected to exceed 20 trillion yuan by 2027, according to iiMedia Research. users China's "silver economy" reaches 10 trillion yuan and projected to exceed 20 trillion yuan by 2027

Bee was founded in 2022. Amazon previously entered the wearables market with its Halo health trackers, which were discontinued in 2023 Amazon to acquire AI wearable startup Bee, founded in 2022 Bee's USD 50 bracelet transcribes and summarises

Amazon must deploy at least 1,618 satellites by mid-2026 to meet a U.S. United Launch Alliance could conduct up to five more Kuiper missions in 2024, according to CEO Tory Bruno Amazon launched two prototype satellites in 2023, which were de-orbited in 2024 after successful tests In 2022, Amazon secured 83 rocket launches from ULA, Arianespace and Blue Origin, marking the largest Service could begin later in 2024, starting with 578 satellites Source: REUTERS

maker Ofilm Group, which was previously blacklisted by the US and removed from Apple's supply chain in 2020 Despite being removed from the US Entity List in June 2022, the company has struggled to recover, reporting market, Ofilm's status began to decline after being blacklisted by the US Department of Commerce in 2020 Apple subsequently removed Ofilm from its list of suppliers in 2021.

This marks a substantial 93% improvement compared to the same period in 2022, when Didi recorded a loss EBITDA gain of 1 billion yuan, a stark contrast to the 6.2 billion yuan loss in the first quarter of 2022 By the end of May 2023, a total of 313 ride-hailing platform companies had obtained licenses to operate While the number of registered online taxi drivers in China grew by 76% to 5.1 million at the end of 2022 operations show a gain of 1 billion yuan in adjusted EBITDA, compared to a loss of 6.2 billion yuan in Q1 2022

Throughout his first term as president from 2017 to 2021, he frequently discussed the topic but did not In March 2024, The Information, a technology news website, disclosed that OpenAI and Microsoft were collaborating project, featuring an artificial intelligence supercomputer named "Stargate," anticipated to launch in 2028 The surge in AI investment has been notable since the introduction of ChatGPT by OpenAI in 2022, prompting The demand for specialised data centres has increased significantly due to the substantial computing

The limitation is due to the computational expense of running large language models and the need for Interestingly, Apple will be able to roll out its AI to the 2020 M1-powered MacBook Air and the 2021 Google kickstarted the smartphone AI race in October 2023, while Microsoft recently introduced AI to Given the potential lead Apple could have had in AI if every iPhone from 2020 onwards supported Apple The limitation is due to the computational expense of running large language models and the need for

Talking to a computer has never felt really natural for me; now it does." becoming the fastest application ever to reach 100 million monthly active users after its launch in late 2022 to ChatGPT's website has fluctuated over the past year, only recently returning to its peak in May 2023

the growth of the live streaming market, which was valued at around 152 billion yuan ($21 billion) in 2022 In 2020, several platforms removed lottery-like features in response to regulatory pressure. The live streaming market was valued at around 152 billion yuan ($21 billion) in 2022.

required intelligent computing centres in the city to adopt more than 50% domestic computing and storage chips by 2025. consolidate computing power for the domestic AI sector. In 2023 and 2024, more than 500 new data centre projects were announced across regions including Inner and 2024 Source: SCMP

Baidu introduced its Ernie Bot, while Alibaba's cloud computing unit integrated the Tongyi Qianwen chatbot Ant Group, still a privately held company after its suspended IPO in 2020, invested 20.46 billion yuan (US$2.89 billion) in research and development in 2022, primarily in AI-related innovations. JD.com, listed on Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange, allocated 16.9 billion yuan for R&D in 2022, marking

Meta executives aim to use in-house chips for AI training by 2026. in-house inference chip after a failed small-scale test and instead placed large orders for Nvidia GPUs in 2022 as AI researchers question the effectiveness of scaling up large language models with more data and computing concerns intensified after Chinese startup DeepSeek launched low-cost models in January that optimise computational Meta aims to use in-house chips for AI training by 2026, starting with recommendation systems.

Despite this, China is expected to contribute to over 50% of global shipments in the handset segment by 2024 largest smartphone market, China, foldable handset shipments are projected to reach 9.1 million units in 2024 significant drop from the triple-digit annual percentage increases seen in previous years, such as 103% in 2023 , 191% in 2022, and 442% in 2020. China's foldable smartphone shipments are expected to reach 9.1 million units in 2024, showing a 2% increase

A recent report from Insider Intelligence predicts Twitter's earnings in 2023 to be less than US$3 billion , representing a one-third decrease compared to 2022. Insider Intelligence projects Twitter's earnings for 2023 to be less than $3 billion, a one-third decrease

advanced technology since the implementation of export controls for cutting-edge semiconductors in 2022 ByteDance and Broadcom have been business partners since at least 2022. that ByteDance has ordered their Tomahawk 5nm high-performance switch chip and Bailly switch for AI computer ByteDance also purchased Huawei's Ascend 910B chips in 2022, according to multiple sources.