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14 June 2024 16:42

Fired employee accessed company’s computer 'test system' and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000

Kandula Nagaraju, 39, was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months for unauthorized access to NCS's "test system". Kandula’s former team managed this system which was used to test new software before launch.

After being fired in November 2022, Kandula, feeling "confused and upset", used administrator credentials to access NCS's test system from India and Singapore, deleting 180 virtual servers between January and March 2023.

Kandula wrote and executed scripts to delete the servers despite being unauthorised. His laptop, containing the scripts, was seized by the police. He had searched on Google for scripts to delete virtual servers.

His actions caused NCS a loss of S$918,000.

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13 June 2024 18:46

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is coming

Qualcomm has revealed that it will hold the next Snapdragon Summit 2024 event from October 21-23, 2024, in Maui, Hawaii

Now, the Snapdragon 8 gen 4 will be the first Qualcomm SoC to be based on a custom ARM instruction set with Nuvia core instead of ARM's cortex cores

Part Number: SM-8750
GPU: Adreno 8xx @ 1.15GHz

CPU:
2× Phoenix large @ 4.2GHz
6× Phoenix Medium @ 3.0GHz
Manufactured by TSMC on its 3nm process (N3B)

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 GPU upgrades would be MASSIVE!
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will utilize an upgraded GPU architecture with improved cache and memory compression technology.

The architecture is called “Slice GPU architecture” wherein the GPU is divided into multiple independent physical units called “slices.” Each slice has its own pipeline, cache, and memory.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 would also feature a new 'memory compression algorithm', for the first time since the release of Snapdragon 650 in 2016.

This new technology is called "dynamic wave pairing" & it was patented by Qualcomm in 2022.
Dynamic Wave Pairing will allow the GPU to distribute tasks more efficiently as it can assign workloads to different sections within itself, and then choose the most suitable one to handle that specific task.

Although the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 can reach 3100 in single-core on Geekbench, however, will power consumption will suck a lot & it might heat too.
Thus, many Chinese brands will incorporate 6,000mAh larger batteries in their smartphones to compensate for power consumption in the Qualcomm chip

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13 June 2024 17:59

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE Spotted at GeekBench

Samsung Galaxy S24 Fan Edition will launch at the Samsung Unpacked event on 10th July which 'might' take place in Paris, France

Specifications:
• 6.1" AMOLED Display
• 8GB/12GB LPDDR5X RAM
• 256GB (UFS 4.0)/ 128GB (UFS 3.1) storage
• 4500mAh battery

Now, the S24 FE will be powered by the Samsung Exynos 2400 processor
In case you missed it, the Samsung Xclipse 940 is a "Hexa-core" GPU

But the clock speed of the Cortex-X4 prime core is a bit lower than expected in Exynos 2400 with the Galaxy S24 FE
Normally, the Exynos 2400 Cortex-X4 cores runs at 3.2GHz, here it is listed as 3.1GHz

So the S24FE is powered by flagship Exynos 2400 SOC, with big core clock speed slightly decreased, from 3.21 to 3.11 (GHz)

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13 June 2024 17:25

Oppo F27 Pro+ Launched in India

Oppo A3 Pro has IP69, IP68, and IP66 ratings for dust and water resistance, first in the segment, making it resistant to hot water, water immersion, and high-pressure jet streams.

Specifications:
• 6.7-inch (2412×1080 px) FHD+ resolution AMOLED Curved Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 2160HzPWM dimming
• 950nits peak brightness
Front: Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Back: Oppo Crystal Shield Glass

• Mediatek Dimensity 7050 SoC
(rebranded Dimensity 1080 chip)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 3.1 storage

• 64MP main (NO OIS) + 2MP useless Dual rear camera
• 8MP front camera
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• Dust & water resistant (IP69, IP68, and IP66)
• 5000mAh battery with 67W fast charging

Pricing:
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 27,999 (~335$)
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 29,999 (~360$)
(Costs 275$ in China)

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12 June 2024 18:01

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This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.

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12 June 2024 12:15

Light Phone III Minimalist 5G Phone Launched

Light makes minimalist phones without any apps. The LightOS supports music/podcast player, texting, directory, directions, notes/voice memo, calendar, timer, and alarm

Light said that it might add streaming apps like Spotify, WhatsApp, Signal, etc & it will continue to roll out more utility-oriented tools (optional).

Specs:
• Clickable Wheel
• Dedicated Camera Shutter Button
• 3.92-inch (1240x1080 px) FHD+ AMOLED Display

The Light Phone III retains the calm simplicity of the black-and-white interface on its larger matte custom-wide OLED display.

• Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Advanced Edition SoC
• 6GB LPDDR4X RAM; 128GB UFS 2.2 storage
• e-SIM; 5G
• Metal Frame; NFC

• 50MP Single rear camera
• 8MP Front camera
• TOP-mounted fingerprint sensor
• Dual Stereo speakers
• IP54 Dust & Splash resistant
• 1800mAh battery

Priced at 799$
Pre-order Special Price is 399$
Shipping stars January 2025

Design in Brooklyn & Taiwan in collaboration with Foxconn

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12 June 2024 10:42

Xiaomi 14 Civi Launched in India

Xiaomi 14 Civi is powered by Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, the second smartphone to be powered by it after Poco F6 5G

Upcoming Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 smartphones in India:
• Motorola Edge 50 Ultra (16th June)
• Realme GT 6 (20th June)
• iQOO Z9 Turbo (H2)
• Honor 200 Pro (H2)

Xiaomi 14 Civi is known as Civi 4 Pro in China. Ironically, there is NO regular Civi 4 cuz its Xiaomi

Specs:
• 6.55" (2750x1236 px) 1.5K resolution TCL CSoT C8 OLED Display
• 1.67 Billion colors (12-bit)
• Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC
• 50MP main (Light Hunter 800; f/1.63; OIS)
• 50MP 2X Telephoto (Samsung JN1; OIS)
• LEICA SUMMILUX Lens
• USB-C 2.0; NO IP Rating
• Virtual Proximity AI Sensor
Click HERE for full specs

Xiaomi Civi 14 is India-Exclusive and It will NOT launch Globally

Pricing:
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 43,000 (~515$)
• 12GB + 512GB = Rs. 48,000 (~575$)

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11 June 2024 21:40

Apple IDs are becoming Apple Accounts

Apple is rebranding Apple accounts from Apple ID to Apple Account.

“With the releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, Apple ID is renamed to Apple Account for a consistent sign-in experience across Apple services and devices, and relies on a user’s existing credentials,”

Apple Account" is certainly a more straightforward name, but "Apple ID" had been used for over two decades and had a lot of sentimental value.

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11 June 2024 18:43

A revolutionary update in macOS 15 - Window Tiling

Window Tiling is finally supported in macOS with the new update. This makes it easier to arrange windows automatically on your screen without manually dragging and resizing each one individually or switching into full-screen mode.

This is a revolutionary change in macOS. We do not know if it supports keyboard shortcuts, and if it doesn't, Rectangle would still be quite useful.

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11 June 2024 16:23

Apple Intelligence Supported Devices

With the iPhones, ONLY the iPhone 15 Pro models & above will support it

Google got a LOT of criticism for not supporting Gemini Nano on the Pixel 8 at launch. People were even using it as "evidence" that Google's 7 years of update pledge was already broken.

Though Google later backtracked, the reason they skipped Pixel 8 was due to its lower RAM & the UX degradation that might occur with keeping the AICore system service persistently in memory.

Now we have Apple skipping AI support on the non-Pro iPhone 15 models. Will there be as much outrage?

Will Apple Intelligence features continue to be segmented by Pro versus non-Pro models?
The regular iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Plus might get as powerful chip as the A17 Pro, but will Apple include enough RAM to run their on-device models?

With the MacBooks, Intel Macs will NOT support Apple Intelligence as atleast an M1 chip or above is required.
The 50,000$ worth Intel Mac Pro won't be supported either

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11 June 2024 15:35

Elon Musk is Coping Now for Apple choosing OpenAI for some of the Generative AI Features instead of Twitter's Grok

Also, Apple will never ever integrate OpenAI at the OS level because Apple has their own AI as well which they will use for most of generative AI features in the future

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11 June 2024 14:45

Apple's AI will let you create images and emoji of your own

Apple’s new “Apple Intelligence” AI features will let you make silly emojis of your own and images.
The custom emoji are called “Genmoji”

Apple showed how the prompt “smiley relaxing wearing cucumbers” generates a yellow smiley face emoji with cucumbers over its eyes. There are many options to choose from if you don't like that one

Apple has also unveiled a new 'Image Playground' feature that allows users to create generative images on the fly using a range of concepts like themes, costumes, accessories, places, and more.
With Image Playground, users can quickly create playful images, choosing from 3 styles: Animation, Illustration, or Sketch.

Previews are created on-device, and your generative images are accessible in Messages, Pages, Freeform, and even a dedicated Image Playground app

Apple Intelligence will ONLY support iPhone 15 Pro/ Pro Max and above

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11 June 2024 13:53

Apple brings iPhone mirroring to macOS, complete with notification syncing

Apple at WWDC announced MacOS 15 Sequoia, the next version of MacOS featuring Apple Intelligence, a new Password app, a major Safari update & new Continuity feature called ‌iPhone‌ Mirroring.

iPhone‌ Mirroring allows you to view and control your ‌iPhone‌ right from your Mac. According to Apple, "a user's custom wallpaper and icons appear just like on their ‌iPhone‌, and they can swipe between pages on their Home Screen, or launch & browse any of their favorite apps." Not only that, but also the keyboard, trackpad, & mouse on Mac let you interact with your ‌iPhone‌, and audio even comes through."

Any app can be opened, and all the while, your ‌iPhone‌ can stay locked, so nobody else can access it. You can even drag and drop items and files from your Mac to your ‌iPhone‌ seamlessly. macOS 15 also brings ‌iPhone‌ notifications to Mac, where they appear alongside Mac notifications & can be responded to as well

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11 June 2024 13:15

14 years later, iPads finally have a Calculator app

Apple announced a new Calculator app for iPads after 14 years of long wait for users with the iPadOS 18

This calculator app supports Apple Pencil and an interesting 'Math Notes' feature that allows users to type or write out mathematical expressions and see them instantly solved in their own handwriting. It's also possible to assign values to variables when learning new concepts in class, calculating a budget, and more.

With a new graphing feature, users can write or type an equation, insert a graph with just one tap, and add multiple equations on the same graph to see how they relate. Math Notes are also automatically accessible in the Notes app in a new Math Notes folder.

However, do NOT use the calculator app with two equations as it fails to solve them correctly as shown in the image above 🫠

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11 June 2024 09:35

Apple Announced Tap to Cash with iOS 18

One of the more interesting additions is Tap to Cash letting users pay for things by tapping together a pair of iPhones.

"Continuing on our journey to replace your physical wallet, we're introducing Tap to Cash, a quick and private way to exchange Apple Cash without sharing phone numbers or email addresses,"
"With Tap to Cash, you can pay someone back for dinner just by holding your phones together."

Tap to Cash will be coming with iOS 18 and WatchOS 11 and is similar to using AirDrop to quickly send a photo or message

The Apple animations with dynamic island are always so cool 😍

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14 June 2024 12:43

Life of Custom ROM Users
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Don't forget about passing Google's Play Integrity, which is annoying as hell.

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13 June 2024 18:08

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series will feature Snapdragon and MediaTek SoCs instead of Exynos

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series will be powered by the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy SoC in most regions
However, for the USA region atleast, Samsung is testing the Tab S10 Plus with the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus SoC

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ spotted at GeekBench
Single-core: 2141
Multi-core: 6952
SoC: MediaTek Dimensity 9300+

All the tablets in the lineup will likely feature a quad-speaker system, an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, an in-display fingerprint reader, and a Dynamic AMOLED 2x screen with a 120Hz refresh rate.

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13 June 2024 17:39

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE Announced

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Watch FE, which is just a rebranded version of Galaxy Watch 4. However, the Watch FE has sapphire glass on top of its screen, which is an upgrade from the Gorilla Glass DX+ used in the Watch4

Specifications:
• 1.2-inch (396x396 px) Super AMOLED
• Always On Display
• Aluminium Case
• Sapphire Glass
• Exynos W920 Dual Core SoC
• 1.5GB RAM; 16GB storage

Tracks more than 100 workouts
Sensors: Samsung BioActive Sensor (Optical Heart Rate + Electrical Heart + Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis), Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Light Sensor

• Runs OneUI 5 based on WearOS
• 247mAh battery
• Wireless charging support
• 5 ATM; IP68 rated
• MIL-STD-810H certified
• 4G, Bluetooth 5.3; Wi-Fi
Colors: Pink, Gold & Silver

Only available 40mm size
Priced at 199$.
The LTE variant will arrive in October for $250.
Sale starts 24th June

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13 June 2024 07:22

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-33905) discovered in Telegram allowed attackers to hijack user accounts with a single click!

Here's how the exploit worked:

1. Malicious Mini-App: Attackers would create malicious Telegram mini-apps.
2. Deceptive Pop-up: When launched, the mini-app would display a seemingly harmless pop-up window asking the victim to click "OK."
3. Session Hijacked: Clicking "OK" unknowingly granted the attacker control over the victim's Telegram session, even bypassing two-factor authentication!

This vulnerability was particularly dangerous as it could be easily embedded in seemingly harmless clickbait, putting countless users at risk.

The good news:

* The vulnerability was reported to Telegram on March 9, 2024.
* While details about the fix are unavailable, users should be wary of suspicious mini-apps and avoid clicking on unverified pop-ups.

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12 June 2024 13:25

ARM demands destruction of all PCs with Snapdragon X

ARM and Qualcomm are clashing over licensing agreements. ARM claims Qualcomm broke the deal by buying Nuvia and using its cores in Snapdragon X chips, which isn't covered by their license. ARM, in their lawsuit, demands that Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Lenovo, Samsung and other smaller manufacturers should destroy all notebooks or mini PCs with Snapdragon X CPUs.

This might be why Microsoft prefers to work with Mediatek and Nvidia rather than Qualcomm.

Qualcomm fired back with a lawsuit, accusing ARM of not delivering promised items. ARM wants to push through a new licensing models to base license costs on the price of the device rather than the processor.

The first court hearing is in December 2024, so the fate of these devices is uncertain for now.

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12 June 2024 10:51

HTC U24 Pro Launched in Taiwan

Google bought HTC mobile division and merged it with their pixel team in 2018~2019.
But HTC is still somewhat alive in Taiwan & these HTC smartphones are NOT made by HTC themselves, but instead made by some Chinese ODM

Specifications:
• 6.8-inch (2436x1080 px) FHD+ resolution OLED display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection

• Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC
• LPDDR5 RAM with UFS 3.1 storage
• MicroSD Card Slot

• 50MP main (OIS + EIS)
• 8MP UltraWide
• 50MP 2X Telephoto

• 50MP Front camera
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack
• IP67 Dust & water resistant
• 4600mAh battery
• 60W wired + 15W wireless charging
• Reverse wireless charge support

Pricing:
• 12GB + 256GB = NTD 18990 (~585$)
• 12GB + 512GB = NTD 20990 (~650$)

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11 June 2024 18:52

Which one is a better option?

1)Google's offering of color theming options based on wallpapers colors

2) Apple's offering of a whole color palette to chose any color of any shade

Comment down below after 'ignoring' the theming bugs in this 1st iOS 18 beta

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11 June 2024 17:10

iOS 18 will let you record calls — and tells everyone for their privacy

The image shows a new recording option on the Phone app, which displays a soundwave, along with how long you’ve been recording. It will automatically tell call participants that they’re being recorded.

It then transcribes your call in the Notes app, where you can generate a summary using the new Apple Intelligence AI system. Audio transcription will only be available in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Portuguese.

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11 June 2024 15:40

Here's everything about "Apple Intelligence":

• Generative AI: Uses generative models and personal context to enhance user experiences.
• Writing Tools: Rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing text across Mail, Notes, Pages, and third-party apps.
  • Additional Details: Rewrite feature adjusts tone, Proofread suggests edits with explanations, Summarize condenses text.
• Mail Enhancements: Priority Messages section, summaries for long threads, Smart Reply, and identification of questions.
• Notification Improvements: Priority Notifications, summaries, and Focus mode to reduce interruptions.
• Notes and Phone Apps: Record, transcribe, and summarize audio, generate images with Image Playground feature.
• Genmoji: Create original emojis based on descriptions or photos.

Siri Enhancements and Privacy:
• Siri Enhancements: More natural, contextual, and personal, with typing support and cross-app actions.
• Privacy: On-device processing, Private Cloud Compute for additional compute capacity while preserving privacy.
• ChatGPT Integration: Access expertise, image understanding, and document-understanding capabilities.
  • Additional Details: Available for free without account creation, subscribers can access paid features directly.

Availability:
It will be integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, with ChatGPT integration coming later this year.

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11 June 2024 14:55

iOS 18 will let you add 16 brightness sliders in the control center

So, 16*1000nits = 16,000nits brightness on iPhone 🤯

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11 June 2024 14:18

Apple Unveils Passwords app that syncs across iOS, iPad, Mac, and Windows

At WWDC 2024, Apple revealed a new standalone Passwords app to manage app and website passwords, verification codes, passkeys, and more & syncs your passwords across more devices including Macs, iPhones, iPads, and the Vision Pro headset. It also syncs with PCs via the iCloud for Windows app.

You can also view your Wi-Fi passwords in one place, and share passwords in groups with people you want to have them.

One big advantage could be that it will integrate even more deeply with your Apple logins and family-sharing setups than other options like 1Password or Bitwarden. MacOS will autofill to populate passwords in the Passwords app

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11 June 2024 13:30

The New Redesigned Photos App

The ‌Photos‌ app is completely redesigned in ‌iOS 18‌.

The app has been unified into a single view, with a photo grid at the top that views the entire library and collections organized by theme below. Users can use Months and Years views at the bottom, and there's a filter button that allows you to hide screenshots and sort in other ways.

The space below the grid includes Collections with the ability to browse by topics like Time, People, Memories, Trips, and more.
Recent Days show photos from the past few days, with things like photos of receipts filtered out automatically. People and Pets now gather photos of groups of people and collections can be reordered or pinned.

Swipe right from the grid and you'll see a new carousel with Featured ‌Photos‌ and other favorite collections. It automatically refreshes to surface new images.

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11 June 2024 09:40

iOS 18 will expand the display bezels to indicate when a button has been pressed

This feature is likely added for iPhone 16 series since they will feature capacitive touch buttons wherein volume buttons would be pressure-sensitive

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11 June 2024 09:18

iOS 18 will let users lock and hide apps

iOS 18 will let users lock system Apple apps and 3rd-party apps. Authentication would be needed using FaceID or TouchID to access these apps even if the phone is unlocked

Android’s version locks the phone to the current running app, allowing the user to access only that app unless biometrics or a PIN is used to exit.
In contrast, Apple’s app lock secures specific apps that you have previously selected.

Additionally, users can hide apps they wish to keep discreet, which will not be visible in the app drawer and will only be accessible through authentication.

Furthermore, iOS 18 will ensure that while the app lock feature is active, information from within these locked apps does not appear in search results or notifications
This feature is somewhat similar to Android 15’s new Private Space and Samsung’s Secure Folder

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