India’s cabinet has approved a new semiconductor plant, a joint venture between HCL Group and Taiwan’s Foxconn, costing 37.06 billion rupees ($435 million), information minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The plant, which will be located near the Jewar airport in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is designed for a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month and can produce 36 million display…
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e was unveiled in China on Wednesday as the latest chipset for mobile devices from the Taiwan-based chipmaker. It will compete against the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset from Qualcomm. The Dimensity 9400e features an All Big Core CPU architecture, with four Cortex-X4 cores clocked at 3.4GHz and a 12-core Immortalis-G720 GPU with…
Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 will continue to receive updates after the company drops support for the older version of its desktop operating system. The Redmond-based tech giant recently updated its support page to announce that the Microsoft 365 apps (also known as Office apps) will continue to get security updates on Windows 10…
iQOO Neo 10 Pro+ will launch in China on May 20 alongside the iQOO Pad 5 series, iQOO Watch 5, iQOO TWS Air 3 and more devices. It is expected to join the standard iQOO Neo 10 and the Neo 10 Pro variants in the country, which were unveiled in November 2024. The upcoming Neo 10 Pro+ smartphone will be…
Oppo Reno 14 series will be launched in China on Thursday. A day before the formal launch, the Chinese tech brand has shared new teasers online, disclosing the key specifications of the Reno 14 Pro. The Oppo Reno 14 Pro is confirmed to arrive with a 6.83-inch screen with slim bezels. It will offer battery…
Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this week with a 5.8mm thin design. The thinnest Galaxy S series smartphone is yet to reach the hands of customers in India, but rumours about the Galaxy S26 lineup, particularly the Galaxy S26 Edge model, are already swirling on the Web. Samsung is said to replace one of the phones in the…
Android 16, the next big operating system (OS) update, will be released for Samsung Galaxy devices “this summer”, a company spokesperson confirmed during the sidelines of The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. Google’s prelude to its annual I/O 2025 developer conference played host to a series of Android-related announcements, which also included a tentative…
FalconX, the US-based digital assets broker, announced on Wednesday is set to offer banking services to institutional clients, as part of a new partnership with Standard Chartered. The crypto platform claims that it executes over $1.5 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,27,97,325 crore) in trading value and serves over 600 institutional clients. Both the firms pointed to…
Itel A90 was launched in India on Wednesday. The smartphone is equipped with an octa-core Unisoc T7100 chipset paired with 4GB of RAM. It is offered in 64GB and 128GB storage variants and is currently available for purchase via retail stores in the country. The Itel A80 successor sports a 6.6-inch screen with a Dynamic Bar feature. Itel…
Alcatel is set to re-enter the Indian smartphone market with the Alcatel V3 Ultra. While the exact launch date is still under wraps, the brand, which is operated independently by TCL Communication, has shared new teasers about the device on social media platforms. The Alcatel V3 Ultra is confirmed to offer dedicated display modes for different…