Stable Android 12 build could arrive on October 4 Google recently announced the very last Android 12 Beta build we’ll get, Android 12 Beta 5. The next update the company launches will be a stable build. Many of us expected it to arrive in September, but we may have to wait until early October. Mishaal Rahman got this information from an internal Google document. Google must approve every software release that OEMs claim have passed the required compatibility test to ship with Google Mobile Services (GMS)....

Back in August of 2021, T-Mobile suffered a massive data breach that saw the data of more than 54 million customers stolen. That might not be as big as some of the major leaks we’ve seen with LinkedIn and Facebook, but it’s still nothing to sneeze at. A data breach of that caliber doesn’t go unnoticed, and it hit the headlines last year hard. Well, T-Mobile might have tried to buy that leaked data back That takes us to today with new unsealed court documents from the Department of Justice (Via Engadget)....

T-Mobile is the fastest-growing broadband provider in the US Launched in April 2021, T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet is a $50 per month fixed wireless service that offers unlimited high-speed internet for your family. The service debuted with 30 million eligible households across the US. In just a year, the company has one million customers on board. According to T-Mobile, it is the fastest-growing broadband provider in the US. In the year-ending quarter of 2021 (October to December), the company added more customers than any other provider in the country....

According to 9To5Google, when Google introduced the June feature drop, it said that users will be able to eventually see the AQI, which is always a good thing to have. This is especially true if you live in certain cities. Now, the At a Glance widget finally shows the quality of air The AQI on the At a Glance widget has already rolled out, so you should be able to see if the air goes bad now....

Many financial market experts, economists, scholars, and regulatory authorities have studied and explored the digital Yuan’s disruptive potential. While their findings vary, a consensus exists on the digital Yuan’s ability to disrupt the global economy. The following article discusses the disruptive potential of the digital Yuan and how far its impacts would go. The Eroding Dominance of the USD The US dollar has held the world’s reserve currency position for decades, and nothing suggests it will soon exit that stature....

It also sports superior 3- stage cleaning system. Delivers up to 40x the suction for our deepest clean yet. Automatically increases suction to clean deep into carpets. this means that it is not going to leave any dirt or dust behind. Especially on carpet. Which is actually a really big deal. There’s also PerfectEdge Technology and a specially designed Corner Brush optimizes cleaning deep into corners and along edges. Enhanced sensors constantly scan ahead at a rate of 25 times per second to detect obstacles in the cleaning path....

OnePlus launched its first smartwatch back in Spring 2021, and it was kind of a disaster. The watch suffered from sluggish proprietary software, inaccurate step counting, really bad use of notifications, etc. It was just a bad experience overall, but the company did deliver some updates to the watch. The OnePlus Watch 2 might be right around the corner Now, with the first generation out of the way, we’re turning our eyes to the next....

The latest update for the Galaxy Z Flip 4G in the US comes with firmware versions F700USQU5GVHA and F700U1UEU5GVHA for carrier-locked and unlocked units, respectively. The device is getting the August security patch with this release. Samsung has been rolling out the September patch for more than two weeks now. So, it’s disappointing that the original clamshell foldable is getting last month’s patch. Nonetheless, there’s a lot to talk about in this release....

Yes, the Pixel 6 series displays feel hollow, and it’s not a manufacturing defect I quickly learned that this is something Google did on purpose. The display feels hollow because the screen isn’t bonded to the mid-frame. Why? Well, apparently Google did it to improve the repairability of the display. This makes the display really easy to replace. What’s the downside? Well, it feels hollow, and it also affects heat dissipation....

The Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro rugged tablet arrives with MIL-STD-810H certification This tablet does have that rugged design that is easily recognizable. It comes with MIL-STD-810H certification, which means it can withstand extreme altitudes, temperatures, humidity, and vibrations. On top of that, this table can also handle drops of up to 1m. If you include a protective cover, that is included in the retail box, it’ll be able to handle drops from up to 1....

CEO of Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon, gave out the confirmation during a Q&A session on Wednesday. Separately, the Senior VP and General Manager of the chipmaker’s Mobile, Compute, and Infrastructure business, Alex Katouzian, told reporters in South Korea that the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 won’t come from TSMC. The development was first reported by Korean publication, The Elec (via). This pretty much means that the Samsung Exynos 2200 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips use Samsung Foundry’s 4nm process....

This latest data breach was uncovered by Motherboard, and claims that 100 million T-Mobile customers had their data breached in this attack. That loosely translates to all of T-Mobile’s customers. That is a very big deal. Today, we’re going to go over what data was hacked in this breach, and what you can do to protect yourself. This should hopefully help you protect your data a bit better, and perhaps answer the question of whether you should leave T-Mobile or not....

It is among the most significant data breaches that an oil infrastructure company has suffered in the history of the U.S. The Colonial Pipeline company was forced to halt its pipeline operations for six days. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposes a one million dollar penalty for violating federal safety regulations to the Colonial Pipeline company. PHMSA Proposes One Million Dollar Fine on Colonial Pipeline After Suffering a Cyberattack The exact penalty proposed by PHMSA is $986,400....

Before we get down to that, it’s worth saying that the version of the update is “R8xxXXU1BUH5”. Now, the first entry in the changelog states device stability improvements, and bug fixes. The first Galaxy Watch 4 update seems to be all about optimizations New and / or enhanced features are also mentioned, but Samsung didn’t explain anything. We don’t know what features the company refers to. Based on this entry some new ones arrive, or the company simply improved existing ones....

The original price on this one is $219, so you’re saving more than you’re paying for this one. Which is pretty insane to be quite honest. The ASUS CX22NA has a 11.6-inch 1366×768 resolution display, powered by the Intel Celeron processor with Intel HD graphics, 4GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. As you can tell from those specs, this is not a powerful Chromebook at all, in fact it’s pretty low-end....

This app can steal your passwords, and it had over 100,000 downloads before it was removed This app, by the time it was removed, had over 100,000 downloads. So, quite a few people installed it before it was removed. This app’s goal is to collect data from smartphone users’ Facebook accounts. The malware was discovered by ‘Pradeo’ (via ZDNet), a French mobile security firm. This malware is classified as an Android trojan....

This app will try to grab your banking login info The report comes from GBHackers, and the app in question is called ‘Todo: Day manager”. This is a simple to-do application, and by the looks of it, you’d never guess it contains malware. It is reported that this threat was discovered by the Zscaler ThreatLabz team, by the way. We’re looking at a banking trojan here, and it’s called ‘Xenomorph’. This application was installed over 1,000 times before it was removed from the Play Store....

This blog post has been created by Pete Lau, the founder of OnePlus, and the Chief Product Officer at OPPO. OnePlus and OPPO are sister companies, by the way, in case you’re confused by this. This is the OPPO Find N, the company’s first foldable smartphone In any case, OPPO’s foldable smartphone has been teased for a while now, and this is the first time we’re seeing it. Do note that this is not an official launch of the device, though....

The OnePlus 10 may be coming, and this is what it could look like If you take a look at the image below this paragraph, you’ll see what we’re talking about. It’s kind of easy to assume this could be the OnePlus 10, if it ends up launching, of course. The OnePlus 10 was expected to launch alongside the OnePlus 10 Pro back in January, but that didn’t happen. It didn’t even launch during the phone’s global launch last month....

Ikea is no stranger to making high-quality speakers to fill your house with sound. These are often pretty innovative and rather pricey. However, they’re perfect if you’re having a house party and you want to have music throughout your home. For example, the company launched a picture frame speaker that will play high-quality music through a piece of art. This new Ikea Symfonisk speaker doubles as a floor lamp Unfortunately, this Ikea speaker doesn’t really have a fancy name....