Meizu acquired by Xingji Technology, Geely founder’s smartphone company

Of the Chinese smartphone brands that have managed to enter the European market, Meizu has enjoyed limited success. But the company has held its own over the years, relying on sales in China. Once a competitor to Xiaomi and backed …

HTC announces the A101 tablet. Launching first in Russia

HTC recently launched its first phone for “metavers”, a mid-range that doesn’t seem to include anything special, either in hardware or software. The company has been largely absent from the mobile device market in recent years, releasing one entry or …

Tesla cars can now scan for potholes and adjust the suspension for optimal damping

The concept of upgrading via software update is already familiar to Tesla owners, with cars long out of the factory gate regularly receiving new features that the company’s engineers may not have even thought of initially. For example, Tesla cars …

WhatsApp will allow users to become completely “invisible” by hiding the online/offline indicator

WhatsApp already allows hiding the Last Seen indicator, such as for unknown contacts or manually ticked contacts. Soon, you will also be able to hide your online/offline indicator, making you ‘invisible’ to other WhatsApp users. This kind of functionality is …

German authorities call for recall of 59,000 Tesla cars over safety issue

The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt authority, responsible for traffic safety on Germany’s roads, is calling on car manufacturer Tesla to recall no fewer than 59129 cars to remedy a problem relating to safety in the event of an accident. The complaint concerns Tesla …

Google brings a feature first seen on rival Edge to the Chrome browser

Chrome is about to get the selective text translation feature for web pages that rival Edge has supported for months. Google has made several enhancements in recent months that boost the functionality of its Google Translate service, which rival Microsoft …

Facebook abandons its cryptocurrency-based payment system

Already rejected by most of the world’s governments, the cryptocurrency-based payment system that Meta/Facebook would have liked to impose as an alternative to traditional banking institutions’ services will be officially abandoned as of September 1. Formerly known as Libra, the …

Steve Jobs to receive highest US honor posthumously from President Joe Biden

Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO and co-founder who died in 2011 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, will this week receive one of the highest honors the White House bestows on American citizens. It’s the Presidential Medal of Freedom, …

El Salvador justice system sentences young woman accused of abortion to 50 years in prison

Salvadoran Justice has sentenced to 50 years in prison a young woman who suffered an abortion at the age of 19, an unprecedented milestone in the Central American country since it is the first time that the maximum penalty is …

Russia accuses Ukraine of artillery attack on two localities in Kursk region

Follow live the latest news on the war in Ukraine. Russian authorities have denounced this Tuesday an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Army against two localities located in the Kursk region, on the border with Ukraine, in the framework unleashed …

Israeli seriously injured after being stabbed in Bnei Brak, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv

An Israeli man has been seriously injured after being stabbed Tuesday near the town of Bnei Brak, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, without the authorities having managed to arrest the suspect, who fled. Israeli Police said they launched a …

China expresses concern over lack of “resolution” on Trump Administration’s tariff policy

Chinese authorities have expressed concern over the lack of “resolution” around the withdrawal of tariffs on imports from China and imposed by the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The country’s Vice Premier Liu He has urged in a …