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Samsung Electronics will not change the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft Corp’s Bing any time soon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Google-parent Alphabet Inc gained more than 1% in premarket trading. Microsoft shares were down about 1%. Samsung has suspended an internal review that explored replacing Google with Bing on its web-browsing app, which comes pre-installed on the company’s smartphones, according to the report.…

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has said he has nothing against violent video games, but no one should expect the next Mario game to be an M-rated shooter or anything like that. No one ever realistically expected this to happen, of course, but it's fun to hear Miyamoto talk about his design philosophy and why he wants to keep Mario a family friendly series. Speaking to Variety, Miyamoto said his own personal quest is to find ways to make games fun and exciting that doesn't require putting a gun into the…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThe term “Frankenstein’s complex” describes a fear of man-made AI technology turning against its creators. Hysteria about AI taking over our jobs, and eventually our lives, abounds. The truth is that AI isn’t coming for us, especially not anytime soon. Too Long; Didn't ReadThe term “Frankenstein’s complex” describes a fear of man-made AI technology turning against its creators. Hysteria about AI taking over our jobs, and eventually our lives, abounds. The truth is that AI isn’t coming for us,…

Xiaomi 13S — the rumoured flagship successor to the Xiaomi 12S — will not be launched by the company anytime soon, confirmed the company's founder and CEO Lei Jun. The Xiaomi 12S was launched last year in July as a half-year upgrade to the Xiaomi 12 series. A few months back, the company launched the Xiaomi 13 series in China, and now the company is all set for its global debut at MWC 2023 in Barcelona. The Chinese variant of the phone is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and features Leica-branded rear cameras. It…

Netflix With Netflix finally releasing Lockwood & Co. across its worldwide platform, plenty of fans of the supernatural can’t wait to start streaming this terrifying tale of teenage ghost-hunting. Based on the book series of the same name, director Joe Cornish knew he had his hands full when adapting the iconic source material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-iYxGLpQzo In an interview with Deadline, Cornish discussed the challenge of bringing Lockwood & Co. to life. “The challenge is to get it on…

Apple iPhone SE 4 will not be launched in 2024, known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts. As per Kuo, the Cupertino-based tech giant has cancelled the plans to launch the fourth-generation iPhone SE next year. This is not the first time that Kuo has predicted about the cancelled iPhone SE 4. In his previous posts as well, the analyst has been pretty vocal about Apple's plan on iPhone SE 4. As per his latest post, Kuo revealed that Apple was planning to launch its first in-house 5G chip with the iPhone SE 4 and as…

As the recession across the world doesn’t seem to end anytime soon, every financial market, including cryptocurrency, continues to suffer. Most people consider this time the winter season of the crypto market, but the wise are those who plan to get into potential cryptocurrencies at lower prices at this time. Right now, almost all top cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum (ETH) and its sister hard fork, Ethereum Classic (ETC), are declining due to prolonged fear in the market. However, a new cryptocurrency stood…

Several major car companies, including GM and Volvo, have announced plans to produce only electric cars by or before 2035, in anticipation of the transition. But not all automakers are on the same page. Notably, Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has emphasized that it plans to offer a range of options, including hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles, instead of focusing exclusively on electric vehicles. A Toyota spokesperson told MIT Technology Review that the company is focused on how to reduce carbon emissions most…

The Nothing Phone (1) is a mid-range smartphone from a company founded by Carl Pei, one of the co-founders of OnePlus. When it launched, the Nothing Phone (1) would not be made available in the US just due to how difficult it is for emerging smartphone brands to be successful in the US market without a major partner as a carrier. In an interview with CNBC, this could change soon. Pei confirms that that Nothing is “in discussions with some carriers in the US to potentially launch a future product there,” and although he…

The Nothing Phone (1) is almost half a year old, and people are settling down with it. As is the case with the smartphone market, people are looking forward to the next iteration. However, Carl Pei has assured us that the Nothing Phone (2) is not coming out anytime soon.We’re all so accustomed to yearly smartphone releases that, halfway through the phone cycle, we start to look forward to leaks about the next device. We’ve been covering leaks and rumors about the Galaxy S23 phones for months now.This is one reason why…