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A new report by International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that India’s smartphone market grew by one percent YoY (year-over-year) in 2023. The year saw 146 million phone shipments by various mobile brands operating in the Indian market. The report also notes that the ASP (average selling price) of a smartphone rose to a record $255 (approx Rs 21,000) which is a 14 percent YoY increase from 2022.Key insights of Indian smartphone market in 2023 across price segmentsLet’s take a look at some of the main highlights…

There are a couple of ways to go about ship combat in Skull and Bones. The easiest and most common method of combat you'll likely use is simply depleting a ship of all its health and sinking it, allowing you to collect its loot from the wreckage. However, there's a secondary way to collect loot from an enemy ship: board it.Boarding an enemy ship can actually reward you with more loot than you would normally get by sinking it. There is sometimes hidden loot stowed away on ships that can only be earned by…

Multiple shocks to global supply chains brought about first by the pandemic and more recently by Iran-backed Houthis targeting cargo ships in Red Sea have shown there’s a need for greater resilience in global shipping. At the same time, the pressure to reduce both costs and carbon footprints continues apace.  Quietly, investors are eyeing up tech platforms for ports and cargo ships, which could prove to be a very savvy investment.  There are already several signs this is happening. Most recently, Portchain — a Danish…

Like many of us, Alisha Fredriksson is terrified about climate change. But unlike many of us, she’s rolling up her sleeves and doing something about it.   Two years ago the young entrepreneur co-founded Seabound — a London-based startup on a mission to decarbonise the shipping industry.  Unlike other modes of transport like cars or buses, big shipping companies have few technologies at their disposal to slash emissions. The sector emits 3% of global carbon dioxide — more than air travel — so…

Image: LegoIn 1999, Star Wars changed the world all over again with the start of the prequel trilogy in The Phantom Menace—and changed the toy world all over again too. Not just with its own action figures though: 1999 saw Lego reveal its very first licensed subset in Lego Star Wars, and has been pillaging our savings with awesome toys ever since. So, to mark the 25th birthday of it all, the company is... well, pillaging those savings all over again.Today Lego confirmed the first details for a wave of special 25th…

Although it took a long time for Paramount to return the favor, Star Trek Online has long done a great job of bringing in material from the more recent shows into its own imagining of at 25th-century era for boldly going. But its latest drop might be one of its most fun.Playing Raffi Throughout Star Trek: PicardSTO developer Cryptic Studios has just announced its latest drop—coinciding with new story content—will feature a bevy of new material inspired by the final season of Star Trek Picard. Alongside a new ship, the…

Blasting Taylor Swift on the 30-watt speakers that accompany Fuse Audio’s upcoming release.Gif: Jorge Jimenez, Artem GolubTurntables seem to be making a comeback, at least at CES: JBL took a modern, Gen Z-friendly route with its recently released Spinner turntable that connects via Bluetooth, and Fuse Audio displayed several gorgeous vertical record players at CES 2024. The star of the category at CES was Fuse Audio’s upcoming vertical turntable, which ships with two 30-watt speakers at no additional cost.Would Peter…

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the biggest electronics trade show in the world. Countless companies, big and small, descend on Las Vegas to showcase new and innovative products. Some may see the light of day, others may never be more than prototypes, leaving us wishing for a reality in which they exist. Samsung has long been one of the major exhibitors at CES. It's the event where the company launches new TVs, monitors, home appliances and other consumer electronics products. This isn't an event where…

Apple's Vision Pro is finally going on sale. Starting in the US, the headset will land on pre-order on Friday, January 19 through Apple's Online Store, and start shipping on Friday, February 2. Starting on February 2, the Vision Pro will be available at all US Apple Store locations. It seems Apple will sell only the 256GB model at first, but the company hinted that there will be other models as well. Apple's press release says that the price is starting at $3,499 with 256GB of storage. The Vision Pro ships with a Solo…

It's no secret that Apple's Siri is a digital assistant that lags behind the rest. In a world where Alexa, Google Assistant, and chatbots like ChatGPT have shown how great things can be, Siri has proven itself to be a sub-par alternative. With the exception of Samsung's Bixby, it's perhaps the last assistant that most would turn to in a pinch. So it's no surprise to anyone that Apple is rumored to be working on some big upgrades.Those upgrades are said to be on the back of work that Apple is currently doing on internal…