After years of maintaining a quiet but constant presence in the wireless earbuds market, Jabra Elite has been discontinued as the company announces its exit from the market. GN Audio, the company that owns and runs Jabra, announced two new products in the discrete way it tends to do, and just as everyone began gearing up with their reviews of the devices, the company announced its intention to gradually wind down its Elite and Talk product lines. Jabra’s new earbuds were released on June 11, 2024, and we were happy to be greeted by the second-generation editions of the Elite 8 and Elite 10. An ..read more

Spotify’s repeated pricing changes have exhausted subscribers, especially those in the U.S. who have already been put through two rounds of price hikes. Now, a report from Bloomberg has brought up Spotify HiFi price leaks which suggest that a new plan will be introduced soon enough, with a $5 higher price tag. The new add-on plan will provide users with access to high-fidelity audio and have a few additional features like customized playlist creation to sweeten the deal. Apart from Spotify lossless music tier pricing, there aren’t too many details on what will make it appealing enough for user ..read more

If “Apple Intelligence” made you glance at your old iPhone model and sigh in disappointment, then you might want to comfort yourself with the iOS 18 preview instead. Unlike Apple’s scattered attempts at AI that will be restricted to the premium iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, the iOS 18 updates will arrive on a larger range of smartphones. From iOS 18’s scheduled messages to the customization opportunities, the details of the upgraded version of the software have a lot in store for users, promising to elevate your iPhone experience all at once.  Just like Craig Federighi’s flashy, meme-able en ..read more

The Apple WWDC AI updates have landed and the company finally appears on track to catch up with its top competitors. Calling the Apple AI innovations “Apple Intelligence,” the company has announced a slew of features that unfortunately won’t even benefit all of its existing users—more on that later. The company also formally confirmed its collaboration with ChatGPT, a fact that has Elon Musk losing his cool and threatening to ban Apple devices at his company, claiming it would be a “security violation.” The unexpected rage aside, most of Apple’s WWDC 2024 AI news has been positively received b ..read more

A shiny new smartphone stays that way only for the first few weeks of use. Soon enough, the charm wears off as you pile apps onto it and you’re forced to strategize how to improve your Android’s battery life to get a full day’s use out of it. Longer-lasting batteries on Android are cherished features that we use to the fullest in most cases, but no matter which model you use, the battery does wear down over time. While there’s no way to entirely avoid wearing the device out other than ceasing to use them, our best course of action is to incorporate little tips and tricks into our everyday live ..read more

Not all dreams come to fruition and learning that the dearMoon mission has been canceled has broken a lot of hearts. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who had spearheaded the SpaceX mission, recently announced that the space trip was no longer going to take place. The SpaceX moon trip cancellation announcement post was dropped most unexpectedly, briefly hinting at the reason behind this drastic decision. Unsurprisingly, it has a little something to do with the project launch timeline having breezed by with no end in sight. The dearMoon crew’s reactions to the incident are painful to see, pr ..read more

If the reports are to be trusted, Suicide Squad’s $200M flop looks like it’ll stay a thorn in WBD’s side for years to come. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was released on February 2, 2024, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. Developer Rocksteady Studios had been put in charge of the game and despite the shaky reviews of the movies that came before, the characters had enough of a following that the game could have found easy success with its target audience. Despite all the factors waiting on the sidelines cheering for the game’s success, Warner Bros reported a $200M loss o ..read more

There is no better time to build trust than now in today’s fast moving business environment. Among these measures, Know Your Business (KYB) verification plays a crucial role in the process by creating an impression of credibility and compliance by companies. This goes beyond mere due diligence and it is an essential part of any system that includes the need for KYC (know your customer) checks, where this means not just identities being verified but also looking at their authenticity as well as background history plus carrying out document examination so as to discover activities like money lau ..read more

The WWDC 2024 event is only days away, and while we don’t know about everything Apple intends to announce, we do know its iOS 18 features will wow the crowd. The iOS 18 update coming to the iPhone could bring some of the “biggest” software upgrades to the device according to Mark Gurman, with “relatively groundbreaking” changes that are set to reshape the future of the iPhone. The iOS 18 rumors indicate that generative AI will be a big part of what makes the update impressive, which was to be expected—it’s about time Apple steps up its AI game. Apart from the iOS 18 AI updates, we will see a f ..read more

The midrange Motorola Edge (2024) is arriving in U.S. markets after some initial doubts about its international debut. The Motorola Edge (2024) specs resemble the older 2023 model that was released in October last year, but it does have a cheaper price tag and new features that make it a more appealing investment. The Motorola Edge (2024) pOLED display still maintains the curved screen design which is a polarizing factor on smartphones today, but if you can overlook that detail, the device has a lot to offer up.  From the Motorola Edge (2024) battery life to the new action button that mim ..read more