Vivo Y50m 5G and Vivo Y50 5G have been launched in China with similar design and specifications. They run on MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipsets. They feature 6,000mAh batteries with 44W charging support. The new Y50 series phones have a 13-megapixel single rear camera and a 5-megapixel selfie shooter.

YouTube will shut down its Trending Page and Now Trending list today. The move comes 10 years after the Google-owned video streaming service first launched the page for its users and content creators. Although the page is still visible, they could be removed by the end of the day. The company attributed the shut down to the falling visits to the page.

HMD may soon launch the Crest 2, Arc 2, and Bold smartphones, as details for the phones have surfaced online. They are tipped to be codenamed Accord, Sudoku, and Mahuze, respectively. The HMD Crest 2 is expected to feature a Unisoc T8300 5G chip with up to 8GB of RAM and run Android 15. The HMD Arc 2 may use a Unisoc SC9863A chipset, while the HMD Bold could feature a Unisoc T7200 or T7250 SoC paired with up to 6GB of RAM.

Xiaomi could be preparing to launch its Redmi Turbo 5 smartphone early next year, and ahead of its rumoured launch, some specifications and features have been leaked online by a tipster. The handset is said to sport a 6.6-inch touchscreen with 1.5K resolution and a metal frame surrounding it.

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, is now letting users hide artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images. Last week, the Pennsylvania, US-based company announced a new filter on its image search interface that can hide AI images so users can only browse real or non-synthetic photos. The filter is based on a large list of websites and blogs that are known for posting AI-generated images.

Apple unveiled iOS 26 as the next iteration of the iPhone operating system (OS) at WWDC 2025 in June. Since then, a couple of developer beta updates have been released. However, the iOS 26 Public Beta is yet to see the light of day. According to a seasoned journalist, the public beta build of the upcoming OS could be released as soon as this week. In a separate development, the iOS 27 development is also said to begin soon.

EA is reportedly gearing up to fully reveal the next Battlefield game later this month. The company is said to be planning a three-day launch event for the next entry in the military shooter series. A new leak also claims that the game will be called Battlefield 6.

Apple is reportedly planning to launch its first foldable iPhone, or the purported iPhone Fold, by late 2026. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims it will feature a design that resembles the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series and may incorporate some Samsung-designed components. This device is speculated to carry a price tag exceeding $2,000, entering a smartphone market led by Samsung.

Tovino Thomas stars in Narivetta, a Malayalam-language action thriller that delves into themes of tribal justice, power abuse, and personal transformation. Set against the backdrop of the Muthanga protest, the movie follows a junior cop who grapples with his role in a flawed system. With strong performances and a compelling storyline, Narivetta has struck a chord with audiences and critics alike. Stream it now on SonyLIV.

Oppo is set to launch the K13 Turbo and K13 Turbo Pro in China later today. Ahead of the event, the company confirmed that the K13 Turbo Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor. Oppo will also debut the K13 Turbo Super Cooling Kit alongside the new smartphones.

Lava Blaze Dragon, launching in India on July 25, will feature a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset. It is expected to get a 5,000mAh battery with 18W charging, and may run stock Android 15. It will sport a 50-megapixel AI-backed dual rear camera setup. The handset could be priced in the country under Rs. 10,000. Leaked live images show the Blaze Dragon in a black variant, with a rainbow-accented camera module.

Apple launched the iPad Pro (2024) with a key change in terms of its camera. While the hardware remained the same, it shifted its orientation from portrait to landscape, enabling more flexibility while using FaceTime and unlocking the tablet. However, not all users have been happy with this change. A seasoned journalist suggests that the Cupertino-based tech giant could solve this issue by adding a secondary camera in a portrait orientation on the purported M5-powered iPad Pro.

NASA/ESAs Hubble Space Telescope has released a stunning new image of Abell 209, a massive galaxy cluster 2.8 billion light-years away in Cetus. The golden cluster houses over 100 galaxies, but beneath them lies an invisible web of hot gas and dark matter. Using gravitational lensing, Hubble reveals curved arcs of light from background galaxies, helping astronomers map unseen mass. The imagetaken with Hubbles ACS and WFC3 camerasblends optical and infrared views, offering sharp cosmic detail. Th

For the first time, scientists have detected lithium in Mercurys exosphere using magnetic wave signatures found in MESSENGER spacecraft data. The findings link lithiums release to meteoroid impacts that vaporise planetary material, offering fresh insight into volatile element delivery. This breakthrough reshapes our understanding of Mercurys surface chemistry and thin atmospheric dynamics across airless planetary bodies

Yeh Saali Naukri is an Indian drama series that is currently streaming on the YouTube channel of Dice Media. The series follows Raviranjan, a young aspirant, who faces individual struggles, societal expectations, and personal sacrifices, all while chasing his career goal to obtain a sarkari naukri.

Kuberaa is a story mixes dramatic transformations of greed, ambition, and moral dilemmas. When a man, played by Dhanush as a beggar, finds treasure, he, instead of providing, starts targeting his close ones later, only to regret it. As he knows he was wrong, he is ready to lose it all and is on a mission of redemption. It is now premiering on Prime Video.

Practical People Win is a stand-up comedy show featuring Zarna Garg. She brings her humour and wit as an indian mom known for her relatable family humour, shares her take on modern family through her unique comedy lens. It is now streaming on JioHotstar.

Good Boy is an action K-Drama web series that revolves around a group of former medalists who are recruited into the police department through a special recruitment program. Now, they will have to use their skills and athletic power to sustain their position and fight against criminals. Watch now.

Brookhavens sPHENIX detector at RHIC has released its first results from gold-ion collisions, confirming accurate detection of particle counts and energy levels. These measurements validate the detectors performance and lay the groundwork for exploring quarkgluon plasma (QGP)a primordial state of matter from the early universe. With baseline data established, sPHENIX will now track high-energy jets to investigate how quarks and gluons behave in the QGP. The upcoming 2025 run will exploit the det

NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a rare glimpse of TOI 1227 b, a young, Jupiter-sized exoplanet losing its atmosphere under intense stellar radiation. Just 8 million years old, the planet is shrinking rapidly as X-rays strip away its mass. Scientists warn it may become a barren rocky core in about a billion years.

A meteorite strike in northern Arizona may have triggered a massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago. Researchers found ancient driftwood and lake sediments indicating a paleolake formed after the Colorado River was dammed. The study suggests seismic waves from the Meteor Crater impact caused the landslide. Findings were published in the journal Geology.

Written and directed by Shahi Kabir, Ronth is a Malayalam Cop Drama that features two police officers who have been partnered to conduct night patrol. Together, they have to confront unresolved issues, break barriers, and trust each other to pass the dark night. Streaming starts soon.

??????

Samsung has launched the Galaxy F36 5G in India, priced under Rs. 20,000. The new F-series phone is powered by the Exynos 1380 SoC and sports a triple rear camera setup, headlined by a 50-megapixel main sensor. It features a leather-textured back panel and comes in three colour options. The Galaxy F36 5G also brings several AI-powered features, including Googles Circle to Search and Gemini Live.

??????

Gemini North has imaged 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object to enter our solar system. Larger than its predecessors and possibly older than our solar system, the comet will pass closest to the Sun on Oct. 30 before returning to deep space. Scientists worldwide are racing to gather data during its brief visit.

NASA has grounded Boeings CST-100 Starliner until at least 2026 following critical malfunctions during its June 2024 crewed test flight. The mission was cut short due to multiple thruster failures and helium pressurization leaks. NASA decided to bring Starliner back to Earth empty, leaving the astronauts on the ISS for safety. Engineers traced the issues to thermal damage in thruster housings and are now testing fixes, including added insulation. Starliner may require another uncrewed test befor

A landmark experiment has shown magic state distillation using logical qubits, solving a 20-year challenge in quantum computing. This finding from QuEra, published in Nature, strengthens the foundation for error-corrected, scalable quantum machines.

NASA and Indias ISRO are set to launch NISAR, a first-of-its-kind Earth-observing satellite equipped with advanced dual-band radar. Scheduled to lift off no earlier than late July 2025 from Sriharikota, India, NISAR will map nearly all of Earths land and ice every 12 days, capturing surface changes with centimeter-level precision. Its L-band and S-band radar systems can penetrate clouds, vegetation, and even soil, making it ideal for monitoring natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, and lan

Chinas Tianwen 2 spacecraft, now millions of kilometers from Earth, captured distant images of Earth and the moon as it journeys to asteroid Kamo'oalewa. Set to collect samples by 2026 and return them in 2027, the mission could reveal insights into the solar systems formationbefore continuing on to a second deep-space target, comet 311P/PANSTARRS.

NASAs Crew-11 astronauts have entered the final stage before launch: a two-week quarantine designed to prevent illness before their mission to the ISS. Led by commander Zena Cardman, the four-person team also includes Nick Hague, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), and Alexander Grebenkin (Roscosmos). The team will launch no earlier than July 31 from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Once aboard the ISS, Crew-11 will carry out six months of science research, including biotech, algae cell divis

A massive July 15 filament eruption from the suns limb carved a 250,000milelong plasma canyon captured by NASAs SDO. The spectacular rift, formed as magnetic fields realigned, featured 12,400milehigh plasma walls. Although the eruption launched a coronal mass ejection into space, SOHO and GOES19 imagery confirm its heading away from Earth, posing no geomagnetic threat.

Kay Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, in season 2 of Special Ops, is all set to release on Jio Hotstar from July 18, 2025. This one differs from the first season, which focused on terror attacks. This one is more inclined towards cyber threats and how Himmat Singh dodges them to stop cybercrime. Along with his team, he is dedicated to finding a scientist who is stuck due to an old adversary. For the show's fans, it is as exciting as releasing all the episodes this July.

Apple, has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of California against a YouTube content creator, Jon Prosser, who runs a channel called FPT (@FrontPageTech). The US-based firm alleges that Prosser conspired with Michael Ramacciotti, an automotive and tech product analyst at NTFTW. The court document reveals that the phone of Ramacciottis friend, who is an Apple employee, was used for leaks.

OnePlus announced that the OnePlus Pad 3 will go on sale in India in September. While the tablet is already available for purchase in select markets, its pricing details in India will be announced in the coming weeks, closer to its sale date. The tablet was unveiled in June with a 13.2-inch display and a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.

Google is now expanding its latest video generation model, Veo 3, to its Gemini application programming interface (API). On Thursday, the Mountain View-based tech giant highlighted that Veo 3 will now be available to developers with the Gemini API, and they will be able to integrate this capability in apps and build new apps around it.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra debuted in January with multiple upgrades in tow, including a larger screen. A tipster has suggested that its purported successor could go even bigger in terms of screen real estate. The purported phone, ubiquitously known as the Galaxy S26 Ultra, is said to have a 0.03-inch larger display compared to the current model. The body width is tipped to remain the same, indicating that we could see even narrower bezels this time around.

Huawei Mate XT 2 key specifications have leaked online. It is said to run on the Kirin 9020 5G SoC and offer satellite connectivity. The phone is also tipped to pack an improved 50-megapixel main rear camera with variable aperture. Huawei is likely to pack an upgraded periscope telephoto shooter on the phone as well. The Mate XT 2 could be launched in September this year.

The Lava Blaze Dragon is set to launch in India on July 25 via Amazon. It may feature a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The handset could get a 50-megapixel AI-backed main rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. It may pack a 5,000mAh battery with 18W charging support. It is tipped to run stock Android 15 out-of-the-box. The Lava Blaze AMOLED 2 may launch alongside the Blaze Dragon model.

Longtime Meta employee and its Vice President, Product (Generative AI) is being elevated by the tech giant to take over Threads day-to-day operations from Instagrams head Adam Mosseri, as per a report. Mosseri is said to have revealed the executive movement in an internal company memo.

Earlier this year, Google added a new capability to its app on iOS which lets you check the history of the songs searched for in the past. The feature is now rolling out for Android devices too. It is said to be an extension of the Song Search feature which leverages Androids Circle to Search Googles artificial intelligence (AI) visual lookup tool to search for the name of a song that is currently playing.

Honor is said to be planning to standardise 7,020mAh batteries on flagships and 8,200mAh batteries for mid-range phones. The Chinese brand recently launched the Honor Power in April with an 8,000mAh battery. It also unveiled the Honor X70 with an 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery.

iQOO Z10R will launch in India on July 24, likely priced under Rs. 20,000. It features a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 SoC, 8GB RAM, and runs Android 15-based FuntouchOS 15. The phone offers a 120Hz quad-curved display, a 5,700mAh battery with bypass charging, and a 50MP Sony IMX882 main camera with OIS, along with a 32MP front camera.

OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) agent, which will be baked into the company's chatbot, on Thursday. Dubbed ChatGPT Agent, it is a general-purpose agent which gets its own virtual computer to browse the web and find information, as well as an integrated development environment (IDE) for coding. The San Francisco-based AI firm said that ChatGPT Agent is essentially the unification of the Operator agent and the Deep Research function.

Spotify's new Audiobooks+ add-on plans are now available in 11 more countries, after the company tested the two plans in Ireland and Canada. The company claims that these add-ons would offer greater flexibility to its premium subscribers, while aiding authors and publishers reach new audiences.

Samsung released its Android 16-based operating system (OS) dubbed One UI 8 with its latest Galaxy Z series foldables. It is soon expected to make its way to other handsets too, with beta testing ongoing. According to a report, the One UI 8 Beta 4 for the Galaxy S25 series was spotted on the tech giants test server. However, one of the new features, which was seen on the previous test builds of the firmware, is allegedly missing from the latest update.

iPhone 17 Pro is tipped to come in Black, Dark Blue, Orange and Silver colours. This suggests a departure from the colour palette of the iPhone 16 Pro series. The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max were launched in Black Titanium, Desert Titanium, Natural Titanium, and White Titanium colour options.

Infinix Hot 60 Pro+ is set to launch globally on July 25. It boasts a 6.78-inch 1.5K 3D-curved AMOLED display, is powered by a MediaTek Helio G200 chipset, and features a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 main rear camera with OIS. The phone includes dual JBL-tuned speakers, an IP65-rated body, and several AI-driven imaging and productivity features. It packs a 5,160mAh battery, weighs 155g, and has a slim 5.95mm profile.

Google set its annual Made by Google event for August 20 where it is expected to debut its next-generation hardware innovations. Among the expected launches is the Google Pixel Watch 4. While previous reports suggested the lack of major hardware changes, it could bring additional health tracking capabilities. A new report claims that the Mountain View-based tech giant will equip its purported smartwatch with continuous SpO2 tracking capability.