Meta slapped with €1.2 billion fine by EU over GDPR breaches

The umbrella company Meta which owns Facebook was fined €1.2 billion by the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA). According to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), it is the largest fine ever over GDPR breaches. The fine was imposed because Meta was transferring the personal data of European users to the United States … Read more

Weekly poll results: the Pixel 7a starts strong, the Pixel Fold was deemed to be overpriced

As expected, the Pixel 7a has garnered a lot of interest – Google’s attractively priced almost flagship has a lot of buyers already lined up. A few feel it’s too pricey, but Pixel prices don’t hold at MSRP for very long. Case in point, the Pixel 7 regularly falls to around the same price … Read more

Carl Pei confirms Nothing Phone (2) will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC

Back in February, Nothing confirmed that a Snapdragon 8 series chip would power the Phone (2), but it didn’t reveal if it was an existing chip or one that would be launched in the future. A Qualcomm exec in a social media post said it would be the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, but … Read more

HTC U23 Pro announced: Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, 108MP camera, and 120Hz screen

HTC has officially unveiled the HTC U23 Pro which leaked earlier this month. It’s built around a 6.7″ FullHD+ OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass Victus’ protection. The display has a centered punch hole for the 32MP selfie camera, but it doesn’t have a fingerprint scanner underneath since that’s embedded … Read more

Flashback: the phones that weren’t, part 2 – letting people design a phone

Henry Ford once said “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. The authenticity of the quote isn’t 100% confirmed, but the point is clear – people can’t always come up with the best solutions to their problems. But there is another popular quote – “Vox Populi, Vox … Read more