Windows 11 Build 22567 Announced: What’s New? Microsoft has announced the latest Windows 11 build 22567 via an official blog post. Starting with the sustainable Windows update part, Microsoft says that the Windows Update system will now prioritize updates in the background only when significant amounts of natural energy sources like solar or wind energy are available. That means if you live in a region with known carbon intensity data, particularly from platforms such as WattTime or electricityMap, the Windows Update will leverage this data to detect a time when there is more clean energy available to check for updates....

Windows 11 on Unsupported Devices Now Has a Watermark According to reports, Microsoft was found to be testing a new “system requirement not met” watermark for Windows 11 running on unsupported hardware last month. Now, the company has started rolling it out to beta testers before releasing it to the stable channel. Following the rollout of the latest Windows 11 update last week, Insiders have confirmed that Windows 11 running on unsupported hardware now shows a new watermark at the bottom-right corner of their screen....

Xiaomi 12X India Launch Soon A report by 91Mobiles suggests that the Xiaomi 12X is confirmed to launch in India soon. This contradicts a previous rumor, which suggested that the phone won’t make it to India. However, we don’t have details on the exact launch date. It is likely to launch in the first half of 2022, though. Apart from this, the source has revealed details on the RAM+storage variants, the possible color options, and the price of the Xiaomi 12X in India....

The Mi KN95 mask arrives with four layers of protection. You have an inner layer and an outer layer of non-woven material that helps filter out bigger particles. The two middle layers are made of melt-blown fabric for bacteria and small particle filtration. The company boasts that the mask offers over 95% Bacterial Filter Efficiency (BFE) and 95% particle filtration efficiency. Do not get scared of these big words. It simply means that the mask is capable of keeping out dust, smog, and bacteria as small as 3 microns....

Xiaomi Mix Fold 2: Specs and Features The Mix Fold 2 boasts a design similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and opens like a book. It has a sleek design with a thickness of 5.4mm (when unfolded) and 11.2mm (when folded). Plus, the foldable phone weighs 262 grams. With a mirror metal texture, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 comes in Star Gold and Moon Shadow Black colorways. The phone includes Xiaomi’s own micro water droplet shape hinge, which is 25% smaller than the one on its predecessor....

Xiaomi Smart TV 5A: Specs and Features The Xiaomi Smart TV 5A is the latest addition to the company’s TV portfolio and comes with a bezel-less display with a premium finish. It comes in three screen sizes: 32-inch, 40-inch, and 43-inch. While the 32-inch model supports an HD screen resolution, the other two models go for Full HD. The latest smart TV by Xiaomi is equipped with 24W speakers with DTS:X and Dolby Audio for an immersive audio experience....

Xiaomi Smart TV 5A Pro: Specs and Features The Xiaomi Smart TV 5A Pro comes with a metal body and has a 32-inch bezel-less display. The screen is HD-Ready and supports the Vivid Picture Engine technology for improved color, contrast, and more. It also comes with a 92% DCI-P3 color gamut, a 96.6% screen-to-body ratio, and the standard 60Hz refresh rate. For the audio needs, there’s support for two 24W speakers and Dolby Audio....

It is worth noting that Xiaomi has teased folding smartphones in the past, but we’re yet to see anything concrete from the company on that front. That said, it might be different this time around, with noted display industry analyst, Ross Young, suggesting that China Star will start manufacturing display panels for a new Xiaomi foldable by the end of the year. According to him, the device will have an “8-inch out-folding display” and should launch globally next spring....

A UK-based firm, Lovell Tec, has developed a unique pen drive, dubbed “Destruct Pro”, that is designed to delete your data instead of storing it. The company says that this thumb-drive can securely erase all your files and data from a hard drive, making them irretrievable. The “Destruct Pro” looks exactly like a key with its connection points at the front and a small hole at the back. The black and orange color scheme of the thumb-drive gives it a stealthy look, compared to other compact pen drives in the market....

This iPhone 15 Pro Camera Upgrade May Be Missing Kuo has suggested that the iPhone 15 Pro and the 15 Pro Max won’t get an 8P lens (8-element lens), as rumored previously. There are chances that these 2023 Pro models will stick to the 7P lens, featured on the iPhone 14 Pro models. I think the rumored iPhone 15 Pro series’s adoption of an 8P lens won’t likely come true.— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) October 30, 2022...

Developed by Japan’s Skydrive Inc., the eVTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) vehicle looks more like a bike than a car. It has space for one person who controls it and this flying bike successfully took off from the ground and flew in the air for some time. “Of the world’s more than 100 flying car projects, only a handful has succeeded with a person on board”, said Tomohiro Fukuzawa, the head of the “flying car” project of Skydrive Inc....

Now, if you are unaware, black bear attacks in some of the rural cities of Japan have reportedly increased quite a lot in the last five years. Last year, the country reported that 157 of its citizens were attacked by bears. It has become a serious life-hazard for residents living in cities that are closer to forests. So, in order to solve this bear attack-issue, the Japanese city of Takikawa, located on the northern island of Hokkaido, installed special wolf-robots in parts of the city where bears were sighted earlier....

Lava Blaze Pro: Specs and Features The Lava Blaze Pro features a rectangular camera hump at the back and a waterdrop notch upfront. It comes in Glass Gold, Glass Green, Glass Blue, and Glass Orange colorways. The front has a 6.5-inch IPS HD+ display with support for a 90Hz refresh rate. While the side bezels are thin, the top and bottom bezels are significantly visible. The phone is powered by the MediaTek Helio G37 SoC, along with 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage....

Interestingly, they all bear names of legitimate developers, like NordVPN, Adguard VPN, TunnelBear VPN, The Great Suspender and Floating Player – Picture-in-Picture Mode. However, according to an investigation by ArsTechnica, all of them are from fraudsters with no relation to the legitimate companies whose names are being used to deceive unsuspecting users. Explaining the workings of the malicious extensions, Laurence Norah, a Microsoft Edge user and photographer at ‘Finding the Universe’, said: “I had the tunnelbear extension installed, but I removed it once I figured out it was causing the issue....

The report from Counterpoint Research shows that MediaTek was able to garner a 43% market share in the mobile chipset industry in the second quarter of 2021, thanks to its 5G-focused chipsets in the mid-range segment. This was also the highest market share the company ever achieved, coming from just 26% during the same period last year. Furthermore, compared to Qualcomm’s 28% share this year, MediaTek’s market share was mostly driven by the increasing number of 5G smartphones in the market, which grew 31% YoY in Q2 2021....

Windows Update to Remove Edge Legacy With the cumulative update, which Microsoft calls ‘Windows 10 Update Tuesday (or “B”) release,’ Microsoft will remove Edge legacy and replace it with the new Chromium Edge. If you’re already running the 20H2 update, the company will not reinstall the browser. Instead, the update will simply remove Edge legacy from your machine. If you have already moved from Edge legacy, you don’t have to worry about this update....

Moto Razr 3 with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Confirmed The General Manager of Motorola, Shen Jin, recently took to Weibo to share a teaser image, highlighting the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. In his post, Jin mentions a hidden easter egg, which is not that hidden. We can see the representation of the brightly illuminated Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 on top of a wide, V-shaped design, hinting at a foldable phone with a clamshell form factor, which confirms the arrival of the next-gen Motorola foldable phone....

According to the folks at XDA Developers, the Chinese phone maker will add a bunch of new camera modes to their Camera app with the upcoming OxygenOS update. OnePlus, as we know, recently started rolling out the first open beta of the Android 11-based OxygenOS 11 update to the OnePlus 7 and 7T. Now, members of the XDA forum dug into the update and discovered several code strings that hint at new camera modes for its devices....

M2 iPad Pro: Specs and Features The new iPad Pro comes in two display variants. There’s the 11-inch Liquid Retina display with the ProMotion tech and the bigger 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR screen, again, with the ProMotion tech. There’s support for up to 1600 nits of peak brightness. The latest M2 chip powering the new iPad Pro is around 15% faster than the M1 chip and provides 35% faster graphics performance....

The CEO recently shared the image via a tweet on his official Twitter handle. You can check out the tweet attached right below. — John Hanke (@johnhanke) March 29, 2021 As you can see, it is essentially a close-up look of Niantic’s AR Glasses. They will have a speaker on its rim (similar to Bose Frames) and the “Niantic” branding on the side. We can also see the lens at one of the corners of the image....