Tag: android

‘It’s not as simple as real image and fake image’: Qualcomm weighs in on AI photo editing debate

I felt like I opened a can of worms when I asked Samsung about its stance on AI photo editing at Galaxy Unpacked back in January. “There is no such thing as a real picture,” Patrick Chomet, Samsung’s Head of Customer Experience, told me at the time – a nihilism-tinged…

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We got a sneak peak at the Asus ROG Phone 9, one of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phones, and it’s going to be fast

Monday at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Qualcomm unveiled its new flagship mobile SoC – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – which is powered by the company’s 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores. Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Maui to check out the latest chips, and I managed to track down some surprises that…

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We got a sneak peek at the Asus ROG Phone 9, one of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phones, and it’s going to be fast

Monday at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Qualcomm unveiled its new flagship mobile SoC – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – which is powered by the company’s 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores. Qualcomm flew TechRadar to Maui to check out the latest chips, and I managed to track down some surprises that…

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Did Qualcomm just kill the ring light? Future Android phones could let you add a virtual, moveable light source to video calls

Picture the scene: you jump on an important work call, fresh-faced and ready to confidently deliver your trademark “nothing from me” line, only to discover that the light (or lack thereof) in your work-from-home office has left you looking less like a serious businessperson and more like a seedy Omegle…

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Forget Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 – Qualcomm’s Apple A18 Pro rival is the Snapdragon 8 Elite

It’s that time of year again: Qualcomm has debuted its new-and-improved flagship mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Essentially a renamed version of the much rumored Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (though Qualcomm isn’t ready to confirm as much just yet), the 8 Elite…

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Google Chrome on Android is about to get a massive upgrade for password managers that’s been a long time coming

Google is finally fixing a longstanding problem with the way third-party password managers work within the Android version of Chrome. In an update coming next month, Google will enable native autofill for third-party password manager apps like Dashlane and 1Password in the Chrome app on Android. The update was announced…

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