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Specifications for the upcoming foldable have leaked ahead of its expected launch next month, with Smartprix reporting incremental improvements over its predecessor.
The device will supposedly feature a 7.6-inch 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED 2x internal screen with a 2160 x 1856 resolution and a 4:3.4 aspect ratio. It’s also 14 grams lighter and powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
Shares in the mini computer maker are now available on the open market for retail investors, after an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange earlier this week. By listing, the company aims to produce additional, more affordable hardware models.
Raspberry Pi’s share price is 480 pence at the time of writing, having surged by over 70 percent since listing its IPO for 280 pence earlier this week.
That’s according to internal company messages obtained by Business Insider, regarding frustration among staffers over how Adobe handled the controversy surrounding a recent Terms of Service update.
Adobe has since released a blog to address concerns about AI training and content ownership, but its employees reportedly think greater transparency is needed.
“If our goal is truly to prioritize our users’ best interests (which, to be honest, I sometimes question), it’s astonishing how poor our communication can be.”
Android Authority reports that the latest APK for Google Messages contains a new fab that allows users to chat with Gemini directly instead of tapping the button at the bottom of the messages list.
It's a slightly more streamlined process, but given this isn’t even available to beta testers yet there’s no word on when it could be generally available.
YouTube is experimenting with the ability to search for videos via Google Lens, with a “small percentage” of Android users being enrolled to test the feature.
The description says tapping the Lens button in the YouTube search bar will retrieve videos based on the picture you snap — which doesn’t sound particularly useful but might provide some entertainment value.
[support.google.com]