Tag: OnePlus
Tech Digest daily roundup: Oppo and OnePlus deny European withdrawal
Oppo and OnePlus have been struggling in Europe for a while now, and a patent dispute with Nokia that effectively stopped the companies from advertising their products in Germany certainly didn’t help. Combined with a shrinking smartphone market, the outlook isn’t too bright. According to multiple reports, it looks like the two BBK Electronics-owned entities…
Tech Digest daily roundup: YouTube accused of collecting children’s viewing data
YouTube has been accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13, in breach of a UK data privacy code designed to protect children. Campaigner Duncan McCann has lodged an official complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). He says the site is gathering data about the videos children watch, where they are…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Microsoft announces Bing with built-in ChatGPT AI
Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, which incorporates the latest in artificial intelligence. The overhaul deploys OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, which has taken the world by storm since its launch last year. The move is by far the biggest threat Google has seen to its dominance in web search - and…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Delete TikTok or risk data being ‘exposed to hostile threats’, warns Government
People have been urged to delete TikTok from their phones, with the chair of Britain's foreign affairs committee warning that "we are being naive" about the threat posed by the app. Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, said that keeping the video-sharing platform installed left users' personal data exposed to "hostile" threats - specifically the Chinese…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google Maps live traffic data disabled in Ukraine
Google has disabled live traffic data in Ukraine. (Generic image. Pexels) Google has disabled live traffic data from being displayed on its Maps app in Ukraine. The app displays this information by collecting anonymous data from Android smartphones, which shows how busy roads and different places are. But it has now…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Thousands of fake emails sent from real FBI address
A hacker has sent thousands of fake emails from a real FBI address, warning the recipients that their networks were being attacked by a reputable cyber security researcher. The hoax emails were not sent by anyone with access to the FBI's technology infrastructure, but by someone abusing a misconfigured web portal, the agency has confirmed.…
Oppo Find X3: Experts give their opinion
Oppo is launching a trio of Find X3 series phones in the UK from April, all of which are 5G-ready and house cutting-edge cameras, the Chinese firm said. The top-of-the-range Pro includes a quad-camera system and screen which Oppo says is industry-leading because it allows the phone to capture and then display up to one billion…
Tech Digest daily round up: Can Volvo-owned Polestar take on Tesla?
By Alexander Migl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77194387 On the outskirts of the Swedish city of Gothenburg sits a towering white box with a subtle cross emblazoned on its exterior, writes technology correspondent Michael Cogley in The Telegraph. Nicknamed "the cube”, it is home to Volvo-owned electric car company Polestar…
iPhone 11 cameras welcome but lack of 5G could harm sales, says expert
The new line-up of iPhone 11 handsets has exceeded expectations but a lack of 5G support could limit the Apple products’ appeal and sales, according to one industry analyst. Ru Bhikha, mobiles expert at uSwitch.com, said that although there was no expectation of a major iPhone revamp this year, the newest devices and their focus…
Younger mobile phone users ‘suffering from load rage’
It takes young people in the UK less than one minute to get annoyed while waiting for phone content to download, research suggests. The survey of UK smartphone users by Chinese phone maker OnePlus suggests that young people are five times more likely to lose their temper because of slow download speeds than older phone…
