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US Government bans investment in Huawei and 58 other Chinese companies

In the latest episode of the US-China geopolitical showdown, President Joe Biden is enforcing a new executive order that bans investment in 59 Chinese companies including Huawei effective from August 2. The new decision prevents US investments in Chinese companies with suspected ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Joining Huawei on the list is chip maker SMIC, telecom operator China Mobile, video surveillance company Hikvision, and a plethora of Chinese defense sector companies. A senior US official confirmed that more Chinese companies will likely be added to the list in the months…

Realme Watch S gets a new color variant

The Realme Watch S was unveiled last November in Black color, and today it is joined by a new Silver variant. At INR4,999 ($70/€55), it’s priced the same as the Black model, and it will go on sale in India starting June 7 through Flipkart and Realme’s official website.

Except for the color, everything remains the same on the new Silver model, meaning you get a 1.3″ screen with Gorilla Glass protection, a 390 mAh battery advertised to offer up to 15 days of endurance, and IP68 water resistance.

Realme Watch S Silver variant

The Realme Watch S also comes with the camera and…

Sirin’s V3 is a $2,650 Galaxy S21 with a focus on security

Sirin Labs, a mobile cybersecurity company that launched Finney – a blockchain smartphone with an embedded cold storage crypto wallet in 2018 – has announced a new smartphone, dubbed Sirin V3.

The Sirin V3 is a Samsung Galaxy S21 with an extra focus on information security, with the security platform based on Samsung Knox.

Samsung Galaxy S21

The V3 comes with what Sirin calls a Dual-Persona solution having two separate spaces you can switch between easily – a Personal mode that provides “complete user autonomy and strong baseline security”, and a Confidential Work Space mode…

Google Pixel’s Astrophotography may get a timelapse feature soon

An update to Google’s Pixel Tips app shows hints that the Pixel camera app is gaining a new feature. This is specifically for the Astrophotography camera feature that lets Pixel owners take breathtaking long-exposure photos of the night skies or moon-lit landscapes.

As 9to5Google reports, the Pixel Tips App has been recently updated and it’s noted that this update routinely arrives prior to Google’s periodic Feature Drop update. Code within the Pixel Tips App contains a hint that there may be a new “Astrotimelapse” feature coming to the Google Camera. That’s…

Apple hints at Android app for AirTags, new update discourages unwanted tracking

Apple’s AirTag trackers have been on the market for about a month and a new firmware update is now rolling out to Apple’s pretty, round trackers as CNET reports. The new update changes the way that the AirTag alerts passersby of a lost tracker in the vicinity. It is also changing the time window for when it will make a sound to alert others of a lost tracker.

Prior to the update, AirTag trackers would only emit a noise after three days of being lost. As a way to prevent users from using AirTags to track people without their knowledge, the lost AirTag will now play a sound within a time…

Poco X3 GT will be the Chinese Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G for the rest of the world, rumor says

Poco’s lineup keeps on growing this year, and we were already expecting the next addition to be the Poco F3 GT, coming in the third quarter (July-September) as the global incarnation of the Chinese Redmi K40 Gaming edition.

But now it looks like that’s not the only product line that will get a GT model. In fact, rumor has it, there will also be a Poco X3 GT, to complement the Poco X3 Pro in the roster. The Poco X3 GT is said to be the global version of the Chinese Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G, which became official last month.

Confirmed.Redmi Note 10 Pro CN = #POCOX3GT….

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