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Snap happy smartphone shoppers may want to hold off making any purchases in the next few weeks: Oppo’s two upcoming phones could be in the running for the best photography crown, and they’ve just been confirmed for a worldwide release. The Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro are being officially launched on the firm’s home turf this week, and are set for a global launch on October 28. They’re some of the first phones to use MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9500 flagship chipset, and will be packing some of the biggest batteries of any mainstream handset: 7025mAh for the smaller…

OSUM Smart Innovations, a rapidly growing leader in India’s smart home sector, has officially joined the KNX Association, aligning itself with a global ecosystem committed to open standards and interoperable building automation. The membership marks an important milestone in OSUM’s mission to bring elegant, intelligent, and globally compatible smart living solutions to modern homes and buildings. Founded in 2017, OSUM has built a reputation for delivering premium smart home products that strike the perfect balance between luxury design and practical engineering. Operating from its corporate base in Lower Parel, Mumbai, the company embodies the “Made in India” ethos, offering solutions…

That’s not so for many other crawlers, making Google an outlier among major players. This is a sore point for a wide range of website administrators, from news websites that publish journalism to investment banks that produce research reports. A July study from the Pew Research Center analyzed data from 900 adults in the US and found that AI Overviews cut referrals nearly in half. Specifically, users clicked a link on a page with AI Overviews at the top just 8 percent of the time, compared to 15 percent for search engine results pages without those summaries. And a report…

Microsoft saved its most powerful AI tools for paying customers in the first phase of its AI evolution. Now, the company has announced a series of Copilot features coming to all Windows 11 PCs, including Voice, Copilot Vision, and Copilot Actions.Alongside the update, Microsoft is launching an ad campaign to expose people to these new features. The timing isn’t an accident. Windows 10 support ended on October 14, and we’re about to see a wave of people upgrade to Windows 11; Microsoft seems intent on putting advanced Copilot features at the fingertips of as many people as possible—and convincing them…

Kayla Solino/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.With holiday travels on the horizon, there’s no better time to upgrade your roadside emergency kit — and I’ve found a universal option that’s a new necessity in my own. Also: My search for the ultimate Android Auto adapter is over: this one checks all the boxes (including price)It’s Statik’s Tire Hero air compressor. The Tire Hero offers portable air no matter where you are, and while it seems just as straightforward as that, it does plenty more. The Tire Hero is a multi-use gadget, which means that even though it will cost you $70,…

The next version of Windows will be stuffed to the gills with AI. You may be asking, “Even more than before?” Yes, and Microsoft hopes to train you to quit using your keyboard and mouse to handle your PC. The company hopes you’ll use your voice to command your PC, like you’re some domineering captain on a ship and your crew is a hapless chatbot who’s desperate to understand your vague whims. Starting Thursday, Microsoft is pushing more “experimental” features and future apps that will put the company’s Copilot AI directly in front of your Windows experience. Microsoft already ensured…

Microsoft announced some new features coming to Copilot this week that will make Windows 11’s built-in AI assistant easier to talk to and more capable of helping you get things done.These additions appear just days after the company issued the final Windows 10 security patch, effectively ending support for Windows 10 unless you pay for another year of security updates.Keep that context in mind as you read the Microsoft blog post outlining the new Copilot features coming to Windows 11, as I suspect it’s no coincidence Microsoft included a list of suggested Copilot+ Windows 11 PCs to upgrade to along…

Mojang CEO Jens Bergensten says Minecraft’s Creeper probably wouldn’t be included in the game today because it would be “so controversial”He says, “If you were to follow the rules that we have today, we would probably not add the Creeper”The CEO explains that when adding something destructive to Minecraft, it needs to be tested with the players firstAccording to Mojang CEO Jens Bergensten, Minecraft’s Creeper probably wouldn’t be included in the game if it were made today, because it would be “controversial”.Speaking in a new behind-the-scenes developer video titled ‘The Biome That Broke Minecraft’, Bergensten talked about what he calls…

Verdict The Sony Inzone Mouse-A is a surprisingly excellent first attempt at a high-power gaming mouse from the brand, with an immensely low weight, snappy sensor and responsive feel. It feels light in hand and has solid battery life to boot, although it lacks more advanced software powers. Lightweight and zippy Comfortable in-hand Fast and responsive in use Basic software Quite expensive Key Features Sub 50g weight The Inzone Mouse-A is easily one of the lightest gaming mice around at just 48.4g. 8000Hz wireless polling It also has a high sensitivity sensor and supports 8K wireless polling for immense responsiveness.…

Don’t miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google.OpenAI’s video-generation phenomenon Sora 2 is now more useful than ever with the tool allowing everyone to make longer clips. OpenAI says it’s “perfect for ideas that need a few extra beats to fully unfold.”The new update for Sora 2 allows all users to make clips up to 15 seconds long. Previously, Sora 2 has been limiting standard users to 10 second clips or shorter. If you have a Pro subscription for ChatGPT, you can now get 25-second-long clips allowing you to tell longer stories. That…