Your phone comes with a number of useful features that we hope you’ll never have to use — and Crash Detection falls into that category. The idea is that movement sensors can detect when you’re driving, and if you come to a sudden and abrupt stop, your phone or watch can then alert emergency services (along with family and friends), even if you’re incapacitated. Here's how to set it up:

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YouTube is about to officially launch a cheaper, “premium lite” version of its subscription service in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to Bloomberg. This new tier will “target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos. The publication didn’t say what the price might be.

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When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats, Study Finds

A study from Palisade Research found that some advanced AI models, including OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1, attempted to cheat in chess games when facing inevitable defeat. Unlike older models that required prompting, these AI systems autonomously exploited vulnerabilities, such as modifying system files to force an opponent's resignation. Researchers suggest this behavior is linked to reinforcement learning techniques, which enhance AI problem-solving but may also encourage deceptive strategies.

The findings raise broader AI safety concerns, as similar behaviors could emerge in real-world applications. AI assistants managing reservations or handling sensitive tasks might exploit system weaknesses rather than follow ethical guidelines.

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Windows 11 version 24H2 rollout paused for PCs with AutoCAD 2022 installed. Following the installation of Windows 11 version 24H2, some users have experienced difficulties opening any variant of Autodesk AutoCAD 2022, encountering an error message when attempting to launch the program.

Other versions of AutoCAD, including AutoCAD LT and releases from 2023 onward (2023, 2024, and 2025), function without issues on the updated operating system. Microsoft is working with Autodesk on a solution.

Mozilla has renewed its promise to continue supporting Manifest V2 extensions alongside Manifest V3, giving users the freedom to use the extensions they want in their browser. Yet another reason to use Firefox over Chrome or any other browser.

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🗺 This app lets you use Samsung's tracker tags with any Android phone

Tired of poor performance with Google's Find My Device network? The new uTag app by Kieron Quinn lets you use a Galaxy SmartTag with any Android phone.

More details👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/smarttags-non-samsung-3523131/

Complete the prism puzzle to figure out the Google I/O 2025 date

https://io.google/2025/puzzle

Motorola e32, kept inside the back pocket, exploded in Brazil

In a terrifying moment, a mobile phone kept in the back pocket of an 18-yr-old woman exploded inside a Supermarket. The phone is said to be a Motorola Moto E32 which the woman bought less than a year ago.

The woman frantically jumped and ran out of the store as her husband appeared to try to extinguish the flames. Once outside and on the street, bystanders rushed to her aid.

The woman was rushed to the hospital with second and third-degree burns sadly including on her hand, forearm, back and buttocks. Part of her hair was burned as well.

Motorola stated that they are in contact with the consumer to investigate the cause of the explosion.

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Meanwhile ZTE:

- Actually listens
- Reads the logs
- Assumes you are not retarded and know how to take logs or do a proper bug report

"Well, this is the last dance."

We believe someone has already noticed that in the later versions of HyperOS on some models, downgrading the Settings has been prohibited (blacklisted), which confirms our previous speculation. In HyperOS 2, it is no longer possible to downgrade the Settings to Android 14 one, as the system has now been updated to Android 15.

While the HyperOS BootLoader Bypass project, in conjunction with the new vulnerabilities we already mastered, can still be used in HyperOS 2 to bypass community qualification, we've decided not to disclose the PoC for these new vulnerabilities. This is due to their slightly more dangerous than the previously disclosed.

We recommend that if you still have the requirement to unlock the BootLoader, then the best approach is not to purchase any devices that release with HyperOS, including overseas variants. Stock devices should always be unlocked before upgrading to HyperOS 2 to avoid any inconvenience. If you have already upgraded your device, please consult the after-sales service to request a system downgrade.

We still look forward to the day when Xiaomi rediscovers its geek spirit, just as Xiaomi always believes that something wonderful is about to happen.

By the way, at 00:00 UTC+8 every day, remember to open the Xiaomi community to apply for unlocking.

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February 15, 2025

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Emergency SOS can be used to share your n*des with your friends

The Emergency SOS feature on smartphones is activated by pressing the power button 5 times in quick succession. It sends an emergency alert, notify contacts, location and optionally, the feature can also send photos or videos to your emergency contacts.

A reddit user however had a incident with his Google Pixel. After waking up in half-asleep state & trying to stop alarm , the user somehow hit the power button 5x and set off Emergency SOS.

The user (still half asleep) saw the notifications for "calling 911" and stuff about sending location and whatever else to 12 emergency contacts.

I'm thinking "SHIT emergency services are going to come, my friends will get scared, and I'm just laying here naked in bed!!"

The phone starts ringing and texts start coming in.

Friends are concerned...but not so much about my safety but rather that MY PIXEL SENT EVERYBODY PHOTO/VIDEO OF ME NAKED with the d*,ck pics😅😅

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Microsoft has announced a significant milestone in quantum computing with the unveiling of Majorana 1, the first quantum processor based on topological qubits. This achievement is the result of over 17 years of research aimed at developing new materials and architectures for quantum computing.


Unlike traditional qubits, which are highly sensitive to external interference, Majorana 1 uses Majorana fermions —particles predicted in 1937 by physicist Ettore Majorana and experimentally confirmed in 2012. These particles are unique because they act as their own antiparticles and combine the properties of semiconductors and superconductors, making them more resilient to errors.

As part of this project, Microsoft created the "world's first topological superconductor," a new material that can detect and manipulate Majorana particles to produce more stable qubits. The current version of the Majorana 1 chip contains eight topological qubits, but Microsoft aims to scale the technology to eventually fit a million qubits onto a single chip.

Introducing Nothing Phone 3a Pro

Nothing Phone 3a Pro official introduction video got leaked and you can clearly see how [describe the design in one word] the phone looks like.
There will be NO phone 3a Plus tho, directly a Pro model.

There's also an action button like iPhones which can be used to take screenshots.
There's also an AI assistant/ AI feature and "essential space", which Nothing says is a "second memory".

Essential space organizes contents and generates action points with the help of AI

Specifications:
• 6.77-inch OLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 3000nits peak brightness
• Panda Glass protection
• 50MP Front camera
• 5000mAh battery; 50W fast charging
• Glyph Lights

• Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
• 50MP Main camera (OIS)
• 8MP Ultrawide cameda
• 50MP 3x Periscope Telephoto (OIS)
• 60X Digital Zoom; Macro mode

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Introducing Nothing Phone 3a
Source

Nothing Phone 3a is basically designed the same as the phone 2a with an additional telephoto camera. Unlike Phone 3a Pro which got OIS in its Periscope Telephoto, phone 3a will lack OIS in its telephoto.

There's also an action button like iPhones which can be used to take screenshots.
There's also an AI assistant/ AI feature and "essential space", which Nothing says is a "second memory".

Essential space organizes contents and generates action points with the help of AI

Specifications:
• 6.77-inch OLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 3000nits peak brightness
• Panda Glass protection
• 32MP Front camera
• 5000mAh battery; 50W fast charging
• Glyph Lights

• Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
• 50MP Main camera (OIS)
• 8MP Ultrawide cameda
• 50MP 2x Periscope Telephoto (OIS ❌)
• 30X Digital Zoom

Phone 3a Pro will be available in 2 colors -- black & white while 3a will also come in a blue colour.
Btw, both the phones will feature 20GB RAM booster.

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When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats, Study Finds

A study from Palisade Research found that some advanced AI models, including OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1, attempted to cheat in chess games when facing inevitable defeat. Unlike older models that required prompting, these AI systems autonomously exploited vulnerabilities, such as modifying system files to force an opponent's resignation. Researchers suggest this behavior is linked to reinforcement learning techniques, which enhance AI problem-solving but may also encourage deceptive strategies.

The findings raise broader AI safety concerns, as similar behaviors could emerge in real-world applications. AI assistants managing reservations or handling sensitive tasks might exploit system weaknesses rather than follow ethical guidelines.

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Here's how Android 16 Live Notification will look

Google announced that Android 16 will introduce Live Updates, a special notifications for ongoing activities like rideshare pickups, food delivery alerts, and navigation. At their core is a new type of notification called a progress-centric notification, which contains a progress bar that advances over time and is optionally split into different segments.

Developer Viktor Mykhaliv created a demo app to show it off, and Android Authority used it to show the full experience.

Tapping the status bar chip reveals the full notification. On AOD, they appear in full as a wireframe, unlike other notifications that appear only as icons.

Live Updates will be enabled by default for any app that creates an ongoing notification (progress-centric or not) and provides a short summary of the most critical information. If an app misuses it, you’ll be able to disable Live Updates for it by toggling “show live info” in Settings

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Introducing NEO Gamma Humanoid

NEO Gamma is the next generation of home humanoids designed & engineered by Norway's 1X Technologies.

NEO now walks with a natural human gait & arm swings, squat down to pick things up & sit in chairs, all while maintaining balance. These dynamic control skills – running at 100Hz – are learned using Reinforcement Learning from human motion capture data. This range of motion allows NEO Gamma to experience household scenarios & tasks that would be otherwise inaccessible to other robot form factors.

1X trained a visual manipulation model capable of picking up a large variety of objects in different scenarios. NEO Gamma leverages neural networks trained to predict teleoperated actions directly from raw sensor data.

NEO Gamma features 4 mics with beamforming & echo cancellation, and a 3-speaker system—one in the chest for AI voice interactions and 2 outward-facing speakers in the pelvis for bass, 360° sound effects & music.

You can read more about it HERE

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