Pavel Durov Has Been Charged and Must Remain in France

Pavel Durov has been accused of participating in organized criminal activities, money laundering, and refusing to provide data upon the authorities' request. This information was disclosed in a press release from the French prosecutor's office, obtained by "Novaya Gazeta Europe".

As a result of these charges, Durov is now under judicial supervision: he is prohibited from leaving France and must post a bail of 5 million euros. He will be released on bail but will be required to report to a police station in person twice a week.

The list of charges includes six crimes:
• Conspiracy to manage an online platform used for illegal transactions as part of an organized group;
• Refusal to provide information or documents requested by authorized bodies necessary for lawful wiretapping;
• Complicity in crimes by allowing Telegram access to users involved in distributing child pornography, trafficking drugs, fraud, and other criminal activities;
• Money laundering resulting from crimes or offenses as part of an organized group;
• Providing cryptographic services without proper declaration;
• Importing cryptographic tools to ensure confidentiality without prior declaration.

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Poco Pad Launched in India

Poco Pad 5G has been launched which is the company’s first tablet in India that is nothing new but the rebranded Redmi Pad Pro by Xiaomi which was launched just 1 month ago.

Xiaomi marketing basically works on releasing one product and then few days later, release the same product under a different brand, i.e by changing just the logo of the product, and price it 10$ cheap compared to the original product

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Redmi Watch Active 5 Launched in India

Specifications:
• 2-inch (320×385 px) LCD screen
• 500nits brightness
• Alexa Built-in 🤡
• 200+ customizable watch faces

• Bluetooth calling
• 140+ sports modes
• 24x7 Heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen measurement, Activity tracking, Sleep and stress monitoring, period cycle monitoring etc

• Built-In mic & Speaker for calling
• IPX8 water resistant only
• 470mAh battery
Battery life: 12days heavy use, 18days typical use

Priced at Rs. 2799 (~35$)

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Realme 13 and 13+ 5G Launched in India

Common Specs:
• FHD+ resolution AMOLED Display
• 120hz refresh rate
• 16MP Front camera
• 3.5mm audio jack, Stereo speakers
• 5000mAh battery

Realme 13:
• 680nits peak brightness
• MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 2.2 storage
• 2249mm² stainless steel VC cooling
• 50MP main (Samsung JN5, NO OIS) + 2MP useless
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• P64 rated; 45W Fast charging

8GB+128GB= Rs. 17,999 (~215$)
8GB+256GB= Rs. 19,999 (~240$)

Realme 13 Plus:
• 2000nits peak brightness
• Panda Glass Protection
• Rain water smart touch
• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 3.1 storage
• 6050mm² stainless steel VC cooling
• 50MP main (LYT-600, OIS) + 2MP useless
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP65 rated; 80W Fast charging

8GB+128GB= Rs.22,999 (~275$)
8GB+256GB= Rs.24,999 (~300$)
12GB+256GB= Rs.26,999 (~320$)

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Motorola G55 Launched in Europe

After launching G45 which is rebranded G34, Motorola now launched G55 which is rebranded G64 launched just 4 months ago in April.
Funfact: G54 is also rebranded G64 only and now G55 too

Since its same G64 only with the model number changed to G55 for the sake of new series number smartphone, it comes with:

• 6.5-inch IPS LCD Display
• LPDDR4X RAM; UFS 2.2 storage
• MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC
(overlocked Dimensity 7020 for 5% performance gains which is basically rebranded Dimensity 930 chip)

• 560nits Peak brightness
• 50MP main (OIS) + 8MP ultrawide
1 Android OS upgrade (Last is Android 15)
3yrs Security Patches

However, G64 comes with 6000mAh battery with 33W charging while the G55 gets 5000mAh battery with 30W charging

Priced at €249 for 8GB RAM with 128GB storage

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Motorola Edge 50 Neo Launched in Europe

Similar to the edge 50, this comes with MIL-810H standard and also has IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance. However, unlike the Edge 50 with 2yrs AndroidOS upgrades, this cheaper Edge 50 Neo gets LTPO display and comes with 5 AndroidOS upgrades 🤯

Specifications:
• 6.4-inch (1200×2670 px) 1.5K resolution pOLED LTPO display
• Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate
• 3000nits peak brightness
• Gorilla Glass 3 protection

• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC
• LPDDR4X RAM with uMCP storage
• e-SIM; NFC
• 50MP main (Sony LYT 700C = IMX 766; OIS)
• 13MP Ultrawide
• 10MP 3X Telephoto

• 32MP Front camera
• Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• IP68 rating; MIL-STD 810H certified
• 4310mAh battery
• 68W wired + 15W wireless charging

Priced at €450 for 12GB RAM with 512GB storage
Perks: FREE Motorola Buds + with sound by BOSE worth 130€

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 introduced as Underclocked Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

Qualcomm has quietly announced Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (SM-6475 AB) manufactured on 4nm process.

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 CPU:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
GPU: Likely Adreno 710 only

RAM: LPDDR4X; LPDDR5
Storage: UFS 3.1

7s Gen 2 meanwhile:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.95GHz
GPU: Adreno 710

Comparing to Snapdragon 6 Gen 1:
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
GPU: Adreno 710

However, for the display part, 6 Gen 3 does NOT support 144Hz at FHD+ unlike 7s gen 2. Everything else remains the same as 7s Gen 2

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Scoop: OSOM, the company formed by former Essential employees, is being sued to turn over its financial records. Its former CPO alleges the founder has misused company funds to pay for Lamborghinis and his lavish lifestyle.

Apple Music and YouTube Music Joins hands for Seamless Playlist Transfer

Apple and Google join hands to "officially" enable seamless playlist transfer b/w their music apps. This new option arrives via Google and Apple both using the “Data Transfer Project” stack which was developed by the two companies as a part of the Data Transfer Initiative, of which both Google and Apple are members. This same ongoing partnership has also previously delivered the photo-sharing tool used to transfer photos and videos from iCloud to Google Photos.

Only the playlists you've created (including collaborative playlists that you own) are transferred. Music files, non-collaborative shared playlists and curated playlists, and folders in which you've organized your Apple Music playlists are not transferred. If the service you're transferring to doesn't have specific songs, then obviously they won't be transferred either.

Spotify can CRY in the corner and continue blaming Apple

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