In time for the holidays, OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas in Codex, its AI-assisted programming software. This is a variant of the company's GPT-5.2-Codex with the personality of Santa Claus.
#OpenAI gets in the holiday spirit with a fun twist.
In time for the holidays, OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas in Codex, its AI-assisted programming software. This is a variant of the company's GPT-5.2-Codex with the personality of Santa Claus.
On a more serious note, the company released Your Year with ChatGPT, joining the yearly recap trend popularized by Spotify's Wrapped.
This feature shows insights about how the user used ChatGPT, as both data and art. Users can also chat with ChatGPT about their data.
Your Year with ChatGPT is available now in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for all users, and in India for users of any paid plan. This feature is not available for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise and Education users.
In time for the holidays, OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas in Codex, its AI-assisted programming software. This is a variant of the company's GPT-5.2-Codex with the personality of Santa Claus.
On a more serious note, the company released Your Year with ChatGPT, joining the yearly recap trend popularized by Spotify's Wrapped.
This feature shows insights about how the user used ChatGPT, as both data and art. Users can also chat with ChatGPT about their data.
Your Year with ChatGPT is available now in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for all users, and in India for users of any paid plan. This feature is not available for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise and Education users.
#Google Photos is coming to #Samsung TVs.
Ahead of 2026, Samsung is teasing its next generation TVs and soundbars. Now, Samsung teased a feature coming its upcoming TVs: support for Google Photos.
Memories and photos from Google Photos will be integrated into Daily+ and Daily Board. After signing into their Google account, users will see memories throughout their day.
Later in 2026, Samsung will release Create with AI and Remix, both based on Google's Nano Banana AI image generation model, alongside Photo to Video, which generates short videos based on photos. Also coming later in 2026, users will be able to view related photos as slideshows based on a topic such as hiking or Paris.
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Ahead of 2026, Samsung is teasing its next generation TVs and soundbars. Now, Samsung teased a feature coming its upcoming TVs: support for Google Photos.
Memories and photos from Google Photos will be integrated into Daily+ and Daily Board. After signing into their Google account, users will see memories throughout their day.
Later in 2026, Samsung will release Create with AI and Remix, both based on Google's Nano Banana AI image generation model, alongside Photo to Video, which generates short videos based on photos. Also coming later in 2026, users will be able to view related photos as slideshows based on a topic such as hiking or Paris.
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Happy new year from Technodroid!
In terms of new and interesting innovations 2025 did not disappoint. Samsung launched Galaxy XR, its answer to Apple's Vision Pro, while Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses became Meta Ray-Ban Display. Another research project that became a real product is Google's Project Starline realistic video conferencing system, now known as Google Beam. Meanwhile, brands like Xiaomi showed prototype phones with DSLR lens support. In the AI space, Google's Nano Banana series drastically raised the quality of image generation, while OpenAI's Sora 2 did the same for video. Some notable smaller projects include VLC, which demonstrated AI powered subtitle generation. Finally, Apple's operating systems got a new design, as did Android.
This year was also big for Technodroid, which turned 5 years old. We experimented with new formats - such as Technodroid Weekly, which will return in 2026 - and covered events from more companies than ever.
Wishing our subscribers a happy 2026, filled with innovations and progress.
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In terms of new and interesting innovations 2025 did not disappoint. Samsung launched Galaxy XR, its answer to Apple's Vision Pro, while Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses became Meta Ray-Ban Display. Another research project that became a real product is Google's Project Starline realistic video conferencing system, now known as Google Beam. Meanwhile, brands like Xiaomi showed prototype phones with DSLR lens support. In the AI space, Google's Nano Banana series drastically raised the quality of image generation, while OpenAI's Sora 2 did the same for video. Some notable smaller projects include VLC, which demonstrated AI powered subtitle generation. Finally, Apple's operating systems got a new design, as did Android.
This year was also big for Technodroid, which turned 5 years old. We experimented with new formats - such as Technodroid Weekly, which will return in 2026 - and covered events from more companies than ever.
Wishing our subscribers a happy 2026, filled with innovations and progress.
@thetechdroid
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Revealed: a new privacy feature on #Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Samsung usually launches S series phones early in the year, which means that there will be more and more leaks in the coming months. The latest is a tip showing Privacy display, a feature on the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Privacy display reduces the viewing angle of the display, similar to some screen protectors on the market. This feature can be turned on manually from quick settings or automatically in selected apps or for selected notifications.
This display will likely stay exclusive to Galaxy S26 Ultra, as it's rumored to have Samsung Display's recently announced Flex Magic Pixel technology, which reduces the viewing angle. However, it's rumored to come to the next Z Fold and Z Flip phones too.
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Samsung usually launches S series phones early in the year, which means that there will be more and more leaks in the coming months. The latest is a tip showing Privacy display, a feature on the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Privacy display reduces the viewing angle of the display, similar to some screen protectors on the market. This feature can be turned on manually from quick settings or automatically in selected apps or for selected notifications.
This display will likely stay exclusive to Galaxy S26 Ultra, as it's rumored to have Samsung Display's recently announced Flex Magic Pixel technology, which reduces the viewing angle. However, it's rumored to come to the next Z Fold and Z Flip phones too.
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Legion, roll out: #Lenovo announces a rollable gaming laptop
While this isn't Lenovo's first laptop with a rollable screen - that title goes to last year's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable - the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable concept gaming laptop, aimed at e-sports professionals, features a 16-inch PureSight OLED display with two motors, as well as powerful specs.
The display starts at 16” in Focus Mode and expands to 21.5” in Tactical Mode for spatial awareness training. In Arena Mode, it expands to 24", simulating e-sports competition conditions on the go. The concept laptop is based on the Legion Pro 7i, with "top-spec" Intel Core Ultra processors and a GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU.
Besides the Legion Pro concept laptop, Lenovo also announced upcoming products that will come out later this year. The Legion 7a, 5a and 3a feature AMD’s newest Ryzen AI 400 Series processors and GeForce RTX 50-series graphics for AAA gaming and STEM applications. A version of the second generation Legion Go handheld running Valve's SteamOS, the software powering the Steam Deck, has also been announced.
#CES2026@thetechdroid
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While this isn't Lenovo's first laptop with a rollable screen - that title goes to last year's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable - the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable concept gaming laptop, aimed at e-sports professionals, features a 16-inch PureSight OLED display with two motors, as well as powerful specs.
The display starts at 16” in Focus Mode and expands to 21.5” in Tactical Mode for spatial awareness training. In Arena Mode, it expands to 24", simulating e-sports competition conditions on the go. The concept laptop is based on the Legion Pro 7i, with "top-spec" Intel Core Ultra processors and a GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU.
Besides the Legion Pro concept laptop, Lenovo also announced upcoming products that will come out later this year. The Legion 7a, 5a and 3a feature AMD’s newest Ryzen AI 400 Series processors and GeForce RTX 50-series graphics for AAA gaming and STEM applications. A version of the second generation Legion Go handheld running Valve's SteamOS, the software powering the Steam Deck, has also been announced.
#CES2026@thetechdroid
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Telegram added AI summaries for long posts, powered by the Cocoon private AI network.
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#Telegram's Pavel Durov revolutionizes AI with Cocoon. Cocoon, standing for Confidential Compute Open Network, is a distributed system intended for AI. Interested users who have computers with powerful GPUs can install the Cocoon Worker, which uses the GPUs…
#Telegram adds AI features powered by Cocoon.
Cocoon is a confidential and distributed AI network announced in late 2025 by Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. In the announcement post, he hinted at AI features in Telegram. Recently, the first features powered by it were released.
For long channel posts, AI summaries can be enabled. Summaries are also shown automatically for Instant View articles.
Telegram has also updated translations to be powered by Cocoon, replacing the old, likely ChatGPT based system. Users can learn about Cocoon from translation settings.
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Cocoon is a confidential and distributed AI network announced in late 2025 by Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. In the announcement post, he hinted at AI features in Telegram. Recently, the first features powered by it were released.
For long channel posts, AI summaries can be enabled. Summaries are also shown automatically for Instant View articles.
Telegram has also updated translations to be powered by Cocoon, replacing the old, likely ChatGPT based system. Users can learn about Cocoon from translation settings.
@thetechdroid
LEGO has announced the SMART PLAY system, bringing high-tech innovations to the iconic building block toys.