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.
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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.
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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.
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LEGO has announced the SMART PLAY system, bringing high-tech innovations to the iconic building block toys.
The first sets with this technology are in the LEGO Star Wars line and will become available for pre-ordering on January 9.
Darth Vader's TIE Fighter (75421) includes one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars.
Darth Vader's TIE Fighter (75421) includes one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars.
#LEGO brings its iconic building sets to life with clever innovations.
LEGO has announced the SMART PLAY system, which uses bricks with custom chips to "bring LEGO play back to life" without relying on screens.
At the core is the SMART Brick, which can synthesize sounds, detect nearby SMART PLAY system bricks and detect motion. The SMART Brick is activated using SMART Tags, which tell the brick what object to behave and sound like. There are also SMART Minifigures, which SMART Bricks detect and play sounds for.
The first sets with the SMART PLAY technology are based on the Star Wars universe.
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LEGO has announced the SMART PLAY system, which uses bricks with custom chips to "bring LEGO play back to life" without relying on screens.
At the core is the SMART Brick, which can synthesize sounds, detect nearby SMART PLAY system bricks and detect motion. The SMART Brick is activated using SMART Tags, which tell the brick what object to behave and sound like. There are also SMART Minifigures, which SMART Bricks detect and play sounds for.
The first sets with the SMART PLAY technology are based on the Star Wars universe.
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An unexpected twist: #Apple's new Siri reportedly powered by Google. An improved version of Siri was one of the first Apple Intelligence features to be announced, way back at WWDC 2024. But, while the other features were released, the updated version of Siri…
#Apple is upgrading Siri later this year - with a little help from #Google.
Google has officially announced that the two companies have entered a "multi year collaboration" in AI.
Next generation Apple Foundation Models, which power Apple Intelligence, will be based on Google's Gemini models. Notably, this confirms a report from November about the long-awaited upgraded version of Siri being powered by a variant of Gemini. This version is now confirmed to come "later this year", likely at WWDC.
The partnership also includes Google's cloud technology, though Apple Intelligence will still run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute system.
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Google has officially announced that the two companies have entered a "multi year collaboration" in AI.
Next generation Apple Foundation Models, which power Apple Intelligence, will be based on Google's Gemini models. Notably, this confirms a report from November about the long-awaited upgraded version of Siri being powered by a variant of Gemini. This version is now confirmed to come "later this year", likely at WWDC.
The partnership also includes Google's cloud technology, though Apple Intelligence will still run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute system.
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