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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PUBG Mobile’s Vikendi winter map is coming this month (Update: Available today!) July 10, 2025 Update, June 27, 2025 (11:54AM EST):PUBG Mobile’s Vikendi winter map is available today as part of the game’s 0.10.0update. Vikendi is a 6km x 6km snow map that features heavy snow and a snowmobile as the exclusive weather and vehicle, respectively. Based on the trailer above, it looks like other vehicles feature Christmas-themed paint jobs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi Note 7 Pro likely to launch in March, after the Mi 9 June 20, 2025 If you’re excited to get your hands on the upcomingXiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro, you likely won’t have to wait too long. According to a social media post from Lu Weibing — general manager of the Redmi brand and a vice president ofXiaomi— it will launch soon after the upcomingXiaomi Mi 9(viaMySmartPrice)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rendering optimizations are making Chrome smoother and faster June 08, 2025 Chrome is the most popular browser in the world and to keep its many users happy,Googleis constantly trying to improve it. In a recent blog post, the search giant said that it rolled out quite a few performance improvements to Chrome’s rendering pipeline over the last few months, making the browser even faster and more responsive....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Global smartphone sales rose a little, Xiaomi’s rose a lot July 31, 2025 Research and advisory companyGartnerjust published its numbers for worldwide smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2018. Surprisingly, overall sales numbers went up by a slight 1.3 percent when compared to the first quarter of 2017. This is good news, as smartphone shipments and sales have been in a bit of a slump recently, due to a variety of factors, with “flagship fatigue” being the most notable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researchers have created an OLED display that can be worn like clothing June 17, 2025 Researchers in South Korea have created an OLED display that can be worn like clothing. The technology was announced last week by research teams from KAIST, a South Korean university, and materials manufacturer Kolon Glotech. Flexible OLED displays have been developed previously (like theLG panelpictured above), but they have historically been limited by their durability....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Revamped Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3 leaked June 26, 2025 Judging by newly spotted leaks and benchmarks, it appears thatSamsungis preparing to launch updated versions of its mid-tierGalaxy A5andA3smartphones. The revamped handsets will feature a visual redesign and some improved hardware specifications. According to two GFXBench listings, the new Galaxy A5 (SM-A510) looks to sport a 5.2-inch 1080p display, with an octa-core Cotex-A57/A53 Exynos 7 SoC and an ARM Mali-T720 GPU....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 buyer’s guide: Everything you need to know June 14, 2025 The future of folding devices inched a little closer with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 last year. The follow-up to the firstSamsung Galaxy Foldwas announced alongside theSamsung Galaxy Note 20 familyin August of 2020, and it’s an excellent option for those looking for something innovative (and don’t mind paying for it)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung on track to overtake Apple in profits thanks to record-breaking quarter June 06, 2025 Samsunghas just released its Q2 2017 financial earnings report, revealing record-breaking results. The tech giant generated an operating profit of $12.7 billion and $9.7 billion in net profit — the highest in the company’s history. These earnings mean that Samsung is on track to beat Apple in terms of operating profit for the second time in its history....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung ordered to pay Apple $539 million for iPhone patent infringement June 07, 2025 The patent legal war between Samsung and Apple finished yet another chapter today.CNETreportsthat a jury in the U.S. District Court in San Jose ruled unanimously that Samsung has to pay Apple a total of $539 million for violating five of Apple’s patents related to its iPhone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s market cap falls to thirteenth place among global IT companies June 01, 2025 Samsungis currently experiencing a rather bi-polar market situation as of late. Despite releasing amazing hardware that hasreceived rave reviews, the Korean OEM is also faced with the lingering, nagging (and perhaps now sagging)financial turmoilthat sought todefine most of 2014. According to a new report published by The Korea Herald, the company is now out of the top 10 when it comes to having the largest market capitalization in the IT industry....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Some Apple M1 iMacs have crooked displays, and now you can’t unsee it August 19, 2025 Appleannounced the new M1-powered iMac earlier this year, which is the firm’s first desktop computer based on Arm-based silicon. The new computer is a slim, all-in-one display propped up on a stand, but it turns out that there’s an odd manufacturing defect. YouTuberiPhonedo(h/t:MacRumors) noticed that hisM1 iMachad a crooked display, using a ruler to confirm that one side measured 7....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint rolls out Android Nougat to Galaxy Note 5 (Update: S6 Edge Plus too) August 01, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Note 5, the only ‘modern’ non-exploding member of the Note phone family currently on offer, is slowly getting the promised update toAndroid 7.0 Nougatin the US. Sprint is the first carrier in the country to roll out the Nougat update for its version of the Note 5, after it had previously been released to the same phonein other parts of the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile will launch its own “disruptive” pay TV service in 2018 July 09, 2025 T-Mobilewill enter into a new business territory in 2018. The wireless phone carrier announced today it will launch its own pay television service next year, and claims it will be as “disruptive” for that industry as it has been in the wireless phone business. Intoday’s press release, T-Mobile also announced it has acquired the cable TV company Layer3 TV, which first launched in 2013....