Author: Jonjo

Privacy has become challenging to maintain in the digital age, with every seemingly innocuous personal detail possibly giving away more information than a person would like. Because of the rapidly advancing tech that everyone is gaining access to, it can be hard to keep up with the basic guidelines of maintaining a barrier between our personal lives and public information. One of the more concerning aspects of easy access to private details is how revealing a phone number can be in the wrong hands. For those looking to better understand what is at risk with divulging a phone number, we…

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 4G Android 14 HyperOS update is now rolling out for global users. As usual, the update is rolling out for limited users (Mi Pilots members) to preview the ROM before it starts rolling out to the public. However, we have provided a guideline to install the update manually. Less than a week after the global release of HyperOS, Xiaomi has delivered the upgrade to a handful of premium and mid-range phones. The Redmi Note 12 NFC, Redmi Note 12S have all received the update, and now, Redmi Note 12 4G Android 14 HyperOS has started rolling…

Xiaomi might have released the stable HyperOS update to global users, but most people are still running MIUI. That’s the case of the Redmi Note 10 units, which got a new update a couple of days after months of weeks. Unfortunately, the update seems to have broken the Launcher, which is now unresponsive. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 has been moved to quarterly update releases, meaning the device gets a new update every three months. The latest build arrived a few days ago based on MIUI 14, which bumped the Android security patch level to October 2023. While the update improved…

The latest Xiaomi phones to start getting the much-anticipated HyperOS update are last year’s flagship phones. It is the Xiaomi 13 that is getting the update but limited to a few people in certain regions. It has been 24 hours since Xiaomi presented HyperOS globally while releasing the rollout plan. The update, according to the roadmap, isn’t supposed to start rolling out until next year, but it has since arrived for Xiaomi 13 Ultra, Xiaomi 12T, Redmi Note 12 NFC, and others. However, only Mi Pilots members are getting the update for preview, while the public release is expected in…

Google has been fighting some legal battles for months, and they do not seem to be winning. Last week, the tech company lost its fight with Epic Games, and now, the settlement of the antitrust concerns has been revealed. Google was sued over Play Store antitrust concerns by 36 US states in 2021. While the lawsuit was settled in September, it has taken till now for the terms of the settlement to be revealed.  How Google will pay $700m The agreement reached by Google and the US legal official is a payment of $630m into a settlement fund that will…