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Samsung Galaxy S25 series was launched in India on January 22, with pre-orders going live on January 23. The series includes the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra handsets. The company has now detailed some of the pre-order benefits that customers in the country can enjoy. The phones are powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy SoC and ship with Android 15-based One UI 7. They are promised to get seven generations of OS as well as security updates. Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Pre-Order BenefitsThe company announced in a press release that customers pre-ordering the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in India can…

Steadfast-owned brands Network Insurance Group and Insurance House merge January 31 2025 by InsuranceAsia News Australian insurance broker Steadfast has announced the merger of two of its largest brokerages – Network Insurance Group and Insurance House – to ‘expand capabilities’, a company statement said. And… To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a round-up of the latest news…

(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s pivotal chip division reported a smaller-than-expected profit as the world’s largest memory maker fights to narrow the lead arch-rival SK Hynix Inc. has in the artificial intelligence arena. Most Read from Bloomberg Samsung is ratcheting up its research and operating costs, with executives saying the spending on memory would stay at the elevated level as last year. Total capital expenditures came to 53.6 trillion won ($37 billion) in 2024. That push resulted in getting long-delayed approval on its 8-layer HBM3E — a less advanced variety of the high-bandwidth memory that SK Hynix supplies — from…

Apple (AAPL) reported its fiscal first quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, beating expectations on the top and bottom lines but falling short on iPhone revenue. Sales out of the company’s Greater China region were also lower than Wall Street anticipated in the quarter. The report comes after Jefferies and Loop Capital downgraded Apple’s stock last week on fears of sluggish iPhone sales. Oppenheimer also downgraded shares on Wednesday, citing slower iPhone growth. For the quarter, Apple reported earnings per share of $2.40 on revenue of $124.3 billion. Analysts were looking for EPS of $2.35 and revenue of $124.1…

Xiaomi 15 Ultra is expected to launch in China next month and the global release could take place during MWC Barcelona. Ahead of the official debut, RAM, storage details, and the colour options of the phone have leaked online. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra is tipped to be available in three shades with 16GB RAM. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra will arrive as a third model in the Xiaomi 15 lineup. It is expected to run on Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and could feature a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto sensor.A 91Mobiles report, quoting tipster Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) has shared the possible RAM, storage, and…

Qualifying for a credit card can be tough if past financial missteps have hurt your credit score, but it’s not impossible. Certain issuers offer credit cards for those with less-than-perfect credit scores looking to rebuild their credit, including Concora. Concora, founded in 2001, offers three consumer credit cards and one business card. Its cards have more lenient credit score requirements than others on the market, but — along with other drawbacks — Concora credit cards are expensive to carry. Here’s what to know about Concora credit cards, plus potentially better alternatives, especially if your goal is building or rebuilding your…

(Bloomberg) — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. Sign up here. Most Read from Bloomberg Vivek Bhutoria has been bearish on Indian stocks for three quarters. The Federated Hermes money manager is now keen to see if two major policy events due within the next seven days give him reasons to change that view. “We are in a wait-and-watch mode,” said Bhutoria, who manages about $2.7 billion in assets across emerging markets. “In a way, India is in a perfect storm: slowing growth, tight liquidity, a weakening rupee,…

NordVPN has unveiled a new VPN protocol on Thursday. Dubbed NordWhisper, the new tool is designed to avoid advanced network filters and make the VPN traffic look like regular web traffic. The latest protocol is based on web tunnel technology and it operates differently from traditional VPN traffic patterns. It is claimed to navigate network restrictions and provide users with secure and reliable internet access in challenging environments. The NordWhisper protocol is rolling out to users gradually.How Does NordWhisper Work?Through a blog post, NordVPN announced the rollout of NordWhisper. This new VPN protocol lets users connect to VPN servers from networks…

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics on Friday warned of sluggish sales of its artificial intelligence chips in the current quarter due to U.S. export restrictions to China, and as it worked towards launching an improved version of its high-end chips. Advanced chips used for AI have been the bright spot in the weak memory chip market, but rival SK Hynix is Nvidia’s main supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI graphics processing units, whereas Samsung has struggled to meet Nvidia’s requirements. The U.S. in December also launched a fresh crackdown on China’s…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North Island at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet) and a popular…