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Nadeem Sarwar

Nadeem Sarwar

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Nadeem is a tech and science journalist who started reading about cool smartphone tech out of curiosity and soon started writing professionally. His coverage interests lie at the intersection of science, AI, wearables, and how they affect human lives. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and regularly interacts with scientists and researchers to simplify the advancements in technology for Digital Trends readers.

Aside from keeping a track of the latest developments in the segment, he also tests out the newest gizmos, serves hot opinions about disastrous product decisions, and talks to smarter people for stories that connect tech with our lives.

His work has appeared at reputed outlets like WIRED, Slate, MIT’s Undark, Rest Of World, Al-Jazeera, and NDTV, among others. When he's not busy furiously typing on his precious mechanical keyboard, he likes to play Doom Eternal and cooks weird delicacies.

Alleged Render of iPhone 17 Air.

iPhone 17 Air might make a splash as the world’s thinnest phone

According to a fresh leak, the upcoming iPhone 17 Air could well be the world’s slimmest phone with a thickness of just 5.5mm when it debuts later this year.
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Meta AI WhatsApp widget.

WhatsApp makes it easier to get the best out of Meta AI

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Early preview of Instagram Community Chats feature.

Instagram might soon get even more chaotic with Community Chats

Meta is apparently planning to turn Instagram into an even buzzier platform with a new community conversation feature similar to Telegram and Discord.
Mobile News
Update banner for Samsung One UI 7 beta testing

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 & Flip 6 start getting One UI 7 beta update

Months after kicking off the test program, Samsung’s current-gen foldable phones have finally started recovering the One UI 7 update.
Mobile News
User report on seeing ads with Spotify Premium.

Spotify says it fixed weird bug that is pushing ads to Premium users

Spotify is telling users to log in and out of their account, clear cache, and reinstall the app to get rid of ads, but no solution seems has worked universally.
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Reddit nudging users to post elsewhere.

Reddit’s new features will no longer leave you lost and helpless

Reddit can be quite overwhelming for new users, as engagement rules and community guidelines often block them. It’s now fixing that situation with new tools.
Mobile News
Concept render of a foldable iPhone.

Foldable iPhone leak predicts a stunning phone worth the long wait

Apple might go straight for the summit with its foldable phone, thanks to a super sleek titanium alloy chassis, high-density battery, and a crease-less display.
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Conceptual foldable iPhone running Notes app.

Apple’s foldable iPhone might serve a price shock

Think Samsung’s foldable phones are too darn expensive? According to an industry analyst, the rumored foldable iPhone might serve a bigger bill to enthusiasts.
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Google Shopping matches AI images with real prsssoduct.

Google AI will turn your fashion ideas into a real sample for shopping

Want “a leather jacket with white buttons and off-shoulder eagle print?” Google’s AI will generate a visual sample and find such a jacket in real stores.
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Google AI Mode for Search.

Google AI Mode will reinvent Search. I’m worried — and you should be, too

Google AI mode will skip the hassle of clicking on links and turn the entire Search page into a long AI-generated response. My experiences say it’s a bad idea.
Computing Features
YouTube Premium Lite view on the iPad.

YouTube Premium Lite arrives in the US, but it’s a tad too light on benefits

YouTube Premium Lite starts at $7.99 in the US. It’s not a fully ad-free run, and features like background play and downloads are also missing.
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Samsung Galaxy AI on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6.

Samsung opens One UI 7 beta for foldables and confirms stable release window

Samsung is finally expanding the pool of devices as part of One UI 7 beta testing, adding the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy S24, and Galaxy Tab S10.
Mobile News
Circular Ring 2 on the finger of a person

Circular Ring 2 with ECG support is up for pre-orders with two big tricks in tow

Circular Ring 2 adopts a titanium build and comes with FDA-cleared ECG measurement system. It solves the sizing and subscription model woes, as well.
Mobile News
Angled view of the iPad Air with M3 silicon.

The M3 iPad Air is the budget iPad Pro I’ve been waiting for

I have pushed every iPad Pro since Apple put a desktop-class M1 chip inside its tablet. Today, I would gladly pick the M3 iPad Air without thinking twice.
Mobile Features
Google’s Scam Detection for calls on Pixel 9.

Google Pixel 9 is getting a scam detection upgrade you’ll want on your phone

Thanks to on-device Gemini Nano AI processing, Pixel 9 smartphones will be able flag risky fraud patterns in a voice call or messages in real-time.
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M3 iPad Air 2025

Apple introduces new iPad Air with M3 silicon and unchanged price

Apple has just launched a refreshed version of the iPad Air, armed with the M3 silicon. The design language remains unchanged, and there are 11-inch and 13-inch sizes up for grabs, once again. There is, however, a new Magic Keyboard designed especially for the . The big draw, of course, is the upgraded M3 processor, […]
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Siri in background and Gemini widgets on Lock Screen.

I put Google Gemini on my iPhone. Here’s why I’ll never go back to Siri

The Gemini app has received an update that puts it in more places on an iPhone than Siri. Yet, it’s the superior functionality that puts Gemini far ahead.
Mobile Features
Opera browser Operator tool

Opera’s Operator will save you the clicks and browse the web for you

Imagine telling a browser to order you a bag of oranges, or book a concert ticket for three — with a sentence. That’s exactly what Opera’s Operator tool does.
Computing News
Peplexity on Lock Screen of AI phone.

T-Mobile’s parent company is making an AI Phone with Perplexity

The AI Phone will offer system-wide access to Perplexity, while an in-house app will serve Google Cloud AI, Picasart, and ElevenLabs AI tools.
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Close-up view of the HDM Fusion X1.

HMD’s Fusion X1 is a kid-friendly phone with remote access for parents

The HMD Fusion X1 offers a wide range of parental controls for restricting app access, internet browsing, emergency SOS calling, and a dedicated school mode.
Mobile News
HMD Amped Buds in blue color.

HMD’s Amped Buds will inject last-mile battery juice into your phone

The HMD Amped Buds come with a sleek charging case that snaps magnetically to a phone’s rear shell and can fuel an iPhone’s battery by up to 20% in one go.
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Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air seen from above and the side.

MacBook Air refresh with M4 silicon might arrive within a week

A new Apple laptop launch is imminent, and as per Bloomberg, it would be the new MacBook Air with an upgraded M4 silicon at its heart.
Computing News
Summoning Siri on an iPhone.

Apple’s big AI overhaul for Siri might take until 2027 to arrive

Apple will reportedly release a new version of Siri with merged architecture in 2026, but a proper generative AI overhaul will take longer to arrive.
Mobile News
A person’s lips holding the e-Taste sensor kit.

Seeing food in VR games? This sensor will put the real taste in your mouth

Dubbed e-Taste, this tech can release chemicals on the tongue that deliver a real taste of the food and beverage items we might be seeing in the virtual world.
Computing Features
View of a profile page on Flashes app

Flashes, an Instagram rival built atop Bluesky, released widely

Flashes allows sharing of media with direct access to Bluesky feeds, but unlike Instagram, it doesn’t rely on an algorithm to recommend content.
Mobile News
Depiction of OpenAI Sora video generator on a phone.

ChatGPT app could soon generate AI videos with Sora

OpenAI is planning to integrate the Sora video generation engine within the ChatGPT app, but some of the advanced capabilities such as editing could be absent.
Mobile News
Official Android mascot and splash screen on a phone.

Google quietly fixed USB flaw that left over a billion Android devices exposed

A company named Cellebrite, which sells forensic tools to law enforcement, exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Android’s USB framework.
Mobile News
Running the Skype app on an iPhone

The slow death of Skype could finally come to an end this year

Skype, a pioneer of the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling and video conferencing, could finally be put on cold ice in the coming weeks.
Computing News
Side profile of Tecno Spark Slim.

World’s thinnest phone is here, but it’s not the iPhone 17 Air or Galaxy S25 Edge

Tecno has announced the Spark Slim, which measures only 5.75mm across. Despite that, it packs a massive battery, dual 50–megapixel cameras, and a 144Hz panel.
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Family Sharing dashboard on an iPhone.

Apple will let parents share kids’ age and revamp ratings to protect them

Later this year, Apple will make it easier for parents to set up child accounts, revise their age, and share an age range to protect children from bad content.
Mobile News
Copilot app for Mac

Apple is late to Siri revolution, so Microsoft brings you Copilot for Mac

The Copilot app for Mac comes with its own quick-launch keyboard shortcut, supports multi-modal input, and the latest AI tricks such as Think Deeper mode.
Computing News
Person wearing Meta Aria Gen 2 smart glasses.

Meta shows off Aria Gen 2 smart glasses with heart rate tracking

The Meta Aria Gen 2 smart glasses come with three types of cameras for eye and hand tracking, an advanced contact mic, and speech recognition chops.
Computing News
Announcement artwork for GPT 4.5 AI model

OpenAI launches GPT-4.5 AI model with deeper knowledge and emotions

OpenAI says GPT-4.5 is smarter and offers a broader bank of knowledge, higher accuracy, lower hallucination, and access to the latest information on the web.
Computing News
Viewing TikTok videos on desktop.

The TikTok experience is getting better on desktop

TikTok is getting an exclusive floating window mode on desktop, alongside custom categories for saving videos and live-streaming in any orientation.
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