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Year-long programme links local deliveries with verified carbon removal, with UAE Mangrove Day marking its first major public activation Dubai, UAE – 28 July 2026: Quiqup, a UAE-based innovative e-commerce logistics provider, has launched its Eco-Friendly Deliveries initiative, a year-long programme designed to connect local last-mile deliveries with verified carbon removal, while supporting both regional climate projects and mangrove restoration efforts in the UAE. The programme kicked off on 1 July 2026 and reflects Quiqup’s continued focus on building more sustainable logistics solutions across the UAE. As part of its first major public activation on UAE Mangrove Day, Quiqup announced its…

Samsung’s foldables keep sneaking in these little quality-of-life wins, and this one might be my favorite yet. Redditor ultima40 discovered that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra now remember rotation lock separately for each screen. So if you fold and unfold your phone throughout the day, switching between the cover screen and the tablet-like inner display, your phone will keep track of how you like each one oriented.  Prefer landscape on the Fold 8 Ultra’s inner screen? Set it once, and it stays that way every time you open the phone, no need to touch the rotation…

Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper. Tokyo built one anyway, and it’s already helping turn AI matches into real marriages (via Tech Xplore). So how does this app actually work? The Tokyo government launched Tokyo Enmusubi in September 2024, an AI-powered matchmaking app, with a pretty serious objective: combatting Japan’s plummeting birth rate. The idea came from a survey, which showed roughly 70% of people who wanted to marry simply weren’t actively dating.  To keep things on track, anyone joining had to prove they were legally single and pass an online interview before getting…

Samsung’s latest foldables can double as a USB webcam for your laptop. The Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8 all support the USB webcam feature, which first debuted on Pixel phones back in 2023 before Samsung brought it to the Galaxy S26 series earlier this year. How webcam mode works Android Authority has confirmed the USB webcam option is available on all three new Galaxy Z series devices, making them the first Samsung foldables to offer the feature. As with the Galaxy S26 series, the option appears in the USB settings menu that can be accessed…

Apps like Instapaper are essential for keeping my reading goals in check. I cannot always read an article in full when I come across it, so the ability to save articles in a read-it-later app is a must-have feature for me. After Pocket’s demise, Instapaper became the alternative most people flocked to.  And now the company just handed its users a massive update to be thankful for. The company rebuilt its website from scratch, redesigned the iOS app around Apple’s Liquid Glass look, and finally brought AI Voices to Android. Let’s break down what’s actually new. What’s new on the…

Sony appears to be preparing a refresh of two of its affordable headphone lineups, with newly discovered import documents revealing what could be the successors to the WH-CH720N and WH-CH520. While the company has yet to make an official announcement, the filings offer an early look at the model names and potential color options, suggesting Sony’s entry-level audio portfolio could soon receive its first major update in years. The leaked information arrives shortly after reports suggested Sony was working on a new color variant of its flagship WH-1000XM6 headphones. This time, however, the spotlight shifts to products aimed at a…

I’ll admit, Tesla topping an efficiency ranking felt like a foregone conclusion until I actually saw the numbers. Turns out two Indian automakers just embarrassed both Tesla and the world’s biggest EV maker at their own game.  The first time I read the report, I couldn’t believe it, and I’ve been following the Indian automobile industry for a couple of years now.   So who’s actually winning here? The owner of Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, topped the International Council on Clean Transportation’s 2025 global ranking of the most energy-efficient battery EVs, with its fleet averaging just 106 watt-hours per kilometer (via…

AI-generated videos have gotten so realistic that spotting a fake is difficult enough on its own. Figuring out which AI model actually created it is even harder. That’s exactly why researchers at UC Riverside built a tool that can do both. It’s called SAGA, and it can trace a fake video back to the specific AI model that generated it. The project was led by UC Riverside doctoral researcher Rohit Kundu and electrical and computer engineering professor Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury, in collaboration with researchers from YouTube and Google DeepMind. How does SAGA figure out where a fake video came from?…

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to awkwardly grab my phone mid-task just to take a WhatsApp call my laptop couldn’t handle on the web version. Today’s update changes that for good. So what’s actually rolling out today? WhatsApp Web is getting voice and video calling, covering both one-on-one and group calls with zero app downloads required (which was the case previously). It’s been in testing for months. The feature extended to group chats back in June. Now it’s rolling out broadly to reach every user.  We’re introducing new features that make @WhatsApp calls even easier, like…

Launching a business is a big step. It takes a lot of preparation and planning, much of which is often consolidated into a business plan. Business plans take time and research to pull together, and it’s tempting to use AI to help. This can be useful to a degree, but generative search tools can quickly cross the line from effective support to a corner-cutting hack — and when that happens, it can turn a convincing AI business plan into a subtle trap that leads founders in the wrong direction. The Dangers of Using Generic AI to Build a Business Plan…