Asus has introduced the ZenFone 9. The smartphone gets a SnapDragon 8+ Gen1-soc, a 50-megapixel camera, a 5.9-inch AMOLED screen with a refresh rate of 120Hz and a 4300mAh battery that supports fast charging at 30W. The device is available from 800 euros.

Google is making a new Gmail interface available to all users. At the beginning of February, business users were already being transferred and in June the interface became available for the first private individuals. It is still possible to restore the old interface. Google indicates that from now on the new interface will be rolled

T-Mobile has reached a settlement in America with victims of a major data breach in 2021. The company is allocating $350 million for damages claims and another $150 million for securing its networks.

Some new updates to Windows 11 caused problems with the start menu for some users. Clicking the start button or using the Windows key had no effect on these users, so the start menu could not be opened.

The No More Ransom anti-ransomware project by police and security companies is six years old. Since its inception, the tools have been downloaded ten million times, an increase of four million from a year. There are now 136 tools available on the site.

Netflix now makes it possible for iOS users to subscribe to the streaming service without the intervention of Apple. Recently, certain types of iOS apps are allowed to link to their own website from within the app. Netflix now uses this.

An unknown hacker or hacker group has put a database online containing the email addresses and phone numbers associated with 5.4 million Twitter accounts. The attacker was able to retrieve the data through a bug that has since been fixed.

Google has fired Blake Lemoine from the company’s Responsible AI division after he was previously suspended. He hit the headlines in June for claims that the LaMDA language model had taken on a life of its own and was self-aware.

Intel may release its first Raptor Lake processors in mid-October. This is reported by leaker Enthusiastic Citizen. Intel was due to announce the processors at the end of September, at its Innovation event, which will take place on September 27 and 28.

Samsung will have sold nearly 10 million foldable smartphones worldwide by 2021. That is about 300 percent more than in 2020. The South Korean manufacturer also announced a new Unpacked event that will take place on August 10.