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Owners of foldable iPhone Duo devices purchased before the official start of sales report that after a settings reset the devices stop activating. Andrey Vinogradov, editor-in-chief of IT EXPERT magazine, suggested that Apple could have identified such units by serial number, but the blocking mechanism remains unclear.
Otabek YusupovThe HONOR X9e Pro presentation took place in Tashkent on the 48th floor of the Piramit Tower complex. Instead of a classic showcase, guests tested the device in interactive zones: smartphones were submerged in an aquarium, dropped, shot at with a paintball gun, and vegetables were even sliced on them. The key feature of the new device is an 11,000 mAh battery.
Aziz KarimovNeuropsychologist Svetlana Kolobova said that smartphone use by itself does not accelerate the biological aging of the brain, although gadgets can affect individual mental skills. According to her, the peak of brain development occurs at approximately 22–25 years, after which the volume of gray matter gradually decreases, and after 40 years memory and reaction may deteriorate. At the same time, vocabulary and accumulated knowledge can persist into very old age.
Sevara AzamovaAssociate Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University Alexander Konfisakhor told NSN that the survey data from RuStore and Nauka Mail about Russians' readiness to go without a smartphone do not correspond to reality: in his assessment, only 3% of people could last an hour without a phone, while 24 hours without the device would 'drive' 95% of the population 'crazy'.
Sevara AzamovaSpecialists from the Institute of Information Security at the University of Graz and the Center for Secure Information Technologies tested data transfer apps from seven brands for wirelessly moving data to a new phone. In experiments, the researchers managed to intercept SMS messages, contacts, photos, health data, passwords and Wi-Fi keys, and in some cases to substitute installation files and inject malware. The results were presented at the ESORICS 2026 symposium; the vulnerabilities were fixed after notification of compa
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