Even after more than 5 years in the business, it turns out Nothings' valuation is just $1.3 Billion. Even Perplexity is worth more as it is valued at 18$ billion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-16/smartphone-maker-nothing-raises-200-million-to-build-ai-devices?srnd=homepage-asia

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OPPO Find X9 Pro Spotted in First Spy Photo

Xiaomi 17 Pro can be turned into iPhone 17 Pro

Users suggested the perfect screensaver for the Chinese flagship 🌊

Galaxy S26 could use next Snapdragon chip in some countries/models
The next flagship smartphone chip from Qualcomm is named the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It will be launched next week at the Snapdragon Summit 2025 press event in Hawaii, USA.

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📱 Mobile Number Validation (MNV) Platform

DoT’s new system to curb digital payment fraud

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🔍 What is it?

A government‑run platform enabling banks, UPI apps, NBFCs, and fintechs to verify — in real time — with telecom operators whether a mobile number truly belongs to the person claiming it.

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🎯 Purpose

- Close the KYC gap between telecom and banking.
- Prevent fraud like SIM swaps, phishing, impersonation, and mule accounts.
- Boost trust in UPI and online banking.

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⚙️ How it Works

1. Bank/UPI app sends a verification request.
2. MNV checks telecom subscriber records.
3. Match → proceed; Mismatch → flag/block.
4. Response is instant, enabling fraud detection at onboarding or transaction stage.

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📜 Regulatory Backing

- Supported by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
- To be mandated via Telecom Cybersecurity Amendment Rules, 2025.
- Complements DoT’s Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI).

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🛡 Benefits

| Stakeholder | Gains |

|-------------|-------|

| Banks/UPI | Stronger fraud control, better KYC compliance |

| Customers | Safer transactions, reduced account takeover risk |

| Telecoms | Reduced SIM misuse, role in cybersecurity |

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⚠️ Challenges

- Privacy: Risk of overreach/misuse of telecom data.
- User Impact: Shared/family SIM use may be disrupted.
- Overlap: Questions about need alongside existing tools.

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📅 Rollout

- Pilot underway.
- Phased launch starting with major banks & UPI providers.
- Full rollout after rule amendments.

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💡 Once live, MNV will make mobile number verification a mandatory, real‑time step before linking bank accounts to UPI.

🚨 China’s Great Firewall – Biggest Leak Ever

📅 Date: 11 Sept 2025

Scale: 500+ GB of internal data exposed
Source: Breach of Geedge Networks (linked to Fang Binxing) & MESA Lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Contents: Source code, build logs, manuals, dashboards, developer chats

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🛠 Key Revelations

- Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) source code & packaging repos
- Modules for VPN detection, SSL/TLS fingerprinting, full traffic logging
- Operational runbooks for censorship systems
- Content manipulation of unencrypted HTTP traffic

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🌐 Tiangou Secure Gateway (TSG)

Commercialized censorship platform for ISPs & border gateways:

- Traffic control: Allow, block, throttle
- VPN disruption & protocol fingerprinting
- Metadata capture: IP, time, domain, SIM/device ID → TSG Galaxy database
- Modes: Passive (monitor) / Active (block)
- Injection: Alter files in transit

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🌍 Global Exports

Confirmed deployments:

- Myanmar: 26 data centers, 81M TCP connections monitored
- Pakistan: Integrated into WMS 2.0 surveillance
- Ethiopia & Kazakhstan: Nationwide filtering; Kazakhstan an early adopter

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🔍 Why It Matters

- First large‑scale exposure of Great Firewall’s internal architecture
- Potential for researchers to find protocol‑level weaknesses
- Confirms China’s export of censorship tech to repressive regimes
- Shows ability to inject malware/propaganda into traffic

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Context: Leak follows China’s Aug 2025 nationwide HTTPS outage, possibly from a failed firewall update; similar outages in Pakistan hint at linked infrastructure.

🇯🇵 Fujifilm Electronic Materials in India by 2028

Company: Subsidiary of Fujifilm Corp., Japan
Target Start: Late 2027–Early 2028
Focus: High-purity chemicals for semiconductor chip manufacturing & packaging
Global Clients: Intel, Micron, Samsung, TSMC, GlobalFoundries

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📍 Location

- Likely Site: Dholera, Gujarat – India’s emerging semiconductor hub
- Why: Close to Micron’s plant, strong infrastructure, skilled workforce

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🎯 Why India

- Talent: Large pool of engineers & technicians
- Demand: Growing needs from automotive, electronics, data centers, packaging
- Ecosystem: Government push for full semiconductor supply chain

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🔄 Entry Models

1. Direct Production – Own plant, full control
2. Licensed Production – Partner with Indian firms
3. Joint Venture – Co-invest with local players

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🌏 Global Footprint

- Current: Japan, Belgium, Taiwan, China, South Korea, USA
- Planned: UK, France, Italy, Singapore
- India’s Role: Domestic supply + potential export hub

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⚙️ Challenges & Edge

- Challenge: Ultra-high purity standards for wafer processing
- Advantage: Proven global expertise in meeting semiconductor-grade specs

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Bottom Line: By 2028, India could host one of the world’s most advanced semiconductor raw material plants.

A recent study revealed that watching Studio Ghibli films is beneficial for mental wellness.

It can evoke nostalgic elements in the viewer and make them calmer.

The films can also push the viewer to pay attention to the small wonders around them.

Research Link - doi.org/10.2196/76522

Oppo Find X9 & X9 Pro use new Tianma Display

— True 1nit
— Android's Strongest Automatic Brightness
— Oppo Co-design Low Brightness with High Precision Circuit
— 3600nit Large Window Peak Brightness
— High Frequency PWM Dimming
— Surpasses iPhone's Display Uniformity

With MediaTek × TSMC 2nm Node Process, The Next year's Flagship Dimensity SoC achieves mass Development.

Compared to TSMC N3E, Logic density increased upto 1.2x, Performance improved by 18% at the same Power Consumption & Power Consumption reduced by 36% at the same speed.

Details of the Find X9 Pro's 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens: - New module with glass lens - 15% improvement of the MTF thanks to the increased precision in the production of lenses using AOA technology - New 200 megapixel shot using multi-frame composition

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
▫️ 50MP 23mm Main unit f/1.67
▫️ 50MP UW 17mm
▫️ 50MP (5x) 115mm Periscope Telephoto f/2.6
▫️ Leica Optics

AirPods Pro 3
Yesterday, the first reviews of Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 dropped, highlighting the following features:

What’s new:
• ANC up to 2× stronger than Pro 2
• Richer, wider sound with punchier bass
• 5 tip sizes (incl. XXS) + redesigned fit
• Heart-rate sensor with Apple Fitness integration
• The sensor pulses 256 times per second using invisible infrared light.
• IP57 durability
• Battery: 8h buds, ~24h with case (down from ~30h on Pro 2)
• U2 chip for precise Find My
• Major mic improvements — clearer calls, closer to pro headset quality
• Live Translation (limited at launch)

What reviewers say:
• Stronger ANC, fuller sound profile
• Comfort/stability much better with new tips
• Mic quality “a leap forward,” usable also for work and content creation
• DC Rainmaker: heart-rate accuracy is surprisingly good even during intense intervals; a big step up over Powerbeats Pro 2.
• Downsides: shorter case battery, still no hi-res audio codec

Verdict: Not a radical redesign, but a meaningful upgrade.

Xiaomi 17 Pro spotted on Geekbench。
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5

CPU :
2× 4.61GHz Prime
6× 3.63GHz Performance

GPU : Adreno 840

Single Core ~ 3000+
Multi Core ~ 9100+