OnePlus commits to four years of software updates for future phones

Smartphone brand OnePlus has committed to supporting selected future models with four years of OxygenOS software updates, and five years of security updates. OnePlus held an event in London this week where it revealed the news that certain phones released in 2023 and onwards would benefit from the brand’s new commitment. It sees an increase…

India pips North America to become the biggest smartwatch market

India surpassed North America to take the top global spot in the smartwatch market in the quarter that ended in September, according to a report from market research player Counterpoint. The festival sales and proliferation of affordable smartwatches helped grew the local market by 171% year-on-year. The affordable smartwatch models getting bigger displays and adding…

5 cars Joe Biden’s Secret Service rented in Nantucket burst into flames a day after they were returned: report

President Joe Biden. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Five cars rented by the Secret Service in Nantucket burst into flames a day after being returned. The cars were used by Secret Service agents during President Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving trip. Neither Biden nor his family rode in the cars during the trip, a Secret Service spokesman…

Andy Warhol’s portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II has set an auction record, selling for almost $900,000

‘Queen Elizabeth II’ from: Reigning Queens Getty Images Andy Warhol’s 1985 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II sold for almost $900,000, per Canadian auction house Heffel. The portrait of the Queen shattered global records of an editioned Warhol print ever auctioned. Embellished with diamond dust, the print is part of Warhol’s 1985 Reigning Queen series. One…