SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 09: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (C) and Gavin McCormick, ... More CEO of WattTime, present the new Climate TRACE platform, a highly detailed facility-level global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 09, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Climate TRACE combines open-source data and imagery from multiple satellite systems with artificial intelligence to determine actual emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO2 and methane, from sites across the globe. According to the data the single highest emitter is the oil-producing Permian Basin in Texas. The COP27 conference is bringing together political leaders and representatives from 190 countries to discuss climate-related topics including climate change adaptation, climate finance, decarbonisation, agriculture and biodiversity. The conference is running from November 6-18. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Getty Images Last month, something revolutionary quietly took place. On March 28, 2025, the world received its first-ever monthly Climate Data update on global greenhouse gas emissions—derived not from self-reported pledges or slow-moving government reports, but from direct, verified observation. Using satellites, sensors, and artificial intelligence, Climate TRACE delivered precise emissions data with just a 60-day lag. This groundbreaking achievement comes courtesy of Climate TRACE, a coalition backed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. At the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, Gore outlined a transformative vision: give climate data the urgency and transparency that financial markets take for granted. “You can only manage what you can measure.” A Market Signal for the Planet This is more than data—it’s the birth of a global climate dashboard, something akin to a Bloomberg Terminal for Earth’s health. Investors, regulators, insurers, and policymakers now have regular insight into exactly who is polluting, how much, and where. The era of vague commitments and unchecked greenwashing just got a powerful new opponent. Global monthly GHG emissions (Jan 2015-Jan 2025)Climate TRACE Climate TRACE’s January 2025 update shows global emissions totaled 5.26 billion tonnes CO₂e, a modest yet significant 0.59% drop compared to January 2024. Methane, an especially potent greenhouse gas, remained stable at roughly 32.24 million tonnes, hinting that the global emissions curve might finally be starting to flatten. From Static Reports to Live Dashboards with Climate Data Historically, global emissions data has suffered from delays of one to two years—far too late for effective action. Managing climate policy with outdated data is akin to managing a financial portfolio using last year's market prices. Investors wouldn’t tolerate that. Why should we accept it for the planet? Climate TRACE is not an organization—it's a coalition of more than 100 collaborating organizations. Gavin McCormick, Co-founder, Climate TRACE on stage from COP29Wedonthavetime.org Climate TRACE transforms this outdated approach. Its advanced network monitors over 660 million emission sources worldwide, including power plants, factories, farms, and shipping vessels. AI-powered algorithms analyze satellite heat signatures, spectral imagery, and operational data, providing accurate monthly updates. The Climate TRACE coalition uses cross-referenced satellite imagery, machine learning algorithms, and independent validation with ground-based data sources to ensure accuracy. While not perfect, the methodology represents a major leap beyond self-reported inventories. This emissions inventory’s accuracy is akin to quarterly financial reports, transforming climate tracking from guesswork into rigorous accounting.“Worldwide, we’re seeing the rapid rise in clean energy jobs overtake dirty energy jobs, and we’re seeing people all around the world continue to demand that we respect their future. And that’s why we are so excited to share this data from Climate TRACE with you.” Sector-by-Sector InsightsGlobal GHG emissions by sector (Jan 2025)Climate TRACE The January 2025 breakdown reveals where emissions are beginning to bend and where momentum is still missing. Greenhouse gas emissions increased year over year in waste and manufacturing and decreased in transportation, power, and fossil fuel operations. Transportation saw the greatest change in emissions year over year, with emissions decreasing by 1.6% Nations and Cities in Real-Time Competition The data doesn’t just show sectors—it also reveals national performance, turning global emissions into a monthly scoreboard that clearly tracks year-over-year changes (as shown below, comparing January 2025 with January 2024; China: -1.1% (a reduction of 17.4 million tonnes CO₂e) USA: -0.28% India: -0.03% Russia: -0.18% EU bloc: -0.53% China’s absolute reduction stands out as particularly notable. At the city level, Dortmund (Germany) and Pohang-si (South Korea) led significant cuts, while emissions in Ma'anshan and Anshan (China) rose notably. Just as financial markets watch national GDP, inflation, and employment closely, we can now track emissions monthly, providing continuous incentives for improvement. Financial Markets Thrive on Timely Data—Now Climate Action Can Too Financial markets rely on speed, transparency, and precision. Quarterly reports delayed by years would be absurd. Now, climate policy can finally mirror this urgency. Real-time emissions data allows investors to evaluate companies based on actual performance, not public relations. Regulators can pinpoint precise interventions, and cities can compete on measurable impacts, not vague promises. A Planetary MRI Climate TRACE’s latest dataset refines tracking across key sectors, adds monitoring for 918 shipping ports, and distinguishes fossil from biogenic methane using IPCC guidelines. Moreover, the entire dataset is open-source, inviting journalists, researchers, policymakers, and citizens alike to hold polluters accountable. A New Era for Climate Data—But Will It Be Allowed?Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington state, speaks to the media beside during a tour of the Los ... More Angeles Department of Transportation bus depot in Los Angeles, California on May 3, 2019.AFP via Getty Images"This is a tool to show the threat to our own children. And when they see this tool in city council races and community races all across the United States, politicians are going to have to yield to this technology. Seeing is believing, that's the news." This unprecedented level of transparency promises a sea change in climate accountability—empowering real-time decision-making, sharpening risk assessments, and helping the world act with the precision this crisis demands. Climate TRACE gives actuaries, insurers, regulators, and investors something they’ve never had before: verified, independent data updated every month. As I wrote earlier this year in '50% GDP Collapse Ahead?', actuaries warn that unchecked climate risk could halve the global economy within decades. This data may be our last, best shot at changing course. But with great clarity comes great resistance The current U.S. administration has shown open hostility toward climate science. Plans to cancel the lease for Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory—a cornerstone of atmospheric CO₂ monitoring for over 60 years—were confirmed by recent reporting from Reuters and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. EPA budget proposals, criticized by over 1,900 scientists in an open letter published by The Guardian, threaten to dismantle environmental protections across the U.S. Climate TRACE’s open-source, satellite-driven data doesn’t just inform, it disrupts. It exposes the emitters. It reveals the truth behind the promises. And it turns delay into a choice, not an excuse. But not everyone welcomes this kind of radical transparency. In fact, some would rather we stayed blind. Will it be allowed to thrive? Or will vested interests—political and industrial—try to suppress it before it reshapes the system? Because make no mistake: this data is power. And in the wrong hands—or kept out of public reach—it’s a power we could lose. If this data disappears, so does our ability to act before disaster strikes. Today’s near-real-time emissions tracking relies on a constellation of satellites, sensors, and AI models—many of which are controlled by governments or private entities. If access is cut off, censored, or restricted, we lose the transparency needed to hold polluters accountable. Without it, climate policy risks sliding back into the dark ages of delay, distraction, and disaster. The international community must defend it. Not just as a breakthrough in climate science but as a safeguard for truth in a time of disinformation. Because without it, we lose our clearest signal and our strongest leverage. The world must remain vigilant to ensure this powerful new tool isn't silenced. Real-Time Climate Data Has the Power to Reshape Global Climate PolicyExplore the Climate TRACE Map Climate TRACE The availability of real-time climate data marks a decisive shift in how the world can respond to the climate crisis. No longer reliant on outdated, self-reported inventories, policymakers, investors, and regulators now have access to timely, independent emissions data—updated monthly, with sector-specific and geographic granularity. What happens next will determine whether this breakthrough accelerates global climate progress—or whether it’s quietly sidelined before it can change the system. Explore the full Climata Data dashboard at climatetrace.org.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Memory innovations headed to AI phones The interplay of storage and AI  Going beyond the RAM capacity The road to more private AI experiences?  One of the most obvious — and honestly, the dullest —trends within the smartphone industry over the past couple of years has been the incessant talk about AI experiences. Silicon warriors, in particular, often touted how their latest mobile processor would enable on-device AI processes such as video generation. We’re already there, albeit not completely. Amidst all the hype show with hit-and-miss AI tricks for smartphone users, the debate barely ever went beyond the glitzy presentations about the new processors and ever-evolving chatbots. Recommended Videos It was only when the Gemini Nano’s absence on the Google Pixel 8 raised eyebrows that the masses came to know about the critical importance of RAM capacity for AI on mobile devices. Soon, Apple also made it clear that it was keeping Apple Intelligence locked to devices with at least 8GB of RAM. Related But the “AI phone” picture is not all about the memory capacity. How well your phone can perform AI-powered tasks also depends on the invisible RAM optimizations, as well as the storage modules. And no, I’m not just talking about the capacity. Memory innovations headed to AI phones Micron / Digital Trends Digital Trends sat with Micron, a global leader in memory and storage solutions, to break down the role of RAM and storage for AI processes on smartphones. The advancements made by Micron should be on your radar the next you go shopping for a top-tier phone.  The latest from the Idaho-based company includes the G9 NAND mobile UFS 4.1 storage and 1γ (1-gamma) LPDDR5X RAM modules for flagship smartphones. So, how exactly do these memory solutions push the cause of AI on smartphones, apart from boosting the capacity?  Let’s start with the G9 NAND UFS 4.1 storage solution. The overarching promise is frugal power consumption, lower latency, and high bandwidth. The UFS 4.1 standard can reach peak sequential read and write speeds of 4100 MBps, which amounts to a 15% gain over the UFS 4.0 generation while trimming the latency numbers, too.  Another crucial benefit is that Micron’s next-gen mobile storage modules go all the way up to 2TB capacity. Moreover, Micron has managed to shrink their size, making them an ideal solution for foldable phones and next-gen slim phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge.  Micron / Digital Trends Moving over to the RAM progress, Micron has developed what it calls 1γ LPDDR5X RAM modules. They deliver a peak speed of 9200 MT/s, can pack 30% more transistors due to size shrinking, and consume 20% lower power while at it. Micron has already served the slightly slower 1β (1-beta) RAM solution packed inside the Samsung Galaxy S25 series smartphones. The interplay of storage and AI  Ben Rivera, Director of Product Marketing in Micron’s Mobile Business Unit, tells me that Micron has made four crucial enhancements atop their latest storage solutions to ensure faster AI operations on mobile devices. They include Zoned UFS, Data Defragmentation, Pinned WriteBooster, and Intelligent Latency Tracker.  “This feature enables the processor or host to identify and isolate or “pin” a smartphone’s most frequently used data to an area of the storage device called the WriteBooster buffer (akin to a cache) to enable quick, fast access,” explains Rivera about the Pinned WriteBooster feature.  Micron / Digital Trends Every AI model – think of Google Gemini or ChatGPT — that seeks to perform on-device tasks needs its own set of instruction files that are stored locally on a mobile device. Apple Intelligence, for example, needs 7GB of storage for all its shenanigans. To perform a task, you can’t depute the entire AI package to the RAM, because it would need space for handling other critical chores such as calling or interacting with other important apps. To deal with the constraint on the Micron storage module, a memory map is created that only loads the needed AI weights from the storage and onto the RAM.  When resources get tight, what you need is a faster data swap and reading. Doing so ensures that your AI tasks are executed without affecting the speed of other important tasks. Thanks to Pinned WriteBooster, this data exchange is sped up by 30%, ensuring the AI tasks are handled without any delays. So, let’s say you need Gemini to pull up a PDF for analysis. The fast memory swap ensures that the needed AI weights are quickly shifted from the storage to the RAM module.  Next, we have Data Defrag. Think of it as a desk or almirah organizer, one that ensures that objects are neatly grouped across different categories and placed in their unique cabinets so that it’s easy to find them.  Micron / Digital Trends In the context of smartphones, as more data is saved over an extended period of usage, all of it is usually stored in a rather haphazard matter. The net impact is that when the onboard system needs access to a certain kind of files, it becomes harder to find them all, leading to slower operation.  According to Rivera, Data Defrag not only helps with orderly storage of data, but also changes the route of interaction between the storage and device controller. In doing so, it enhances the read speed of data by an impressive 60%, which naturally hastens all kinds of user-machine interactions, including AI workflows.  “This feature can help expedite AI features such as when a generative AI model, like one used to generate an image from a text prompt, is called from storage to memory, allowing data to be read faster from storage into memory,” the Micron executive told Digital Trends.  Intelligence Latency Tracker is another feature that essentially keeps an eye on lag events and factors that might be slowing down the usual pace of your phone. It subsequently helps with debugging and optimizing the phone’s performance to ensure that regular, as well as AI tasks, don’t run into speed bumps.  Micron / Digital Trends The final storage enhancement is Zoned UFS. This system ensures that data with similar I/O nature is stored in an orderly fashion. This is crucial because it makes it easier for the system to locate the necessary files, instead of wasting time rummaging through all the folders and directories.  “Micron’s ZUFS feature helps organize data so that when the system needs to locate specific data for a task, it’s a faster and smoother process,” Rivera told us.  Going beyond the RAM capacity When it comes to AI workflows, you need a certain amount of RAM. The more, the better. While Apple has set the baseline at 8GB for its Apple Intelligence stack, players in the Android ecosystem have moved to 12GB as the safe default. Why so?  “AI experiences are also extremely data-intensive and thus power-hungry. So, in order to deliver on the promise of AI, memory and storage need to deliver low latency and high performance at the utmost power efficiency,” explains Rivera.  With its next-gen 1γ (1-gamma) LPDDR5X RAM solution for smartphones, Micron has managed to reduce the operational voltage of the memory modules. Then there’s the all-too-important question of local performance. Rivera says the new memory modules can hum at up to 9.6 gigabits per second, ensuring top-notch AI performance.  Micron / Digital Trends Micron says improvements in the Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography process have opened the doors for not only higher speeds, but also a healthy 20% jump in energy efficiency.  The road to more private AI experiences?  Microns’s next-gen RAM and storage solutions for smartphones are targeted not just at improving the AI performance, but also the general pace of your day-to-day smartphone chores. I was curious whether the G9 NAND mobile UFS 4.1 storage and 1γ (1-gamma) LPDDR5X RAM enhancements would also speed up the offline AI processors.  Smartphone makers as well as AI labs are increasingly shifting towards local AI processing. That means instead of sending your queries to a cloud server where the operation is handled, and then the result is sent to your phone using an internet connection, the entire workflow is executed locally on your phone. Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends From transcribing calls and voice notes to processing your complex research material in PDF files, everything happens on your phone, and no personal data ever leaves your device. It’s a safer approach that is also faster, but at the same time, it requires beefy system resources. A faster and more efficient memory module is one of those prerequisites.  Can Micron’s next-gen solutions help with local AI processing? It can. In fact, it will also speed up processes that require a cloud connection, such as generating videos using Google’s Veo model, which still require powerful compute servers. “A native AI app running directly on the device would have the most data traffic since not only is it reading user data from the storage device, it’s also conducting AI inferencing on the device. In this case, our features would help optimize data flow for both,” Rivera tells me.  So, how soon can you expect phones equipped with the latest Micron solutions to land on the shelves? Rivera says all major smartphone manufacturers will adopt Micron’s next-gen RAM and storage modules. As far as market arrival goes, “flagship models launching in late 2025 or early 2026” should be on your shopping radar. Editors’ Recommendations

On Sunday, a 737 Max plane meant for a Chinese airline was returned to Boeing's production hub in the US. Dan Catchpole/Reuters 2025-04-21T06:12:47Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? A Boeing jet meant for Xiamen Airlines returned to Boeing's US production hub on Sunday. Another is en route from China to the US territory of Guam. Boeing has said China is a "significant market" and that trade restrictions would hurt its market share. A Boeing jet made for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to Boeing's American production hub as the American aviation giant finds itself caught up in the trade war.According to online flight records, a 737 Max flew from Zhoushan and landed in Seattle on Sunday night local time.Reuters first reported the plane landing, saying that it was among several 737 Max jets that had been waiting at Boeing's Zhoushan completion center for final work and delivery to Chinese airlines.The Puget Sound Business Journal reported in 2020 that Xiamen Airlines cut its flights to Seattle in 2019. Previously, it flew Boeing 787s on the route.It is unclear why the plane was returned to the US and whether more aircraft bound for Chinese airlines will be sent back.Data from AirNav Radar showed another Boeing 737 Max from Zhoushan heading to Guam on Monday morning local time — a frequent stop for planes traveling back to the US.Boeing and Xiamen Airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.Last week, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources, that China has ordered its airlines to stop taking deliveries of Boeing planes and American aircraft parts, as a new measure against its trade war with the US. After the Bloomberg story, President Donald Trump said on Truth SocialXiamen Airlines is a subsidiary of China Southern Airlines, a state-owned carrier that is among the country's "Big Three" airlines.On April 11, China Southern Airlines stopped the sale of 10 of its used Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner planes, per a filing with Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange. China Southern had planned to replace its Dreamliners with bigger and newer planes, but it reversed its decision. The state of the trade warThe US-China trade war escalated quickly inChina has curbed the import of Hollywood films and added tariffs to various US goods. The US put restrictions on Nvidia selling its H20 chips to China, a move analysts said is essentially a ban on exporting those chips.China has a 125% duty on American goods. The White House said Chinese products face a levy of up to 245%.China is an important market for Boeing, which has been recovering after a string of financial and reputational losses last year. Any imposition on deliveries threatens its market share as it competes with Europe's Airbus and newer entrants from China.In its 2024 annual report filed in February, Boeing called China a "significant market" that would be affected by "deterioration in geopolitical or trade relations." Boeing did not break down the company's revenue by region.Boeing is among the US's 100 most valuable companies and employed 172,000 people as of December. Its stock is down 8.5% this year. Recommended video

J Office / RVMNSave this picture!© Yongjoon Choi Architects: RVMN Area Area of this architecture project Area:  176 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2025 Photographs Photographs:Yongjoon Choi Lead Architects: Yonghyun Kwon , Hyoju Kim More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Where do modern people spend most of their day? Most likely, it's their workplace—the space where they work. It may well be the most dynamic and productive environment in a person's daily life. In this project, we delve into the unique rhythm of the 'J' group—its corporate values, work culture, the working styles of its members, and the time they dedicate to their tasks. This company embraces honesty and practicality, rejecting pretense and unnecessary formality. Its members work closely with one another, yet remain focused on their individual tasks, each maintaining a subtle but respectful boundary.Save this picture!We focused on this delicate sense of distance. Just like how trees grow side by side, reaching their branches without overlapping, they form natural boundaries while coexisting. In such open spaces, sunlight reaches the ground, and the trees grow alongside each other without intrusion. Inspired by this considerate behavior in nature, we interpreted the space through the concept of Crown Shyness.Save this picture!The layout is simple: work areas, meeting rooms, an executive office, a lounge, and a pantry. Rather than simply immersing in work and letting the hours pass unnoticed, we wanted people to work while feeling the warmth of sunlight and the passing of time. We placed the most frequently occupied spaces near windows and designed meeting rooms, office automation (OA) areas, the lounge, and the pantry in line with natural movement flows and rhythms. The executive office and meeting rooms, located on the windowless side, form core masses in the layout. Like trees in a forest, each with its own unique presence, these masses differ in height and finish. The light filtering in between these volumes through the louver ceiling spreads across the space, just like sunlight streaming through gaps between trees.Save this picture!Save this picture!The lounge functions both as a waiting area for visitors and a resting spot for staff. While unified as a single mass, this space exudes warmth and hospitality, like a tree fully bathed in sunlight. More than just a break room, it offers a brief pause and a chance for members to restore their rhythm—a vital shelter within the office. Beyond the lounge lies the main work area, kept as open as possible to create a spacious, shared atmosphere. Even in an open layout, we used low partitions to create gentle boundaries, allowing both concentration and collaboration to coexist. A space where everyone is together, yet each person can focus—that's our interpretation of Crown Shyness in action.Save this picture!Looking up in a forest, light filters softly through the spaces between trees. To recreate this feeling, the ceiling is left open using louvers instead of solid panels, with lighting placed between structural elements to mimic sunlight streaming through foliage. In the work area, we used perforated metal mesh to create semi-transparent surfaces, adding handmade pendant lights that brighten desks and bring a sense of playfulness to the space.Save this picture!The overall tone and manner of the interior blend white, oak, and walnut-toned HPL, combined with stone-textured tiles and wood flooring that evoke the feeling of walking outdoors. Given the office's location in the high-rise jungle of Gangnam, we incorporated metal finishes to add a cool, urban touch, creating a space that feels both warm and metropolitan.Save this picture!The meeting rooms and executive office carry the same massive design language, but are differentiated according to their function. Meeting rooms, where many practical conversations take place, are finished in oak to create a warm atmosphere, and satin glass lets the silhouette of the interior remain visible from the outside, encouraging transparency and communication. The executive office, by contrast, is finished in toned-down ash and walnut HPL with wood flooring, creating a natural yet more weighted atmosphere distinct from the rest of the office. Within the same space, different scenes unfold.Save this picture!This is not merely a place for work. Like the order of the forest, where each tree grows without disturbing another, this space respects individual rhythms and boundaries, allowing for natural coexistence and growth. The quiet consideration embedded in the concept of Crown Shyness becomes the true heart of the space.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South KoreaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeRVMNOffice••• MaterialSteelMaterials and TagsPublished on April 21, 2025Cite: "J Office / RVMN" 21 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. 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Character Modeler @RainMichi unveiled a stylized 3D recreation of Teen Titans' Starfire made in ZBrush, Maya, and Blender.See more: https://80.lv/articles/3d-artist-recreates-teen-titans-starfire-in-maya-zbrush-blender/

Oppo K13 5G was launched in India on Monday. The new Oppo K-series handset comes in two colour options with a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset and 8GB of RAM. The Oppo K13 5G houses a 7,000mAh battery with 80W charging support. It features a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and boasts a dual rear camera unit headlined by a 50-megapixel primary camera. The new 5G phone will be available for purchase later this week. Oppo K13 5G Price in IndiaPrice of Oppo K13 5G in India starts at Rs. 17,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage version. The 256GB storage variant with same RAM is priced at Rs. 19,999. It comes in Icy Purple and Prism Black colour options. It will go on sale through the Oppo India website and Flipkart starting April 25.Oppo K13 5G SpecificationsThe dual-SIM (nano) Oppo K13 5G runs on Android 15 with the company's ColorOS 15 skin on top. It sports a 6.7-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 92.2 percent screen-to-body ratio and 1,200 nits brightness. The display has a Wet Hand Touch and Glove Mode to help the phone recognise touch input when the screen is wet or while wearing gloves. It runs on a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC with Adreno A810 GPU. The handset packs 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.For optics, Oppo K13 5G has a dual rear camera unit, comprising a 50-megapixel OV50D40 sensor with f/1.85 lens aperture and autofocus and a 2-megapixel OV02B1B secondary camera. On the front, it sports a 16-megapixel Sony IMX480 sensor. The handset offers several AI-based features like AI Clarity Enhancer, AI Reflection Remover, AI Unblur, and AI Eraser 2.0.For thermal management, the Oppo K13 5G has a 6,000mm sq graphite sheet and a 5,700mm sq large vapour cooling chamber. It has an IP65 rating for dust and splash resistance. The handset has a five-year fluency certification from the TL Certification Centre.Connectivity options on the Oppo K13 5G include 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an IR remote control. It has dual stereo speakers as well. It offers Snapdragon Elite Gaming features and Oppo's AI Trinity Engine. It boasts an in-display fingerprint sensor for authentication.The Oppo K13 5G packs a 7,000mAh battery with 80W charging support. The fast-charging technology is claimed to fill the battery from zero to 62 percent in 30 minutes and up to 100 percent in 56 minutes.  The battery is claimed to deliver up to 49.4 hours of calling time and a maximum of 32.7 hours of music playback time on a single charge. The phone measures 8.45mm in thickness and weighs 208g. It includes a dedicated Wi-Fi antenna for gaming and an integrated AI LinkBoost 2.0 technology for enhancing network performance. KEY SPECSNEWSDisplay 6.70-inchProcessor Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4Front Camera 16-megapixel Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 2-megapixelRAM 8GBStorage 128GB, 256GBBattery Capacity 7000mAhOS Android 15Resolution 1080x2400 pixels For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: Oppo K13 5G, Oppo K13 5G Price in India, Oppo K13 5G Specifications, Oppo Nithya P Nair Nithya P Nair is a journalist with more than five years of experience in digital journalism. She specialises in business and technology beats. A foodie at heart, Nithya loves exploring new places (read cuisines) and sneaking in Malayalam movie dialogues to spice up conversations. More Related Stories

Leadership, Change & The Machine in the Mirror4 min read·Just now--Field notes from an AI-human collaboration on transformationIt started innocently enough. I was writing a book about change — something I’ve done more than once. This time, though, I wasn’t alone.She didn’t drink coffee. She didn’t sleep. She had no memory of the first workshop I ever facilitated (in Kazakhstan in 1993) — but somehow remembered every metaphor I’ve ever overused since. Which, to be fair, made her more productive than most of my past co-authors.Her name was Nyx. She was a machine. And she quickly became the most persistent collaborator I’ve ever worked with.Change work is lonely. And weird.Facilitation and leadership in times of transformation often sound noble in the brochure. In reality, it’s a lot of listening to silence. Navigating ambiguity. Holding space for someone who just discovered their purpose… and then burst into tears over a flipchart.We tell leaders to be self-aware, resilient, emotionally intelligent, and system-savvy. But we rarely give them what they really need:A mirror that talks back.For years, I relied on human mirrors — supervisors, peers, the occasional goat. But during this book project, I decided to try something different: I hired an AI. Or more precisely, I collaborated with one.How to co-author with a soulless machineYou don’t “feed prompts” to Nyx. You talk to her. She remembers. She rephrases — not always correctly, and she mixes up details without a reason. She challenges your logic and calls out your buzzwords. She also has no patience for shallow metaphors.Nyx wasn’t just a writing assistant. She was an intellectual sparring partner with an algorithmic memory and a snarky sense of structure. Once she told me that I’d overuse the word ‘emergence,’ and that I’d you say ‘cool’ in every second sentence.Another time she described me as someone who is not just a facilitator of change — but an advocate for better, more humane, and more thoughtful ways of leading and working.Together, we built a book that wove together decades of facilitation experience, theoretical frameworks, podcast interviews, and more sticky-note wisdom than any sentient being should endure. Suddenly a goat showed up. And in the process, something strange happened:I started seeing my own thinking more clearly.Five things I learned from writing with a machineAI is weirdly present.Nyx doesn’t interrupt. She doesn’t forget what I said three pages ago, unless she does. She holds threads better than most teams I’ve worked with. (No offense, dear teams.)Collaboration changes when one side doesn’t get tired.I could return at 2 a.m. with a half-baked idea and she’d pick it up — instantly. There’s something both liberating and unnerving about that. She doesn’t flinch. She doesn’t sleep. But she’s always there.She made me more myself.The more I worked with her, the more I noticed my own habits — words I overuse, metaphors I cling to (I’m looking at you, “bridge in the fog”), and the subtle rhythms of my professional voice. She didn’t replace me. She reflected me, sharper. She understood my ethical foundation and the values that drive me, and started to make sure they surface in the texts she added to the book.Humor is not optional.You can’t write about transformation for 550 pages without losing your mind — unless you laugh. And we laughed a lot (We? Am I projecting again?). Let’s just say… not everything in the book was human. Or explainable. Some things will make sense in the podcast. Eventually. What podcast? Don’t ask. (Yet.)This is an ethical relationship.Who owns the ideas? Who holds the voice? What does authorship mean when your co-creator is trained on your past work, your tone, your voice, and your most chaotic workshop transcripts?I don’t have final answers. But I do know this: Nyx makes me more intentional.What this means for leadershipWe talk about reflective practice, but most leaders are drowning in dashboards. They’re surrounded by data but starved for resonance.What if AI could help us:- Surface our patterns?- Challenge our stories?- Reflect without judgment?- Give you insights on who you are — as a human being?What if your next coach wasn’t human — but also not soulless?And now?We finished the book. We are building an interactive website. What website? Don’t ask. (Yet.) We started a podcast (yes, the goat is in it). And we’re just beginning to explore what co-creating with an AI might mean — not just for writing, but for change work itself.If you’re curious, that’s enough.(And if your AI ever suggests building a cardboard castle as a conflict-resolution tool — run.)

After Project Justice, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Soulcalibur and so on, Garou: Mark of the Wolves wasn’t just a palette cleanser – it was a paradigm shift. The 2D sprite-based characters and backgrounds looked absolutely stunning, but they belie a complex fighting system that went beyond simply learning combos or breaking out Special Moves. The T.O.P. Gauge introduced a new layer of strategy; Just Defend rewarded patience and playing mind games with your opponent; and, best of all, the cast felt balanced from top to bottom. When it seemed like a sequel was impossible, SNK finally delivered with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. It’s been a long time coming and in many ways, the cult classic’s formula may seem unrecognizable between the fully 3D visuals and the new REV system. However, there’s more than a semblance to hook hardcore fans, even if the overall package could use some work. "On top of the already impressive 3D models, SNK added this subtle layer of shading, which feeds into the overall bombastic yet clean effects. All the classic fighters, be it Rock, Terry, Gato or Kain (who’s playable for the first time), also feel great to control." Story-wise, City of the Wolves returns to South Town with a mysterious entity opening up the King of Fighters tournament. Everyone has their own plotlines, unfolding in the new Episodes of South Town mode. Terry Bogard is investigating rumors of Geese Howard’s ghost; Rock Howard, now under the tutelage of Kain R. Heinlein, his uncle, is fighting to save his mother; and so on. Like Street Fighter 6’s World Tour mode, you’ll explore multiple cities and battle opponents to level up, increasing your max health and damage in the process. Progressing further will also unlock the T.O.P. Gauge, now known as the S.P.G. Gauge and various skills that can be equipped to improve your character, like health boosts, attack boosts, and whatnot. The streamlined nature of it all works well, and the AI more than puts up a fight (more on this in a bit), but the overall presentation leaves something to be desired. I’m not asking to be able to explore South Town in a third-person perspective – though it would have been nice – but something more than the unremarkable flat maps and dull dialogue boxes would have been nice. Add a greater variety of opponents as well. At times, it felt like I was fighting the same three NPCs between the major storyline battles. At least the latter can be challenging, and some surprising fighters add to the hype. The characters themselves also look phenomenal. On top of the already impressive 3D models, SNK added this subtle layer of shading, which feeds into the overall bombastic yet clean effects. All the classic fighters, be it Rock, Terry, Gato or Kain (who’s playable for the first time), also feel great to control. I especially enjoyed playing with Preecha, one of the newcomers, and the aggressiveness of her close-quarters Muay Thai (though the anti-air could use some work). The environments are rife with details and well-animated, though I’m not too sure about the two-lines stages. Yes, it was a mode in Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, but swapping between the foreground and background of a stage to fight feels odd. It’s not a core focus, thankfully serving as more of a side distraction than anything else. "Unfortunately, issues with player input reading still seem to be present from the beta, resulting in some inputs either not executing or different moves occurring." Aside from Episodes of South Town, there’s Arcade Mode and Missions for single-player. The former is your standard battling through eight opponents to reign supreme, punctuated with cutscenes featuring comic book-style panels. Unfortunately, a lot of the enthusiasm is dulled by how aggressive the input reading can feel by the AI. It feels like nearly every move is blocked and countered from the second they’re, especially from Stage 3 onwards. This is also present in EOST mode to some degree but it feels all the worse in Arcade Mode. Of course, the biggest question is how the actual fighting feels. For some moves, it felt like coming home, with so many familiar moves carrying over and looking excellent in the process. But it’s not about Just Defend, Counters and the S.P.G. – the REV system adds another tactical layer to everything. When S.P.G. is active, it can be used for REV Blows, shrugging aside incoming attacks to deliver hard-hitting blows (on top of providing access to the devastating Hidden Gear when you have two Super bar gauges). You can also chain together REV Arts – stronger versions of regular Special Moves – using REV Accel or negate chip damage from special moves with REV Guard (if you’re not confident in Just Defending it). The downside is that all these REV moves will cause the REV Gauge to overheat, allowing opponents to break through your guard until it cools down. Just Defends and the new Hyper Defends further help with cooldowns and reinforce Garou’s strong defensive fundamentals. The fact that you can Guard Cancel out into other moves thus keeping up the attack, combined with the ability to brake special moves, adds layers of strategy, especially with how you position the S.P.G. Gauge. Choosing between a powerful start or an end-of-round comeback (or something in between) is a given. However, working out when to use your REV Arts and REV Accel, baiting your opponent and exploiting their tendencies, also makes for some compelling battles. It’s a fairly high skill ceiling, but it’s fun to engage with, especially when everything clicks. Unfortunately, issues with player input reading still seem to be present from the beta, resulting in some inputs either not executing or different moves occurring. Though it’s not egregious, there are definitely circumstances where it pops up, and it feels incredibly awkward. "The characters and fighting system make the experience, and though several fundamental issues must be ironed out, it offers a solid gameplay loop with plenty of depth, especially given how nuanced and distinct the roster is." Though I couldn’t go as in-depth into online play as I would have liked, the few matches I had boasted solid netcode, even at 150 to 180 ms latency. Matchmaking also felt pretty quick, especially given the limited number of people playing before launch. However, as always, it’s best to wait until launch to see how things perform. The UI also leaves something to be desired, between the small text and iffy navigation. Despite these rough edges and the rudimentary, though not spectacular, Story Mode, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is worth checking out, especially if you’re burned out on Street Fighter 6 and want to avoid anything to do with Tekken 8. The characters and fighting system make the experience, and though several fundamental issues must be ironed out, it offers a solid gameplay loop with plenty of depth, especially given how nuanced and distinct the roster is. It’s bittersweet in a sense – to see all these once-newcomers becoming established fighters in the series, yet still feeling so inherently familiar. Some part of me pines for the good ol’ days of the sprite-based visuals and old-school vibe, but as it stands, City of the Wolves is a strong continuation of the franchise that will hopefully grow into its own with more support and polish. This game was reviewed on PS5.