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OnePlus Set to Debut Next Flagship Phone and Earbuds On Feb. 7 in New Delhi


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OnePlus today announced the date of its next big smartphone reveal. The company has set Feb. 7, 2023, for what it is calling the OnePlus Cloud 11 Launch Event. The event will take place at a yet-to-be-named space in New Delhi, India.
OnePlus says the “Cloud 11” theme “represents the upgraded technology and performance delivered by the brand’s latest products.” It also suggests the new products will “elevate the user experience from Cloud 9 to Cloud 11.” The jump from Cloud 9 to Cloud 11 seems to discount the existence of the OnePlus 10 Pro, the company’s most recent flagship phone.
Skipping over the 10 aside, OnePlus did tell us what devices are on deck for the Feb. 7 event: the OnePlus 11 5G, the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, “and more.” Interestingly, the “pro” part of the phone’s name is missing. Has OnePlus given up on pro branding, or is the OnePlus 11 Pro being reserved for later in 2023? Based on the preview photo shared with today’s news, we do know that the phone has a refreshed camera design. It looks like the device will take on a circular glass panel covering the camera module rather than the square-ish one of the OnePlus 10 Pro. About the only spec we can expect for sure is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. Everything else inside the device will likely be an incremental update over this year’s phone.
It’s good to hear that the OnePlus Buds Pro will earn a sequel. While we liked the originals, the app could stand to add an EQ and the tuning could be a little more accurate.
As for the unspecified “and more” part of the announcement, rumors suggest the company could have a tablet in the works to take on the Apple iPad.
OnePlus says more information about the global launch event will follow during the course of the coming weeks.
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Google's AI generated music is unsurprisingly great – MobileSyrup


Google has shared a new AI research project called MusicLM that uses AI to make music, and it’s the latest AI to make artists scared for their jobs.
You can’t use this tool publically like ChatGDP, but Google has shared a ton of samples attached to a research document. These range from small ten-second snippets to full-length five-minute songs.
This tool takes simple text inputs or a person humming and turns that into beautiful music. You can even use a sequence of text prompts to write a song that changes over time. After listening to a couple, the AI doesn’t recreate human music perfectly since it can’t do voices well, but the beats are always interesting and melodic, to say the least. I’d also expect Google to make this much better at human singing soon.
MusicLM really shines by recreating soft beats like melodic techno and relaxing jazz. There are five-minute samples of each genre near the top of the research paper’s sample zone, and they are worth a listen.
There’s no word when or how Google will release this fully, but as we extend further into the AI world, it seems like no creative pursuits are safe.
Source: Google Research
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: Launch Date, Specs And Twitter Reactions – AugustMan HongKong


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Specialized shutters pioneering women's apparel brand – Canadian Cycling Magazine


Specialized is shutting down the pioneering women’s apparel brand, Machine For Freedom. MFF, founded by Jenn Kriske in 2013, built a strong following for promoting a more inclusive vision of the women’s cycling community.
MFF was one of the first brands to seriously develop women’s riding clothing outside of the traditional, race-focused sizing of most apparel lines. In the years since, other brands have broadened their lines to match the example set by Machined For Freedom.
The boutique California-based apparel brand was bought by Specialized in 2018. Going into the fifth year of partnership, the global bike brand is now disbanding MFF. The news was met with an outpouring of support from riders as well as other women’s clothing brands that have followed in MFF’s tire tracks.
The end of Machines For Freedom is the latest in a series of big changes for Specialized. Specialized also announced significant layoffs earlier this year as well as shutting down most of its long-running ambassador program.
MFF founder Jenn Kriske posted this note to the brand’s community on Instagram:
“It is with a heavy heart that I make this announcement. After eight incredible years, the difficult decision was made to shutter the Machines For Freedom brand.
I am tremendously grateful for everything this brand and this community has accomplished in that time. Our influence in the industry is undeniable, and our industry-leading fit process changed the game for women riders in all shapes and sizes. While the brand will no longer exist, the community – and what we built together – will. What we built is bigger than any single brand or company, and I am eternally grateful to be a part of it.
Machines For Freedom is bigger than cycling.
Always has been.
Always will be.”
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