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OnePlus is gearing up to launch a new smartphone alongside the OnePlus 15 and the OnePlus Ace 6. According to a report, the handset could debut as the OnePlus Turbo. It may be powered by the unannounced Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. The report suggests that the handset could get a 6.7-inch 165Hz screen, X-axis linear motor, and an 8,000mAh battery with 100W fast charging support.

Kantara: Chapter 1, written and directed by Rishab Shetty, is a Kannada Period drama movie that is set to release on Amazon Prime Video. Overall, it has been a super hit at the box office.

Bharat Taxi, India’s first cooperative cab service by the Ministry of Cooperation and NeGD, offers a driver-owned, commission-free alternative to Ola and Uber. Drivers, called Saarthis, keep full earnings and share governance through the Sahakar Taxi Cooperative led by Amul’s Jayen Mehta. Integrated with DigiLocker and UMANG for transparency, it starts a 650-cab pilot in Delhi in November 2025, expanding to 20 cities by December. Backed by cooperatives like Amul, IFFCO, NABARD, and NCDC, it is claimed to ensure fair fares and reliability.

Apple presently allows software developers to advertise their apps in the search section of the App Store. Now, the company is reportedly planning to integrate ads in its native Maps app, too. The move might get implemented by next year. Apple might allow restaurants and other businesses to pay in exchange for getting featured on the Apple Maps' search section. The tech giant could label these promoted results as sponsored, while also using AI tools to show revelant ads to users.

Nothing Phone 3a Lite, which was earlier tipped to launch in early November, is now confirmed to debut globally on October 29. The handset was recently listed on the Geekbench benchmarking platform with the A001T model number. The handset is widely expected to be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset, coupled with a Mali-G615 MC2 GPU. It might be offered in at least an 8GB RAM variant and ship with Android 15.