Update, Sept. 5: We’ve gone hands-on with Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold ahead of its revised release later this month. Original story, last updated in February, follows. The foldable future is finally here, and it’s called the Galaxy Fold. Samsung on Wednesday showed off the new foldable phone during its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The device has …
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The Galaxy S10‘s Snapdragon 855 chipset could dominate with up to 45 percent faster performance speeds compared to the Galaxy S9 when Samsung unveils its next flagship phone this Wednesday in San Francisco. This isn’t just Qualcomm talking. At CES last month, we got a chance to test Snapdragon 855 on a prototype phone. So far, the benchmarking results paint the picture …
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Foldable devices are all the rage. Even television maker TCL is getting in on the game. The Chinese company, best known for budget televisions, but also phones through its BlackBerry Mobile and Alcatel brands, is working on at least five devices employing flexible displays, including two tablets, two smartphones and a flexible phone that could curve into a smartwatch, according …
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e aims to be a smart-home controller, dynamic entertainment device and spur-of-the-moment productivity machine all rolled into one. The $399 tablet (£310, AU$565 converted), which is expected to arrive in Q2, is the first to support Bixby, Samsung’s voice assistant. The tablet fulfills a promise Samsung made at its Developer Conference last November to bring Bixby to more …
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Samsung appears to be following the lead of Oppo and exiting the Blu-ray player market in the US. Samsung has elaborated on an earlier report that it was no longer making 4K players and has confirmed that it will also halt production on new 1080p models. “Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the US …
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Facebook, under more pressure from lawmakers and health experts to combat misinformation about vaccinations, said Thursday it’s looking at ways to tackle the problem. A Facebook spokesperson said the social media company is exploring “potential approaches to making educational information about vaccines more easily available and minimizing harm caused by misinformation about vaccines and other important health issues.” The company …
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Facebook keeps a list of people, including users and ex-employees, who have made threats against the social media company and its employees. The company uses data from those people’s Facebook accounts and sometimes tracks their location through the app if threats appear credible, CNBC reported earlier on Thursday. Some former employees who spoke to CNBC questioned the company’s ethics, but …
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The TV deals just keep coming. And when I spot a good one, I gotta share. (I also like sharing CNET’s roundup of the best TVs for 2019.) This deal? Damn good. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the Hisense 65R6070E 65-inch 4K HDR Roku TV for $429.99 shipped (plus tax). The last time I …
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The last big TV sale event of the season, the Super Bowl, is now behind us, and ahead lie a bunch of brand-new 2019 models to tempt shoppers. Late winter and early spring are when most of the new TVs hit store shelves and online, and some are even available now. If you want a new TV now, perhaps one …
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Dell has kicked off its annual President’s Day sale a bit early — it’s not even Valentine’s Day yet — with discounts on a variety of hardware. Some of the discounts are bigger than others, but if you were already considering buying a gigantic TV, laptop or other device, there are a bunch of deals here worth a look. Many …
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