For its annual August Samsung Unpacked event, the company promised us at least five new devices, and delivered with the Galaxy Z Fold 2, a couple of Galaxy Note 20 models, the Galaxy Buds Live, the Galaxy Tab S7 tablet, Galaxy Watch 3 and more. Following similar events by companies like Apple, which have shifted events …
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Microsoft is reportedly considering a total buyout of TikTok’s global business from China-based ByteDance. It follows the US tech giant exploring the acquisition of TikTok’s US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand businesses earlier this week after a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald Trump. The president has been reportedly considering an order to force the Chinese company …
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With more people looking for more ways to work from home, there’s new interest in finally bridging the gap between laptop and tablet. Samsung’s latest attempt is the new Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, both announced Wednesday at its online Samsung Unpacked event. Adding just the right keyboard, touchpad and kickstand can help transform a tablet into …
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Samsung believes the next way to prove the power of its phones is through the Xbox. Samsung said it’s working with Microsoft to bring streaming game technology to Samsung phones and tablets, starting with the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Tab S7. The new devices are designed to “work like a computer and play like a gaming console together,” TM Roh, president and head …
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Samsung’s powerful Note series has focused on gaming in recent years, with the trend continuing Wednesday for the company’s newest Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. During its latest Unpacked event, Samsung revealed details of a new partnership with Microsoft for a gaming bundle that includes three free months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and a Bluetooth controller. The new …
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The US Department of State unveiled on Wednesday the Clean Network program, calling it an effort to protect individual and corporate privacy, as well as sensitive information. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the program will guard against “aggressive intrusions by malign actors, such as the Chinese Communist Party.” Pompeo said the program had five elements to protect carrier networks …
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In the short video, a pigeon wearing a chef’s hat makes a Lunchables’ pizza as Italian music plays in the background. The video’s creator, San Francisco art director Pablo Rochat, then picks up the mini pizza and eats it. The quirky video might remind you of content often found on TikTok, the popular short-video app that’s recently landed in political …
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Microsoft’s xCloud cloud-gaming service is getting some accessories of its own. Along with today’s news that the service will be launching on Sept. 15 as part of its $15/month XBox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, the company heralded new mobile entries in its Designed for Xbox line, in this case just slightly modified versions of existing third-party products. Mobile controllers are …
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Microsoft plans to make its Project xCloud streaming service for its Xbox Games Pass subscription service available to the public starting Sept. 15, following nearly a year of public testing. The company said the service, which allows people to play games over the internet in a similar way we stream Netflix movies today, will be included in its $14.99 per …
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Apple may have expressed interest in possibly buying TikTok, according to a report, the latest in a swirl of speculation about takeover interest in the virally popular social media app. Apple is one of several parties that has expressed interest in TikTok, according to a report Tuesday from Axios, citing multiple unnamed sources; the report disclosed that none of those sources …
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