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Things haven’t been looking great for Android users’ privacy recently. After Google purged 50 malicious apps from its Play store with upward of 25 million downloads a couple of years back, another 200 Android apps were found infected with malware in March, followed by July’s discovery of 1,000-plus Android apps harvesting data even after you …

The global smartwatch market is experiencing what one analyst called “impressive” growth. And Apple is still leading the way, by a wide margin. Manufacturers shipped 12 million smartwatches during the second quarter of 2019, a 44% increase over the same quarter last year, market analyst Strategy Analytics reported Tuesday. Much of that growth is attributable to consumers increasingly accessorizing their …

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 promo materials have reportedly leaked ahead of the device’s announcement Wednesday. In what looks to be official marketing, Samsung is calling the device not only a smartphone, but also a “gaming console,” “computer,” “film studio,” and “intelligent pen,” Droid Life reports. Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the apparent leak. The Note 10 …

The Galaxy Note 10 has its work cut out for it. Samsung phones have had a rough year. There have been a lot of them, but most have failed to make a meaningful splash (here’s proof that Galaxy S10 phones aren’t selling) and the one phone that did is now delayed. That leaves the Note 10 (and rumored Note 10 Plus) as …

The US Federal Reserve Board announced a real-time payments system called FedNow on Monday. The service is being developed now and will be available by 2024, the Federal Reserve said, adding it’ll be “ubiquitous, safe and efficient.” Real-time payments systems, such as Venmo and banking apps, already exist. But the Federal Reserve said most current services are “closed loop” so …

When Samsung introduced the first Galaxy Note in late 2011, it was something never seen before. The device sported a 5.3-inch screen, which was much larger than the iPhone 4S’ 3.5-inches screen, and included a stylus to write on the display. As the line evolved, Samsung put its riskiest and most innovative technologies — like its curved display and iris scanner …

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In May 2019 the US government banned Huawei from using any software or hardware created by American companies, meaning its popular line of phones could no longer use Android as an operation system. Now, in response, Chinese state-run media publication Global Times said that, yes, Huawei is in the process of creating its own proprietary operating system called “Hongmeng.”  An unnamed source …

After it bucked the rumor mill and “leaked” an official image of the Pixel 4 in June, Google continued its unorthodox strategy by dropping a 22-second video about the Pixel 4 on Monday, way before its anticipated October launch. The video and accompanying blog showed off two new features of the phone: face unlock (similar to Apple’s Face ID) and …

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. If you don’t quite remember what was happening on April 26 of this year, I don’t blame you — it was a pretty long time ago. To jog your memory, it was Arbor Day, National Pretzel Day, Good Friday and the …