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Samsung’s latest Galaxy S10 update said to address May patch issues

A new update is reportedly making its way to Samsung Galaxy S10 phones and will supposedly fix issues stemming from a previous patch.  Update XXU1ASE6 for the Galaxy S10 showed up phones Wednesday, according to SamMobile. The new patch will include improvements to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the S10 camera, but more importantly, it has a fix for …

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 could still have physical buttons

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 10 phone could still have physical buttons for power and volume, says a frequent Samsung tipster. In a tweet last week, spotted by Android Central, Ice Universe said it looks like the final version of the Note 10 will keep the buttons. Note10 pursues stability and maturity. In the first version, Note10 did not have physical …

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Samsung launches 5G gaming service

Samsung has launched a 5G gaming app in partnership with cloud-streaming game service Hatch. The Hatch for Samsung app is designed for the Galaxy S10 5G and for use with 5G mobile networks such as those launched by Sprint and Verizon. 5G, also already launched in the US by AT&T, is the next-generation network being used by smartphones to provide faster speeds …

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Oppo teases a phone with a selfie camera built into the screen

With phone makers struggling to differentiate themselves in a crowded market, the question often asked is how to best evolve the selfie camera. Right now a notch atop the display is the most common way of incorporating a front camera while taking up minimal screen space. Oppo on Monday offered another route: a camera built into the display. This means …

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LG 88

If you thought Samsung’s 8K QLED TVs were expensive, wait till you get a load of the first 8K OLED. LG’s OLED88Z9P, an 88-inch behemoth that’s both the largest and highest-resolution OLED TV available, is now available for pre-order at price of $30,000. TVs based on organic light emitting diode display tech deliver the best picture quality CNET has ever …

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Huawei refutes report it stripped back phone production amid US crackdown

Problems are stacking up for Huawei as the US cracks down on the Chinese technology giant.  After the US government barred Huawei from using US products, which includes Google’s Android operating system, the company is reportedly slowing down production of its phones, according the South China Morning Post. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers electronics from Apple, Huawei, Sony, Nokia, …

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Apple’s WWDC 2019 invite is full of iOS and MacOS hints and Easter eggs

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In a matter of hours Apple will begin the keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2019. This year’s WWDC presentation takes place at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, June 3 in San Jose, California. The weeklong conference will likely show off upcoming versions of iOS 13 and …

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Four AirPods and an iPhone: Share music with a friend in iOS 13

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has unveiled the ability to connect two pairs of AirPods with a single iPhone, which will be available in iOS 13. The updated mobile OS, including this new dual-connect feature, is expected in fall 2019, which is also when the company is …

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Samsung and AMD partner up for mobile GPUs

Samsung and AMD are teaming up to develop mobile graphics using AMD’s Radeon GPU technology. The multi-year partnership will see the two develop “advanced graphics technologies and solutions,” the companies said Monday. The graphics systems will be high-performance and ultra-low power, and aimed at mobile devices including smartphones. Radeon graphics are already being used across PC, console, cloud and high-performance …

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Samsung Notebook 7 Force Macbook Pro alternative appears ahead of WWDC

The Notebook 7 Force is Samsung’s newest 15.6-inch laptop, and it’s all clean lines and high performance wrapped up in a black metal chassis. The Force, which will start at $1,500 when it’s available in the US on July 26, is a traditional clamshell design — not a two-in-one like Samsung’s Notebook 9 Pro — and looks very much like …

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