After four years, Intel finally has a new processor design. And it’s something the company doesn’t have to be ashamed of. Ice Lake — officially Intel’s 10th-generation Core processor — clocks in at roughly 18% faster than its predecessor, Intel said. The processor’s graphics speed is 50% to 80% faster, and dedicated circuitry will boost …
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iPhone XR vs. Galaxy S10E: Which $750 phone should you buy
If you’re looking for a flagship phone but don’t want to pay a flagship price, the iPhone XR and Galaxy S10E are two of your best options from Apple and Samsung. Having launched in October 2018, the iPhone XR is the most recent and least expensive iPhone you can get, compared to the $1,000 iPhone XS and $1,100 iPhone XS Max. …
Read More »Huawei can’t unseat Samsung without US software and chips
Huawei isn’t just in trouble. China’s premiere maker of Android phones and networking equipment is in the kind of trouble that could break its business and detonate its ambitions of surpassing Samsung to become the world’s largest phone brand by 2020. Despite being banned from working with US companies, Huawei is confident its phone business will continue to grow without …
Read More »Android phones due for 20% speed bump in 2020 with new Arm chip tech
For a preview of the top-shelf Android phones that’ll arrive in 2020, check out the Arm Cortex-A77 processor design — and the 20% speed boost it should bring to smartphone chips. UK-based Arm designs chips and licenses those designs to companies like Samsung, Qualcomm and MediaTek. Some companies, like Apple, license only the chip instruction set, the interface that software …
Read More »Why your phone gets so damn hot and how to keep it from overheating
If you’ve ever left your iPhone or Android phone in a car on a hot summer day for an extended amount of time, you likely have experienced a phone that’s overheated. There’s typically a warning message — similar to that shown on the iPhone below — letting you know the phone has all but stopped working because the temperature inside …
Read More »Galaxy S10 vs. iPhone XS, Pixel 3: All specs compared
The Galaxy S10 was heavily leaked for months, but on Wednesday at the Unpacked event in San Francisco, Samsung made things official by announcing the four new phones: Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10 5G and budget S10E. The new phone features a 6.1-inch AMOLED screen with a hole-punch notch called the Galaxy O display. The fingerprint reader has moved from the back to …
Read More »Huawei could survive without Android, but it wouldn’t be pretty
The US government may have banned Huawei from using any software or hardware created by American companies, but China’s massive phone maker is defiant that the lack of American partner support won’t break the brand, even if its traditionally Android-based devices are cut off from Android while Google cuts off business ties following President Trump’s executive order. No stranger to tension …
Read More »Best Buy cancels Galaxy Fold preorders
Best Buy on Thursday said it’ll cancel preorders for the Samsung Galaxy Fold. A post on the Best Buy forums from a member of the company’s social media team said the retailer decided to cancel preorders because of the lack of a new release date. “Because we put our customers first and want to ensure they are taken care of …
Read More »Huawei OS may be called ‘Hongmeng,’ but it’s reportedly ‘far from ready’
Huawei is still “far from ready” to launch its own operating system, but it may have a name at least, according to reports. The phone maker received the trademark “Hongmeng” for the system from the Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration, after working on it under the internal code name “Project Z,” The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Separately, sources told …
Read More »Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video of you from a single profile pic
Imagine someone creating a deepfake video of you simply by stealing your Facebook profile pic. The bad guys don’t have their hands on that tech yet, but Samsung has figured out how to make it happen. Software for creating deepfakes — fabricated clips that make people appear to do or say things they never did — usually requires big data sets …
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