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Your Samsung phone might text photos to contacts without permission

Drunk dialing and butt-dialing are bad enough, but what if your Samsung phone sent some… private photos to your contacts without you knowing?  That’s what a handful of users at Reddit are worried about (as spotted by Gizmodo) — including one who claims his Samsung Galaxy S9+ sent his entire photo gallery to his girlfriend …

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This smartphone fingerprint sensor checks your temperature for extra security

Forget fingerprint scanners tucked away on the back of your phone or beneath a home button — your next smartphone is probably going to have a fingerprint sensor under the screen that measures your temperature, just to make sure you’re a real human. In an article published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, a group of Korean researchers revealed they have …

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Plugspreading is an abomination and it must end today

You’re on the train. It’s a busy train. You’ve had a long day. Maybe it was raining. Maybe you did a hard shift and you’ve been on your feet all day. Maybe you’re at the end of your tether. But you’re on this train and you need a seat. You would straight up race a pregnant woman on crutches for …

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The Galaxy Note 9’s S Pen may help you take pictures or play music

The Galaxy Note 9’s stylus may be in for a big upgrade. The S Pen may act as a Bluetooth controller for the Note 9, which could give it all sorts of new functions from controlling music to taking pictures. The rumor was shared online by mobile tipster Ice Universe, who has a record of leaking info on upcoming Samsung …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S4: Is this our first look?

The Note 9 might not be the only Galaxy device coming soon. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 is rumored to be just around the corner, and now we may know what it’ll look like. A render of the Galaxy Tab S4 was shared by Android Headlines, showing the front, back and side of the upcoming tablet. Android Headlines says the …

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Samsung’s The Frame 2018 gets voice control, phone

You remember The Frame, don’t you? It’s Samsung’s “lifestyle” TV designed to class up your living room by looking like wall art when it’s not in use. Samsung has delivered unto us a new model, The Frame 2018, with interface updates to streamline your experience, but based on the same TV specs (such as those of the MU8000 series). So don’t …

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OnePlus 6 Red edition is coming in July

After a successful launch in May, OnePlus is adding red to the 6’s colour palette, it announced Sunday.  The red OnePlus 6 will only be available with the 128GB storage, 8GB RAM setup, but in all of OnePlus’ existing markets. That means the US and UK are covered (for $579 and £519, respectively), but not Australia (US price converts to $785, …

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Pixel 2 vs. iPhone: Why Google’s phone is the better upgrade

Sometimes, you just need a friend to convince you that you’re right. Over the past months, I’ve had a few friends who are “lifelong” iPhone users message me and ask about switching away from Apple. They want to break their biannual iPhone upgrade cycle and eschew the new iPhone X for the Google Pixel 2. One of my friends wrote …

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Is the gold Samsung Galaxy S9 less smudgy than the purple S9?

Yes, the glossy glass backing on the Samsung Galaxy S9 is pretty. But it’s also smudgy as hell. Every time I pick up a Galaxy S9, the back becomes streaked with a new set of prints. So when Samsung came out with a new “sunrise gold” variant that has a more satiny, matte finish than the other ultra glossy S9 …

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Galaxy S9 vs. Pixel 2: Which Android phone is best?

If you’re in the market for a top Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Google Pixel 2 are probably on your list of considerations (note that the next flagship phone from each of these manufacturers–the Note 9 and Pixel 3–should be here in August and October, respectively.  That’s no surprise — as the reigning Android phone maker, Samsung has …

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