Samsung may be updating more than just its phones. In addition to unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S9 at the end of the month, we could also see one of the Galaxy S8’s most interesting accessories also get a refresh. Unofficial renders of the DeX Pad appeared online, tweeted by frequent tipster Evan Blass. The image shows a flat …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image In Samsung’s ad, the robots are desperate to please. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Can humans and robots happily co-exist? Ultimately, I suspect not. The robots will be too clever, humans will be too insulted and the robots will rid themselves of our …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Hello, indeed. Sonos/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When someone steps on your toes, do you scream with anger? Or do you make a sarcastic comment, along the lines of: “Gee, thanks for landing on my bunion?” I only ask because Sonos took the latter approach …
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Notice anything interesting about this alleged render of the Samsung Galaxy S9? No, I’m not talking about that weird block underneath the phone, or the return of the Bixby button. (Drat?) I’m talking about the perfectly round hole in the bottom-left corner. It’s a headphone jack. A headphone jack on the Galaxy S9. Our precious 3.5mm port ain’t dead yet, …
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Coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in PyeongChang, South Korea with a live stream of a new Winter Olympic event, mixed doubles curling. The opening ceremonies will take place two days later on Friday, Feb. 9 because, I suppose, you can keep men and women from curling together for only so …
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Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus owners will soon have a sweet new OS to sink their teeth into. As spotted by SamMobile, the Android 8.0 Oreo update is finally rolling out to the Galaxy S8, with people in Germany already installing the fresh software. The update will first be available to Galaxy S8 owners who were beta testers for Android …
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The promise that we’ll see the first 5G phones by 2019 has now become even more of a sure thing. Eighteen global carriers will start 5G speed trials in 2018, using a new Qualcomm modem that’s built to handle huge amounts of data at almost instantaneous speeds — at least theoretically. The list includes Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the …
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With the XXII Winter Olympics nearly underway in PyeongChang, South Korea, live streaming your favorite events is the easiest way to keep up with the medal count and your favorite athletes. This year, instead of sitting and staring at a flat TV wondering what it’s like to be at the Olympics — or even just the opening ceremony– put on …
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Eccentric tech billionaires shooting money into the sky, brands out for a viral video win and fast food companies desperate to prove themselves as tech innovators: When it comes to publicity stunts, the tech world has well and truly delivered over the years. So who won? Who lost? And whose desperate and thinly veiled attempts to appear “with-it” might have …
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We’ve written in the past about how your TV is probably tracking you, and now Consumer Reports, as part of a broad privacy and security evaluation, has has found that millions of smart TVs are vulnerable to hackers and “raise privacy concerns by collecting very detailed information on their users.” According to the report, the problems affect Samsung televisions, plus …
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