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Competition may be good for the soul, but so is collaboration. Samsung said at an earnings call earlier Wednesday that working with its often-partner, sometimes-rival Google will make artificial intelligence better on a range of devices. “Samsung and Google will have to continue to maintain their strategic partnership to nurture the AI and the market …

Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 There’s been a lot of news on the Samsung front in regards to the Galaxy Note phones. If you haven’t heard, here’s a quick run down of what’s happening: Samsung is sticking with the “Note” name Samsung explains what went wrong with the Note 7 Samsung Galaxy …

Looks like we’ve got our first peek of LG’s new flagship Android phone, the G6, expected to be unveiled next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Spain. The new handset is expected to have rounded corners and a super thin bezel, according to a photo obtained by The Verge. The phone will be LG’s prime shot at …

Now that Samsung announced that two different battery problems caused its initially well-regarded Galaxy Note 7 to burst into literal flame, the company desperately needs a Phoenix phone — and the Galaxy S8 we expect to see in the coming months (but not at the usual Mobile World Congress show) will be Samsung’s first attempt to convince the world that …

For Samsung, it’s not all about the Galaxy Note 7 — at least not when it comes to financial results. Even as it faces a hit of more than $5 billion (spread across several quarters) from the death of its flawed phone, Samsung managed to post its best operating profit in three years. What it’s benefiting from is strong demand …

With earnings season well underway, Samsung came out with a big bump in its operating profit. That’s despite problems with its Galaxy Note 7 phone, which was recalled twice after several units exploded. The earnings boost is a reminder of Samsung’s reach, with the company making money in TVs and chips. Verizon also posted its quarterly results, with the telecommunications …

Samsung took the right steps in figuring out what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7, the top US safety agency said Tuesday as it called for the rest of the industry to set better safety standards for batteries. Elliot Kaye, chairman of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, said in a statement the technology industry needs to “modernize and …

Sure, blame the batteries. But it’s not quite that simple. During a press conference Sunday, Samsung said two separate battery defects caused both the original batch of Galaxy Note 7 phones and the replacement units to overheat. The first battery, it said, suffered from a design flaw. The battery’s external casing was too small for the components inside, causing it …

We love OLED TVs, and we’re betting you do too. We’re also betting that you haven’t bought one yet. OLED is getting less expensive, but it’s a slow process. Right now the 65-inch LG OLED65B6P costs $3,000 and the 55-inch OLED55B5P costs $2,000. If you can afford one, go for it. But those are at least twice as much as …

Samsung finally answered the burning questions on Sunday. After its investigation into the Galaxy Note 7’s overheated batteries, the South Korean company concluded there were two causes for the phone’s fatal flaws. Before its initial recall, Samsung said, its batteries had an external casing that was too small, causing it to short-circuit and burn up. In Samsung’s second go, the …