In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter embedded in a galaxy whose light took 7.3 billion years to reach us. Exactly what this blob might be is currently an open question, but it’s absolutely tiny for the distance at which it was detected – just around a million times the …
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Galaxy S25 Edge, while a very neat device with its ultra-thin body, wasn’t very popular from what we can tell. It has two major drawbacks. Its thinness doesn’t allow for great battery life, plus its price is higher than phones with more impressive spec sheets. Essentially, it was Samsung’s way of cutting in front of Apple and its iPhone Air …
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Samsung has finally released the One UI 8.0 update for the Galaxy Tab S9 series. Despite being high-end tablets, they received this update after some mid-range tablets, like the Galaxy Tab S10 Lite, did. The update is now available in certain Asian, European, North American, and Latin American countries. Galaxy Tab S9 gets One UI 8.0 (Android 16) update The …
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It seems Samsung is discovering bugs that slipped through the cracks in the One UI 8 update for multiple devices. The company recently pulled the update for the Galaxy S22 series just a week after its release, and now it has done the same for the Galaxy S24 lineup. The One UI 8 firmware for the Galaxy S24, S24+, and …
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A few weeks ago, One UI 8.5 firmware for the Galaxy S25 Ultra surfaced online, revealing several design changes. Now, a newer build of the update has appeared, and it brings something we rarely see from Samsung: new wallpapers. Samsung seems to be focusing heavily on visual improvements with One UI 8.5, and this latest firmware really drives that point …
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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 series keeps appearing in various leaks, raising questions about whether the Galaxy S26 Edge will happen and how much of the iPhone 17 Pro aesthetics will be borrowed. What seems clear is that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will launch with redesigned cameras on the back, which take cues from the Galaxy S26 Edge and Galaxy Z …
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Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, has a giant wave rippling through it. This wave begins at the centre of the Galaxy and ripples outwards, like a cosmic stone being thrown into a galactic pond. Credit: ESA–D. Ducros, 2013 Astronomers already know that our Galaxy isn’t static: it rotates and wobbles. But the discovery of a strange wave rippling through it …
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Despite Samsung’s heavy marketing push and its head start over the iPhone Air, the Galaxy S25 Edge has turned out to be a flop for the company. The signs were already there, with sales of the phone struggling to pick up pace weeks after launch. Now, following poor consumer interest, Samsung has decided to discontinue its Galaxy Edge lineup for …
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For years, it was expected that Samsung would drop the Galaxy S Plus model to launch something new. After the company launched the Galaxy S25 Edge a few months ago, rumours about Samsung replacing the Galaxy S26+ with the Galaxy S26 Edge picked up pace. However, it now appears that the company has dropped such plans. Galaxy S26+ will launch …
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We have some short and sweet news for Galaxy S22 users around the world who haven’t yet updated their phones to One UI 8.0. Samsung appears to have resumed the rollout after a brief pause. Yesterday, we reported that Samsung pulled the Android 16-based One UI 8.0 update for the S22 series from its servers. No reasons were given, but …
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