If last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 was tried and true, this year’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a bit more like tried and fine. This isn’t overtly bad. Most smartwatch newbies will be delighted by the $349.99 Galaxy Watch 8 — provided they can stomach the new squircle design. It’s more that if you’ve been a fan of Samsung smartwatches, …
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LEGO Game Boy is still available to preorder for $59.99, which is surprising given how fast most retro LEGO sets usually sell out. It comes with two Game Paks for Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, complete with inserts to mimic in-game screenshots. At the same time, Samsung is running a big gaming monitor sale on …
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Multimodal AI-powered foldables debut alongside ultra-comfortable smartwatches that deliver instant health insights — experience the latest devices at your nearby store Pre-orders for the latest Galaxy Z foldable smartphones have exceeded targets, making it the largest ever pre-order for Galaxy Z foldables in the UK Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the global availability of its latest foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z …
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Moments ago, a Galaxy S26 Ultra firmware leak confirmed that Samsung is working on the next big software update for the upcoming flagship: One UI 8.5. We also received a tip that the company is developing a new Samsung Internet version for the S26 and the next version of One UI. This upcoming Samsung Internet version for the Galaxy S26 …
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Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET As they say, fashion is cyclical. It turns out that phones are, too, because flip phones are so back. Gone are the days of clunky phones that don’t fit in tiny pockets. Samsung has just released its brand new Z Flip 7, an AI-full upgrade to one of its most unique smartphone models. Also: T-Mobile will give you the …
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Readtime: 10 min Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. I remember the first time I saw the original Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone. It was 2019, and the long-rumoured device had inexplicably been …
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Samsung has agreed a $16.5bn (£12.3bn) deal to manufacture artificial intelligence chips for Tesla, in a move hailed by Elon Musk. The South Korean tech company announced the contract with an unnamed client in a regulatory filing, with Tesla’s chief executive giving further details on his social media platform, X. Musk wrote that Samsung would produce Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chips …
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Thinner hinge, same fragile inner screen Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 introduces a redesigned Armor Flex hinge, now 27% thinner and 43% lighter, along with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 on the cover screen and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the back. Starting at 2,000 dollars, the device offers an 8-inch 120Hz AMOLED inner display that reaches 2,600 nits and a …
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Custom ROMs have declined in popularity in recent years. The modding community now primarily focuses on adding a new lease of life to older devices, instead of releasing custom ROMs for new flagship phones. The first step to root or mod any phone requires unlocking its bootloader, a step that many companies have made unnecessarily complex in recent years. Samsung …
Read More »Two particular lines in Elon Musk’s posts about Tesla’s new chip deal highlight just how far his “founder mode” approach extends. In this case, right down to his stated terms of Tesla’s manufacturing agreement with Samsung. In a $16.5 billion deal, Samsung will produce Tesla’s new AI6 chip from the manufacturing plant it is building in Taylor, Texas, which is …
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