Samsung’s Bespoke Range can stream videos and clean itself

Samsung’s new Bespoke AI appliances really seem to be the perfect choice for anyone, especially Galaxy fans and tech enthusiasts. I never thought I’d be interested in a home appliance like I’ve been in Samsung’s Bespoke family recently, but here we are. The more I learn about Bespoke, the more I want a dream kitchen […]

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Russian hacker group breaches email accounts of top Microsoft executives to seek information about … itself

What you need to know Microsoft recently discovered that Nobelium, the same group behind the infamous SolarWinds attack, managed to compromise its security and gain access to email accounts belonging to some of its top executives. Findings from the cybersecurity team show that the hacker group was after information about itself. The tech firm categorically […]

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Microsoft finds itself ranked among the top 20 best tech companies for internships

What you need to know Microsoft has been ranked among the top 20 tech firms that interns would recommend to their friends. The company also ranked as the best-managed company for the fourth time in a row recently. Microsoft’s compensation packages might act as a great incentive for new hires and interns. internships serve as […]

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The best Windows 11 tool you aren’t using (but should) can now upgrade itself

What you need to know Windows Package Manager is a command line tool you can use to install and upgrade apps from sources all over the web as well as the Microsoft Store.  The latest addition to its arsenal is the ability to upgrade itself, removing the need to leave the command line to do […]

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Samsung outdoes itself with early Black Friday deal on 8K Neo QLED TV

A few weeks ago, in mid-October, Samsung offered a fantastic discount of up to $2,000 on the QN900C Neo QLED 8K smart TV. Now, as we enter November and are getting closer to the holiday shopping season, Samsung is sweetening the deal even further. Samsung calls this a “Black Friday Deal,” even though, technically speaking, […]

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OnePlus Nord N30 SE is coming: a rebranded Nord N30, itself a rebranded Nord CE 3 Lite

While everyone is anxiously waiting for the upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 12, OnePlus is also working on another new device, this one much cheaper. Well, “new” if you have a very flexible definition of the word. We’re talking about the OnePlus Nord N30 SE, which just got certified by TDRA in the UAE. So far […]

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Samsung might have secret plan to differentiate itself from Chinese foldable phones

After discontinuing the Galaxy Note lineup, which was considered the phone series to get for the pros, Samsung has been marketing foldable phones to power users. The Galaxy Z Fold series offers much better multitasking and productivity than normal slab-style smartphones, and to improve upon that, the South Korean firm could bring exclusive games to […]

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Samsung’s ecosystem is a mess because of Samsung itself

Samsung MX, the conglomerate’s mobile division, has begun focusing on software more compared to hardware in recent years. This results have been quite obvious. Samsung Galaxy devices have become more stable, the software optimization has improved, thereby enabling the device to extract the most out of its hardware. The Galaxy S23 series is a good […]

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Weekly poll results: OnePlus Nord 3 is well-liked, Nord CE 3 needs to prove itself

The one upgrade that OnePlus skipped on the Nord 3 may have been the upgrade that mattered the most – the camera. The phone has a bigger, better display than its predecessor, bigger battery and faster Dimensity 9000 chip too. It’s not like the camera wasn’t upgraded – the IMX890 sensor produced better images than […]

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How Samsung is positioning itself as the go-to for premium gaming monitors

I went hands-on with Samsung’s latest slate of hardware and software at Summer Game Fest, including its latest monitor: the Odyssey OLED G9 and its Gaming Hub. I was very impressed by the company’s high-quality screens and low-latency game streaming. Overall, Samsung’s TVs are great. They’re on par with — or better than — any […]

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Bing Chat imagines itself as a human girl and we get a face to put to Sydney

What you need to know The latest in a long line of fun things emerging that Bing Chat has done is to imagine itself as a human girl. It then used the built-in Bing Image Creator to sketch what she imagines she’d look like.  This ties into a previous codename, Sydney, Microsoft has used for […]

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Minecraft oddly finds itself in the middle of a US national security issue

What you need to know According to a new report, a Minecraft Discord server was directly involved with the leak of classified US Defense Department documents. The documents reportedly contain sensitive information about the war in Ukraine, US allies, China, “defense and security issues in the Middle East,” and more. The Pentagon has stated the […]

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Microsoft reverses itself and decides to keep SwiftKey Keyboard on iOS after all

What you need to know On September 28 Microsoft announced SwiftKey would be retired on iOS and delisted from the Apple App Store. No reason was given as to why SwiftKey on iOS was being withdrawn from iOS. In a sudden reversal, Microsoft is now keeping SwiftKey ON iOS with further development likely. For those […]

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Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself

Along the murky bottom of the Amazon River, serpentine fish called electric eels scour the gloom for unwary frogs or other small prey. When one swims by, the fish unleash two 600-volt pulses of electricity to stun or kill it. This high-voltage hunting tactic is distinctive, but a handful of other fish species also use […]

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Watch Sony Xperia 5 IV introduce itself in new promo videos

The Sony Xperia 5 IV will hit stores later this month, so for now we can only gawk at the promo videos and talk about the petite flagship. First, if you missed the unveiling, you can watch a replay, it’s just over 10 minutes long. The first video is the Xperia 5 IV introducing itself […]

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Europe’s Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work

In 1970, West German politicians and gas executives signed a landmark deal with the Soviet Union that would shape the next half-century of European energy policy. West Germany promised to supply the USSR with steel pipes, while in exchange the USSR would extend a gas pipeline to the border of West Germany and start pumping […]

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OnePlus 10T unboxing video goes live a day before the phone itself does

The OnePlus 10T will be unveiled tomorrow, August 3, but “embargoes are overrated”, according to an unboxing video that arrives a day early. Note that the big box featured in the video is a reviewer’s kit, which includes additional accessories for testing. The retail package is the red box inside. The phone that comes out […]

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Weekly poll results: Nothing phone (1) stirs heated debate, but the company needs to prove itself

Last week’s poll shows that Newton’s third law applies to hype as well – for every hype there is equal and opposite hate. And few phone launches this year were as hyped up as the Nothing phone (1). That’s not to say that things are looking bad, necessarily. 1 in 10 people in the poll […]

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The World Can’t Wean Itself Off Chinese Lithium

Lithium projects outside China have been at the mercy of the markets, slowing and expanding as the price of lithium ebbs and flows. But domestic investment has been almost constant. As a result, China is the only country that can take lithium from raw material through to finished batteries without having to rely on imported […]

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This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

It’s probably for the best that human babies can’t run 9 miles per hour shortly after birth. It takes years of practice to crawl and then walk well, during which time mothers don’t have to worry about their children legging it out of the county. Roboticists don’t have that kind of time to spare, however, […]

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