Samsung joins Princeton’s 6G initiative as a founding member

Samsung released the first 5G phone in 2019 and that very same year it started work on the next generation of networks with the foundation of the Advanced Communications Research Center (ACRC) under Samsung Research. Now the Samsung Research America branch has partnered with Princeton University as a founding member of the NextG Initiative Corporate […]

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Samsung becomes a founding member of RISE, a RISC-V software development ecosystem

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has joined RISE (RISC-V Software Ecosystem), an open-source software development project to build and develop an advanced semiconductor ecosystem. The South Korean firm has joined the operating board of directors of RISE.  The project includes other tech giants, including Google, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. The Linux Foundation launched […]

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Poco X5 series about to get a third member: GT certified

The Poco X5 series arrived earlier this month with X5 and X5 Pro. Multiple listings revealed that a third series member is on its way and will be called Poco X5 GT. The device with model number 23049PCD8G was listed on IMDA (Infocomm Media Development Authority), which is Singapore’s regulator on media content, services and […]

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Report: Another member of Halo’s leadership team is leaving Xbox and Microsoft

What you need to know This week, 343i director Bonnie Ross departed Microsoft after 27 years, 15 years of which were spent leading Halo’s direction. Halo is Microsoft’s iconic flagship Xbox IP, that has struggled to maintain mindshare in a competitive landscape.  Halo Infinite launched to critical acclaim, but the slow pace of development on […]

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Samsung introduces new ‘Over the Horizon’ remix by BTS member SUGA

The default ringtone and theme song of Samsung’s Galaxy series, ‘Over the Horizon’, has seen many remixes over the years, but this is the first time that the same artist has been invited to do it a second time. As you can tell from its official title, ‘Over the Horizon 2022 Produced by SUGA of […]

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New WhatsApp update is rolling out to increase group member limit to 512

Larger groups are now available in WhatsApp. This feature was initially spotted in a beta build, but it is now rolling out to the live app. The update increases the group member limit from 256 to 512. The latest WhatsApp update, spotted by WaBetaInfo, is rolling out in stages. If you haven’t received the update […]

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Samsung joins as an official member of the O-RAN open source project

Samsung, one of the world’s biggest cellular network infrastructure providers, has announced that it has been chosen as an official member of the O-RAN open-source project’s TOC (Technical Oversight Committee). The South Korean firm’s office term begins this month and ends towards the end of 2023. The company has already been contributing to the O-RAN […]

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