What you need to know Microsoft will stop its cloud services from working in Russia following sanctions placed on the country. Softline has reportedly set up a Telegram channel to support clients and has encouraged people to back up data. The 12th package of EU sanctions, EU 833/2014 is the sanction that led to the […]
Read MoreSamsung has a TV manufacturing facility in Russia and is considering leasing it out to other companies. It is being reported by Reuters that the South Korean firm, which is the biggest TV brand in the world for close to two decades, had to stop operations at its TV and monitor manufacturing plant in 2022 […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft shared a new report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) highlighting Russian influence operations in Africa, focusing on the Niger coup. The report indicates that Russia is using the internet to promote political instability worldwide to further its agendas. The MTAC has pinpointed six basic elements to Russia’s […]
Read MoreFor its part, India next plans to partner with Japan on the Lunar Polar Exploration rover, or Lupex, which could launch as early as 2026 and will examine water deposits near the south pole. The US and China have been active on and around the moon for years. NASA and its international and commercial partners […]
Read MoreSamsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Flip5 last week and promised to launch them in two weeks. However, both foldables are already on sale in Russia, a country where the maker promised to suspend shipments in response to the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Fold5 is offered by local carrier mts […]
Read MoreIn early October 2022, Rachel Clarke hurried into Kyiv’s bomb shelters with hundreds of Ukrainians. The UK-based National Health Service (NHS) doctor and author was visiting Ukraine to provide support and training to doctors caring for the dying at hospices around the country. However, the visit to the capital came just as Russia was bombarding […]
Read MoreWe haven’t heard much about Android 12 lately because, for the most part, Samsung closed that chapter and is now focusing on distributing One UI 5.1 to more Galaxy phones and tablets. But today, the almost endless string of One UI 5.1 news got interrupted by Android 12 because the latter version is now rolling […]
Read MoreSo far Russia’s lack of such a laser hasn’t been a great disadvantage in ensuring its weapons function. That’s because Russia is committed to continuously remaking plutonium “pits,” the explosive cores found in many nukes, named after the hard centers of fruits like peaches. If you can readily replace old explosive pits with new ones, there’s less […]
Read MoreSamsung’s One UI 5.1 update went live to older devices before the Galaxy S23 series even exited its pre-order period. And that’s yet another impressive fact about Samsung’s stellar firmware support lately. It looks as though new One UI versions released alongside new hardware are no longer held to ransom by Samsung. The company is […]
Read MoreSamsung began the construction of its R&D center in Hanoi, Vietnam, back in March 2020. On Friday, Samsung officially opened the newly constructed R&D center, and VIPs attended the opening ceremony. The R&D center in Vietnam is reportedly the largest facility in the Southeast Asian country set up by a foreign firm. During the opening […]
Read MoreThe Android 13 and One UI 5.0 update is rolling out to yet another budget Samsung smartphone as we near the end of 2022. Samsung has released the update for the Galaxy M12 in Russia and will hopefully expand availability to other markets in the next couple of weeks. Android 13 for the Galaxy M12 comes […]
Read MoreExperts at Group-IB, ThreatFabric, and Cyble have found a new Android banking malware called “Godfather” that has targeted users in 16 countries. The banking malware is speculated to be the successor of Anubis, which itself was once a very widely-used banking trojan by hackers. According to reports, the Godfather Android banking malware has been targeting […]
Read MoreLiving among mines then has a well-documented deleterious effect on a country’s psychological health. Research shows that just the knowledge that you are in an area contaminated with explosives can lead to psychological scarring—and in some cases to post-traumatic stress disorder—even if you are never wounded by a mine or trap or witness one being triggered. This sometimes […]
Read MoreA few months ago, the very idea that a low-cost device such as the Galaxy A12 Nacho would receive Android 13 before the end of 2022 wouldn’t have even crossed our minds. Yet here we are, in the middle of December, bringing you news about the One UI 5.0 update landing on the Galaxy A12 […]
Read MoreDemand for smartphones in Europe appears to be declining, but Samsung maintained the lead in Q3 2022 despite considerable losses. The European smartphone market shrunk by 16% year-on-year, with market watchers saying that shipments were just a little over 40 million units due to economic challenges. Xiaomi capitalized on the Russian market to rise to […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft President Brad Smith just announced that the company will continue to provide technology support free of charge to Ukraine throughout 2023. The extended commitment roughly equates to an additional $100 million worth of support. The aid will help government agencies, infrastructure, and other sectors within Ukraine. Microsoft has committed […]
Read MoreAlthough we’re already two days deep into November, plenty of Samsung devices have yet to receive the October 2022 security patch. But the company continues rolling out updates to more phones, and we can now scratch the Galaxy M23 5G off the list. The Galaxy M23 5G is now getting a new firmware update in […]
Read MoreApple has restored Russian apps for social network VKontakte and webmail provider Mail.ru to the App Store, three weeks after removing them and other VK-owned apps in response to UK sanctions (via The Guardian). The two services, which could be described as home-grown versions of Facebook and Gmail, were pulled following a package of sanctions […]
Read MoreIt’s been a couple of months since the Galaxy A51 received a firmware update, and it’s about time we had a change. Samsung has just started seeding a new update for the Galaxy A51 and is now rolling out a new security patch for the 2019 mid-range phone. Although Samsung has made the October 2022 […]
Read MoreApple has removed from the App Store all iOS apps belonging to Russian technology conglomerate VK, a move Apple says is in response to the latest round of UK sanctions on Russian oligarchs. “These apps are being distributed by developers majority-owned or majority-controlled by one or more parties sanctioned by the UK government,” said Apple […]
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