Aaron Leong
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The Samsung 980 Pro SSD in your machine may be one of the growing number of fake drives being reported, at least in the Asian market. The average user might not be able to tell unless they take the following steps to spot the phoney.
Baidu user 东-董咚懂冬 (East-Dong Dong) posted a startling discovery of quite possibly...
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Just when you thought you've escaped draconian cable TV pricing for cheaper streaming services, YouTube TV pulls a doozy with a subscription price hike to $73 per month.
In a tweet, Google announced that it will be increasing its monthly subscription by $8 (from $65 per month), giving cord-cutters less of a...
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Dangerous zero-day vulnerabilities found in Samsung Exynos modems have been discovered encompassing Samsung Galaxy phones, Google Pixel 6s and 7s, select wearables, and more. Here's what to expect, the steps to take, and find out if your device(s) is affected.
Google's Project Zero found eighteen zero-day...
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Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 8 Pro have surfaced from OnLeaks, in collaboration with SmartPrix and MySmartPrice, showing off some tweaks, refinement, and a couple of surprising head-turners.
If some of these renders end up holding any water, it's safe to say that the Pixel 8 is continuing the layout and look...
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Samsung is ready to continue its dominance in the mid-range smartphone arena with the Galaxy A54 and A34, promising improvements in speed and night photography.
Google's A-series are starting to get a lot of media attention nowadays, but Samsung's A-series of phones have been juggernauts in global sales, ranking as...
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Imagine being visually impaired and yet still able to capture images with a point-and-shoot camera—using the viewfinder, no less. Sounds like a contradiction? Not with a kit developed by Sony, it doesn't!
Sony Electronics is very proud of its new retinal projection camera kit (DSC-HX99RNV), and rightfully so. The...
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Hot off some leaked specifications of the Google Pixel 7a, more photos of the summer-bound device leaves little left to the imagination.
Vietnam is apparently the place to be if you want to get your hands on the unreleased Google Pixel 7a—one unit exposed the 90Hz refresh rate toggle under display settings, while...
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The simple fruit fly has taken scientists to previously uncharted territory. For the first time ever, we're now about to see a 3D brain map in its beautiful complexity.
A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge published a complete reconstruction and findings of the brain of a fruit fly larva. Yes, the...
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Famed audio brand Bang & Olufsen has announced updates to a couple of its premium Beosound wireless speakers. Besides the refresh, B&O claims that a replaceable module on these new models can be future-proofed with new technology beyond the lifespan of the competition.
The vaunted Danish brand is combining high...
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Talk about short-changing your customers, Apple could be omitting two should-be-common-place-by-now display features in the base and Plus iPhone 15 models: no AOD (always-on display) and no variable refresh rates (possibly even locked at 60Hz).
Apple appears to be recycling old parts, because—based on a report on...
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Sonos is bringing stereo sound to its latest Era 100, along with the new Era 300 that strives to be the spatial audio solution for your home.
California-based Sonos has long been known for their sound-centric wireless speaker solutions, from soundbars to portable speakers. Its flagship Sonos One smart speaker is...
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The first Nothing product ever is getting a new baby sibling. It's called the Nothing Ear (2) and will be revealed on 10am EST March 22.
The updated Ear (2) is rumored to keep roughly the same, stand-out transparent design along with the promise of "Better Sound. Better clarity. Just Better." It looks like Carl Pei...
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A recent rumor suggests Samsung Electronics Co. may be developing CPUs for its ARM-based Windows laptops, possibly arriving as soon as 2025.
In an interesting potential strategy shift, Samsung Electronics has shown signs that it may be planning in-house designed and built CPUs to reduce its reliance on third-party...
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The iPhone 15 series might be getting thinner display bezels and Dynamic Islands all around, if parts that recently leaked from China are an indicator.
Purported videos of the iPhone 15 front glass panels were leaked on Bilibili and then by ShrimpApplePro on Twitter, with the latter stating that their source had...
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Samsung will be using a new waterdrop hinge in its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5, and it's already putting the hinge to the test to ensure it meets or beats the durability set by the Fold 4.
According to The Elec, Samsung Electronics is putting its new-for-this-year waterdrop-shaped hinge through final reliability...
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Hold on to your Torrents, Elden Ring is getting a much-anticipated DLC after all. Called Shadow of the Erdtree, the news comes just in time to whet the appetites of its cadre of fans (a.k.a. the Tarnished).
FromSoftware, the developer of Elden Ring, sneaked a succinct blog post and tweet stating that the Shadow of...
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A major milestone in airflight comes in the form a highly-modified F-16 being successfully controlled by an AI bot for 17 hours over 12 flights back in December 2022.
Last week, the Department of Defense revealed details of a set of experimental flights by the experimental flight platform over the Air Force Test...
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Google's Wear OS is getting a couple of relatively solid improvements this quarter that could bring some much-needed fizz to your Wear OS wearable.
At MWC 2023 in Barcelona, Google is making it presence known by announcing a couple of QOL features to Wear OS (as well as for Android). These improvements should give...
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A growing number of Samsung S23 Ultra owners are reporting supposed bubbles or ripples near the corner of their phone displays. Should you be concerned? Samsung claims that you shouldn't.
Image Credit: Alvin (@sondesix on Twitter)
Concerns about the quality control of Samsung's latest flagship, the fantastic S23...
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Motorola is rumored to be taking its next Razr flip smartphone to the next level by incorporating more external screen area than you can shake a stick at.
If you haven't yet noticed, OEMs don't see necessarily see slab phones as range-toppers anymore—bendy display smartphones are where it's at (a la Samsung Galaxy...
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A growing number of Microsoft Outlook users have had their Focused Inbox inundated with spam and junk mail for a few weeks now. Here's what's going on and how to temporarily fix it.
It seems like the anti-spam filter for Microsoft Outlook is on the fritz. Many (but not all) users have been faced with the Focused...
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Qualcomm has introduced its latest Snapdragon X75 5G modem-to-antenna solution that boasts a host of features and improvements, such as smarter signal management, better carrier aggregation and connectivity via enhanced AI resources and processing.
The Snapdragon X75 5G offers the world's first 5G modem...
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