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Samsung is purportedly throttling the performance of 10,000 apps on its phones. It’s believed that the company’s Game Optimizing Service app is to blame. Samsung has since confirmed the practice and issued a FAQ. Update: March 9, 2022 (1:40 AM ET): Samsung has issued a lengthy FAQ on its Korean-language support website. It explains the company’s reason for throttling, the extent of the practice, and future solutions.
If you haven’t heard, Apple is strongly rumored to be getting into smart displays, a field so far dominated by Amazon and Google with products like the Echo Show 8 and the Nest Hub. Assuming a product ships by the end of 2022, Apple will be even later with displays than it was with smart speakers ― this fall will mark five years since the debut of Amazon’s Echo Spot and first-gen Echo Show.
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Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 20 phones back in August 2020, marking the last entry in its S-Pen-toting flagship series. The phones are pretty solid on paper even today, featuring flagship chipsets (in the US, at least) at the time, plenty of internal storage, OLED screens, and triple rear camera setups.Like the idea of these super-sized phones but don’t want to spend a lot of cash?
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is finally available in the U.S. This key smartphone release from the world’s biggest smartphone manufacturer truly fires the starting gun for 5G. Although it’s clearly the talking headline, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has a lot more in store than just faster data speeds.
Let’s explore what the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has to offer and its implications for the mobile industry this year.
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Kids have special needs when it comes to technology. Their gadgets need to be fun enough to keep their attention, but not entertaining enough to deviate them from their homework. Children are also very harsh on tech, so the best Chromebooks for kids need to be durable. But we all know the little ones can destroy even the toughest gadgets, so you also want a kids’ Chromebook to be relatively affordable, just in case it needs to be replaced.
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On March 30, Bruce Willis’s family revealed that the Hollywood actor was “stepping away” from his career due to a diagnosis of aphasia, a condition that affects the ability to communicate. Willis’s retirement comes after decades of iconic roles across virtually every genre. Few actors can boast filmographies as rewarding as Willis, and many of us grew up obsessed with his films. But what are Bruce Willis’s best movies?
Fossil Fossil Gen 5 LTEThe Fossil Gen 5 LTE takes what we loved about the original Gen 5 and... adds LTE connectivity. It's a solid smartwatch overall, though we do wish Fossil included the latest specs and software with this release.
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A new version of this device is now available. Fossil recently launched the Gen 6, featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4100 Plus platform with 1GB of RAM and improved charging.
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Some Pixel 6 series owners are reporting that their phones are randomly calling contacts. The bug seems to be related to Google Assistant, although the glitch happened while some users were asleep. Google has now issued an update to the Google app which should remedy the issue. Update: November 15, 2021 (12:25 AM ET): The end to Pixel 6 series users’ suffering is now in sight.
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Sony has set a launch date for the WF-1000XM4 true wireless earbuds. The live virtual launch event will take place on June 8. The specs, features, and design of the Sony WF-1000XM4 have already leaked extensively. After weeks of rumors and leaks, we finally have a launch date for the Sony WF-1000XM4 true wireless earbuds. Sony posted a YouTube livestream link (see below) announcing that the “truly silent” “tailored 4 you” buds will go official on June 9 at 1 AM Japan time (12 PM ET on June 8).