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Google has announced several exclusive Android features heading to Samsung’s new devices. The Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 series will bring additional quality-of-life improvements. New Google Duo and Messages functionality, baked-in Voice Access, and more are incoming. First off, these two lines are gaining a few new tricks relating to Google’s apps. Google Duo users can use a new collaboration feature in the form of live sharing.
I have long suspected that poodles are really up to no good, and now I have proof. Today Google researchers published news of a new dreaded poodle (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack, which can effectively circumvent SSL protections, the same protocol that Heartbleed targeted earlier this year.
The bug isn’t nearly as serious or far-reaching as heartbleed, but still a threat nonetheless. What does this bug do exactly? Basically SSL protects data that’s in transit between a website and a user, and so this bug could make it possible for an attacker to replace data in transit and open the door to all sorts of attacks.
HTC U UltraThe HTC U Ultra brings top tier specifications, a great camera, and dual displays to the high-end smartphone market, but for $750, it lacks any truly compelling features and becomes more difficult to justify with the removal of the headphone jack, small battery, and lack of ingress protection. Table of contents
It’s no secret that HTC has had a rough go of it for the past few years, despite offering solid flagship devices renowned for their beautiful design, build quality, and fantastic audio experience.
The Galaxy Note 3 is one of the most hotly anticipated phones of the year, and for good reason. With its massive 5.7-inch 1080p HD AMOLED display, larger battery, thinner body, and massive processing power, it appears to be a truly legitimate successor to the tried and true Galaxy Note 2. But is it enough to appease the power user segment as the real next big thing in the competitive smartphone market?
I personally have owned and used extensively devices like the Nexus 4, HTC One, and now the Moto X, so I was really excited to see what the Note 3 and its little companion could do.
Samsung’s Exynos chipsets are one of its main strengths in the mobile space, giving the Korean company greater control over the hardware in its all-conquering smartphones. Now, the firm has announced a new flagship chipset (h/t: r/android), dubbed the Exynos 9825.
As the name suggests, the Exynos 9825 has plenty in common with the Exynos 9820 seen in the Galaxy S10 series. That means an octa-core CPU design featuring two custom Mongoose cores, two Cortex-A75 cores, and four Cortex-A55 cores.
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The Motorola Moto G Stylus (2022) is the newest budget device from the brand. It has mostly low-end specs, but a huge battery, a good display, and a decent rear camera. In the United States, the phone is available to pre-order unlocked now for $299. Enter the Motorola Moto G Stylus (2022). Like a Galaxy Note phone (and the S22 Ultra), it has a slot that stores a stylus.
If you’re planning to get the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, you’ll obviously want to keep the super expensive flagship blemish-free for as long as possible. To also show off the phone’s design while protecting it, here are the best Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra clear cases you can buy right now!
Best Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra clear cases: Editor’s note: We will continue to update this list of the best clear cases for the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra as more become available.
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What a ride. After tens of thousands of votes were tallied, the mighty Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has nabbed the title of Android Authority Readers’ Choice best phone of 2021. The S21 Ultra beat out the Google Pixel 6 Pro by a handy margin of 55.11% to 44.89% of the grand final vote. Congratulations to Samsung mobile on the epic win! So how did it all play out?
We first heard about Google being in talks to bring free ad-supported TV content to Google TV a few months ago, and it looks like those discussions have resulted in a variety of new content officially coming to the platform.
Google announced in a blog post yesterday (h/t: XDA-Developers and Protocol) that it’s teamed up with Pluto TV to bring over 300 free TV channels to devices running the Google TV platform.
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The newest leaked Samsung Galaxy S22 launch date is February 9, 2022, at 15:00 UTC (10:00 AM ET). The leaked info comes from reliable tipster Evan Blass. This lines up with earlier rumors, but Blass’ intel is almost always reliable. Recently, Samsung confirmed it would launch its next flagship smartphones and tablets at some point in February. Earlier rumors posited this date could’ve been February 8, 2022.