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A recording of the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked “Galaxy AI is coming” event at the SAP Center in San Jose, California — #GalaxyAI is coming.Join us at #SamsungUnpacked, on January 17, 2024.To view the YouTube streams on a desktop or laptop computer you'll need: • Most recent ve...
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| Engadget: |
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked, where the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra were announced — The event marks the launch of the the company's flagship Galaxy S24 family. — Coming in hot off the heels of CES, Samsung's first Unpacked event of 2024 is expected to usher in a new family …
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Samsung pledges seven years of OS and security updates for the Galaxy S24 series, matching Google, which extended its update timeline in tandem with the Pixel 8 — Following Google's commitment, the company says it's further extending product life cycles. — Samsung has extended OS upgrades …
More: Samsung Newsroom, Android Authority, Ars Technica, Tech Advisor, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Android Authority, CNET, SamNews 24, Appuals, and Droid Life
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Samsung's Galaxy S24 lineup includes Google's AI models Gemini Pro, for Notes, Voice Recorder, and Keyboard apps, and Gemini Nano, for Google Messages and more — Gemini, Google's cutting-edge generative AI model family, is coming to Samsung's new flagship smartphone — the Galaxy S24.
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup, Appuals, Android Headlines, Wccftech, and Droid Life
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| Venkat Eswarlu / MSPoweruser: |
Google updates Chrome's Incognito disclaimer after a privacy settlement, saying that Incognito mode “won't change how data is collected” by Google and others — Readers help support MSPoweruser. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
More: Engadget, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Thurrott, Android Central, Google Help Center, BetaNews, Phandroid, Neowin, The Register, and The Verge
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals — Apple wants Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case brought against it by the North Carolinian games maker.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revises its US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, but will charge a 27% commission, or 12% for small business developers — In light of the US Supreme Court denying to hear Apple's appeal in its legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has announced a handful …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces Circle to Search, a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures, available on Galaxy S24 devices and Google's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro — Alongside Samsung's launch event today, Google announced a new way to search on Android phones dubbed “Circle to Search.”
More: The Keyword, The Verge, PCMag, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Keyword, Tom's Guide, Android Central, Wired, Mashable, Digital Trends, PetaPixel, Search Engine Journal, and SlashGear. X: @sundarpichai
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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| Wired: |
Researchers describe a GPU vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from local memory on some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and other chips — Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail PixieFail, a set of nine vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware from five of the top suppliers that helps hackers infect devices with malware — PixieFail is a huge deal for cloud and data centers. For the rest, less so. — UEFI firmware from five of the leading suppliers …
More: Quarkslab's blog, HotHardware, and US-CERT
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google plans to tweak search results to give comparison websites more prominence, including a new unit of links for such websites, to comply with the EU's DMA — Google will tweak online search results to give comparison sites more prominence, the company said in a blogpost on Wednesday …
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, Business Post, Search Engine Land, Bloomberg, TNW, MSPoweruser, AppleInsider, and Euractiv. X: @lutherlowe
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Notion debuts Notion Calendar, a free app on Mac, Windows, iOS, and the web with an optional Notion integration, after buying the calendar app Cron in June 2022 — Does the world need more calendar apps? That's the first question that came to my mind when I heard that Notion …
More: Notion, The Verge, Thurrott, and Fast Company
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps — CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft … | Engadget: |
Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min — We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.
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Bluesky: @mhwilliams.bsky.social and @hastin.bsky.social
X: @joannastern, @andruedwards, @mkbhd, @carnage4life, @bzamayo, @alexguichet, @evleaks, @parkerortolani, @jetscott, @steven_aquino, @samfbiddle, @greengart, @ividev, @ijustine, @alexweprin, @bzamayo, @cultofmac, @markgurman, @snazzylabs, @lunayian, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @ericpresidentvr, @sadlyitsbradley, @kylebrussell, @gartenberg, @snazzylabs, @tombielecki, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Robert Keyghobad
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Alphabet's Wing unveils a new drone that can carry up to five pounds, fly a 12 mile round trip, and cruise at 65mph, set for deployment in the next 12 months — If drone delivery is going to go mainstream, it's going to need bigger aircraft that can handle more stuff.
More: Wing Blog, CNET, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Messenger, TechCrunch, and DroneDJ
| Financial Times: |
CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had $871M of net inflows in the first three days of trading, including $723M inflows at BlackRock and $1.18B outflows at Grayscale — Grayscale has outflows of $579mn as investors turn to BlackRock and Fidelity for new crypto products
More: Bloomberg, NYDIG, Bitcoin News, The Block, NewsBTC, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, and Bloomberg. X: @jseyff
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