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Verizon Wireless was quick on the draw when it came to announcing its launch plans for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ from Samsung. And since the official announcement by Samsung that the upcoming handsets would launch on April 21, the other carriers have trickled in with their own announcements. Each of the major wireless carriers in the United States will be opening up pre-orders for both smartphones beginning on March 30 (most as early as 12:01 AM), and each of the carriers will have the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ available to buy on April 21, both online and in their physical retail stores....

Android updates have always been a moot point, especially when compared with iOS. Until recently, only Google devices offered the latest Android and security updates. Nokia changed this by guaranteeing security updates for all its devices. Samsung has often been criticized for not updating its devices. The company has now announced four years of guaranteed updates for a bunch of its devices. Samsung has released the list of devices that will get four years of security updates....

Between remote work and employees taking skills training to switch careers amidst the Great Resignation, folks spend much more time online, whether on the road, in hotels or at local coffee shops. And since cybercrime is escalating along with it, it’s never been more imperative to use a VPN. Fortunately, you can enjoy three years of maximum VPN protection with VPNCity, and new users can get an additional $10 off their plan by using our Spring Refresh promo code....

Fraud alerts are there to protect you. A company will warn you of suspicious activity, and hopefully, you can do something about it before the damage is done. The kicker is that you can’t even trust fraud alerts 100% of the time. Tap or click here to see how one victim lost $10,000 to a scammer posing as Chase bank. The above case is similar to another recent incident in which the scammer worked their crooked trade over the phone....

Things are getting scary with deep fakes as cybercriminals are using the technology to rip people off. Tap or click here for a frightening example of how thieves are using AI to create ransomware threats. Do you think you would be able to differentiate between a human’s face and one created by artificial intelligence? You might have answered that question a bit too quickly, as technology is further blurring lines between reality and fake....

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is rumored to pack in a variety of noteworthy features, and Samsung has teased the upcoming flagship on a couple of occasions without actually unveiling anything. VentureBeat has managed to get a photo of the oft-rumored Galaxy S8 ahead of its launch, revealing the front and back of the handset. The photos appear to corroborate previous rumors suggesting the device will boast an “edge” screen, with the side curved down over the side of the phone....

The S Pen, a stylus accessory made famous by Samsung’s Galaxy Note lineup, saw some big improvements last year thanks to Bluetooth and the Galaxy Note 9. But the company might not be done. Samsung filed a patent back in February 2017 that details building a camera right into the S Pen stylus. The patent was officially granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week. The patent details how the S Pen would be able to wirelessly send any image it captures back to a phone or tablet it is connected to....

The report comes at a time when Samsung is prepping up Galaxy S8 and is probably looking at the report as a closure to the worst safety debacle in the tech industry. Also, stakeholders are emphasizing on the need for the detailed report as it would convince the users of what went wrong with the Note 7 and the steps that were taken by Samsung to prevent such a mishap from happening in the future....

Samsung might not have officially unveiled the Galaxy S8 at MWC this year, but the company did show off the handset to selected partners behind closed doors. Samsung showed off the handset to its selected telecom partners behind closed doors at Hotel Porta Fira, which is located very close to Fira Gran Via where MWC took place. Samsung had set up temporary walls to ensure that no unauthorised person could get a sneak peek into the Galaxy S8....

The Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has been the source of many jokes and online memes. One particularly funny joke saw a YouTuber modding GTA 5 to use the Galaxy Note 7 as an explosive device. The handset could then be used as an explosive device to blow people or objects in the game. The funny video went viral, and that did not particularly go well with Samsung, which has managed to take the video down by claiming a copyright infringement....

Samsung today announced the latest addition to its Galaxy A series — the Galaxy A7. Like the other Galaxy A offerings from Samsung, the A7 has a slim metal unibody design and packs in more power under the hood than its siblings. The front of the A7 is dominated by a 5.5-inch 1080p Full HD Super-AMOLED screen with the hardware home button and capacitive Recents and Back buttons placed below it....

Let’s be honest, it’s not uncommon for legit users to share their account login info with family and friends. Heck, you’ve probably done it yourself at one point. While Netflix says it doesn’t mind customers sharing their login, there’s a possibility that you may want to revoke access to other users. If you share your Netflix account with people and lose track of who has access, you can channel your inner Sherlock Holmes and do some investigative work....

Researchers were able to “hack” the Galaxy S5’s sensor by finding photographing a latent fingerprint on the smartphone’s display. From there, a wood glue mold was made of the fingerprint, the researchers were able to successfully unlock the hset. at’s more ominous, though, is that this is also a method of accessing yl with the Galaxy S5. In the wrong hs, a hacker could easily send funds to his or her own account with little effort....

Samsung is known to use a two-chip strategy on its flaghsip Galaxy S handsets. Last year was an exception in this regard due to the fiery Snapdragon 810 chipset, but with Qualcomm back on track this year, the company has launched two variants of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge this year: one powered by a Snapdragon 820 chipset and another by its own Exynos 8890 chipset. Both chipsets are widely different from each other: the Snapdragon 820 chip from Qualcomm is a quad-core chip that uses the company’s custom Kyro 64-bit cores, while the Exynos 8890 is an octa-core chip that features Samsung’s own custom M1 ARM cores....

Previously, Samsung has presented its Galaxy Buds 2 in Pokemon ball Edition Cover Case and includes premium character stickers priced at 134,000 Won ($105) in Korea. The launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is not so far now. The Geekbench listing for Samsung SM-F721U, which is believed to be Galaxy Z Flip 4, has suggested being powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ chipset. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Might Feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ According to the Geekbench listing, the chip scored 1,277 single-core points and 3,642 points on the multi-core trial....

If you plan on making a consumer electronics device that has Bluetooth support, you should to get it certified by the Bluetooth SIG. Samsung, looking to follow the rules, listed a tablet device called the “SM-T311” on the Bluetooth SIG’s website. According to Unwired View, that’s the model name for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 3. What’s the Tab 3 going to be all about? Supposedly it’ll have an 8 inch screen that pushes 1280 x 800 pixels, a quad core processor, and it’ll be less than 7 mm thin....

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 is coming soon, set to be announced on the first of March, and Samsung wants to make sure you get a chance to see it happen live. For those who can’t make it to Mobile World Congress, though, the only way to get a chance to see the Galaxy S6 is in video format, and thankfully Samsung has fans covered. The manufacturer will be live streaming the event beginning at 9:30AM PT/12:30PM ET/6:30PM CET, and it’ll be available through the company’s official Samsung Mobile YouTube channel....

Mega data breaches keep on happening. The latest, at the time of writing, is the Cit0Day breach affecting 23,000 hacked databases containing around 13 billion data records, including email addresses and passwords. Couple the mega breaches with credential-stuffing attacks, of which there were 100 billion between July 2018 and June 2020, and you have a major problem with authentication. A possible ray of hope in creating usable and secure access is to use a risk-based approach to access control....

Now a new comprehensive leak provides us with an early glimpse into what to expect. Recently, VentureBeat published the images of Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. The images shared by VentureBeat suggests that S9 will have a similar bezel-less display as of previous Galaxy S8. According to the reports of VentureBeat, Galaxy S9 to feature a 5.8Inch display and the phone will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor in the US, with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage....

Samsung today released its Power Sharing cable for a selected few Galaxy devices, which will allow them to charge other devices provided it has a microUSB port. This $20 cable will only work with a selected few Galaxy devices including the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Avant, Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and 8.4, and the Galaxy Alpha. To use this cable, you will also have to download the accompanying Power Sharing app from the Play Store, which will allow you to select the amount of power you want to share with the other device....