Samsung notifies affected customers of a July security breach

On Friday, Samsung sent a notification via email to its users in the US (I personally received a notice as well). The email arrived from Samsung USA with the subject line: “An important notice regarding customer information”. In late July 2022, an unauthorized party acquired information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems. On or around August 4, we determined through our ongoing investigation that personal information of certain customers was affected. The breach happened sometime in July 2022, according to the email. Samsung has determined on August 4 (nearly a month later) that data...

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Android app developers can sign up for Google Play Store’s User Choice Billing

Google has launched a new pilot that would let Android app developers accept payments using their own billing systems. Developers around the world can now sign up for the program called “User Choice Billing” and it would let customers choose between being billed via Google Play or through the app’s system of choice. Spotify was the first partner announced for User Choice Billing. With the program, developers of non-gaming Android apps can register to offer an alternative billing method, so they don’t need to always use Google Play billing. The alternative billing method needs to comply...

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Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will have the best cooling of any ROG Phone ever

Asus will officially unveil the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate on September 19, and according to past rumors, this will be joined by the ROG Phone 6D. The brand has already confirmed that the Ultimate will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9000+ SoC, and today it's amping up the teasing by revealing that the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will also have an unprecedented cooling system, which "allows airflow unlike any ROG Phone before". See for yourself below. The ULTIMATE thermal technology is coming on September 19!The ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will feature a new advanced cooling system that allows airflow...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch4 starts receiving One UI Watch 4.5 stable update

Samsung began the One UI Watch 4.5 beta program for the Galaxy Watch4 series a few months ago, and it seems the testing has gone smoothly since the company took to its community forums to announce the closing of the beta program, meaning the Korean conglomerate won't release any new beta builds for the Watch4 lineup. While Samsung didn't say anything about the release of the One UI Watch 4.5 stable update, some users have already started receiving the stable One UI Watch 4.5 on their Galaxy Watch4. Samsung Galaxy Watch4 The update comes with firmware version R870XXU1GVH2/R870OXM1GVH2...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 get twice the shipments of their predecessors

Samsung has enjoyed considerable success with its Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 in the 36 countries in Europe, where they are available. In fact, the pair have doubled the shipments of the Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 in Europe, according to Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Europe, Benjamin Braun. He goes on to say that Samsung is selling four Galaxy Z Fold4's to six Galaxy Z Flip4's. That means that the Flip is still more popular with buyers, but also that the Fold is gaining on it - it used to be three to seven. It's only natural that the Galaxy Z Flip4 is the more...

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Honor Pad 8 in for review

Fresh off its IFA 2022 unveiling for the European market, we have the Honor Pad 8 with us for a quick hands-on and run over its key features. Despite the Pad 8 naming, the tablet features a large 12-inch IPS LCD screen with 1200 x 2000-pixel resolution and a 5:3 aspect ratio. This makes the Pad 8 a great device for multi-media consumption and multitasking. It does feel weird using the tablet in portrait mode given the weird aspect ratio. Our review unit comes in the Blue colorway which is dark shade that attracts plenty of fingerprints. There’s a pair of speakers on each side of...

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