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February 21, 2016, 2:00 PM

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2016 live stream — Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2016 — Experience the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked like never before. http://www.samsung.com

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Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK:

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: familiar design, SD card slots, water resistance, “Dual Pixel” 12MP cameras, and larger batteries; available March 11 — Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: Curvier, faster, micro SD expansion—available March 11 — Specs at a glance: Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge Screen

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Liveblog: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event — Live from Samsung's Galaxy S7 event — Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2016 live blog — Event Updates — Samsung is hosting its latest Mobile Unpacked event in Barcelona, and we're covering it live as it happens.

More: iMore, ABC News, BGR, PCWorld, Engadget, VentureBeat, CNET, LG YouTube, CNET, Associated Press and USA Today

Chris Velazco / Engadget:

LG G5: 5.3" always-on QHD display, 16MP primary camera, secondary 8MP rear camera for ultra-wide angle shots, and an expansion slot for plug-in modules — LG's modular G5 is its most daring flagship phone ever — LG is in a tricky position: starting with the G2, it's …

CNET:

Hands-on with LG's 360 VR glasses, which connect to the new LG G5 via USB-C, have dual 1080p OLED screens — LG's crazy VR headset has its own screens, plugs into phones with USB-C (hands-on) — A new way to wear virtual reality, lightweight and sunglass-style. Hands-on impressions.

More: ZDNet, Engadget and The Next Web. Tweets: @rbrome

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:

HTC's Vive will cost $799, ship in early April — If you've been eagerly awaiting HTC's Vive VR headset, we hope you've been saving up. At Mobile World Congress today, HTC announced that the consumer version of the Vive will cost $799. That price includes the headset as well as two wireless controllers with haptic feedback.

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Tweets: @whatthebit, @mims and @tim

Charles McLellan / ZDNet:

HP's Elite x3 is a 6" Windows 10 Mobile phablet that offers a Continuum dock, a 12.5" laptop-format Mobile Extender, and a catalogue of virtualized Windows apps — MWC 2016: HP unveils the Elite x3, a business-class Windows 10 phablet — HP is aiming to transform mobile productivity …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Huawei enters PC market with MateBook, a 12-inch Surface-like Windows 10 convertible tablet, starting at $699 — Huawei Launches The $699 MateBook Windows 10 Tablet With Keyboard Case And Stylus — Huawei is getting into the productivity game. The company, which recently made a splash …

James Vincent / The Verge:

Researchers create 5D data storage disc that holds up to 360 TBs, can withstand up to 1000 degrees C and last up to 13.8B years at room temperature — ‘Five-dimensional’ glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years — Photographs fade, books rot, and even hard drives eventually fester.

Jonathan Zdziarski / Zdziarski's Blog of Things:

iOS forensics expert describes the risks and burdensome process associated with the FBI's request for an iPhone-breaching tool — Apple, FBI, and the Burden of Forensic Methodology — Recently, FBI got a court order that compels Apple to create a forensics tool; this tool would let FBI brute force the PIN on a suspect's device.

More: Fortune, Washington Times, New York Post and New York Times

Tweets: @bostonglobe, @jzdziarski, @jzdziarski and @jzdziarski

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Samsung announces Connect Auto dongle to bring LTE connectivity and diagnostics to cars, will initially use AT&T's network in the US — Samsung Connect Auto upgrades your car with 4G Tizen — Samsung may not be building a car, but it is building a car connectivity system …

More: Android Police, Engadget, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Tech Times, International Business Times, Re/code, CNET News and ZDNet. Thanks:@c_davies

Mark Bergen / Re/code:

Yelp customer service employee publicly confronts CEO about low pay, is promptly fired — Yelp Customer Service Employee Protests Low Pay in Medium Post, Is Promptly Fired — Late on Friday afternoon, Talia Jane, a customer service employee for Yelp, penned a letter to CEO Jeremy Stoppelman …

More: Digital Trends, CNNMoney, The Daily Dot, talia jane, BuzzFeed and Gawker

Tweets: @justin, @jgeveritt, @pt, @nist and @rabois

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