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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy S24 Ultra, with a new titanium finish, a 6.8" 1440p display, a 50-megapixel camera with 5x zoom, shipping on January 31 from $1,299 — For several years running, Samsung's S-series Ultra has been that device, and the company is going just as big with the Ultra for 2024.
More: Independent.ie, Samsung Newsroom, Gizmodo, CNET, Tech Advisor, ZDNet, Engadget, T3, TalkAndroid.com, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, Sam Lover, Mashable, Digital Trends, PetaPixel, Android Headlines, SlashGear, and TechRadar. X: @lanceulanoff
| 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: Android Authority, Ars Technica, CNET, Tech Advisor, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Android Authority, PhoneArena, 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.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S24, with a larger and brighter 6.2" display, and S24 Plus, with a larger 6.7" display, starting at $800 and $1,000 respectively — Samsung's Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus don't have the bigger screen or 5x telephoto camera of the more expensive Galaxy S24 Ultra, nor do they have its stylus.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be banned in the US again, effective January 18, after a US court of appeals denies Apple's request to pause the ban — The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 with blood oxygen features will be banned from being sold in the United States again …
More: Reuters, MacRumors, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Apple Post, and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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| Samsung on YouTube: |
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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| 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 Verge, The Keyword, Reuters, PCMag, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Keyword, Fast Company, Android Central, Wired, Mashable, PetaPixel, Search Engine Journal, and SlashGear. X: @sundarpichai
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Android Auto will soon reflect design elements, like wallpaper and icons, of Samsung Galaxy phones, and offer AI chat summaries, relevant replies, and more — Amidst the flurry of Galaxy S24 announcements, Google also announced a handful of new AI features for Android Auto.
More: Android Police, Android Authority, Forbes, TechCrunch, Business Post, The Verge, T3, and nextpit
| 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, 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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| 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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| 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 …
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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, Fortune, 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 … | 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, Fast Company, 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, and Cointelegraph. X: @jseyff
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa voice prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series — Amazon is officially rolling out the ability to create AI-generated images on Fire TV devices. Starting today, the feature is available …
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