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Founded in 1938, Samsung is the largest chaebol in South Korea, and the myriad of companies under its brand are some of the biggest in their respective industries, but Samsung Electronics is the most notable. It makes some of the most popular phones in use today, like the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Z Fold 4. It also makes televisions, tablets, computers, headphones, and many of the displays, chips, and batteries found in devices from Apple, Sony, and others.

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PC games start at just $1 in Steam’s spring sale

Plus, the M1 MacBook Air has hit a new all-time low, and you can save $140 on one of our favorite espresso makers.

The latest Prince of Persia, Returnal, and other PS hits are up to 50 percent off

Jabra’s Elite 8 Active earbuds and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S9 are also steeply discounted.

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Looks like Samsung thinks you’ll put a ring on it.

Rumor has it that Samsung will start mass production on the Galaxy Ring in May to the tune of 400,000 units. Of course, that’s just an estimate and could tweaked down the line. But if true, it hints that Samsung’s feeling confident about its forthcoming smart ring. Like I said, 2024 is really shaping up to be the year of the smart ring.


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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review: all that and AI

The Galaxy S24 Ultra is packed with top-tier hardware, but its highly touted AI features are hit-or-miss — and the price is higher than ever.

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Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus review: smart choices

With its newest devices, Samsung cleverly mixes original AI features with some familiar concepts.

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Samsung’s new Galaxy A55 is skipping the US.

The company has confirmed to Android Police that only the Galaxy A35 will be coming to the US, and that “we will not be carrying Galaxy A55 5G at this time.” It’s unfortunate given that we rated last year’s Galaxy A54 as one of the best affordable handsets.


The Frame has become such a hit that Samsung is making a speaker version

If you want a speaker that looks nothing like tech, this might be just the thing.

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It’s the end of the (software support) road.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite were the final two members of the S10 series still getting security updates — until now. 9to5Google notes that their promised four years of updates are up, and they’re no longer on Samsung’s security scope page; just last month they were still listed for quarterly updates. It was a good run, guys.


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The GDDR7 graphics memory standard is here.

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has released details about its new standard, which it says is better positioned to handle the demands of gaming, networking, and AI.

JESD239 GDDR7 is the first JEDEC standard DRAM to use the Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) interface for high frequency operations. Its PAM3 interface improves the signal to noise ratio (SNR) for high frequency operation while enhancing energy efficiency. It also says GDDR7 has double the bandwidth over GDDR6, up to 192 GB/s per device, and double the number of channels.

We don’t expect to see GDDR7 out in the world until Nvidia and AMD release next-gen GPUs, which could come before the end of 2024 but is a long way from being confirmed.


Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptops still look like MacBooks.

If MacBooks had a numpad. Anyway, as of Feb. 26th, Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 laptops, with Intel’s new Core Ultra CPUs, are available for purchase.

We’re looking into possibly reviewing the 2-in-1, but there’s nothing particularly exciting about them—and with the Book4 Pro starting at $1,450, most of the configurations seem overpriced. Am I disenchanted? Anyone out there actually interested in these laptops, or have questions?


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The Samsung Galaxy Ring won’t be a mystery for long.

The company announced this morning that it’s going to talk about its “new health form factor” at Mobile World Congress, which is going on now in Spain. Samsung says the device is part of a slate of AI-driven “seamless health experiences.”

The Verge is on the ground at MWC, so we should have an idea soon whether the Galaxy Ring is something special.


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Did today’s update improve your Samsung Galaxy S24’s camera?

Inquiring minds would like to know. Officially, there’s a new “vividness” option, and “image quality and sharpness optimization code has been applied” as well.

Unofficially, SamMobile says it “improves text clarity while using high zoom ranges,” improves “the exposure of dark parts of a scene while capturing images indoors,” helps with backlit photos, improves colors and exposure in various photo modes, and more.


Apple dominates top 10 best-selling smartphone list.

We already know that Apple dethroned Samsung by selling the most phones globally in 2023, now we can see the model mix according to data compiled by Counterpoint Research. Samsung’s lucrative flagship phones were a no-show on the list, with only mid-range devices taking up the bottom three positions.


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Samsung’s Galaxy Ring could arrive in July.

That’s according to Etnews, which claims that the recently teased wearable will be available in eight sizes and is expected to track sleep and health via blood flow and ECG functions, support wireless payments, and act as a remote control for some devices.

Late July is when Samsung held its last summer Unpacked event, but we’re still hoping for a stealthy glimpse at MWC in the week ahead.


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Samsung’s older TVs lose option to view a Ring doorbell’s camera feed.

As of this week, Samsung TVs released between 2018 and 2021 can’t show a video feed from the Ring Doorbell Pro, according to a support page. The news comes after Samsung also announced it would be dropping its TV’s built-in Google Assistant support as of March 1st, 2024.

Between this and the subscription price increases, it’s been a frustrating week for Ring owners.


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Samsung boss acquitted after latest round of legal drama.

Lee Jae-yong, aka Jay Y. Lee, Samsung’s executive chairman and grandson of the company’s founder, has been acquitted of stock manipulation charges relating to a 2015 merger of two subsidiaries that helped him take control of the company, The New York Times reports.

Lee was previously found guilty of bribery and corruption in 2017 and served jail time, but was later released on appeal and eventually pardoned, allowing him to take control of the Samsung empire.