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Elon Musk and Bitcoin miners say they want to address crypto’s sustainability problem

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor tweeted Monday that after a weekend meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and “leading Bitcoin miners in North America,” the group has agreed to form a Bitcoin Mining Council, “to promote energy usage transparency [and] accelerate sustainability initiatives worldwide.” Musk tweeted earlier in the day that the group “committed to publish… Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 FE is like a Tab S7 Plus without the high-refresh screen

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE (Fan Edition) could be officially launching soon according to a new German product page spotted by WinFuture. The tablet appears to be a renamed version of the previously leaked “Galaxy Tab S7 Plus Lite” that first made the rounds in March 2021. The Galaxy Tab S7 FE is the… Read more

Apple iPad Air (2020)

Our Verdict The latest iPad Air gets more than just a makeover – it’s a brilliant all-rounder and all the tablet most people could ever need For Great picture and sound Attractive design Excellent user experience Against Imperfect front-facing camera Touch ID button is awkward Not the cheapest tablet around It’s not every day an… Read more

The first full trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Eternals promises an epoch-spanning epic from Marvel

After a brief teaser earlier in May, Marvel has finally revealed a full-length trailer for Eternals, set to hit theaters on November 5th. In addition to being the latest entry in the MCU, Eternals is the first film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao since winning Best Picture and Best Director wins for Nomadland earlier this… Read more

Samsung announces bigger and smaller versions of its TV-like Smart Monitor

Samsung’s Smart Monitor range is expanding. The company’s line of Tizen-powered smart computer displays now includes a 43-inch 4K M7 model as well as a 24-inch 1080p M5, marking the biggest and smallest Smart Monitors to be made available to date. Samsung introduced the Smart Monitor last year and describes it as a “do-it-all” display… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Z Slide model name for slideable smartphone

After ‘Z Roll’, Samsung also files a European trademark for the name ‘Z Slide’ Are there multiple rollable / slider smartphones from Samsung on the way? Samsung Electronics successfully introduced the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphones last year. Meanwhile, the South Korean manufacturer seems to be preparing for the arrival… Read more

OnePlus 8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S20+ vs Galaxy S20 Ultra: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – The OnePlus 8 Pro was one of 2020’s best phones, offering flagship specs and premium design at cheaper price than the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy S20 range. While both series of phones are a little older now, they still make great purchase options purely because you can now get them cheaper than they were… Read more

11 things we know about the new smartwatch OS from Google and Samsung — and some we don’t

Yesterday brought the momentous news that Google and Samsung will merge together their Wear OS and Tizen-based smartwatch platforms into a single operating system. The new software is currently being referred to as Wear, but that name could change as we get closer to the first devices that will ship with it. The unified platform… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Z Roll trademark unveiled

Exclusive: After the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung is preparing for the introduction of its first rollable smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Z Roll. Ahead of the Display Week 2021 conference, Samsung Display showed its new generation OLED screens yesterday. These included an S Foldable, a Slidable and a Rollable device. So far,… Read more

Spotify and YouTube Music will bring much needed offline tunes to Google’s Wear watches

Spotify’s product lead for cars and wearables teased an exciting new feature coming to Wear devices during Google’s Developer Keynote on Tuesday: the ability for the streaming services’ 356 million users to download music directly to their watch, and listen to it at times when they don’t want to carry their phone (via XDA Developers)…. Read more

Google I/O 2021: the biggest announcements

Google just finished its live Google I/O 2021 keynote, where the company unveiled a huge number of announcements, including a new look coming to Android, a bunch of features coming to its Google Workspace productivity suite, and even a new AI that talked as if it were Pluto. Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn followed the… Read more

Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen

In yet another sign of the growing alliance between Google and Samsung, today both companies announced that they are essentially combining Wear OS — Google’s operating system — and the Tizen-based software platform that has been foundational to Samsung’s wearables for many years. The resulting platform is currently being referred to simply as “Wear,” though… Read more

Android 12 will turn your Pixel phone into a car key — assuming automakers bother

Nearly a year after Apple announced the iPhone would become your digital car key, Google is doing the same. Android 12 will officially let “select Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones” natively double as a car key later this year, the company just announced at its Google I/O 2021 developer conference today. It’s not like Google… Read more

Android 12 preview: first look at Google’s radical new design

There are new features, but it’s the biggest design update in years Google is announcing the latest beta for Android 12 today at Google I/O. It has an entirely new design based on a system called “Material You,” featuring big, bubbly buttons, shifting colors, and smoother animations. It is “the biggest design change in Android’s… Read more

Google Photos is adding a locked folder for your private images

Google is introducing a new feature to Google Photos that lets you hide specific pictures so they won’t show up in your photo feed or in other apps. The feature, called Locked Folder, will put whatever sensitive pictures you’d rather not share behind a password. In its I/O presentation, Google used the example of parents… Read more