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Samsung showed its first folding smartphone with a flexible screen
As expected, the conference for developers SDC 2018 Samsung Electronics showed its new development — a folding smartphone with a flexible display. The smartphone has a OLED display Infinity Flex and a special interface One UI. The device combines two concepts: compact form factor and a large fold-out display with a diagonal of 7.3 inches,…
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Samsung showed a foldable smartphone
The South Korean giant Samsung, as a rule, presenting their new products either at major international exhibitions, organizes for this purpose a dedicated event. Organized Samsung Developers Conference in turn traditionally is of no interest to the average consumer. It are going to be developers who show new software products and tools through which they…
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Holes Are the New Notches, According to a Recent LG Patent
Image: LG The notch is going to go down as one of the shortest-lived features in smartphone history, but that doesn’t mean we’re completely done with screen cutouts just yet. In a recent patent filing from South Korea, it seems LG is looking to evolve the notch by turning it into a hole. According to…
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Here Are All the Candidates With Science Backgrounds Who Just Got Elected
The U.S. Capitol Photo: Martin Falbisoner (Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. House of Representatives will see an influx of scientists as a result of the 2018 midterm elections. The 2016 election, specifically Donald Trump’s utter disregard for facts, galvanized scientists nationwide. A hundred thousand scientists marched on the capitol in 2017, and advocacy groups formed to…
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Human Babies Laugh Just Like Chimpanzees
Photo: Jens Meyer (AP) The world is bad, but babies remain good. Babies are especially good when they are laughing, which they start to do at around three and a half months old. Babies laugh when other people do things, like tickle them or play peek-a-boo, or when other people are laughing. The laugh of…
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Hublot’s $25,000 Bitcoin Watch Is Perfectly Designed to Help Me Spot Terrible Jabronis
A ‘revolutioary’ watch for the small price of a selfie, your passport, and utility bills.Screenshot: Hublot Seriously, this is why we can’t have nice things. But if there is one positive from this blatant abuse of luxury, it’s this: With a glance at a rich tech bro’s wrist, the rest of us peasants will be…
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Facebook Pumps Brakes on Political Ad Disclaimers After Discovering Existence of Lying
Photo: Getty A litany of screwups drove Facebook to be more transparent about political advertising. But now, a litany of screwups is halting those very same plans. The social network planned to require political advertisers in the UK to verify their identities starting on November 7, but those plans have been pushed back, after several…
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Sorry Tech Billionaires, San Francisco Just Voted for a Tax to Fight the Homelessness Crisis
San Francisco police officers wait while homeless people collect their belongings Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in San Francisco.Photo: Ben Margot (AP) In spite of some public bellyaching over perceived fairness on behalf of several high-profile, wealthy technology company heads prior to election day, the voters of San Francisco have cast their ballots in favor of…
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Dutch Police Bust Encrypted Chat Service, Gain Access to Over 258,000 Messages
Computer servers. Stock photo.Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Dutch police say they have “decrypted more than 258,000 messages” sent using an expensive chat service, Ars Technica reported on Wednesday, citing a National Police Corps statement that claimed authorities in the Netherlands have achieved a “breakthrough in the interception and decryption of encrypted communication between criminals.”…
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MoviePass: The Dog Ate Whatever We Were Supposed to Be Doing
Photo: Richard Drew (AP) MoviePass, the ticketing startup that burned through hundreds of millions of dollars trying to undercut the theater business by selling tickets at cost to subscribers, has screwed up an awful lot as of late. Its parent company Helios & Matheson is being sued by shareholders for alleged fraud, as well as…