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Samsung launches a lower-powered, cheaper Galaxy Chromebook 2-in-1

Enlarge / Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360. (credit: Samsung) Samsung released its latest Chrome OS device today, the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360. While some Samsung Chromebooks occupy the upper echelon of Chromebooks in terms of prices and specs, its newest offering is a step down. The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360’s nomenclature may be a […]

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Someone made an Android phone with a Lightning port for some reason

Enlarge / A Lightning port on a Samsung Android phone… if you’re into that. (credit: Exploring the Simulation (Kenny Pi) on YouTube) We’re not sure why you’d want such a thing, but someone has modified an Android phone to use Apple’s Lightning port instead of the industry-standard USB-C connection. The modification was undertaken by Ken […]

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Samsung’s new 4K smart monitor has a magnetic wireless webcam

Enlarge / Samsung is selling the monitor in (clockwise from top-left): Sunset Pink, Warm White, Spring Green, and Daylight Blue. (credit: Samsung) Samsung’s M8 monitor , announced today, is being positioned to replace your USB webcam and smart TV. The 32-inch 4K wise monitor includes a wireless webcam that you can remove and attach via […]

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: The slab phone retirement plan

Enlarge / The Special Galaxy S22 Ultra. (credit: Ron Amadeo) Is there anything left to do in the slab phone market? Samsung’s launch of the Galaxy S22 feels like a retirement plan for the company’s slab line. After killing the Galaxy Note collection and skipping a 2021 release, Samsung is merging the S-Pen-equipped Note line […]

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Samsung’s QD-OLED TV challenges premium OLEDs with $2, 200 starting price

Enlarge / Samsung OLED (S95B) TV. (credit: Samsung) Samsung revealed new details for its highly anticipated QD-OLED TV on Thursday. The company’s first OLED TV in a decade costs $2, 200 for the 54. 6-inch model and $3, 000 for the 64. 5-inch model. Special hadn’t released an OLED TV since 2012 , but in […]

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Intel, AMD, and other industry heavyweights create a new standard for chiplets

Enlarge / A sample chiplet design, with the CPU dies made with a more advanced manufacturing process and the chipset and some other functions made on older, cheaper processes. (credit: Universal Chipset Interconnect Express) Some of the CPU industry’s heaviest hitters—including Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Arm, TSMC, and Samsung—are banding together to define a new standard […]

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Intel Arc GPU squeezes into Samsung’s lightweight Galaxy Book2 Pro

Enlarge / Samsung’s Galaxy Book2 series of laptops. (credit: Samsung) Samsung announced this week that it will refresh its Galaxy Book line of thin-and-light laptops with the help of Intel’s long-awaited Arc graphics. Samsung will join the likes of Acer, whose Swift X laptop is one of the first to use the Arc mobile GPU. […]

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Alienware QD-OLED monitor reveals high price of Samsung’s new tech

Enlarge / Alienware AW3423DW. (credit: Scharon Harding) We now have an idea of how much QD-OLED screens will run you compared to the OLED panels we know today. OLED is already an expensive, high-end display technology, but Samsung’s QD-OLED puts a quantum-dot spin on the tech, promising image enhancement and improved color coverage. We’re still waiting to […]