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Samsung Exec Galaxy Fold ‘Ready to Hit the Market’

Samsung’s initial launch of the Galaxy Fold did not go so well. After review devices started having problems, the company ended up postponing the release. Samsung Display VP Kim Seong-cheol has told Korean industry partners that the phone’s problems have nearly been resolved. “Most of the display problems have been ironed out, and the Galaxy […]

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Firefox update fixes yet another zero-day vulnerability

Mozilla has patched its Firefox browser for a second time in response to a spearphishing campaign targeting employees of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, ZDNet reports. According to ZDNet, hackers have been attempting to phish Coinbase staff with emails containing links to malicious websites. If links were clicked when using Firefox, it would automatically download and run malware on the […]

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Popular audio ripping site Convert2MP3 shuts down after lawsuit

Convert2MP3, one of the world’s most popular stream ripping sites, has been shut down following a joint operation by international labels body IFPI and German trade organization Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).    According to IFPI, Germany-based Convert2MP3 was visited 684 million times in the past 12 months.  In 2017, German record labels filed a lawsuit in […]

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Cloudflare wants to protect the internet from quantum computing

Quantum computing is threatening to blow up the encryption that protects internet communications and lets you do things like shop online without thieves stealing your credit card number. Now internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has joined an effort to come up with new “post-quantum” algorithms that’ll extend today’s security protections. Cloudflare has begun testing new encryption […]

Tablets

Google Pixel Slate review

The Google Pixel Slate is a great 2-in-1 with small issues that Google needs to fix. Good Gorgeous display Good battery life Excellent speakers Full desktop browser on a tablet is extremely useful Bad Performance as a tablet is subpar Android apps on Chrome OS are still a confusing mess Very expensive Pricey keyboard folio […]

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Google has made its last tablet

Google has no future plans to release additional tablet devices and has even canceled two models that were in development, Google confirmed to Computerworld today. Google has not released a tablet in 2019, but did come out with the Pixel Slate in 2018. Google was working on two smaller tablets, but ultimately decided to stop […]