Month: February 2024
Malware-riddled Android apps spotted on Google Play Store — here’s what to avoid
Android users have become targets of a social engineering attack that aimed to steal sensitive data located on their smartphones and even keep tabs on them. A report from cybersecurity researchers at ESET claims to have recently found 12 malware-laden Android apps that carried malicious code and were used in…
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It turns out that ray tracing on a 42-year-old computer is actually possible, if you’re willing to wait 17 hours for each frame to load
We hear the term ‘ray tracing’ thrown around more and more these days, being one of the features almost synonymous with modern, best-in-class visuals. It’s a rendering method that allows shadows and light to be portrayed in a more realistic, lifelike way, and is included as a graphics option in…
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Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus review: smart choices
The Galaxy S24 Plus and S24 borrow some of the best ideas from Apple and Google, taking a running jump with them into the AI era. The flat-edge design is undeniably iPhone, and the AI tech is largely Google. The software, for better and worse, is all Samsung. But I…
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The best TV you can buy just crashed to a new record-low price for the Super Bowl
The stunning Samsung S90C OLED is ranked as TechRadar’s best TV and Walmart dropped the 65-inch model down to a new record-low price of $1,539 (was $3,299.99) just in time for the Super Bowl. That’s a whopping $1,760 discount and an incredible price for a feature-packed OLED display. We awarded…
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Amazon thinks it can save millions by extending the lifespan of its servers
In a move to ensure financial gains, as well as act in a more sustainable manner, Amazon has extended the lifespan of its server from five year to six. The news comes around two years after the company upped its servers’ lifespan from four years to five, introducing a more…
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Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24+ review: A taste of generative AI in everyday use
For its first phones of 2024, Samsung focused so much on its “Galaxy AI” features that, physically, the Galaxy S24 series doesn’t appear to be much different than the S23. Once again, the company's phones aren’t different enough to justify upgrading from their predecessors, especially knowing that the S23 series,…
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