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Why Samsung’s 108-megapixel camera isn’t just a gimmick
It’s true that software and machine learning are more important than hardware when it comes to delivering the best smartphone cameras. But it’s also true that hardware plays a part, and that over the past few years Samsung has been unusually conservative with its smartphone camera technology. And it’s also…
Read MoreFoxconn to resume ‘half production’ by end of February
Fears that the ongoing coronavirus outbreak could have a major impact on the mobile industry have been eased slightly by reports Foxconn plans to increase production levels. There have so far been more than 44,000 confirmed cases of the virus in China, resulting in 1,100 deaths. With China being both…
Read MoreBattery Ventures just closed on a whopping $2 billion across two funds, two years after its last fundraise
Battery Ventures, the now 37-year-old investment firm, just closed on two new funds that — at $2 billion in capital commitments — nearly double the record-breaking $1.2 billion that the firm closed on exactly two years ago. It sounds very typical of the broader trend in recent years of firms…
Read MoreNokia 10 launch uncertain after HMD Global drops out of MWC 2020
Annual smartphone conference MWC 2020 has been shedding companies for the last few days, with the likes of Sony, LG, Vivo and Royole all pulling out due to coronavirus fears. It seems the latest company is HMD Global, which owns the Nokia brand, so we might have to wait to…
Read MoreEstée Lauder suffers massive breach, 400m records exposed
An unprotected database containing 440 million records owned by US cosmetics giant Estée Lauder has been exposed online. The company has now blocked access to the database, which contained plain text email addresses belonging to users of a company-owned education platform. The discovery was made by researchers at Security Discovery,…
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