Electronics

Massive ransomware #cyber-attack hits 74 countries around the world

May 12, 2017

More than 45,000 attacks recorded in countries including the UK, Russia, India and China may have originated with theft of ‘cyber weapons’ from the NSA The attack hit England’s National Health Service (NHS) on Friday, locking staff out of their computers and forcing some hospitals to divert [...]

Samsung Galaxy S8: everything you need to know

March 29, 2017

The Samsung Galaxy S8 has finally been launched and… well, it’s entirely as we expected thanks to the myriad leaks that have sprung up all over the internet. But the good news is that it’s actually a rather nifty phone, and you can check it out in some rather sumptuous depth in our [...]

Amazon opens line-free grocery store in challenge to supermarkets

December 6, 2016

AFP- Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has opened a brick-and-mortar grocery store in Seattle without lines or checkout counters, kicking off new competition with supermarket chains. Amazon Go, the online shopping company’s new 1,800-square-foot (167-square-meter) store, uses sensors to detect [...]

Samsung just recalled nearly 3 million washing machines because they might explode

November 10, 2016

Samsung Electronics, which is already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphones, said it would recall about 2.8 million of its top-load washing machines in the United States to address safety concerns. The top of the washing machines can unexpectedly detach from the chassis during use, [...]

Facts & Figures: Samsung Note 7 woes

October 12, 2016

UPDATE: Samsung revises Q3 profit estimate down 33.3 percent South Korean tech giant Samsung has permanently ceased production of its high-end Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports of devices it had deemed safe catching fire. The firm had already reduced Galaxy Note 7 production volumes. [...]

‘Fixed Samsung Galaxy Note 7′ causes fire on plane

October 6, 2016

(BBC) A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device, deemed safe by the firm, has reportedly caught fire on a Southwest Airlines plane.The airline confirmed one of its planes, due to fly from Louisville, Kentucky, to Baltimore, Maryland, was evacuated before take-off on Wednesday. The Note 7 was [...]

Google unveils new #PixelPhone

October 4, 2016

Pixel arrives Daydream-ready for the best of Google’s new VR experiences. According to DxO Mark’s tests, the Pixel’s 12-megapixel camera surpasses the iPhone’s 12-megapixel shooter. Actually,it surpasses everyone’s camera. According to those tests, which the entire industry respects, [...]

#Samsung unveils new curved-screen Galaxy Note 7

August 2, 2016

(Reuters)– Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a new Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved screen and iris-recognition technology, seeking to build on the sales momentum that has helped it roar back to surging profit growth. Samsung, the world’s top smartphone maker, saw its [...]