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Samsung and Apple settle ongoing patent dispute from 2011
Samsung and Apple have been at war with each other over a patent dispute that first popped up in 2011, but on June 27, 2018, the two companies officially reached a settlement.
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Apple, Facebook, Google, and more are meeting to talk data privacy
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The Information Technology Industry Council, of which many of the largest tech companies in the world are members, is meeting this week to discuss growing concerns about privacy.
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Apple wins $539 million from Samsung in design patent infringement retrial
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In a retrial of the ongoing lawsuit from Apple that alleged Samsung took its patented designs for its own products several generations of phones ago, the court awarded Apple just shy of $539 million in damages.
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Apple vs. Samsung: State of the mobile silicon
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Chipset design is indistinguishable from magic. Geekbench's John Poole discusses how Apple balances performance and efficiency, how Samsung is ramping up single-core, and where Qualcomm — and maybe Google? — fit in.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 battery life problems and what they mean for Apple
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When done wrong, higher performance hurts power efficiency. When done right, power efficiency enables higher performance.
Upgrade your Drive
Grab the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB solid state drive for just $85
The 850 EVO series is one of the fastest, most reliable, internal solid state drives around. This is one of the best prices the 250GB version has ever been.
Augmenting your reality
Apple buying VRvana suggests VR/AR is ramping up
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Purported slow VR/AR adoption is actually not that slow.
4K
Samsung's best 55-inch 4K Smart TV is down to just $898 for the first time
This is the lowest price ever on this TV, and the MU8000 series has great 4K image quality along with Smart streaming functionality.
Storage on the Go
The $180 Samsung T5 portable SSD is down to its lowest price ever
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The Samsung T5 is a new protable SSD that normally goes for $200. It's one of the best you can get, and this price is a good one.
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Samsung Gear 360 review
If you want to get started with 360-degree photography, Samsung's Gear 360 is the camera you want.