The Hulkster’s getting married! In the wake of Hulk Hogan’s newest engagement, find out more about his two children – daughter Brooke and son Nick.
The Hulkster’s getting married! In the wake of Hulk Hogan’s newest engagement, find out more about his two children – daughter Brooke and son Nick.
Samsung didn’t only have new phones to show off at its Unpacked event. The company took the opportunity to reveal the Galaxy Watch 6 too. The latest wearable starts at $300, but Amazon is sweetening the deal. If you lock in a pre-order there, you’ll get a $50 Amazon gift card. Note that the offer only applies to the Bluetooth models, and not the LTE or Watch 6 Classic variants. You’ll get a free fabric watch band as well. The Watch 6 will be available starting on August 11th.
The Bluetooth model does not, unfortunately, feature the return of the rotating bezel (you’ll need to plump for the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic for that), but there are still some other interesting updates. During our hands-on time with it, we found that a new one-click mechanism makes it much easier to swap between certain bands.
The standard Watch 6 is available in sizes of 40mm and 44mm. The screen is much sharper and brighter this time around. It has a maximum brightness of 2,000 nits, so you shouldn’t have much trouble seeing the display on a sunny day. Samsung has also upgraded the processor and added a larger battery. The company claims you’ll get up to eight hours of use after eight minutes of fast charging.
The sleep-tracking and coaching features have seemingly been upgraded, while there’s a new Personalized Heart Rate Zone feature that aims to help you attain the fitness results you’re looking for. Meanwhile, Samsung Wallet has replaced Samsung Pay to make the device compatible with digital IDs, boarding passes and event tickets.
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Emily set temperatures soaring, as she shared some sizzling snaps from her poolside hang.
Emily set temperatures soaring, as she shared some sizzling snaps from her poolside hang.
Following reports that Ariana Grande has started dating her ‘Wicked’ co-star, find out more about Ethan Slater’s ex-wife Lilly Jay here!
Following reports that Ariana Grande has started dating her ‘Wicked’ co-star, find out more about Ethan Slater’s ex-wife Lilly Jay here!
This year’s summer edition of Samsung Unpacked was busy, to put it mildly. The company not only introduced its latest wave of foldable phones, but major updates to its smartwatch and tablet lineups. But don’t worry if that’s a lot to take in — here’s everything Samsung introduced at its event.
If 7AM Eastern was too early for you to watch live, don’t worry. We’ve cut down Samsung’s summer Unpacked presentation to a more reasonable nine minutes. You can watch the highlights of the keynote here, including all the major product introductions.
In a slight twist, the highlight of the foldable phones this year was the “entry” clamshell device, the Galaxy Z Flip 5. The new model has a much larger 3.4-inch external display than its predecessor, letting you reply to messages, use Wallet and otherwise handle tasks that previously required opening the phone. A new hinge design also eliminates the gap when the handset is closed. You can also expect a speedier custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip and double the storage. It starts at $999, and is available for pre-order through Samsung and Amazon ahead of its August 11th release.
The Galaxy Z Fold 5, meanwhile, is an iterative (if still welcome) update. The book-style foldable delivers a thinner, gapless design with a brighter primary display, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and improved multitasking abilities. It ships August 11th starting at $1,799, and you can pre-order it now through Samsung and Amazon.
The biggest update at summer Unpacked was arguably for Samsung’s smallest computing device. The company unveiled a Galaxy Watch 6 family that makes some much-requested improvements to the Wear OS timepieces. Most notably, the rotating bezel is back — buy a Galaxy Watch 6 Classic and you can scroll through apps and widgets with a tactile feel. Both watches offer larger, brighter displays, upgraded processors, larger batteries and a “one-click” strap swapping system.
The Galaxy Watch 6 line arrives August 11th. You can pre-order through Samsung and Amazon starting at $300 for the base model and $400 for the Classic.
Samsung catered to fans of high-end Android tablets at unpacked by introducing the Galaxy Tab S9 range. While the design hasn’t changed much (mainly slimmer bezels), it’s still a significant upgrade with dynamic refresh rate AMOLED screens, the custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, more powerful speakers and even IP68 water and dust resistance for both the tablet and included S Pen.
The series goes on sale August 11th, with pre-orders open at Samsung and Amazon. The 11-inch Galaxy Tab S9 starts at $800, while the 12.4-inch Tab S9+ begins at $1,000. The enormous 14.6-inch Tab S9 Ultra costs at least $1,200.
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Samsung has only just unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5, but there are already deals to be had if you lock in a pre-order on Amazon. Those who pre-order the Galaxy Z Fold 5 will get a $200 Amazon gift card as well as a free storage upgrade from 256GB to 512GB. That should somewhat make up for the foldable’s high base price of $1,800.
We’ve had some hands-on time with the Z Fold 5. There’s a new hinge that all but eliminates the gap between the two halves of the screen and it reduces the device’s overall thickness to 13.5mm. The Flex Hinge still has IPX8 water resistance, according to Samsung.
The Galaxy Z Fold 5 runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform chipset and it has 12GB of RAM. The 6.2-inch OLED cover screen and main 7.6-inch display both have 120Hz refresh rates. The camera array includes a 50MP main lens, a 12MP ultra-wide and a 10MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom.
So far, we feel that the Z Fold 5 has improved multitasking, but rivals such as Google and Oppo are catching up to Samsung on the foldables front. The high price doesn’t help, but at least the Amazon pre-order deal takes the sting out of that a bit. The Z Fold 5 will ship on August 11th.
Meanwhile, you’ll get a $150 Amazon gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. A free storage upgrade to 512GB can be all yours too. The Z Flip 5 starts at $1,000 and it will also be broadly available on August 11th.
Samsung’s latest clamshell foldable has a 3.4-inch external screen, which is nearly four times the size of the one on the previous model. It also boasts a Flex Hinge to minimize the crease between the two halves of the 6.7-inch, 120Hz AMOLED main screen.
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The Oscar winner wept as he was found not guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting four men after a four-week trial in London.
The Oscar winner wept as he was found not guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting four men after a four-week trial in London.
Gina says she’d ‘love to have a wedding’ and ‘spend a bunch of money on a party to celebrate’ her relationship with Travis.
Gina says she’d ‘love to have a wedding’ and ‘spend a bunch of money on a party to celebrate’ her relationship with Travis.
Amazon has teamed up with Boost Infinite, a wireless carrier owned by Dish Wireless, and has launched a storefront to make the latter’s SIM kits more accessible. While Amazon sells SIM cards from a variety of providers, this is a genuine tie-up that automatically pre-qualifies Prime members for the carrier’s $25-per-month postpaid wireless plan. Subscribers can purchase Boost Infinite’s Unlimited $25 SIM kit from the Amazon store with a 20 percent discount. And if they do, they’re also getting a $25 bill credit that will go towards their first month of service, provided that they’ve activated their SIM within 30 days of receiving it.
Dish first introduced Boost Infinite in mid-2022 with a plan that offers “unlimited data, talk and text.” The plan also provides users with 5G internet, which uses AT&T’s, T-Mobile’s and Dish’s own network, though it will get throttled after the first 30GB of the month. Subscribers can add up to five lines per account, as well. Boost Infinite promises a wireless service with no surprise, or even planned, price hikes. It says members can expect to pay $25 a month for as long as they’re active.
Customers who purchase a SIM kit from Amazon don’t have to walk into a store to activate their account. They simply need to complete their registration via the carrier’s app, after which it will pair them up with a customer support rep — a “real person,” the company emphasizes — to help them with setup and activation. To note, new subscribers can bring in their (unlocked) phones or get a new one from Boost Infinite, and they can keep or change their number. Boost Infinite’s network is compatible with both unlocked iPhones and Android devices, and it also comes with eSIM support for Apple’s mobile phones.
Steve Downer, Vice President of Consumer Electronics at Amazon, said:
“Amazon has always been about providing convenience, value, and selection to customers. Part of that is making it easier for customers to access wireless plans that are compatible with a variety of devices and can be set up from home. The Boost Infinite Unlimited SIM kit gives Prime members an exclusive deal to access affordable postpaid wireless service on one of the top networks in the U.S. at a great value.”
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It’s no secret that AI development brings a lot of security risks. While governing bodies are working to put forth regulations, for now, it’s mostly up to the companies themselves to take precautions. The latest show of self-supervision comes with Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and Open AI’s joint creation of the Frontier Model Forum, an industry-led body concentrating on safe, careful AI development. It considers frontier models to be any “large-scale machine-learning models” that go beyond current capabilities and have a vast range of abilities.
The Forum plans to establish an advisory committee, charter and funding. It has laid out for core pillars it intends to focus on furthering AI safety research, determining best practices, working closely with policymakers, academics, civil society and companies, and encouraging efforts to build AI that “can help meet society’s greatest challenges.”
Members will reportedly work on the first three objectives over the next year. Speaking of membership, the announcement outlines the necessary qualifications to join, such as producing frontier models and showing a clear commitment to making them safe. “It is vital that AI companies–especially those working on the most powerful models–align on common ground and advance thoughtful and adaptable safety practices to ensure powerful AI tools have the broadest benefit possible,” Anna Makanju, OpenAI’s vice president of global affairs, said in a statement. “This is urgent work and this forum is well-positioned to act quickly to advance the state of AI safety.”
The creation of the Forum follows a recent safety agreement between the White House and top AI companies, including those responsible for this new venture. Safety measures committed to included tests for bad behavior by external experts and putting a watermark on content AI created.
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