Samsung smart ring places a focus on sleep data

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The new Galaxy wearable device was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress before its release. Following a tiny mention at the tail end of the Galaxy S24 event in early February, Samsung officially unveiled its smart ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The latest unveiling went well beyond the brief tease originally announcing the device. Samsung has now made the announcement of its smart ring, a Galaxy device, official.  The gadget will be offered in US ring sizes 5 through 15. That said, on the commercial products, those sizes…

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Samsung needs to double its foldable smartphone sales next year to hit its targets

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The company will need to be able to sell about 20 million units of its Galaxy Z phones in 2024. Samsung has announced a target for its foldable smartphone sales and will need to sell 20 million units of the Galaxy Z in 2024 to be able to reach it. That target represents a 33 percent increase over the 15 million Galaxy Z phones expected to sell this year. If Samsung were to reach its set target, it would mean selling 33 percent more Galaxy Z next year than they…

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Apple employees banned from ChatGPT use at work

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The company is joining Samsung, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and other large corporations in this trend. Apple has just banned ChatGPT use among its employees while they are at work, in a move that is hardly unique to that technology giant. Other massive corporations including rival Samsung, as well as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, and others. This move bans workers from using any AI-powered chatbots at work and for work-related purposes. Apple has banned ChatGPT use, as well as that of Bard, Bing, and other artificial intelligence chatbot apps.…

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Apple and Google collaborate on digital privacy effort to address unwanted tracking

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The technology giants are accepting input from advocacy groups and industry participants. Location-tracking devices have become extremely commonplace as consumers use them to make it easier to find everything from luggage to their car keys, but digital privacy has become a serious concern. These gadgets can relatively easily be misused by wrongdoers for unwanted tracking of others. As a result, Apple and Google submitted a joint proposal for industry specifications that could help to combat the misuse of tracking gadgets using Bluetooth technology for unwanted tracking and threatening personal and…

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Samsung might choose Bing search engine as default

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Alphabet shares tumbled upon the initial announcement that Google might no longer have exclusivity. As the news broke that Samsung is thinking about replacing Google with the Bing search engine from Microsoft as a default on all its devices, Alphabet’s shares initially fell by more than 4 percent in premarket trading. The electronics company from South Korea has not set the choice in stone but is considering the option. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, just the fact that Samsung is even thinking of choosing the Bing…

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