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Galaxy Buds Pro Impressions: Samsung’s best are simply excellent

Samsung is not new to the truly wireless earbud game, but I’ve not been content with any of the company’s releases to date. Every one has seemed to have one glaring flaw. That is, until I tried out the Galaxy Buds Pro. Over the past week, I’ve been impressed at Samsung’s top-tier offering. Here are a few takeaways ahead of our full review. Galaxy Buds Pro release today for $199, a steep…
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Google removing inadvertent ability for Chromium browsers to access Chrome bookmarks, sync

Besides the intended differences, web browsers based on Chromium offer an underlying experience that’s mostly identical to Chrome. Google recently discovered that users of third-party Chromium browsers have inadvertently been able to access data and other sync features reserved for Chrome. “Some” Chromium browsers today can leverage features and APIs that are “only intended for…
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Google's Android and TV leads chat Samsung, RCS and CES

There’s been an onslaught of news this week from CES 2021 and Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked, and even though Google didn’t have major news of its own to share, its presence was still felt. In addition to joining us on our virtual stage for a panel with Microsoft on accessibility in tech, Google was also mentioned in other launches this week. Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer made an appearance at…
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Galaxy Buds Pro review: Samsung's best earbuds yet

When the rumors began to swirl about Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live, the promise of active noise cancellation (ANC) led me to believe the company was finally addressing a key omission from its lineup. However, those earbuds would ultimately offer an “open type” design that…
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Google Pixel 2 loses its unlimited original quality photo backups this weekend

One of the biggest perks of early Google Pixel smartphones, outside of the camera itself, was the ability to back up every photo and video from the phone to Google Photos in original quality completely for free. Now, though, Pixel 2 owners are losing their unlimited Google Photos backup. This comes as no surprise, as Google made it known that original quality Google Photos backup would only last…
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