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Samsung Galaxy S21 series goes official w/ Snapdragon 888, S Pen, $200 price drop

It’s no secret that pricing was the Achilles heel of last year’s Samsung smartphones, but the company is starting off 2021 with a huge step in the right direction with its new Galaxy S21 that sees a $200 price cut. Here’s what you need to know about Samsung’s new trio of flagships. The base model of the Galaxy S21 series is, well, the Galaxy S21. The new model starts at $799, down from…
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Samsung ditches microSD card support on all Galaxy S21 models

The ability to expand storage on the fly using a microSD card is something that’s been an advantage of Android devices for years, but it’s something that’s slowly been going away. After years of supporting the feature, Samsung is officially saying goodbye to the…
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Samsung is bringing SmartThings to Android Auto

After announcing that a partnership with Google would bring Nest devices to SmartThings this year, Samsung is about to integrate with one of Google’s platforms. Alongside the reveal of the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung has revealed that SmartThings is coming to Android Auto. Soon, the SmartThings app for Android will feature support for Android Auto. Samsung hasn’t confirmed exactly when this…
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Tesla explains how it achieves top safety rating on Model Y and ‘lowest rollover risk of any SUV’

Tesla released more information on how it achieved a top safety rating on Model Y with NHTSA, including the “lowest rollover risk of any SUV” ever tested. Tesla Model Y crash test results Earlier this week, we reported on Tesla Model Y acing its safety test with NHTSA. The electric SUV achieved a five-star safety rating, which is not that impressive by itself as most vehicles are able to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 13, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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For the US Navy, the future of shipbuilding (and warfare) is in the power plant

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy a next-generation large surface combatant by the end of the 2030s, but its not being built for a new kind of sensor or weapon system. The newly dubbed DDG(X) is being built for power. The Navy has, or course, built ships around advancements in engineering systems before: Nuclear power or steam engines, for example, have led to big leaps in naval design.
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