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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip debuts w/ less expensive ‘flip phone’ design

February 11, 2020
Foldable phones still feel like a dream, but to kick off the 2020 smartphone season, Samsung is hoping to change that. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is official and it’s one of the most affordable foldable phones to date. The Samsung Galaxy Fold was the first real foldable smartphone to hit the market. It had a few hiccups on its road to release, but Samsung used that experience to make things…
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Google recaps Play Store and Android app security in 2019

February 11, 2020
Google today recapped the last year in Play Store and Android app security. In addition to highlighting major 2019 initiatives like the App Defense Alliance, there are several statistics on countering malicious applications and developers. Toward the end of 2018, the Play…
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Samsung debuts Galaxy Buds+ with 2-way speakers and longer battery life

February 11, 2020
Samsung today debuted the Galaxy Buds+ with improved battery life and 2-way speakers to play high notes and bass. The second-generation Galaxy Buds made to compete with Apple’s AirPods will cost $149, go on sale Feb. 14, and come in cloud blue, white, and black. Through a Spotify integration, Galaxy Buds+ users can long press the touch pad to play recommended songs based on your previous playing…
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AI, automation, and the cybersecurity skills gap

February 11, 2020
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: AI and Security. The cybersecurity skills shortage is well documented, but the gap seems to be widening. The 2019 Cybersecurity Workforce study produced by nonprofit (ISC)² looked at the cybersecurity…
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The persistent humanity in AI and cybersecurity

February 11, 2020
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: AI and Security. Even as AI technology transforms some aspects of cybersecurity, the intersection of the two remains profoundly human. Although that’s perhaps counterintuitive, it is front and center…
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Is AI cybersecurity’s salvation or its greatest threat?

February 11, 2020
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: AI and Security. If you’re uncertain whether AI is the best or worst thing to ever happen to cybersecurity, you’re in the same boat as experts watching the dawn of this new era with a mix of excitement and terror. AI’s potential to automate security on a broader scale offers a welcome advantage in the short term. Yet…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 begins shipping March 6

February 11, 2020
At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this afternoon, Samsung unveiled its newest flagship series: Galaxy S20. Like S-series lineups before it, the S20 is a showcase of the company’s technological innovations, which this time around include a powerful…
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Google adds 1,000 high-res ‘Earth View’ wallpapers to Chromecast, Android, more

February 11, 2020
Earth View is a “collection of the most striking landscapes found in Google Earth” that came about from people taking screenshots of the virtual globe for desktop backdrops. Google today added over 1,000 new high-resolution Earth View wallpapers. Earth View has the power to elevate our minds from our tiny screens to outer space — the landscapes that materialize when you open a new tab or…
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