Year after year, Samsung makes some of the most popular and best Android smartphones in the world and now, to kick off the new decade, the company is starting things with a bang. The Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra are official — here’s what you need to know about Samsung’s latest and greatest.
As has been leaked, Samsung is delivering three new models of its flagship offering in 2020.
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…
During today’s Galaxy Unpacked event, alongside bigger smartphone announcements, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Buds Plus true wireless earbuds as a sequel to last year’s Galaxy Buds.
The Galaxy Buds Plus (stylized as “Galaxy Buds+”) are actually Samsung’s…
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 Store announced a new policy to prevent third-party apps from “unnecessarily” accessing your device’s call and text…
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…
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…
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 in all parts of the cybersecurity triad: the bad actors who seek to do harm, the gullible soft targets, and the good actors…
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…
Uncontented with one foldable phone, Samsung’s trying its hand at another — this with a flip design as opposed to the Galaxy Fold’s clamshell style. Today at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the company announced the Galaxy Z Flip, a handset with an…
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 eight-core processor, a display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and across-the-board 5G compatibility.
Pre-orders go live this week…
