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The corporate president of Samsung Electronics has said a million Galaxy Fold smartphones have been sold, twice the estimates made in October. Young Sohn, who currently serves as the chief strategy officer at the company, revealed the number during an interview with TechCrunch in a conversation about getting new products into people’s hands early, in order to gain crucial feedback. “We’re selling a million of these products. There’s a million people that want to use this product at $2,000,” he said. If the Galaxy Fold had remained inside Samsung’s research and development labs, the company would never get the right feedback in order to launch it, he argued. This is actually evident in the Galaxy Fold’s short life. Following its announcement early in 2019, the first review models sent out suffered from several well publicized problems, which led to Samsung recalling the phones and delaying the public launch. In September a revised Galaxy Fold … [Read more...] about “Bold and risky” strategy pushes Samsung to sell a million Galaxy Fold phones

When video footage of a Tesla Cybertruck vs. Ford F-150 tug-of-war surfaced online, many argued the fight wasn’t fair because the California-based electric car company tied a relatively basic, rear-wheel drive variant of America’s best-selling vehicle to its first pickup. One of Tesla’s top executives indirectly admitted the two aren’t even in the same segment. “While we have not yet begun production of the Cybertruck, we expect it to have a towing capacity of 7,500 to 14,000-plus pounds, and it should very likely qualify as a Class 2B-3 medium-duty vehicle,” explained Tesla senior managing policy advisor Sarah Van Cleve in a letter written to California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) and obtained by Automotive News. The publication pointed out trucks that fall into the Class 2B category have a gross vehicle weight rating (a vehicle’s maximum operating weight) of between 8,501 and 10,000 pounds. That’s a level above the F-150, which is … [Read more...] about The Cybertruck vs. F-150 comparison isn’t fair, Tesla tells California officials

Did you know you can make a deepfake video from the comfort of your own home, or on your phone? Download one of the plethora of face-swap or deepfake apps casually available from your local app store and you too can influence an election. Okay, not really, and we definitely don’t endorse that. But in the hype and concern around deepfake technology, and its very real misuse, the simple truth is that this technology isn’t going away. In fact, it’s going to become as commonplace as Photoshop, especially if the app developers working on deepfake tech have anything to say about it: We could soon see hyper-targeted ads with our own faces on them. Roman Mogylnyi, the CEO of RefaceAI, a startup based in Ukraine, said they have been working with machine learning since 2011, and pivoted to making their own apps based on deepfake tech in 2014. ReFaceAI has already released a photo-deepfake app called Reflect, and is on the verge of releasing both their own video-deepfake … [Read more...] about Why deepfakes will soon be as commonplace as Photoshop

Adding 5G to a smartphone at the moment seems to mean an increase in the price; but this may not happen when Apple launches the first 5G iPhone next year. At least, that’s according to a prediction made by well-respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has said that while the new components will cost Apple more, the company will make savings elsewhere to ensure the higher price is not passed on to you. Kuo says the additional 5G components will add between $30 and $100 to the cost of producing the iPhone for Apple. Through some renegotiation and adjustments to the way it currently pays its partners, Apple may be able to reduce costs elsewhere, and absorb the extra from 5G. What will this mean for the price of the 2020 5G iPhone? If prices for a 5G iPhone stay approximately the same as the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, then the cheapest model may cost $1,000, and the most expensive at around $1,450. For comparison, today you can buy the 256GB Samsung Galaxy S10 5G for … [Read more...] about Apple’s working on a way to not charge you more for its redesigned, 2020 5G iPhone

Thinking of upgrading into an HP laptop for 2020? You’re definitely making a wise investment, as HP makes some of the best laptops on the market. With a wide range that includes business laptops and runs all the way to the premium Spectre line, there’s bound to be one that will perfectly suit your needs. We’ve rounded up three excellent HP 2-in-1 laptop deals from Best Buy. Save as much as $500 when you get the HP Spectre Folio, the HP Envy 13, or the HP Spectre x360 13 today. HP SPECTRE FOLIO – $900 The gorgeous HP Spectre Folio is a combination of vintage mixed with modern functionality. It mimics a fine leather portfolio (hence the name) and is even wrapped in the kind of crepe paper that’s usually reserved for designer dress shirts. We normally don’t care about packaging, but the way the Folio is presented is simply exquisite. Since it’s made of genuine leather with magnesium alloy components, it needs to be treated the way you would care … [Read more...] about Best Buy offers the best deals on these premium HP 2-in-1 laptops