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Last updated: July 28th, 2023 at 14:12 UTC+02:00 BTS’ Suga is now an honorary Samsung Electronics employee, the Korean star revealed through an Instagram post on Wednesday along with the caption “first-ever employee ID card in my life.” The Instagram post from Suga also showed a letter from Samsung, which welcomed the prolific songwriter, rapper, and producer. Samsung’s second Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, held at COEX on July 26, kicked off with Agust D’s “Daechwita” single (released in 2020 along with the D-2…

Ever since Apple introduced AirTags back in 2021 and disrupted the Bluetooth tracking market, there have been serious concerns about bad actors using them to invade others’ privacy. And although Apple devices receive alerts when an unknown AirTag is following them, Android users do not have such a feature. Now, in an effort to combat this issue, Google is finally rolling out the “unknown tracker alerts” feature, which aims to protect users from potential stalking attempts or unlawful activities involving Bluetooth…

The Google Pixel at a Glance widget is set to get a remarkable upgrade that gives users more control. A recent APK teardown has shown off the presence of some customization upgrades to the at a Glance widget feature. This time around, the upgrade gives users the ability to customize the widget, so it suits their style. With this APK teardown, it is clear that users would be able to pick from three background options. These background options will define how the widget will appear on users’ devices. Already this widget…

WhatsApp is making your conversations more fun with a new feature called instant video messages. It lets you record and send short video messages directly from the chat, similar to audio recordings. These videos can be up to 60 seconds long and appear circular in the chat. Circular instant video messages aren’t a new concept. Telegram has had the feature for a long time now. WhatsApp is essentially copying it. The Meta-owned messaging app was first spotted working on this feature in mid-June. It rolled out the new form…

Google is rolling out its unwanted tracker detection feature on Android devices, weeks after the company announced the feature at Google I/O 2023. Users who are running recent versions of Android will receive alerts when they are being tracked by an unknown Bluetooth-based tracker. The first device to be supported by the feature is Apple's AirTag tracker. The search giant has also decided to pause the rollout of its upcoming Find My Device network until Apple implements protections for tracking devices on iOS.The Android…

Beta testers are noticing that the Google Message pin feature is getting some improvements. This can be seen in the recent beta update that is rolling out to the app. With this update, beta testers can now pin up to five conversations, an improvement from the current limit the app gives users. This pin feature will be available for usage on both RCS and regular text messages that users get. Google has kept the number of conversations users could pin down to three for a long time. The limit on three pinned conversations…

The Samsung Galaxy Ring rumors are reaching a fever pitch. From what we’ve heard so far, this is a new fitness-tracking wearable device that the company has under development. It was reported last week that the development was nearing completion so mass production would be the next logical step. As per the latest reports out of South Korea, Samsung is likely going to decide next month when to begin mass production of the Galaxy Ring. There’s an expectation that it could begin in the month of August itself. Galaxy Ring…

Last updated: July 28th, 2023 at 12:40 UTC+02:00 Right around the time Samsung’s latest foldable phones, smartwatches, and high-end tablets hit the stage at Unpacked, the vice president of mobile for Samsung South Africa confirmed that the Galaxy S23 FE is coming soon. How soon? “Imminently,” according to the official. Meanwhile, a live photo of the upcoming Fan Edition device emerged online. The US version of the Galaxy S23 FE was spotted recently on the Wireless Power Consortium website. Not only was the name and…

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series was launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event earlier this week. The series includes the Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic models, and they are now up for pre-order in India. The flagship wearables now support Near Field Communication (NFC) based Tap to Pay feature in the country. This functionality allows users to make payments directly from their wrists without using a smartphone. The Galaxy Watch 6 series runs on Exynos W930. They are available in dial sizes ranging from 40mm to 47mm.…

A couple of days ago, Twitter officially changed its handle from @twitter to @x. The thing is, the @x handle was already taken, and was not in Twitter’s possession. Twitter took the @x handle from that user in order to claim it, and we thought that the company did compensate the owner of it, but it turns out that’s not the case. Twitter didn’t properly compensate the owner of @x handle, it seems The details got revealed by The Telegraph and Business Insider. The owner of the handle was Gene X Hwang, a photographer from…