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Samsung last week confirmed that the September SMR contains fixes for more than five dozen vulnerabilities found in Android OS as well as its custom skin, i.e. One UI. Those vulnerabilities had varying risk levels, with the company saying at least three of them were “critical” issues. Almost two dozen of the patched issues were Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVE) items. These are security flaws that only affect Samsung smartphones and tablets....

The Galaxy Buds 2 have been unboxed ahead of time The Galaxy Buds 2 have been unboxed ahead of time The earbuds have been unboxed in Egypt, and we’re looking at a green variant here. The earbuds themselves are green, as is the inside of the charging / carrying case. The outer shell of the charging case is white, though, that goes for every model of the earbuds. We’ve seen plenty of leaks of these earbuds thus far, so we knew what to expect....

It’s clear that Sonos has an energy-based naming theme going on here. It now has three lines of soundbars: Beam, Arc, and now Ray. If you recall, the Sonos Beam is the $449 soundbar while the Arc weighs in at $899. These are soundbars that you’ll want to clean out your savings for, but not with the Sonos Ray. The Sonos Ray soundbar will be the budget-friendly member of the family The Sonos Ray soundbar will be the budget-friendly member of the family...

The software on the original Surface Duo was really buggy The software on the original Surface Duo was really buggy Most of the people who reviewed last year’s Surface Duo walked away with a sour taste in their mouths. The hardware was nice, and the overall aesthetic was pleasant, but the software experience left much to be desired; it was very poorly optimized for the Duo’s eccentric form factor. This is an issue for a lot of different devices that try to make Android do something it wasn’t built to do....

But based on the available data, banks don’t keep the money their clients deposit. Instead, they use the funds to do business and generate revenue. The problem is that they need to tell people the profit they’ve made. They give you back a tiny portion of the revenue as interest earned. That’s where Satoshi Nakamoto’s concept kicked in. This anonymous group of software developers created Bitcoin to counter the challenges associated with conventional banks....