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Samsung's $2,000 Galaxy Fold Units Are Failing Left and Right With Disastrous Display Issues (androidpolice.com) 185

Posted by msmash on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @02:44PM from the this-is-fine dept.

Four Samsung Galaxy Fold review units in the hands of major US tech journalists all experienced device-breaking display failures today. AndroidPolice: Steve Kovach of CNBC, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, and Dieter Bohn of The Verge have reported major failures of their phones' display panels, just two days after receiving them. To say this is a disaster for Samsung is probably underselling it. Well-known YouTuber MKBHD claims to be having similar problems, but hasn't posted any images. Bohn and Kovach claim their displays failed without removing the panel's protective film (Samsung says not to take it off), but both Gurman and Brownlee did. The company has yet to begin shipping the device to consumers. So far it has only handed the phone to select journalists, most of whom reported issue with it today.

Comment Why are we still scared of cookies? (Score 1) 126

by apathyruiner on Sunday July 10, 2016 @02:44PM (#52483991) Attached to: Do We Need A Better Private Browsing Mode?

99.99% of my browsing I don't care if hosts know that I've been there before, or that I've been to a "partner" site. I rather like that my browser keeps a history of visited sites. Incognito is good if you want to keep your dirty habits secret from someone who might get their hands on your data. There is no such thing as truly private browsing. Yeah, yeah, VPN for your torrents, Great Firewall, etc, but there are holes in the security well past anything a typical user can influence.

How Anonymous' War With Isis Is Actually Harming Counter-Terrorism (metro.co.uk) 393

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 23, 2015 @06:07AM from the thanks-but-no-thanks dept.

retroworks writes: According to a recent tweet from the #OpParis account, Anonymous are delivering on their threat to hack Isis, and are now flooding all pro-Isis hastags with the grandfather of all 2007 memes — Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video. Whenever a targeted Isis account tries to spread a message, the topic will instead be flooded with countless videos of Rick Astley circa 1987. Not all are praising Anonymous methods, however. While Metro UK reports that the attacks have been successful, finding and shutting down 5,500 Twitter accounts, the article also indicates that professional security agencies have seen sources they monitor shut down. Rick Astley drowns out intelligence as well as recruitment.

Face-Mounted Nose Stylus Created For Phones 208

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @12:00PM from the because-he-can dept.

Lanxon writes "Designer Dominic Wilcox has come up with a Pinocchio-style 'finger-nose stylus' that lets you use your phone hands free, reports Wired. He came up with the design after he found that he wanted to use his touchphone in the bath. A wet hand is not a good touchscreen navigation device, so he found himself using his nose to scroll, but found it hard to see precisely where his nose was touching the screen. The solution was to create a nose extension 'finger' that would allow for navigation while holding the phone firmly in his one dry hand."

AT&T To Allow Xbox 360 As U-verse Set-Top Box 62

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 08, 2010 @03:27PM from the convergent-evolution dept.

suraj.sun sends this quote from Engadget about U-verse subscribers soon gaining the ability to use an Xbox 360 as a set-top box: "A so-called Wired Release will roll out to AT&T U-verse customers next Sunday, and it'll bring the long awaited feature with it (though you'll have to wait until November 7th for that particular aspect). This means an AT&T U-verse customer's Xbox 360 will have a Dashboard app, and when launched, it'll let it function exactly like any other U-verse set-top. The only major catch is that it can't be the only set-top — you'll need at least one DVR at another TV in the house to enjoy one of the four HD streams that could be funneled into your home."

Comment Let the whinging begin! (Score -1, Flamebait) 490

by Silverhammer on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @09:43AM (#31494540) Attached to: 11th Circuit Eliminates 4th Amend. In E-mail

It should be interesting to see how much (or little, more likely) our comments add to the conversation, since TFA presents the same basic position that most Slashdot readers already hold and it's presented with far more legal knowledge and in-depth analysis than most Slashdot readers are capable of.

Comment The judges only saw samples of emails (Score 1) 490

by Orga on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @09:42AM (#31494526) Attached to: 11th Circuit Eliminates 4th Amend. In E-mail

Subject: Via.GRA Subject: HOT WIVES WANT U Subject: LOST $$$1,234,566 MONEY FOR YOU Subject: STAY HARD LOOOOOOONGER

Comment Re:Death of broadcasting? (Score 1) 318

by commodore64_love on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @09:36AM (#31494458) Attached to: FCC's Broadband Plan May Cost You Money

>>>"Free" broadcast is alive and well - online.

That's NOT free. You have to pay a monthly bill, and if you go over ~250 gigabytes per month (which would be easy to do if internet == television in your home), then you have to pay even more money.

In contrast my broadcast television has NO monthly free and I get all of these channels:
MAIN channels:
2 (BaltimoreTV)
3 (ion)
6 (news)
8 (NBC)
10 (Xena, Hercules, and other 90s classic)
11 (syndicated/independent shows)
12 (PhillyTV)
13 (baseball)
15 (CW)
17 (MyNetworkTV)
21 (ABC)
27 (CBS)
33 (PBS)
35 (MIND)
43 (fox)
45 (sports)
48 (tbn)
49 (family)
51 (ads)
57 (reruns)
61 (ion)
65 (univision)

SUBchannels (X-2, X-3, X-4, X-5)
Wellness
This movie channel
Weather
NBC Sports
PBSkids
PBSinfo
PBSarts
RetroTV
IndiaTV
WorldTV
Megahertz (world news)
FOX News (local 24 hour news)
Smile of a Child (SOAC)
JCTV (music vids)
TBN Spanish
Telemundo

So that's what? About 40 channels? And they are all free-of-charge and takeup very little space on the spectrum (about 0.4 gigahertz). I don't see any reason to kill off broadcast, free TV as some companies like Microsoft, Google, and Apple want to do.

Comment Re:Gold cure sickness (Score 2, Insightful) 97

by poetmatt on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @08:28AM (#31493790) Attached to: Golden Nanocages To Put the Heat On Cancer Cells

I'm sorry, where is the logic there?

Have you ever had your eyes open for the last 20 years about anything in existence?

free on computing: it generally rocks
free on healthcare: it generally rocks
free food: that sucks?

I'm an american and I think you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Comment Re:What unstable countries ? (Score 1) 691

by Issarlk on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @06:58AM (#31493372) Attached to: China To Connect Its High-Speed Rail To Europe

Just throw more manpower at it and do two lines. One to india then middle east, one through Russia. Easy.

Comment Re:Sheeple (Score 1) 466

by Slashcrap on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @06:23AM (#31493246) Attached to: <em>BioShock 2's</em> First DLC Already On Disc

Gamers are some of the biggest mindless consumers there are right after the Apple fanatics :)

Some people have paid good money for Ayn Rand books, so it's hardly fair to single out gamers and Apple fanatics as mindless consumers. I mean, fucking hell, we're talking orders of magnitude here people.

Comment Re:And? (Score 5, Informative) 543

by apathyruiner on Monday June 22, 2009 @06:46AM (#28419309) Attached to: SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre

The first 5 are based on time and place of your application for an SSN. My siblings and I all have the same first 5, despite all being born in different states.

Comment Re:And? (Score 2, Interesting) 543

by apathyruiner on Monday June 22, 2009 @06:44AM (#28419297) Attached to: SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre

Your spending limit is clearly printed on your contract with Sprint, and you are required to initial that section confirming that you are aware of it.

City Slicker Birds Shun Their Country Cousins 95

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @04:16PM from the red-bird-vs.-blue-bird dept.

According to scientists, city Great Tits prefer other city Great Tits over country Great Tits. (Lets act like adults). The researchers found that the city dwellers responded more strongly to songs of fellow city dwellers and the same held true for the bumpkins. The average minimum pitch of male Great Tit songs in noisy urban areas was higher than in quieter, rural areas just a few miles away. Dr Rupert Marshall, of Aberystwyth University, Wales, and his team recorded bird song in 20 different cities in Britain. He says, "People speak louder and higher in noisy places like pubs and bars but still recognise their friends' voices once they go outside. Great tits seem to learn the high notes from their neighbours but don't respond as strongly to lower rural tones even when it's quiet."

Cocaine Test Prompts Red Bull Removal In Germany 290

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 25, 2009 @06:11PM from the but-it-just-tastes-so-yummy dept.

viyh writes to mention that six German states have mandated pulling Red Bull Cola energy drinks off the shelves after testing found trace amounts of cocaine in the drink. "Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment said Monday that the cocaine level was too low to pose a health risk. It planned to produce a more detailed report Wednesday. Red Bull said its cola is 'harmless and marketable in both the US and Europe.' It said similar coca leaf extracts are used worldwide as flavoring, and a test it commissioned itself found no cocaine traces."

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