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2 | These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Wednesday July 10 2024. I'm Sarah Lane. | |||||
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6 | At its Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris Wednesday, as expected Samsung announced a slew of new products, starting with the Galaxy Z Fold6. It has a 6.3-inch AMOLED cover screen that's slightly wider than its predecessor, which unfolds into a 7.6-inch AMOLED screen that is also slightly wider and more square. Both screens have 120 Hertz refresh rates. The Fold6 is also slightly thinner and 6% lighter than the Fold5. The camers and battery remain the same. Samsung promises 7 years of updates. The Fold6 starts at $1,899, up $100 in price from the Fold5. | https://9to5google.com/2024/07/10/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-6-price-specs-release-date/ | ||||
7 | Samsung also announced the Galaxy Z Flip6 has a 3.4-inch AMOLED cover screen that unfolds into a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen. The cover screen can handle more widgets, including suggested replies to message notifications and real-time weather and time updates to wallpaper. The main camera sensor gets a nice bump from 12MP to 50MP. And the battery iOS 8% larger than the Flip5. Although it's thinner it isn't lighter. It gets Android 14 and OneUI 6.1 support, with 7 years of updates, starting at $1,099. | https://9to5google.com/2024/07/10/galaxy-z-flip-6-price-specs-release-date/ | ||||
8 | At its Unpacked event Samsung also officially announced its $399.99 smart ring, which has optical heart rate and skin temperature sensors, plus a titanium frame. Samsung promises 7 days of battery life on a full charge. The Ring works in tandem with Android phones that can run the Samsung Health app, and comes in 9 finger sizes ranging from 5 to 13. It offers sleep tracking (based on movement, heart and respiratory rate) , menstrual cycles (based on skin temperature while sleeping), and can automatically detect walking and running. It doesn't require a subscription fee for the tracking services. The Ring comes in gold, silver, or black for $399. | https://www.theverge.com/24194938/samsung-galaxy-ring-hands-on-price-unpacked-2024 | ||||
9 | Google said on Wednesday that it is bringing its own new features across multiple apps to Samsung's new devices. Gemini for Android is designed to be better with foldables and their split screen interfaces. For example you can swipe the corner of a cover screen or say “Hey Google” to bring up Gemini. | https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/10/google-brings-new-gemini-features-and-wearos-5-to-samsung-devices/ | ||||
10 | Microsoft said in a letter to OpenAI that it's given up its seat as an observer on OpenAI's board. Apple reportedly will also abandon its plan to have Phil Schiller as its OpenAI board observer, according to the Financial Times' sources. Antitrust authorities in the EU and US are currently examining the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI as part of broader concerns about competition. | https://www.ft.com/content/ecfa69df-5d1c-4177-9b14-a3a73072db12 | ||||
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12 | The Dallas Stars hockey team are becoming a FAST service. That is a Free Ad-supported Streaming TV service, at least in their local market for their own games. Rather than partner with a regional sports network as most teams have done for decades, the Stars are launching a service called Victory+. Fans inside the local broadcast territory can stream the Stars games for free with ads. Fans outside the territory can still watch pregame, postgame and news shows produced by the Stars. For games they'll have to go to a subscription service like ESPN+. | https://awfulannouncing.com/nhl/dallas-stars-free-ad-supported-streaming-service.html | ||||
13 | Microsoft is raising Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing starting in September, with a new “standard” subscription that doesn’t include day-one access to first-party Xbox games. The company has started emailing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in the US that on September 12, the price goes up to $19.99 a month, 3 dollars above the $16.99 a month pricing. PC Game Pass subscribers go from a $9.99 to $11.99 per month plan, and maintaining access to day-one titles. | https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/9/24195312/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-price-increase-standard-subscription | ||||
14 | Anyone running the IOS 18 beta 3 and Apple TVOS 18 beta 3 can now try Apple Insight in Apple TV+ shows. It's similar to Amazon's X-ray with info like actors, characters, and songs playing, available when you tap. You can add songs to your Apple Music account if you want too. | https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/08/apple-tv-insight-ios-18-tvos-18-beta/ | ||||
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