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Samsung’s new Exynos 9810 chipset brings ‘Face ID’ to the Galaxy S9
The victories of Apple are finally catching up with Samsung. Announcements of the company’s new Exynos 9810 chip are whistling a familiar tune — one where Samsung seems to be mimicking the iPhone X’s most celebrated feature.
Every year, Samsung updates its in-house Exynos chips to catch up with the evolving standards of the industry. With the recent unveiling of the Snapdragon 845, Samsung has a lot of catching up to do, especially since Qualcomm is priming its processors for advanced features like augmented reality.
As with every year, the Exynos 9810 enjoys a bump in processing speed. The second-generation 10nm processor rocks an eight-core CPU; four of these cores can reach up to 2.9GHz (up from the 2.3GHz limit of the Exynos 8895). Samsung boasts that this boosts the chip’s performance by 40 percent.
Further, Samsung upgrades its phone security using a page from Apple’s playbook. After dabbling in iris scanning and 2D face recognition, the Exynos 9810 teases compatibility with “realistic face-tracking filters.”
As mentioned, Samsung tried face recognition before. But since it was only in 2D, it was easily hackable. The new feature will mitigate this and move closer to the standards set by Apple.
Likewise, the new chip also works on Samsung’s Portrait Mode and other multimedia features. With advanced image stabilization, the Exynos 9810 can record UHD videos up to 120fps. The chip can also record more accurate images with better color fidelity.
Samsung has already confirmed that the chip is in mass production. This gives it a comfortable time frame for the Galaxy S9’s launch early this year. Given that Asian countries are often a recipient of the Exynos models, expect the new features to arrive when the S9 lands.
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 lands in Singapore
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Canva teams up with SB19 to turn A’TIN’s passion into creativity
Campaign lets fans access assets, editable templates, more
Canva Philippines has joined forces with SB19 and Sony Music Entertainment to launch the “Kaya sa Canva” campaign.
This first-of-its-kind initiative is aimed at transforming the popular Filipino boy band’s fanbase into creators by giving them access to official design assets, exclusive templates, and powerful creative tools.
That’s of course as fans have a way of creating artwork, banners, and more outputs to honor their idols.
As such, the partnership enables the A’TIN (SB19’s fanbase) to access the Canva-exclusive SB19’s Creative Hub.
This dedicated space lets fans access assets, including SB19-inspired sticker packs, custom typography, and editable templates inspired by the group.
Fans around the world will initially have access to templates for photo-booth strips, wallpapers, posters, and videos.
The campaign will then expand with Canva-exclusive assets celebrating the group’s New Era, as well as their latest single, “Lawless”.
Meanwhile, the original song “KAYA” is accompanied with an upbeat music video, doubling as a love letter to A’TIN and a masterclass in Canva’s tools.
Every visual and animation is fan-inspired, a celebration of the creativity, passion, and dedication that’s defined in the community from day one.
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The iPhone 18 might sell out for an unexpected reason
The ongoing shortage might play a part in the phone selling out earlier than expected.
An iPhone selling out is not news. Because of how popular the phones are, it’s within the realm of probability that Apple runs out of stock at some point. According to a new report, this year won’t be any different… but it’s for an entirely different reason.
First reported by analyst Tim Culpan, Apple is reportedly struggling to meet its demand for semiconductors for the iPhone 18 and the foldable iPhone. The ongoing memory shortage is cutting off Apple’s ability to deliver the required supply of smartphones in a timely fashion. The report even claims that TSMC, which helps produce the iPhone, is sitting on a shipment of processors, worth US$ 1 billion, that don’t have memory chips.
Now, Apple is still confident that it can weather the launch. However, if the shortage persists, the iPhone 18 generation will likely sell out much more quickly than expected.
It’s an interesting time for Apple to experience such a shortage. It’s been heavily rumored that the company will launch its very first foldable phone next month, creating a new market for the brand. Apple definitely wants this attempt to succeed after the tepid response to its last new product, the Vision Pro.
SEE ALSO: Did Tim Cook just confirm that iPhone prices are going up?
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These “smart” glasses just sold out in under a week
DuckDuckGo touts that these glasses have zero AI, zero cameras, and an infinite battery life.
Smart glasses are in a weird place right now. While a chunk of the population views them as cool and innovative, another significant chunk sees them as a privacy nightmare. If you’re in the latter group but want to see what life is like on the former, DuckDuckGo has a new product: a pair of anti-surveillance glasses with no camera or AI, otherwise known as just normal sunglasses.
If it’s not obvious, yes, it’s a troll product. DuckDuckGo is a search engine famously known for pushing privacy as a priority, opposing Google’s penchant for advertising and AI. Now, the search engine is taking on the smart glasses market.
Partnering with Knockaround, DuckDuckGo released the Paso Robles, a pair of sunglasses touted as having zero cameras, an always-offline mode, and a battery life of infinity.
It’s a statement piece. The rims have a logo mark, similar to the Meta’s glasses. The packaging also states that the glasses are “designed to block the sun, not send data to the cloud.”
Now, if you want a pair, they cost only US$ 35, as opposed to Meta’s US$ 299 price tag, but they are already sold out.
Which says quite a bit about today’s sentiment against AI and for privacy. Of course, to be fair, DuckDuckGo’s supply is certainly less than Meta’s stock for their smart glasses. It does, however, prove that the sentiment is there.
As of now, the world is slowly realizing that unimpeded smart glasses aren’t such a good idea, leading to people concerned about their privacy. In fact, some states have already started banning the technology in certain public spaces.
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