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Samsung has just taken the wraps off its new Gear S3 smartwatch.The Gear S3 is a large 46mm digital timepiece powered by Samsung's Tizen operating system. It will offer the same clickwheel-style bezel as 2015's Gear S2, a 30 percent larger battery and compatibility with Samsung Pay when it's released in three different models (including one with on-board LTE cellular) later this year. [embedded content] Follow along with the aouncements above, and check out our full hands-on first take and video.Read more:Samsung Gear S3 is a supersized smartwatch that brings Spotify and GPS to your wrist (hands-on) Samsung...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIs he a little bored with his iPhone? Tech.Science.Society/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I rather thought that tech CEOs all go around being nice to each other in public and only offering criticisms of other CEOs' companies through Masonic-like winks, nods and code words.I was moved, therefore, on Saturday night when I saw splendidly forthright Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff retweet this: "Crazy seeing Apple trying to catch Samsung. Battery life, waterproofing, blue color, front led light, &...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHarsh words. Hey, how about a lawsuit? Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Honestly, sometimes these tech types behave like artists.Fits of jealousy, tantrums of torment and, worst of all, accusations of thievery pepper their world.This week, as Samsung launched its rather fine Galaxy Note 7, one of its rivals was not pleased.Motorola hissied away on its Twitter account like this: "In what galaxy is it okay to steal competitor phones' cool features?"Could the company possibly have been referring t...

IBM created a computer chip that works like a brain. Now, Samsung has used it to create a biologically inspired digital eye.The IBM chip, called TrueNorth, is built of 4,096 tiny computing cores that form about a million digital brain cells and 256 million coections. Together they act like the brain's neurons, sending short messages to one another to process data. The design, known as neuromorphic computing, marks a dramatic departure from traditional chips that run software packaged into strict sequences of instructions. Neuromorphic chips are also optimized to get large amounts of processing done without consuming as much power as traditional chips.Samsung has adapted TrueNorth into its Dy...

Josh Miller/CNET Samsung hoped that no Olympic athlete would leave Rio empty handed. The South Korean electronics giant provided the more than 11,000 athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics with a special edition Galaxy S7 smartphone.One country, however, has refused the free gift. According to a report from Radio Free Asia, North Korea prevented the country's 31 competing athletes from receiving the complimentary smartphone. The report claims a North Korean official went to the Samsung office and took all of the phones that were to be provided to the country's athletes.Kim Song I, a North Korean athlete...

Enlarge ImageDacor made this luxury range with a built-in tablet. Chris Monroe/CNET Samsung Electronics America will buy Dacor, a company that manufacturers luxury kitchen appliances, Samsung aounced Wednesday. The acquisition reflects Samsung's continued investment in large home appliance and an interest in the high-end appliance market, where products like ranges and refrigerators carry price tags that reach into five figures. Dacor is a Califoia-based company founded in 1965. The company will keep its name and US operations and manufacturing though it will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, according...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWill it bomb? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It's a lot easier to just batter Apple if you're selling battery life.When Samsung accused iPhone users of being wallhuggers, there was a roar of approval from Galaxy types and calls to psychiatrists from Apple sorts.These days, the Korean company doesn't seem in the mood to Apple-bash, so it must resort to other marketing means.Its latest attempt to sell the Galaxy S7 Edge's battery life feels rather familiar. Here we have Day Glover as a ...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustrySamsung might buy up Fiat Chrysler's auto-parts companyYou'll probably recognize this label if you've been through an auto-parts store any time in the last, oh, forever or so. Magnetti Marelli Tech companies are eager to get themselves more involved with the auto industry, whether it's by creating its own automotive projects or by buying up other companies. Samsung appears to be making a move in the latter category, as it's in talks to buy up Magnetti Marelli, an auto-parts manufacturer under Fiat Chrysler.Samsung is in "advanced talks" to buy either some or all of Magnetti Marelli's b...

Your eyes will be the keys to unlock financial information and other private data on the Galaxy Note 7. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung will tap into iris scaing to help you launch financial apps on the Galaxy Note 7.At its Unpacked event on Tuesday, Samsung aounced that the new Galaxy Note 7 would be its first mobile device to offer iris recognition as a way to unlock the device. But the company also revealed that it will employ its Samsung Pass feature to work with the new iris scaer. That means you'll be able to use your eyes to securely open certain apps, most notably those that contain your financial informatio...

[embedded content]Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world -- and it tus out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true.The news so far:Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris scaer -- like an S7 Edge with a stylus (hands-on)Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Ready for the rumble of the jumbosSamsung's new Gear VR headset goes USB-C, but you won't be left behind (hands-on) Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 looks awesome in... ...

The sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, seen here, will be aounced on Tuesday, August 2nd at the company's Unpacked NYC event. Juan Garzón/CNET Samsung's "Unpacked" event is today in New York City and we're ready for the company to confirm everything we think we already know about the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The most reliable rumors whisper about the Note's 5.7-inch curved screen, USB-C port and an iris scaer for unlocking the phone on sight, but what about all those fresh leaks last week? Will the phone actually come with an iCloud-style data protection feature and a waterproof pen that can translate your...

It appears Samsung's Galaxy S7 is still the phone to beat. The world's largest smartphone maker on Wednesday reported its strongest eaings in two years, fueled in part by sales of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.Samsung said net income rose 2 percent year over year to 5.85 trillion won ($5.1 billion) for the three-month period ended June 30. Analysts were estimating net income of 5.64 trillion won, according to Bloomberg. Revenue for the second quarter rose about 5 percent to 50.94 trillion won ($45 billion), Samsung said. Despite a sluggish smartphone market overall, Samsung said operating profit for its mobile division rose to 4.32 trillion won ($3.8 billion) during the period. Strong sales of its h...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt's curiously affecting. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Brands are desperate to infiltrate the Olympics Games because they assume everyone will be watching. Consumer electronics giant Samsung is among the official sponsors of the Rio de Janeiro games, which may not be entirely positive given the unfortunately typical terrorism threats, as well as the spread of the Zika virus and "super bacteria." But once the money is spent, you have to make the most of it. So on Thursday, Samsung ...

Samsung Say bye bye to your pocket full of microSD cards -- Samsung's new UFS (Universal Flash Storage) cards are here to give them a swift lesson in the ceaseless march of progressionThey new cards are as small as microSD cards, but crucially, they're much faster. Samsung reckons the cards can achieve read speeds up to 530mb/s, which is five times faster than a normal microSD can achieve. Write speeds, Samsung says, are twice as fast on the new cards.The new cards' natural home will be inside video-capturing devices like drones. Many drones -- such as the new DJI Phantom 4 -- shoot video in 4K resolution, w...

Samsung Electronics expects its operating profit for the second quarter to beat expectations, as strong sales of its Galaxy S7 continue to resuscitate the company's mobile unit.The Korean Electronics giant expects to report an operating profit of 8.1 trillion won ($6.9 billion) for the three months ended June 30, a 17 percent increase from the year-ago period, according to guidance released Wednesday. The results would be the highest in two years and beat the average forecast of 7.8 trillion won that Thomson Reuters derived from a survey of analysts.Revenue is expected to 50 trillion won in the quarter, a 3 percent increase over the year-ago period. The guidance, released today ahead of ful...

The Galaxy Wide is designed for budget-conscious consumers. Samsung Samsung has cooked up a new smartphone, at least for South Korean consumers. The Galaxy Wide smartphone, unveiled Tuesday, is similar to Samsung's Galaxy On7 with such specs as a 5.5-inch, 1,280x720-pixel display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera. In many respects, the Galaxy Wide appears to be a rebranded version of Samsung's On7, according to blog site Sammobile. There are differences, though. The Galaxy Wide features 2 gigabytes of memory and 16GB of expandable storage, compared with On7's 1.5GB GB of RAM and 8...

Enlarge ImageCurved, cool, confident. You might be looking at the Galaxy Note 7. @evleaks; Twitter screenshot by CNET We've heard a lot of rumors about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (including the fact that it's leapfrogging the Note 6), but what we haven't seen so far is a good, clear picture of the anticipated phone.That changes with the latest "leak" from frequent Twitter tipster Evan Blass, known better on Twitter as @evleaks. Blass posted an image of three phones that could be the Note 7. The renders seem to confirm what we've already heard: that the Note 7 will have a curved front-screen and iris scaer, and...

The S Pen stylus in Samsung's upcoming Note 7 could have a brand new surface to skate on, if the latest rumor is true. This year's version of the Note line, which is known for the power of its digital pen, could ditch the Note 5's pin-straight sides and adopt vertical curves like the S7 Edge, according to tech site Android Authority and Twitter tipster @OnLeaks. It's an interesting thought. The smaller Galaxy S7 already echoes the S7 Edge with curves on its backside rather than its display side. For the argument of design unity for 2016 phones, a curve-screen Note 7 does make a certain amount of sense. But I do have to wonder if rounded edges would get in the way of navigating and drawing wi...

The Olympics are venturing into virtual reality for the first time, letting you beam yourself into the middle of your favorite event -- but only if you have a Samsung Gear VR and pay for cable or satellite. Samsung and its Gear VR headset will be the exclusive virtual-reality device to watch the first Olympics VR footage of the games in Rio starting in August, the company said in a release Thursday. Josh Miller/CNET A high-profile event like the Olympics is Samsung's bid to widen VR's appeal to more mainstream consumers and encourage their loyalty. Samsung is competing with rivals like higher-end Oculus Rift...

The sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, seen here, may be jumping over the number 6 and right into 7. Juan Garzón/CNET Samsung's Galaxy Note smartphone line has been one number behind the company's S series phones since the Note's 2012 debut. That may be changing in 2016, with reliable tipster Evan Blass reporting on Twitter on Saturday that Samsung's sequel to last year's Galaxy Note 5 will skip the number 6 and be named the Galaxy Note 7. Should this become official, the jump would bring the naming of Samsung's S-Pen equipped smartphones in line with the branding scheme...