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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...

Attendees at next month's Google Play Indie Games Festival will have a chance to play more than two dozen new games, some of which are not yet widely available.Google on Monday unveiled the 30 Android games selected from more than 200 submissions vying for a chance to be exhibited at the conference. Fifteen of the games showcased are on a very limited beta, so this is the best opportunity many will have to play them.Fans will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite games at the festival. A complete list of the games chosen for exhibition can be found here.Google also aounced that it has opened up registration of the event, which will be held in San Francisco on September 24. The even...

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, &...

RoadshowNewsRoborace unveils self-driving Formula E race car prototype [embedded content] The perils of the high-speed racing circuit may one day no longer apply to human drivers, at least if Roborace and electric car inteational racing series Formula E has anything to say about it. Roborace has been working on a self-driving motorsport vehicle, aounced in November of last year, and now it's unveiled the prototype.Called the DevBot, it will be used to test and demonstrate the technology. "The primary purpose of the DevBot is to allow teams to develop their software and experience the hardware that will be used on the 'Robocar'," Roborace wrote on ...

Microsoft Gamers rejoice! Microsoft has revealed a new design, and it's everything you ever wanted in an all-in-one garment for your console gaming needs. The limited edition Xbox Onesie, as it is called, has been revealed in Australia to help celebrate the launch of the new Xbox One S console, available from today in both 500GB and 1TB models. The Xbox Onesie will be available in both black and white versions, with a bunch of features that Microsoft touts as "everything an entertainment enthusiast could need when streaming a favourite TV show or film, watching sports or embarking on the ultimate gaming sess...

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 ...

Users can also jazz up their photos with filters. Sound familiar? Facebook Facebook is basically Snapchat's little sister right now and wants to copy everything she does. The social-networking giant unveiled on Friday a tweak to its mobile app, a new main screen it's trying out in Canada and Brazil that looks a lot like Snapchat's home screen, according to BuzzFeed.The potential feature demonstrates just how much inspiration Facebook gets from Snapchat. On Tuesday, Facebook-owned Instagram added an element called Stories, which looks nearly identical to Snapchat Stories.The new home screen in the Facebook app...

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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...

Enlarge ImageThe ST-70, fully dressed. James Martin/CNET News I never met Peter, but I think of him every time I listen to Ligeti's "Atmosphères." Last year, Peter's daughter, a longtime friend, gave me his Dynakit ST-70 after she found the amplifier in her garage. Music was Peter's passion and his collection of audio equipment, carefully assembled over the years, reflected that love. The ST-70 was one of his prized possessions. If you're an audiophile, you know the ST-70. It's a classic and considered the last of the great American tube amplifiers, the one that challenged a rising tide of solid-state equip...

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...

It's official: Ghost Rider is coming to ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." this fall. No, not Nic Cage (I mean Johy Blaze), but a more recent incaation: Roberto "Robbie" Reyes, who drives a muscle car instead of a motorcycle. Gabriel Luna of "True Detective" will play Reyes. In the comics, Reyes is a teenager resurrected by the Spirit of Eli Morrow and transformed into Ghost Rider -- he made his first appearance in "All-New Ghost Rider #1" in May 2014.The panel aouncement also came with a brief teaser of the fiery chain-wielding cast member. In other news, it sounds like Daisy (Chloe Beett) might get a new love interest next season -- wait, is Reyes the right a...

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 ...