Hacker News with Generative AI: Samsung

Samsung to cut 30% of foundry staff, plan 50% line closure by year-end (digitimes.com)
Reports indicate that Samsung is exploring a voluntary retirement plan for its DS division. Rumors also suggest the program could expand across the company, impacting the Mobile eXperience (MX), Visual Display (VD), and Digital Appliances (DA) divisions...

Samsung, Layoffs, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Technology

5 points by mgh2 17 days ago | 0 comments

Samsung meets MediaTek: The story of a small bug chain [pdf] (sstic.org)

Samsung, MediaTek, Security, Bug, Vulnerability

47 points by sipofwater 29 days ago | 5 comments

Attacking the Samsung Galaxy A* Boot Chain (quarkslab.com)
We discovered several vulnerabilities impacting the boot chain of several Samsung devices. Chained together, they allow us to execute code in the bootloader, get root access on Android with persistency, and finally leak anything from the Secure World's memory including the Android Keystore keys.

Security, Android, Samsung, Bootloader, Vulnerabilities

25 points by sipofwater 30 days ago | 7 comments

Galaxy A16 5G is here: Samsung's first cheap phone to get 6 years of updates (androidauthority.com)
Samsung has confirmed everything about the Galaxy A16 5G.

Samsung, Smartphones, Android, 5G, Software Updates

5 points by throwaway55479 30 days ago | 0 comments

The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking (empirical.health)
There are many rumors that an upcoming Apple Watch will measure blood pressure; similar features exist on Samsung watches internationally and are likely to come to the US once cleared by the FDA.

Health, Wearable Technology, Apple, Samsung, FDA

156 points by brandonb 42 days ago | 105 comments

Warning: Older Galaxy phones getting bricked by new Samsung update (androidauthority.com)
Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 phones are getting stuck in bootloops.

Software, Samsung, Smartphones, Android, Updates

7 points by notinmykernel 50 days ago | 0 comments

Samsung to Cut Thousands of Jobs (bloomberg.com)
Samsung Electronics Co. is laying off workers in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand as part of a plan to reduce global headcount by thousands of jobs, according to people familiar with the situation.

Samsung, Layoffs, Business, Technology, South Korea

5 points by mfiguiere 51 days ago | 0 comments

Epic Games sues Google Samsung over phone settings, violating antitrust laws (apnews.com)
Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices.

Antitrust, Lawsuits, Mobile Devices, Video Games, Samsung

4 points by rolph 52 days ago | 0 comments

Galaxy Buds reportedly exploded in a user's ear causing permanent hearing loss (androidpolice.com)

Consumer Safety, Samsung, Audio Devices, Hearing Loss

82 points by teleforce 56 days ago | 90 comments

Samsung starts mass producing PM9E1 Gen 5M.2 drive with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s (tomshardware.com)

Hardware, Samsung, Storage, Performance

25 points by elorant 63 days ago | 19 comments

Samsung will force you to make an account to get updates on your Galaxy phone (9to5google.com)
To use a Samsung Galaxy device, you don’t technically need a Samsung account, but you soon will to use the Galaxy Store.

Samsung, Galaxy, Mobile Devices, Updates, Privacy

9 points by josephcsible 70 days ago | 6 comments

Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions (reuters.com)

Samsung, Layoffs, Technology, Business

5 points by jmsflknr 71 days ago | 0 comments

An Ode to My 5-Year-Old Samsung Galaxy S10e (mbrizic.com)

Smartphones, Reviews, Technology, Samsung

23 points by CPAhem 82 days ago | 15 comments

Samsung's New EV Battery Tech: 600-Mile Ranges, and 9-Minute Charges? (pcmag.com)

Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Technology, Samsung

32 points by m463 102 days ago | 2 comments

Samsung to Mass-Produce Solid-State Batteries for 'Super Premium' EVs (pcmag.com)