South Korea's top trade envoy has said that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix won't be subject to 100% U.S. tariffs on chips, with the country benefiting from favorable rates on chips under its deal with Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/south-korea-samsung-sk-hynix-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #southkorea #samsung #skhynix #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #semiconductors
I found this great samsung spyware (I assume), I present to you : Samsung news!!
https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.app.spage?cId=000006738177
For an app that's just supposed to tell you the news :
- It comes bundled with the phone
- It auto connects you to your samsung account
- You can't uninstall it, or even disable it (usually only critical system apps that break your phone if disabled do this)
- In the app info the only permission it shows is notification
- However looking at the app package's info shows it also has permissions to see all installed apps, read and edit settings, run on phone startup and start stuff in the background
- Uninstalled it with root, my phone works flawlessly
Well, that's just 1 app I took a look at. There can be many more simillar ones! I really should install a custom OS
@soatok @xanthe @sebsauvage
#privacy #android #samsung
A screenshot of the app's permission manifest. Includes permissions like reading all the installed packeges, reading and editing settings, starting activities in the background etc
A screenshot of "Samsung news" app info. The only permission allowed is notifications, and the "Disable" button is greyed out
Intel has posted quarterly revenue that topped market expectations, saying it has cut about 15% of its workforce to be "more agile." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/companies/us-chip-intel-revenue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #intel #chipmakers #semiconductors #skhynix #tsmc #samsung
The latest version of Samsung's OneUI features a new version of the DeX that's based on Android 16's native desktop mode. But that means it's missing a bunch of features that were included in older versions. https://www.androidauthority.com/one-ui-8-classic-dex-3580755/#DeX#Samsung#OneUI#Android
South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a not-guilty verdict for the chairman of Samsung Electronics Jay Y. Lee, backing two lower court rulings clearing him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/south-korea-samsung-lee-fraud-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #samsung #jayylee #southkorea #fraud
This week Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 and Flip7 FE smartphones with bi-fold displays. But later this year the first Samsung phone with a tri-fold screen could be ready to go. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20250710/samsung-seeks-to-roll-out-tri-fold-phone-by-year-end-head-of-smartphone-business-says#SamsungGalaxyGFold#TriFold#Foldables#Samsung
Samsung has yet to secure certification from Nvidia for its most advanced high-bandwidth memory chip, creating an unusually long lead time for rivals and sinking its quarterly operating profit around 56% from a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/tech/samsung-profit-us-chip-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #samsung #us #semiconductors #ai