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Samsung Electronics has announced its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2026, covering July to September. Samsung said its consolidated sales for the period were approximately KRW 195 trillion ($145.33 billion), while consolidated operating profit was approximately KRW 107.40 trillion ($80 billion). In comparison, Samsung's consolidated sales for the second quarter of 2026 (April to June) were worth KRW 171.5 trillion ($127.78 billion), while the operating profit was KRW 89.49 trillion ($66.68 billion). In Q3 2025, Samsung had consolidated sales worth KRW 86.06 trillion...

Announced at Computex earlier this year, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is finally available for pre-order. The flagship laptop is powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC and is set to compete with Apple’s rumored MacBook Ultra. The Surface Laptop Ultra is currently available to pre-order through Microsoft’s official online store and select retailers worldwide. It starts at $2,599, with open sales beginning October 16. Customers can get up to $1,000 cashback when trading in an eligible MacBook Pro while purchasing the Surface Laptop Ultra. Microsoft has also revealed pricing for...

The RedMagic 12 Pro+ is set to launch in China on October 15. Ahead of the launch, the company has revealed the phone’s full design and color options, with pre-orders now live. In a post on Weibo, RedMagic confirmed that the 12 Pro+ will feature the company’s signature transparent design, a flat rear panel, and RGB liquid cooling. The phone will be available in Transparent Dark Night, Transparent Ice Blue, and Transparent Silver Wing colorways. Official renders also show that the rear camera module now sits flush with the rear panel. The RedMagic 12 Pro+ will feature a dual rear...

Starting today, Google is making its SynthID Detector tool available to everyone across the globe in English. This tool can be used to find out if an image, video, or audio file was made with AI from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, or Kakao. Soon, the SynthID Detector will also detect media that was created with Apple's AI tools. For its part, Google says it's watermarked over 180 billion images and videos and "240,000 years of audio content" with SynthID since it was launched in 2023. SynthID embeds imperceptible watermarks into images, video, and audio, and the SynthID Detector basically...

The Poco F9 Pro offers near-flagship performance at under £600. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V series chipset – the CPU is the same as on the flagship 8 Elite Gen 5 chip (with 2x 4.61GHz and 6x 3.63GHz Oryon cores), but the GPU has two-thirds the compute units. The V series compares favorably against the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (non-Elite) as it has higher CPU clock speeds and 12MB of Adreno High Performance Memory (HPM). That’s two-thirds of what the full-fat chip has (18MB), but the non-Elite version has none. That said, Xiaomi needs to fine-tune the throttling algorithm as...

Audiobooks on Spotify are currently accessible in 22 markets. Today, Spotify announced that it will expand audiobooks to more than 180 markets by the end of 2026. This expansion would allow Spotify's 750 million users worldwide to stream or purchase books on Spotify. Listeners in new markets would gain access to over 350,000 titles in more than 120 languages, including new catalogs in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish. Spotify says its partnerships with authors will be non-exclusive. In its new markets, users will be able to access audiobooks on Spotify in three different...

Back in August, Counterpoint Research estimated a total of 35 million smartphone shipments in Europe during the April – June period (Q2). We now get a more detailed breakdown of the shipment figures and their share between retailers and carriers. While shipments by open market (retailers) saw a slump of 11% compared to Q2 2025, the operator channel (carriers) only experienced a 4% decrease for the same period. Europe Smartphone Sales Share by Channel (Counterpoint Research Europe Channel Share Tracker) As Counterpoint analysts explain, carriers usually move higher-end devices compared...