Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch faces
Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch faces

A London court already found 26 of Samsung’s smartwatch faces infringed Swatch trademarks. Now the two sides are fighting over the bill. The fight between a Swiss watchmaker and the world’s largest phone maker has come down to a number, and the number …

Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API
Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API

From October this year Samsung will roll out a variety of new paid tiers for access to its SmartThings API, including a $4.99 monthly plan for “non-commercial, individual developers.” It won’t just be developers that pay the price though. Some more advanced smart home users are likely to fall afoul of the rule change if […]

Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest

Numbers in the trillions have a way of losing their edges, so it is worth holding this one still for a moment. Samsung is expected to announce plans to invest 1,000 trillion won, around $647.5bn, in South Korea over the next 10 years, according to loca…

Samsung’s wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 may fix the two foldable flaws people still complain about

Samsung’s rumored Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide could bring a lighter feel and reduced display crease, tackling two of the biggest complaints around foldables.

Samsung’s new budget phone Galaxy A27 5G costs $50 more, yet downgrades two key features

Despite a $50 price hike, the Galaxy A27 5G actually takes a step back in a couple of areas compared to the A26, though it does pick up a faster processor and a sleeker design with AI upgrades.

Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades
Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades

The Galaxy A27 has been announced, and at $349.99 it’s $50 more than last year’s A26. That’s understandable in the current economic climate, but a harder sell given that Samsung has also downgraded a few key specs. Compared to last year’s phone, the A27 has lower resolution 12-megapixel selfie and 5-megapixel ultrawide cameras, worse IP64 […]

You don’t need to overpay for a premium Android tablet with this Galaxy Tab S11 deal

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 gets a Prime Day price cut, making its AMOLED screen, slim design, and included S Pen much easier to justify for Android tablet shoppers right now.

Samsung plans a 90 trillion won buyback to fund a chip-worker bonus
Samsung plans a 90 trillion won buyback to fund a chip-worker bonus

Samsung Electronics is preparing a share buyback worth about 90 trillion won, one of the largest repurchase programmes a South Korean company has attempted, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified industry sources. The figure …

South Korea is in talks with Samsung and SK Hynix over a second chip cluster
South Korea is in talks with Samsung and SK Hynix over a second chip cluster

A presidential adviser says AI demand could pull forward the next phase of fab construction by more than a decade, and that the country needs somewhere to put it. South Korea’s government is in talks with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix about the next…