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Samsung has released the Galaxy Buds On, its first open-ear clip-on earbuds, exclusively in South Korea on October 27 in black for 299,000 won (about $220). The earbuds use a TwinBoost speaker system to boost bass and reduce sound leakage, plus automatic volume adjustment, touch controls, and voice isolation for calls. Samsung says a wider global rollout will follow but has not shared dates, regions, or pricing.
A QR code hides its destination until you have already opened it. susQR is a free web tool that checks the link first, and it is worth keeping one tap away.
Deep Silver is releasing free updates for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux that bring 4K textures, DLSS and PSSR upscaling, spatial audio, and controller haptics support on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The updates arrive October 22 on PC and October 29 on consoles, enabling 4K at 60fps or upscaled 4K at 120fps on compatible displays. The announcement also confirms a new entry, Metro 2039, due February 4, 2027.
Quishing works because a QR code gives you nothing to judge before you commit. Here is what the scams look like in practice and the habits that defuse them.
Nothing is accepting applications through October 5 for its Community Review Program, which gives selected fans early hands-on access to unreleased hardware or software. Participants receive a device to test, provide direct feedback to Nothing's team, and must return the product once the review period ends.
Passkeys replace a secret you know with a key your device holds. That single change removes most of what makes phishing work, and it changes how account recovery should be set up.
An electrical engineer has investigated the long-running science demonstration in which a pickle, when connected to an electric current, emits an orange glow. The researcher's work begins to explain the physical and chemical mechanisms behind the effect, which has puzzled observers for years despite being a familiar classroom trick.
Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site. The rule is old because it keeps surviving the specific ways people actually lose files.
Apple Arcade added five games to its subscription library, which now exceeds 200 titles. The lineup includes Pusheen's Place, a new exclusive life-sim game, alongside ad-free, purchase-free Arcade versions of Terraria+, Touchgrind BMX 2+, and River City Survivors, plus one additional title.
Most laptops that feel slow are not short of processing power. They are held back by a hard drive, a lack of memory, a clogged fan, or a browser doing too much.
404 Media reports it has viewed a law enforcement training video showing Magnet Forensics' GrayKey Preserve tool and a new Evidence Preservation Mode that can work around Apple's inactivity reboot feature, which normally restarts iPhones after 72 hours of being locked. The video reportedly shows the tools keeping a device in an 'After First Unlock' state even after a reboot, and claims they can also stop automatic deletion of certain cached data like locations, messages and photos.
Coverage highlights warnings that a nano-texture coating on the inner display of Apple's foldable iPhone should not be peeled off, despite some social media users suggesting otherwise. The device, reportedly priced around $2,000, risks damage if this layer is removed.