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Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles down on its own hardware and moves some staff from other teams to work on Google-branded devices — It may be Google’s worst nightmare. Apple’s iPhone is stealing share from Samsung phones powered by Google’s Android software.
Yonhap News Agency:
South Korean prosecutors indict four current and former Samsung employees over allegedly stealing and leaking semiconductor tech to overseas companies — Prosecutors have indicted four current and former employees of electronics giant Samsung Group on charges of stealing highly valued …
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Samsung launches a co-branded credit card with Axis Bank in India, where it has 175M customers, offering 10% cashback to customers buying Samsung products — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is targeting repeat purchases from its 175 million customers in India through a new cashback credit card …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus with the iPhone 13’s design and notch, last year’s A15, improved camera sensors, and more — Apple today announced the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, as part of its September media event. The phones come in a new color lineup …
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Samsung announces expanded Google partnership to let Galaxy phone and tablet users onboard Matter-compatible devices to both SmartThings and Google Home systems — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Samsung has revealed details about how Matter smart home devices will work on its Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Google’s Project Zero reported five security flaws in devices with Mali GPUs in the summer, but Samsung, Xiaomi, Google, and others are yet to release patches — Google has disclosed several security flaws for phones that have Mali GPUs, such as those with Exynos chipsets.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Filing: Apple settles lawsuit against an ex-employee accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with the media; he will pay an undisclosed sum to Apple — Apple has settled its lawsuit against Simon Lancaster, a former design architect, who the company accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with a journalist.
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