Pixel 3a and 3a XL randomly shut down for some users – Android Police

Pixel 3a and 3a XL randomly shut down for some users

Pixels have always had a considerable amount of issues, making some phone enthusiasts wary of them. We’ve even dedicated an unofficial bug tracker for the Pixel 3 here at Android Police to monitor the problems we’ve encountered. With the Pixel 3a and 3a XL being far from Google’s first attempt at smartphone manufacturing, we’ve been…

AMD says its chips are immune to crippling new vulnerabilities – Engadget

AMD says its chips are immune to crippling new vulnerabilities

Continuing with the bad news for Intel, Linux-specialist site Phoronix ran tests showing that the patches can significantly impact performance. Intel machines ran 16 percent slower on average with the new updates installed and hyper-threading enabled, compared to a 3 percent hit on AMD chips.To make matters worse, Apple and Google have advised Intel users…

One UI update brings a slew of new features to older Samsung smartwatches – Phone Arena

One UI update brings a slew of new features to older Samsung smartwatches

The Galaxy Watch Active is a pretty solid piece of wearable equipment, bringing together the best of the smartwatch and fitness band worlds, but obviously, it’s not for everyone. Not when Samsung still sells the crazy popular Gear S3, not to mention the “regular” Galaxy Watch that barely saw daylight last year.Apart from a significantly…