Short Daily Gadget & Tech News - 20210317

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Samsung (1)

Due to a worldwide chip shortage, Samsung cannot release its latest model of the "Galaxy Note" this year. This was reported by Bloomberg today. Recently, there has been a huge demand for electronics and chips have also been affected. These chips are not only used in smartphones, but also in cars and game consoles. For example, it is also difficult to get a Playstation 5 console.

Samsung (2)

Samsung today presented its 2 successors to the Galaxy A51 and the Galaxy A71. Logically, these are the new Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72. The Galaxy A52 now has a 5G version of its predecessor, but can also be delivered without 5G support. . The Galaxy A72 distinguishes itself with a 3x zoom lens.

Apple / France

In France, an investigation is started into Apple. This is reported by Reuters today. Apple wants to introduce a new advertising privacy policy. However, several advertisers say that Apple would favor its own apps. In a new version of the iOS operating system, Apple wants to oblige apps that track user behavior and sell advertisements on that basis to explicitly request permission.

Google

At least 99 million ads were blocked by Google in 2020. These were all advertisements related to the corona pandemic, such as advertisements for hand gels and mouth masks at far too high prices. Offers for fake vaccinations and fake treatments were also blocked.

Twitter

The now eighteen-year-old Graham Clark succeeded in 2020 to hack the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Kanye West, and Bill Gates, among others. Now he has been sentenced to three years in juvenile detention for this. This writes Tampa Bay Times. With those accounts, he wanted to scam people about bitcoins.

(source:nu.nl)

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