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Hacker takes apart a Samsung TV and finds an on-board AI that was listening
An enthusiast reverse-engineering his own Samsung TV discovered a built-in artificial-intelligence component capable of listening in. The OpenAI account tied to it was suspended.
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Pwn2Own Ireland Day Two: Galaxy S26 Falls Three More Times
On the second day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, researchers earned $232,500 by demonstrating 45 unique zero-day vulnerabilities. Samsung's flagship was once again the star of the show.
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Pwn2Own Ireland 2026: 32 zero-days and $388,500 on day one
On the opening day researchers cracked the Samsung Galaxy S26 flagship twice and earned nearly $390,000 by exploiting 32 previously unknown flaws.
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A software update from Samsung froze its own smart fridges
The company halted a SmartThings update in Korea after some owners found their fridges had stopped working entirely, spoiling the food inside.
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How to Spot Samsung Doubling HBM4 Output: Watch the Glass
The tell is an unglamorous consumable — glass carriers used to thin the wafers. Samsung is raising demand for them 2.5-fold, and memory output should follow.
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Samsung Bans Smart TV Apps That Share Users' Internet with Strangers
Norwegian researchers found residential-proxy code in popular Samsung Smart TV apps that turns televisions into relays for other people's traffic. The company has promised to remove such programs.
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Samsung Health threatens to delete users' data if they opt out of AI training
The Samsung Health app warns that refusing to share data for AI training may result in the deletion of user information. The news sparked a wide-ranging discussion on Hacker News.
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Anthropic in Talks with Samsung to Develop Its Own Chip
Anthropic is in talks with Samsung about creating a specialized artificial-intelligence chip. TechCrunch reports this, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.