Here’s a better look at the Samsung Galaxy A8s

Yesterday we were talking about the almost all-screen phones we could expect from both Samsung and Huawei. Today we get a better look at the Samsung Galaxy A8s as the phone is getting its necessary clearance from China’s TENAA. It doesn’t reveal new details about the phone that hasn’t already been leaked. But we do get a better look at the front and rear of the phone. You see the 24-megapixel selfie camera hidden inside the tiny cutout on the top left corner of the 6.39-inch Infinity-O display. At the back, we see the rumoured triple camera setup: 24-megapixel main with f/1.7 aperture, 10-megapixel telephoto with f/2.4 aperture, and 5-megapixel depth with f/2.2 aperture. There’s also a fingerprint sensor and a white with deep blue gradient colour scheme. The phone is rumoured to be getting a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor with 6GB of RAM and 3,300mAh battery.

Source: GSMArena

Samsung, Huawei tease upcoming all-screen phones with tiny cutouts

Trying to solve the notch issue has some manufacturers flexing their creative muscles a bit. One of the implementations we’re going to be seeing in the coming weeks come from Samsung and Huawei. Both companies have teased images of its upcoming Galaxy A8s and nova 4, respectively. Both sporting tiny cutouts for the front-facing camera, eliminating the need for a notch but still getting an almost full-screen experience sans extra movable parts. We’re going to hear more about these phones when Samsung launches the Galaxy A8s on December 10 (at least according to a post from their Weibo account) and on December 17 when Huawei launches the nova 4.

Source: SlashGear

Bethesda support site for ‘Fallout 76’ leaks customer information

If you think things couldn’t get any worse for Bethesda, well, they just did. The latest issue has customers reporting that they’re getting access to other customers’ personal data when they submit support tickets through Bethesda’s support site. Earlier in the week, Bethesda told customers to file claims on the support site if they’d purchased the Power Armor edition of Fallout 76 and want their canvas bags replaced. What this prompted though, is that some customers got information they shouldn’t have access to, like addresses, emails, and some even partial credit card information. Bethesda resolved the issue after taking the site down for a bit. But there will expectedly be fallout (pun unintended) from this latest trouble and Bethesda has to pick up the pieces once again.

Source: Polygon

Head down music memory lane with Spotify’s 2018 Wrapped

Spotify has taken off the wraps of its 2018 Wrapped feature. If you’re unfamiliar with it, this annual feature shows its users what music and podcasts they’ve enjoyed over the past year on the service. (In my case, it showed the amount of times, I’ve listened to Shawn Mendes this year.) It’s a fun, shareable infographic that shows what songs, artists, and genres have dominated your account this 2018. At the same time, you get a playlist of your top 100 songs of the year as well as a new Tastebreakers playlist that shows artists and music that should be on your radar. Tastebreakers is based off of the music you listen to. 

This year, Spotify is even sharing some of its listeners Wrapped data in prominent places, like Times Square or London’s Piccadilly Circus. Artists also have a chance to see which of their songs were the most popular by month, total hours of music streamed by fans, and other information.

Source: TechCrunch