9 terrific checks out from CNET today

Samsung paraded out an variety of glossy brand-new phones today — none as genre-altering as the Galaxy Fold, which opens like a book to expose a 2nd, bigger screen. It’s got device fans in a tizzy and CNET calling it “the most interesting phone we have actually seen in years.” And you can anticipate the buzz to continue next week as more collapsible gadgets are presented at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

But there were numerous other terrific stories today. Here are a couple of, in case you missed them… listed below the “fold.”

This second-generation chip from Qualcomm comes as we’re still waiting on first-generation 5G mobile phones. 

Unless you’re insane abundant and have phones to extra, Samsung’s $1,980 collapsible gadget might not be for you. 

If you’re not going to the theater on your own, are you even living a complete, fulfilling life?    

Varjo VR-1 dissolves pixels and gets to retina resolution — with eye tracking and a mixed-reality add-on coming this year.

As Samsung commemorates its 10th anniversary Galaxy, bear in mind that the very first Galaxy S wasn’t simply one phone. It was 4.

Forget authentic feeling and thanking your peers. The best Oscars speech has to do with quickly tweetable GIFs.

At the 2019 Oscars, Black Panther might take house an award for outfits. We speak with the designers who make your preferred superheroes look badass from head to toe.

The Google-owned video website’s most current scandal isn’t the very first time the service has actually had an issue with the exploitation of kids.

What’s an ultrasonic finger print scanner and why is it excellent?