New Galaxy S10 Leak Reveals Samsung's Fantastic Breakthrough

The Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are both expected to use ultrasonic technology to read the user’s fingerprints, a technique that Samsung has previously patented. The latest reports from ET News (via SamMobile) not only highlight the technology being used, but suggest that Samsung will have the very latest version of Qualcomm’s ultrasonic sensor:

Qualcomm’s first-generation ultrasonic sensor was launched in 2015. Its second-generation ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor was used by a few Chinese manufacturers in their devices last year. Samsung is likely to be the first manufacturer to use the third-generation sensor. It would also be the first time that Qualcomm’s ultrasonic sensor gets picked for a device as high-profile as the Galaxy S10 which is likely to ship many million units across the globe.

Galaxy S10 Concept (Creative Commons, by mobil-helden.de)

 CREATIVE COMMONS, BY MOBIL-HELDEN.DE

Apart from the aforementioned limited runs in Chinese devices, the majority of in-display fingerprint readers have used optical sensors. These offer the same physical experience to users, but are slightly cheaper. Ultrasonic’s main benefit is an increase in accuracy by modelling the fingerprint in three dimensions.

That doesn’t mean that Samsung is ignoring the imaging version of the sensor. The third handset in the anniversary portfolio - the presumptively named Galaxy S10 Mini - is expected to use the imaging style sensor.

Security may not be a key battlefield for consumers, but it is something that is understood. Enterprise is another mater, where it is a key concern (especially if government contracts are in the air).

Warning As Samsung Smartphones Crippled By Latest Update, Factory Reset Needed

Samsung has come under fire in the U.S. after a software update earlier in the week has reportedly locked some users out of their Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus devices, with only a factory reset being offered as a solution.

"I updated my phone with the latest software update," reported one owner on Samsung's support site. "When it restarted it asked me for a password to access my device even though I have never set up my phone with a password to access it—I've talked to Verizon and Google support and both recommend a factory reset."

The official advice from a Samsung Care Ambassador was the same: "I'm sorry to hear that you're locked out of your phone. I think I may be able to help you reboot into recovery mode so that you can factory reset the device."

"That is NOT a solution," responded several users on the site—wiping all the data from phones is not "a simple glitch," especially as Samsung has "removed the ability to remote unlock using 'find my mobile'... Samsung needs to correctly address this via a Password bypass remote unlock via tech support."

The issue only seems to be hitting certain devices on certain networks in the U.S., including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, but when it hits it hits hard—"Samsung doesn't yet seem to be aware of the issue, or in the least, it has not said that it is working on a fix yet. Which is a pretty big deal," reportedAndroid Headlines.

For Chinese firms in US, ability to navigate the cultural gap can determine success or failure

In 2014, two Chinese chemical companies outlined plans to build massive, multibillion-dollar plants in the United States, ultimately located within a few miles of each other in Louisiana. Five years later, YCI Methanol One has completed all major permitting and its plant is 60 per cent built, while Wanhua Chemical Group Co is still struggling with approvals.

The divergent paths reflect in part their different experiences navigating American business culture, risks and constraints, say company executives, local officials and citizen groups.

As Chinese companies venture overseas in growing numbers – becoming bigger targets for political, labour and security critics, seen most recently with Huawei Technologies and ZTE – their ability to navigate very different cultures is an increasingly important determinant of success.

A survey last month by the 1,500-member China General Chamber of Commerce-USA, an umbrella group of Chinese companies, identified cultural differences as the greatest problem members face in hiring and retaining American workers. US-China cultural divergence was among the top strategic challenges, it said.

 

Just a matter of when': the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar

The desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the Northern Territory, is not the most obvious place to build and transmit Singapore’s future electricity supply. Though few in the southern states are yet to take notice, a group of Australian developers are betting that will change.

If they are right, it could have far-reaching consequences for Australia’s energy industry and what the country sells to the world.

Known as Sun Cable, it is promised to be the world’s largest solar farm. If developed as planned, a 10-gigawatt-capacity array of panels will be spread across 15,000 hectares and be backed by battery storage to ensure it can supply power around the clock.

Overhead transmission lines will send electricity to Darwin and plug into the NT grid. But the bulk would be exported via a high-voltage direct-current submarine cable snaking through the Indonesian archipelago to Singapore. The developers say it will be able to provide one-fifth of the island city-state’s electricity needs, replacing its increasingly expensive gas-fired power.

 

This will be the channel through which Australian energy production will greatly reduce [global] emissions

Ross Garnaut

After 18 months in development, the $20bn Sun Cable development had a quiet coming out party in the Top End three weeks ago at a series of events held to highlight the NT’s solar potential. The idea has been embraced by the NT government and attracted the attention of the software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is considering involvement through his Grok Ventures private investment firm.

The NT plan follows a similarly ambitious proposal for the Pilbara, where another group of developers are working on an even bigger wind and solar hybrid plant to power local industry and develop a green hydrogen manufacturing hub. On Friday, project developer Andrew Dickson announced the scale of the proposed Asian Renewable Energy Hub had grown by more than a third, from 11GW to 15GW. “To our knowledge, it’s the largest wind-solar hybrid in the world,” he says.

Rupee to remain subdued as USD/INR forms Doji Candlestick pattern at support level

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As expected, a bullish trend in Indian Rupee (INR) has taken a pause and sideways movement has been witnessed in the week gone by.

As the target of Head and Shoulder pattern has already been achieved, the US Dollar (USD) was also expecting a bounce back as per technical parameters after trading in an oversold territory and eventually resulted in a pause in an ongoing bullish trend of Indian Rupee (INR).

In coming week as well, the traders can expect the INR to remain subdued with a negative bias as on daily chart USD/INR currency pair has formed “Doji” candlestick pattern at the support levels and 5 bar positive divergence in RSI is providing a further strength to the pattern.

Apart from daily time frame, the weekly chart has also formed “Doji” pattern after three consecutive red candles; which is reflecting that bulls in USD are expecting a mild depreciation in Indian currency against USD in short term and we could see the INR melting up to its 20 Day Moving Average which is placed at 69.