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Cameron John Wagenius, aka kiberphant0m, had already pleaded guilty on two charges for hacking T-Mobile and Verizon, and could face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to additional conspiracy, extortion, and identity theft charges.

If you missed anything from Samsung’s big event earlier this week, we’ve got the highlights for you to watch right here, along with our first impressions of the new Fold / Flip and Galaxy Watch 8 series.

The new app, called Candl, puts your contacts’ birthdays into a single calendar where you can track and sort through upcoming birthdays, as well as see whose astrological sign you’re most compatible with, as reported by TechCrunch.

If you thought Samsung’s more affordable flip phone felt like an afterthought during yesterday’s Unpacked, apparently so did every major US carrier. SamMobile points out that none of Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T lists the FE, and even Samsung’s own site only offers the phone unlocked.

In a letter to the FCC, T-Mobile executive Mark Nelson confirms that the company is “ending its DEI-related policies... not just in name, but in substance.” He adds that the carrier “will no longer have any individual
roles or teams focused on DEI.”

Doesn’t look like we’ll get a trifold tease as a “one more thing” thing here. Guess there’s always January...

There’s one more flip phone this year and this “Fan Edition” didn’t exactly get a big spot in the presentation. It’s $899, which sure, that’s a few hundred bucks cheaper than the Z Flip 7. But its... not that cheap? I dunno. It exists.

The bigger front screen on the Galaxy Z Flip 7 makes space for my favorite new lock screen feature: a clock the gets dynamically shorter and longer depending on your wallpaper photo. It’s on iOS 26 too, so I guess Long Clock is officially a trend.

That’s the starting price for the Z Fold 7, which goes up for pre-order starting now. Better hope those trade in deals are strong!

We are two years into the era of AI on phones and I’m just going to say it: I don’t need any more explanations about how AI can generate useful summaries of text for you. I get it! Let’s just take this for granted and not trot it out at every product launch, please? Anyway, the new foldables have lots of AI. Again.

Android and Pixel boss Rick Osterloh is here to talk about Gemini on Samsung phones. He’s plugging Circle to Search getting access to AI mode, plus Gemini Live on the Z series. Samsung and Google are good friends, Google and Samsung would like us to remember.

The newest Fold is the thinnest Samsung foldable ever, and Samsung calls it an “ultra” experience... without actually calling it an Ultra phone. Weird! But it really is super thin!

TM Roh is getting us started with some lofty talk about how technology improves lives. Also, we have our first mention of AI phones, so take a drink. I would but we’re not allowed even water in here.

Well, technically, it’s the Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s hot. Let’s see some foldys.

Samsung’s summer foldable extravaganza starts soon and we are here in Brooklyn ready for the big unveil. We’re expecting to check out foldables, wearables, maybe even a trifold if we’re lucky. Stay tuned!

Samsung usually offers pretty substantial trade-ins for its new folding phones. I have an old Galaxy Z Fold 3 that’s held up really well, and I held firm on trading in for the Galaxy Z Fold 6. I think at one point, Samsung was offering up to $1,000 for it. Will the same offer stand this year?

Survival Unit is a “survival horror strategy” game for smartphones. That’s about all we know so far, apart from this teaser image that reveals it’ll be set in the timeline’s early days while the Umbrella Corporation is still around.

Swiss minimalist phone manufacturer Punkt says it’s working with German company Gigaset on a line of “fully European-built mobile devices,” with the first to launch in Q4 this year.