gshc2020.com

It's an iterative update from Samsung, in other words, which has been the case with every tablet in its oversized, top-end lineup. But why mess with a working formula after this many refinements? Aside from removing the ability to remote control your tablet with an S Pen, which was not brought back this time around, the Tab S11 Ultra changed very little compared to the Tab S10 Ultra, and the new Tab S12 Ultra doesn't even look that different from the original Tab S8 Ultra released over four years ago. Tablets are tablets, and it's mostly what's under the hood that makes this year's upgrade worth examining.

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra's modest processor upgrade comes with a massive price hike

The Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra's laptop-sized display is once again interrupted only by a teardrop camera cutout for its single, ultra-wide lens  — a serviceable selfie and video call camera at 12 megapixels. As for the display itself, it's a 2,960 by 1,848 pixel Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel, just like every other tablet before it in this lineup including the S11 Ultra. This year, peak brightness sits at 1,600 nits for HDR content and 1,000 nits in high brightness mode, same as last year. The panels Samsung uses for this line of oversized tablets have always been impressive, and if you haven't held one in your hands, you're missing out on some true eye candy. Engadget's review of the S12 Ultra confirms that hasn't changed.

One solid upgrade this time around is support for four-channel spatial audio using the onboard four-speaker array. That's up from 2-channel spatial audio on the last-generation tablet. I can confirm that the four-speaker array on Samsung's previous Ultra tablets are second only to their displays in terms of wow factor. Watching TV and movies, especially those with good spatial mixes, I've experienced surprisingly wide soundstages and element positioning.

There is, predictably, a chip upgrade from the MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ to the Dimensity 9500 inside the S12 Ultra. Like its predecessor, the chip is built on a 3nm process. Samsung claims it represents a 19 percent increase in CPU performance and a 17 percent increase in GPU power, along with a 61 percent jump in NPU (if you're doing heavy AI tasks on your Samsung tablet, please explain what and why). There's also a new 3D vapor chamber for heat dissipation. But as 2nm mobile chips finally make major inroads into the market with the recent Apple A20 Pro and Qualcomm 8 Elite Gen 6 bringing major performance gains to the table, this processor doesn't bring enough uplift to justify the tablet's equally increased price. As is tradition at this point in the RAM-aggedon crisis, the Tab S12 Ultra starts at $1,400 for the 256 GB model with 12 GB of RAM. That's a price hike of $200 over the launch price commanded by the S11 Ultra. You'd be hard pressed to find a more expensive Android tablet from a mainstream vendor.

Samsung isn't fixing what's not broken on the Tab S12 Ultra

Sadly, there's no increase to the charging speed, which remains at 45W for the 11,600 milliamp-hour battery, which is also the same size found on the S11 Ultra. In a landscape where more nimble competitors like Redmagic are putting out tablets like the Astra 2 with much speedier charging (to say nothing of other specs), it's a bit of a letdown to see Samsung stagnate here. Again, the higher price would go down with more honey had we seen some real upgrades.

The two tablets are otherwise almost entirely identical. S12 Ultra will ship with the latest One UI 9.0 Android skin out of the box, but the S11 Ultra will get the same update before too long. Both tablets have the same IP68 water and dust resistance rating, so if you want to watch Netflix in the pool, either one will do. Both tablets have the same exact body measurements, the same thickness at 5.1 millimeters and even the same weight down to the gram  — 692 grams to be precise.

If you skipped out on the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra because of its paltry updates compared to the S10 Ultra, there's very little here to compel you this time around. If you've felt stymied by the performance of the S11 Ultra, you won't get a lot more breathing room from the new chip, and even S10 Ultra owners may not have a compelling reason to upgrade. If you've still got an S9 Ultra or even an S8 Ultra, this will feel like a significant boost, but the price is still difficult to swallow. Samsung didn't release the Tab S12 Ultra with any great fanfare, and nor should it have  — a press release launch for an on-paper update. Even so, you're not going to find a more well-specced Android tablet at this size. %!s()

YFCon 2026 comes shortly before Black Friday and Cyber Monday, when brands finish recruiting creators, seed product samples and test content ahead of the holiday rush. The event is expected to draw more than 15,000 attendees, including over 12,000 creators and 2,000 brands, with more than 30% of attending creators at TikTok Shop’s L3 level or higher. Its 30-plus headline speakers have generated a combined $100 million or more in gross merchandise value.

The biggest creators have managers, strategists and producers behind every brand deal. Most creators don’t have that. So Fypro.ai was built to give them that support from day one. Fypro.ai helps creators find post ideas, make AI videos, plan and publish content, build a storefront, select products and analyze their accounts. More than 30,000 creators currently use Fypro.ai each week to plan, post and sell content. 

Fypro.ai will walk creators and brands through the platform, which reviews a creator’s account, then activates what that creator actually needs, whether that’s a content plan, scripts and AI-assisted video, or a storefront with an exportable customer list.

“YFCon solves the meeting problem between brands and creators,” said Steven Zhou, co-founder of Caelith AI, the company behind Fypro.ai. “The real value shows up after the deal is made, when creators need the infrastructure to turn a partnership into significant revenue. Fypro.ai was built for this. Early October is when that message matters most.”

Where to Find Fypro.ai at YFCon

Creators and brands attending YFCon can find the Fypro.ai team at Booth A7 from Oct. 8-9 at 800 W Katella Ave., Anaheim, Calif. The team will be on hand to walk through the platform and answer questions.

More information about YFCon 2026 - BFCM Commerce Edition is available at https://www.fastmoss.com/yfcon2026-bfcm. Find more about Fypro.ai at Fypro.ai.

About Fypro.ai

Fypro.ai is an AI creator success manager built by Caelith AI, designed to give every creator the support that only top creators used to have. It learns a creator’s account, plans their growth, makes content with them and turns their audience into a business they own. Its engine has studied more than 4 million viral TikTok videos. Fypro.ai starts with TikTok and has Instagram publishing built in. Learn more at Fypro.ai.

About Caelith AI

Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Southern California, Caelith AI builds the foundations of autonomous commerce, the idea that commerce decisions can be made and executed by AI. Its portfolio includes StoreClaw.ai, an AI growth engine for e-commerce marketing and growth operations; Fypro.ai, an AI growth engine for creators; and Genstore.ai, a platform for launching and running an online business through conversation. Powering all three products is Caelum, Caelith AI's proprietary Commerce Intelligence Model, built for opportunity discovery, audience insight, and growth decisions.

Markets Insider and Business Insider Editorial Teams were not involved in the creation of this post. %!s()

Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited people from secretly record others using smart glasses in certain spaces. Those would have included changing rooms and doctors' offices, as the Associated Press notes.

In addition, SB-1130 would have forced the manufacturers of wearables to include an indicator that's on when the devices are recording video or audio (many already do). It would also have banned the sale of tech designed to mask a recording light or sound.

As Newsom put it, "this bill would make it a misdemeanor to operate a wearable recording device to capture sound or video of any other person in any area within a place of business where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy." He wrote in a letter to the State Senate that certain language used in the bill was too broad. "For example, the bill's definition of 'wearable recording device' could include certain smartwatches or other worn devices widely used in public spaces and capable of recording which could lead to significant confusion and unintended consequences," Newsom added.

As the governor pointed out, California already bans people from using an electronic device to record others in areas where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Like some other states, it has a two-party consent law that requires both participants of a conversation (including over the phone) to agree for it to be recorded. Still, more specific legal language could have helped deter people from violating others' privacy using smart glasses. There's a reason why many folks refer to these devices as "pervert glasses," after all.

TechNet, an advocacy group representing a litany of notable tech companies, opposed the law. Had it come into effect, someone found guilty of secretly recording others would have faced fines of up to $1,500 and/or a prison sentence. Companies making wearables without a recording indicator or tech designed to block such indicators would have faced fines of up to $2,500 per violation. %!s()

The company also has as directors Trailer Park Boys co-stars John Paul Tremblay, who plays Julian, and Robert Wells, who plays Ricky. The company added: “Now that he (Smith) is cleared of this matter, Mike is resuming his responsibilities with Trailer Park Boys Incorporated.”

Bubbles, Julian and Ricky and the rest of their Sunnyvale Trailer Park crew featured in the cult Canadian mockumentary about three petty criminals running scams from their Halifax business. The franchise included a TV series that streamed on Netflix and movies.

Smith stepped away from Trailer Park Boys Inc. in Oct. 2025 when he was charged with one count of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident in 2017, and pleaded not guilty. The CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, on its online news site said an unnamed complainant against Smith in a statement said she was “unwilling to sacrifice my mental health” by testifying during the trail.

The Trailer Park Boys was created in 2001 by Barry Dunn, Wells, Tremblay and Mike Clattenburg and originally launched on Canada’s Showcase channel. The series ended its Canadian TV run in 2008. Netflix picked up the Trailer Park Boys property in 2014.

THR Newsletters

Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day

Subscribe Sign Up

In March last year, researchers published a landmark study which found that BV can be sexually transmitted to women by male partners.

Concurrently treating women with the condition and their male sexual partners with antibiotics reduced BV recurrence rates by more than 60%, they found.

In new research, the same group of scientists set out to understand why about 20% of women treated concurrently with their partners were not cured of BV.

The study, published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health, involved 188 couples: the women were given a weeklong course of oral antibiotics, while the men were treated with both oral and topical antimicrobials.

It identified two distinct pathways to recurring BV: persistence of the condition despite a weeklong course of antibiotics, and re-infection.

Study lead author Dr Lenka Vodstrcil, a senior research fellow at Monash University and Bayside Health’s Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, said: “For about two-thirds of women, the day after they finish treatment, they return to … an optimal vaginal microbiome”, which is characterised by an abundance of healthy Lactobacilli bacteria.

The other third of women had microbiomes suggesting “they may not have cleared their BV” before couples resumed sex after treatment, and were nearly three times more likely to get the condition again within four weeks.

A better understanding of “persistence of infection … helps us develop new strategies to cure more women from BV,” Vodstrcil said.

BV can be asymptomatic or can cause vaginal itching, burning and discomfort. Treatment is essential as the condition can increase susceptibility to other infections and is linked to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

The study – which the researchers believe is the largest to date involving heterosexual couples receiving concurrent BV treatment – found that persistence and reinfection from partners were “distinct, but not mutually exclusive, pathways”.

Of the female participants, 30% used an intrauterine device, which the study found “could enhance the persistence of bacterial vaginosis following treatment in some women” but noted that further research was needed.

The scientists now plan to trial longer treatment lengths and combinations of multiple antibiotics.

“Our aim is to stop women from having two, three, four courses of antibiotics throughout the year, which was happening previously,” Vodstrcil said.

Study senior author Prof Catriona Bradshaw, head of research translation and mentorship at Monash University and the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, said: “Using partner-treatment to mitigate re-infection and more intensive strategies that target persistence of BV-bacteria, we hope to create more effective treatment approaches that can be tailored to an individual and achieve higher levels of cure.”

Though the ethnicities of participants were “representative of urban Australia”, the study noted that its results “might not be generalisable to other global populations, including those in low-income and middle-income countries and in other settings with a high burden of bacterial vaginosis”. %!s()