Factory Reset Protection (FRP) is a measure on certain Android smartphones that prevents thieves from bypassing security features to initiate a factory reset on a stolen device, and therefore shut out attempts by the original owner to recover it.

Good idea, but LG and Samsung smartphones have already had their FRP bypasses… and now the FRP of the Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, and 5 have also been rendered moot.

People in New York don’t actually need cell phones, do they? Photo: Dariusz Sankowski/Pixabay

Have you heard the one about the phone encryption bill in New York that will fine retailers $2,500 for each cell phone they sell that can’t be decrypted?

That set-up is its own punchline. This bill is a terrible idea.

It’s not horrible; we just don’t want it. Photo: Curved/labs

We don’t know yet what Samsung’s next smartphone will look like, but we’re not the biggest fans of this Galaxy S7 concept. It’s very … bubbly.

This design comes courtesy of Curved/labs, and it envisions a phone with a slightly larger screen than the S6 but with the same size of case. It achieves this by extending the curvature of the display to the phone’s bottom edge instead of just along the sides. And we can appreciate that, but it results in a device that just looks uncannily round.

Check it out in the video below.

Live Photos to appear on new Samsung’s? Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 will reportedly deliver with a new feature called “Vivid Photo,” which will be a clone of the Live Photos function on iPhone 6s, allowing users to shoot images that come alive when they are pressed.

Sign up to Prime to pay less. Photo: Amazon

Amazon made Prime an even greater deal this week by adding 20% off the latest games, but if that couldn’t persuade you to finally sign up, perhaps a discounted membership will.

This weekend only, a year of Prime will cost you just $73 — down from $99.