You might want to avoid Amazon's Fire OS 5 update. Photo: TechSmart/Flickr (CC-licensed)

You might want to avoid Amazon’s Fire OS 5 update. Photo: TechSmart/Flickr (CC-licensed)

While Apple is embroiled in an ugly battle with the FBI in the hope that it can protect the privacy and security of its users, Amazon is throwing away the encryption it previously offered its own.

With its latest Fire OS 5 update, the company has removed the ability to encrypt data on its Fire tablets.

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It's not even close. Photo: SuperSaf TV

It’s not even close. Photo: SuperSaf TV

Remember when the iPhone had by far the best camera you could get in a smartphone? Those days are long gone.

In the camera comparison video below, Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 edge well and truly trounces the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in almost every test carried out.

When is Marshmallow coming to your Galaxy? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

When is Marshmallow coming to your Galaxy? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung’s latest upgrade schedule for Android 6.0 Marshmallow has leaked out again!

This is supposedly the latest version, published internally on February 29, and it tells us when we can expect to see Android 6.0 on the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Note 4, and Galaxy Note Edge, the Galaxy S6 series, the Galaxy S5, and more.

3D Touch is awesome on iPhone 6s. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

3D Touch is awesome on iPhone 6s. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google’s next-generation Nexus smartphone will adopt the iPhone’s 3D Touch technology, according to an “insider” familiar with the company’s plans. It’s thought HTC will be tasked with building the device, and it should arrive later this year.

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